[Bette]

Tony Romo did his best on Sunday. For the reporters huddled around his locker, he tried to give them exactly what they wanted.
But he just couldn't.
Sure, he grew up in Wisconsin and watched many of Green Bay Packers games featuring Brett Favre. And yes, Romo's style of play, his arm strength, elusiveness in the pocket - all resemble that of Favre.
But to say Thursday's matchup between two 10-1 teams, possibly for home-field advantage throughout out of the NFC playoffs, will be about one quarterback who idolized the other, is a bit of a stretch.
Romo has all the respect in the world for Favre, who has been the Packers' starting quarterback since the 1992 season. But Romo, who grew up in Burlington, Wisc., said he didn't have Favre posters hanging all over his walls as a kid, nor did he own a Packers No. 4 jersey.
"No, I was a basketball fan," said Romo, who was 12 years old when Favre first joined the Packers. "Michael Jordan was my idol."
In fact, when it came to actually watching the game's top quarterbacks, Romo said he was more of a John Elway fan, and even rooted against Favre and the home-state Packers when they played Denver in Super Bowl XXXII.
So all these stories about Romo trying to pattern his entire game after Favre just aren't accurate.

"I know what you guys are trying to get at it, and it's nice and it's fun . . . but I have to beat the guy this week," Romo said. "I root for him on every other game, but I hope he plays just OK this week.
DallasCowboys.com - News

[Bette]

I was surprised by this. Apparently all that hype about the Romo-Favre connection has been just that--hype.
Media strikes again.

[Lefty Noob]

Come on. Seriously? Who invents a story like that? All I can do is shake my head.