And so it was with my heart full of emotion and my head full of cheese that I made my way to the hallowed ground that is Bristol, Connecticut and to the ESPN campus. 

Was I going to be inducted into the ESPN Hall of Fame? No.

Was I going to be interviewed for that evening's SportsCenter? No.

Was my name Stuart Claxton and was was I about to judge ANOTHER Guinness World Record? Yes!

Indeed, once again I packed my bag of GWR tricks and headed north to judge one of the most singularly single records I'd witnessed in a long time.  SportsNation, that fan-fed festival airing daily on ESPN2 were going to attempt a most judicious record.  In honour of multiple-retiree Brett Favre's appearance in the evening's NFL game in which the Minnesota Vikings were going up against his old team the Green Bay Packers, the hosts Michelle Beadle and Colin Cowherd were going to try and set the record for the Most Mentions of a Name on a TV Show ever.  And who's name was selected from thousands of others?

Brett Favre. 

Did I say Brett Favre?

Brett Favre?  Anyone here called Brett Favre?

The name's Favre.  Brett Favre.

You get the idea. 

Here's Michelle:

This is Colin:

Here is Brett:

And here are Michelle & Colin with Brett:

The whole set was a most glorious celebration of the man and his myth.  It was a Brett Favre-Fest no doubt about it.  Brett Favre manifested himself everywhere I looked:

As airtime approached I was shown to my podium.  Right next to the Favre-o-Meter.  Oh yeah.  These guys WERE NOT messing around.

And we were off!  The rules stated that each time Brett Favre was mentioned it had to form part of the flow of a complete sentence, no textual references allowed either.  Michelle and Colin were up for the challenge though and raced through the mentions with style.  I actually had trouble keeping up with them they were so good at it!  Here I am, sweating my way through 176 Brett Favres!

The minutes flew by, as did the Brett Favres.  But wait, what's this?  A video showreel of 23 consecutive Brett Favre mentions!  Hang on.  Quick as a flash I had to check in with Jamie Horowitz, the producer. 

"Sorry Jamie, but those 23 don't count".

Booooo!  Paper projectiles suddenly rained down all around me! 

"Momma's not happy" joked Michelle. 

But all was good in the SportsNation camp and they would not be deterred, onwards and upwards!  The end was near...194....195...196...just a few more to reach their self-imposed target of two hundred.  And they're there! 

A new Guinness World Record, 203 mentions of the name Brett Favre!!

Congratulations to all at SportsNation!  They were all most gracious and we hope to see them again soon.  Unless this little guy has something to say about it...