Are you ready for some football... gossip?

I am married to a huge sports fan.  He will watch any sport on television but his absolute favorite is NFL football.  (Favorite team: Cowboys)  For most of our marriage, we have only had one TV in the house and I usually let him have the remote.  During casual TV-watching time at our house, his go-to channels are Food Network and ESPN.  I have watched more SportsCenter than any other wife in the world.

I remember when the NFL was only on Sundays and Monday nights.  Now there can be games on Thursday night, the rare Friday, a Saturday playoff game (or 2), the entire day on Sunday, and then on Monday night.  That leaves me with only two nights of the week to watch what I want.  So I have learned to be entertained with what happens outside the stadiums in the personal lives of the players.

I have decided to share my knowledge with the other wives and girlfriends out there that still like to sit on the couch with their man watching football.  Only now you'll be more excited about it.

Tonight's game is the Super Bowl Champion Saints playing the Vikings at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans.  All New Orleans city offices are closed today, some schools are closed, and the whole city is having a party with Taylor Swift in Jackson Square.

Here's the dirt on the Vikings:
#4 Brett Favre: Anyone that even occasionally pays attention to sports should know about the Favre saga, so we won't go into that.  He has been married to the same lovely woman for years, so no gossip there.

Allen before falling in love!

#69 Jared Allen: Earlier this spring, he supposedly cut his famous mullet hairdo for his girlfriend.  Over the summer, they were married and we hope the mullet doesn't have a Samson effect.

#81 Visanthe Shiancoe: Not sure what his dating life is like, but it should have improved after an accidental towel adjustment revealed more than anyone bargained for back in 2008.

#28 Adrian Peterson: Still with his high school girlfriend and they have a daughter together.  Sounds like a good player and a good guy.

The dirt on the Saints:

Brees and son celebrating the victory.

#9 Drew Brees: The starting quarterback is the hero of New Orleans and is also a hero at home.  Last year after winning the Super Bowl, he was seen pictured with his infant son celebrating on the field.  Brees and his wife, Brittany, are expecting a second son in October.

#25 Reggie Bush: Everyone knows that Reggie and Kim Kardashian are broken up for good, but who is he dating now?  The lovely Mayra Veronica, a singer and model who looks a lot like Kim.  He's also facing the possibility of losing his Heisman Trophy from accepting gifts and other benefits while still playing for USC.

 Tough guys can be clean cut.

#88 Jeremy Shockey: It doesn't seem like Shockey has moved on after breaking up with his last girlfriend, VIda Guerra.  (Is that her real name?)  In April, his Facebook page posted a contest to win a dinner date with Shockey.  I'm not sure if anything actually happened, but he does look a lot better with short hair.

That does it for tonight's game.  No famous female faces will be in the crowd cheering on their particular man.  Look for another post soon - I'll be posting the general scoop before the games on Sunday.