As the football world knows, Brett Favre is back for another season, this time in Vikings purple and ready to throw darts in the Metrodome.

I checked in with Penn State quarterback Daryll Clark, a long-time Minnesota Vikings fan, to get his reaction on No. 4.

"Yeah, Favre," Clark said. You could tell frustration was ready to foam from his mouth.

"He's really made this football thing into a soap opera, and I really don't like that. I really don't think that was cool.

"Obviously, he's a veteran, and he's a really good player. He don't show up to camp. They gave him a nice piece of change, though. I hope he does well. But it's like, what does your wife have to say about this, man?"

Favre is giving quarterbacks a bed rep. But his prima donna ways aren't making Clark question his fanhood.

Clark, a Youngstown, Ohio native, does root for the Cleveland Browns, too, but he's been a Vikings fan since the days of Warren Moon, his favorite QB of all-time.

"I followed him from the Edmonton Eskimos, to the Houston Oilers, to Minnesota. My dad followed him too, so I wanted to be like my dad. I believed in everything he did. Then [Moon] got traded to the Seahawks. My dad didn't like the Seahawks, so we stayed with the Vikings."

Not long after Moon was traded, Randall Cunningham came to Minnesota. Then, deep-threat Randy Moss was drafted, and Minnesota found themselves in the 1998 NFC title game against the Atlanta Falcons.

Kicker Gary Anderson, who was perfect on field goals all season, shanked a late field goal attempt that would've put the game out of reach.

Atlanta would take possession, drive the field and earn a trip to the Super Bowl.

"My dad was sick, and I was sick about it, too," Clark said. "I really believed had we made it, we would've beaten the Denver Broncos."

-Mink