Don Walker

Whether it's Karl on a car phone, or Debbie calling in from De Pere, Green Bay Packers' fans want Brett Favre and his Minnesota Vikings to lose this weekend, denying the Vikings the chance to go to the Super Bowl.

Steve (The Homer) True, sports-talk show host on WAUK-AM (540) certainly thinks so.

"If he was playing for the New York Jets, this would be entirely different," True said. "I just can't conceive the Vikings winning their first Super Bowl with Brett Favre.

"Just saying it sounds wrong."

He's right.

The rivalry between fans of the Packers and Vikings is real. And while the Vikings had the upper hand this year (they defeated the Packers twice), Packers fans can always say that the Vikings have never won a Super Bowl (they're 0-4).

True estimates that of the fans calling in to his show, the percentage breakdown is 90% want Favre to lose and 10% of them want Favre to go and win his second Super Bowl, cementing his status as one of the greatest players ever in the National Football League.

"It's real simple. If you are a Brett Favre fan, and nothing else matters, it's the only way you can root for him."

Bill Michaels, sports-talk show host on WTMJ-AM (620), said the majority of callers and e-mails coming to him "are hoping to see Favre go down in flames this weekend.