(Photo: Tom Lynn)
With the sports world on hold, we present a countdown of the 50 greatest moments in Wisconsin sports history over the past 50 years. This is No. 6.
When Brett Favre accepted his third consecutive National Football League MVP award in 1997, he had a playful message for his father and former high school football coach, Irvin.
"I always told my dad the wishbone would never get me to pro football," Favre joked. "Thanks, Dad."
Irv had indeed been a disciple of the wishbone and hadn't let his son air it out at Hancock North Central High School in Kiln, Mississippi.