Sid says Weber reminds him of Tarkenton, Vince Young.

Sid Hartman hasn’t written or said the words “cold Omaha” in a long time, which is obviously disappointing to us. But – Sid keeps on delivering like nobody else can.

In his Sunday column he writes that current Gopher quarterback Adam Weber reminds him of NFL great Fran Tarkenton. Tarkenton started his professional career in 1961, so I am going to go out on a limb and guess many of you never saw him play.

That’s okay, because Sid also compared Weber to someone you have seen play: Vince Young.

Here are the unbelievable comments from Sid in the Strib:

“As I watched young redshirt freshman Adam Weber take over the Gophers offense on Saturday in the 41-35 three-overtime victory over Miami (Ohio), he reminded me of another young quarterback named Fran Tarkenton…”

Sid admitted he might take some shots from people for making this comparison, but then he went a step further and made another odd comparison between Weber and Vince Young:

“Yes, I'll be ridiculed for this comparison…And yes, I expect more ridicule when I compare Weber, after two college starts, to having the athletic ability of Vince Young, the great All-America whom Gophers coach Tim Brewster recruited and coached at Texas. But Weber has some of the athletic ability of Young, now a star with the Tennessee Titans.”

I am too embarrassed for him to ridicule him. We still love you Sid. But wow – this is getting sad.