While we know we’re supposed to complain on this site, sometimes a writer impresses us enough to give him the ol’ tip of the cap.  Usually it’s Dan Wetzel.  But this time around, it’s Minneapolis Star Tribune writer Jim Souhan.

In the press conference following the game, Minnesota Vikings’ coach Brad Childress made the following statement: “We talked about George Orwell and the field full of diamonds.  That the diamonds were right here in the room, a guy didn’t have to sell his farm and go to a foreign land to look for diamonds when they were right there in the stream in his back yard.  It took George Orwell to write that. I’m sure you could look that up.”

And guess what Souhan did?  He took a journey that very few journalists these days take - he actually researched the quote.   Then discovered that Childress was full of crap.  (Souhan did not spend as much time as we would have trying to figure out what the hell that quote means to a football team anyway.)

Great work, Jim Souhan.  Not only did you take that extra step that sports writers often neglect, but you were paid off getting to0 call out Childress for lying his butt off.

We recommend clicking here to read the entirety of what Souhan had to say.  Good stuff!