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Brett Favre stands in way of his childhood team, the New Orleans Saints

By Peter Finney, Times-Picayune

January 17, 2010, 11:10PM

Who would have guessed the day would come when Who Dats would be busy erecting Public Enemy No. 1 posters with a picture of Brett Favre?

Who would have guessed a 40-year-old Mississippi-bred quarterback would be standing between the New Orleans Saints and a trip to Super Bowl XLIV on Feb. 7 at Dolphin Stadium in Miami?

How could this happen?

Logic suggests Favre should be back home, enjoying life in Kiln, Miss., sipping suds at the Broke Spoke, a biker’s hangout where Favre memorabilia enjoys a place of honor.

Logic tells you a kid who grew up rooting for the Saints at Benny French’s, a onetime restaurant-bar in Henderson Point, riding his tricycle and bumping into pool tables, should be in charge of a Mississippi chapter of Who Dats instead of trying to knock the Saints out of the playoffs.

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