Over the past few days, the Brewers added a new racing sausage, A.J. Hawk got hitched in a Green Bay law office, and the Twins left Ozzie speechless with a three-game sweep in the Windy City. But that’s all history now and tomorrow brings the beginning of one of our favorite times of the year (the diehard fan’s unofficial start of the NFL season): training camp.

It’s that time of the year where you waste away more time at work than usual reading about sports even though there aren’t even games being played yet, and trading season predictions with friends that are either brutally negative or “drinking the Kool-Aid.”

And the headlines will be more intriguing this year for us as fans, even though neither the Pack or Vikes will get much attention from the national media. Both teams have new head coaches, plenty of new blood, and a few positions that will be decided by heated battles. Packer players will ride to the field on childrens’ bikes. Vikings players will get arrested off the field. Favre is still around. Vikings fans still hate Favre. Packers fans will be optimistic about a turnaround. Vikings fans will foolishly think playoffs. And temperatures will rise until opening kickoff.

It’s all gonna be awesome.