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| 2013 NFL draft preview (04/24/2013) |
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By Michael Marek --
The NFL draft (if not spring) is upon us. Every NFL franchise has had some time to evaluate their needs and pinpoint players to fill them. The Vikings are coming off one of their best drafts in franch ... FULL STORY
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| Turn Out the Lights on a Great NFL Season (02/06/2013) |
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By Patrick Marek --
The Baltimore Ravens electrifying 34-31 victory over the surging San Francisco 49ers put the final touches on one of the most satisfying Super Bowl weekends in recent Minnesota sports memory. Adrian ... FULL STORY
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| Super Bowl, Homeboy. (01/30/2013) |
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by Michael Marek
Randy Moss has finally made it back to the big game. An older more mature Moss has been recast as mostly a role player, and has a chance to get a Super Bowl ring with the San Franc ... FULL STORY
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| Bold Moves (01/23/2013) |
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By Patrick Marek --
It was January 3, 1983. The Vikings were finishing off their first season in the Hubert Humphrey Metrodome by hosting the mighty Dallas Cowboys on Monday night football. The 1982 season had been sho ... FULL STORY
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| Waiting for Next Year (01/16/2013) |
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by Michael Marek
January. Ive been here before. Packed gyms, freezing temperatures, and the Minnesota Vikings once again eliminated from the playoffs. The Chicago Cubs are probably best known for ... FULL STORY
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| Pigs Still Cant Fly (01/09/2013) |
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By Patrick Marek --
There were no reports of pigs flying or hell freezing over on Saturday night, but there was probably a better chance of those events happening than of the Vikings beating Green Bay with backup quarter ... FULL STORY
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| Jubilation (01/02/2013) |
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By Patrick Marek --
The script was written for another Vikings horror story. After leading the Packers for the entire game, Minnesotas defense and special teams were going to collapse, costing the team a playoff berth, ... FULL STORY
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| Purple Revelations (12/26/2012) |
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By Patrick Marek --
So, youre probably feeling pretty good right now. You survived the Mayan calendar end-of-the world scare, watched the Vikings manhandle the Texans 23-6 in their most meaningful December win in recent ... FULL STORY
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| Vikings Begin their Playoff Run Against Bears (12/12/2012) |
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By Patrick Marek --
The Vikings unlikely run for a playoff spot this season has the ethereal quality of a man who dreams about eating peanuts, and wakes up with shells on his pillow. While no one can dispute that the t ... FULL STORY
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| Vikings Waste Epic Effort from Adrian Peterson (12/05/2012) |
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By Patrick Marek --
Watching Adrian Peterson perform for the Vikings was like seeing a thoroughbred racehorse on display at a petting zoo. It was fun to watch, but it made you feel kind of sad. On Sunday, the Vikings s ... FULL STORY
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| Bears Throw Vikings for a Loop (11/28/2012) |
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By Patrick Marek --
Adrian Peterson missed the team bus to Soldiers Field on Sunday. He eventually arrived by taxi. Unfortunately, the rest of the team never showed up at all. Despite the fact that the Vikings were co ... FULL STORY
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| The Calm Before the Storm (11/21/2012) |
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by Michael Marek
This Vikings season has been a quiet storm so far this year. The Vikings have managed to stay relevant while still staying out of the national spotlight. They have lost some winnab ... FULL STORY
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| Getting Ramped Up with the Fans in Purple #1 (11/14/2012) |
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By Patrick Marek --
Bogie and Bergman had Paris. Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks had the Empire State Building. For me and the Minnesota Vikingswell always haveEEEEEEEEE! Thats the constant ringing sound that I picked up i ... FULL STORY
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| For the Vikings Franchise, Les is Less (11/07/2012) |
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By Patrick Marek --
I have some cheap advice for the Wilf family. When hiring a head coach for the Vikings, dont ever pick one with the first name Les again. Think about it, Les Steckel and Leslie Frazier were both pr ... FULL STORY
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| The Bucs Stomped Here (10/31/2012) |
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By Patrick Marek --
The 2012 Minnesota Vikings are definitely not ready for prime time. They played in front of a deafening home crowd and a national television audience on Thursday Night Football, and it was evident fr ... FULL STORY
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| Analog Jam (10/24/2012) |
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By Patrick Marek --
Vikings Give the Cardinals a Poor Reception and Win 21-14
For fans in the Winona area, watching the Gophers and Vikings perform this weekend on television was not a pretty picture. Because ... FULL STORY
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| Vikings Return to the Scene of the Crime (10/17/2012) |
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By Patrick Marek --
When the Vikings played the Redskins last year on Christmas Eve, the game featured Adrian Peterson writhing on the turf with a knee injury, a 100-yard rushing game from Toby Gerhart, and an victory en ... FULL STORY
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| Vikings Sink the Titans 30-7 (10/10/2012) |
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By Patrick Marek --
Its not easy being a Viking fan when you are in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. My son James is a Petty Officer Crypto Tech aboard a guided missile cruiser that the Navy calls the USN San Jacin ... FULL STORY
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| Wasnt that Special! (10/03/2012) |
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By Patrick Marek --
Vikes Ride Special Teams to 20-13 Win Over Lions
I was scratching my head so much during Sundays win over the Lions that I had to stop. My bald spot was getting a rash. What have they don ... FULL STORY
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| You Cant Fix Stupid (09/19/2012) |
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Theres a theory going around that the Vikings overindulged in purple Slurpees in the locker room before Sundays game with the Colts and suffered from a dramatic case of team brain freeze. What else ... FULL STORY
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| The Blair Walsh Project (09/12/2012) |
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By Patrick Marek --
For the last two seasons, the Vikings led the league in two categoriesbad judgment and horrible luck. Think about it. They beg Brett Favre to come back, and he stinks. Randy Moss returns (at th ... FULL STORY
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| Be careful what you wish for (09/05/2012) |
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By Patrick Marek --
Its February 3, 2013 and there are two seconds left to play in Super Bowl XLVII in the New Orleans Superdome. Christian Ponder is under center on the Houston Texans one foot line. Its fourth dow ... FULL STORY
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| Give Spielman a tentative A (05/02/2012) |
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By John Edstrom --
...at no time did his arm leave his body
Well fans, a very intriguing draft it was, including a couple of very odd calls in the middle rounds. I didnt realize how much I was sweating the Kalil pic ... FULL STORY
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| Another Super Bowl come and gone (02/08/2012) |
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By John Edstrom --
..on to the draft!
Well fans, another Super Bowl come and gone. At least this one was exciting down to the last play, even for those without a dog in the fight. It seems like years ago, th ... FULL STORY
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| Danish Dementia (02/01/2012) |
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By Patrick Marek --
My mothers maiden name is Beverly McGuire. She often jokes about a condition known as Irish Alzheimers. It occurs when the only thing you can remember are the grudges. I, on the other hand, alw ... FULL STORY
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| Champions decided by gaffes (01/25/2012) |
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By John Edstrom --
...and a trip down the memory lane/goat pasture of Vikings
blown Super Bowl chances
Well fans, who else out there thinks its lots of fun to watch tough defensive teams slug it out for four quarte ... FULL STORY
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| Should be a year for Belichick and Brady (01/18/2012) |
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..Pack and Saints conveniently eliminated
Well fans, who would have dreamt that the Cheese would play such a thoroughly rotten game to exit the playoffs early. What tipped me off to the bad day ah ... FULL STORY
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| Cheese should win the Super Bowl (01/11/2012) |
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By John Edstrom --
...but must keep guns oiled and powder dry
Well fans, easily the most entertaining of the wild card weeks match ups was the Steelers, a nine point favorite vs. the 8-8 Broncos. The victory, ... FULL STORY
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| Enough already (01/04/2012) |
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By John Edstrom --
...the dragon ship needs a long spell in dry dock
Well fans, I guess Sundays matchup with the Bears went about as well as we could have hoped. Jared Allen thrilled us to the marrow by nearly setti ... FULL STORY
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| Vikings Cant Win for Losing (12/28/2011) |
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By Patrick Marek --
Remember the year when the Vikings went 15-1 and destroyed almost every team they faced? That was the season when Randy Moss was a rookie, Randall Cunningham was rescued off the scrap heap, and Rober ... FULL STORY
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| Vikings Festivus (For the Rest of Us) (12/21/2011) |
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By Patrick Marek --
Its the holiday season, and that means that its time to gather around the Festivus pole and air our grudges. In the past when Ive prepared for Festivus, the Vikings were always at the top of my gr ... FULL STORY
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| Vikes could scratch out win against Denver (11/30/2011) |
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By John Edstrom --
...or should we just go for 2 14?
Well fans, if this team were a horse, it would have to be shot. Our defensive backfield has now lost Antoine Winfield, Chris Cook, Asher Allen, Husain Abd ... FULL STORY
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| Vikes look, play badly ...bad, bad, bad! (11/16/2011) |
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By John Edstrom --
Well fans, I pen these notes from hiding, as I do not wish to encounter any boisterous cheeseheads for a few days.
As if the Vikes didnt have their hands full slowing down Aaron Rodgers and his wre ... FULL STORY
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| Vikes look, play badly ...bad, bad, bad! (11/16/2011) |
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By John Edstrom --
Well fans, I pen these notes from hiding, as I do not wish to encounter any boisterous cheeseheads for a few days.
As if the Vikes didnt have their hands full slowing down Aaron Rodgers and his wre ... FULL STORY
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| Is Ponder up to the task? (10/19/2011) |
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By John Edstrom --
...if not, well have the top pick to replace him next year
Well fans, who can remember when the Vikes last played on Sunday or Monday night and didnt stink up the whole nation? You could tell i ... FULL STORY
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| Ponder or Webb? (10/05/2011) |
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By John Edstrom --
...decisions, decisions
Well fans, it is now becoming clear that Donovan McNabb is not capable of leading this team to victory, rather, the dank and moldy cellar. Many, however, including Co ... FULL STORY
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| McNabb must step it up (09/28/2011) |
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By John Edstrom --
...or November could be the season of the wolf for Christian Ponder
Well fans, by now the careful observer is beginning to detect a pattern emergent in the recent succession of Viking frust ... FULL STORY
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| Vikes roll out wildcat dud (09/14/2011) |
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By John Edstrom --
...rotten clam defense
Well fans, who would have thought, after such a promising first half, that Sunday afternoon would leave us with so many disturbing question marks? The defense played l ... FULL STORY
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| Vikes to eke out a win (09/07/2011) |
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By John Edstrom --
...thanks to fans of superior virtue
Well fans, another opening day, this one with decidedly mixed expectations unlike last year when it was assumed that Brett Favre would take us to the pro ... FULL STORY
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| Vikings looking so far, so good (08/31/2011) |
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By John Edstrom --
...this is going to take some luck
Well fans, could it be that this season might prove the opposite of last year, when everyone was stoked with Super Bowl aspirations and the same team that fumbled ... FULL STORY
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| Draft wrap-up 2011... (05/04/2011) |
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By John Edstrom --
...Vikes will soon look different, one way or another
Well fans, the Purple Personnel Pickers took a mighty swing from the heels (to adopt a somewhat inapt baseball metaphor) in last weeks draf ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (04/27/2011) |
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By John Edstrom --
Vikes in position to make safe consensus pick...dont blow it!
Well fans, what a difference a year makes. Last season it looked like all we needed was to paint over a few bare spots and spruce up a ... FULL STORY
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| How I spent my Packer vacation (02/02/2011) |
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By Patrick Marek --
My children are considering an intervention. While they didnt use the words jackwagon or dillweed when they discovered I have been cheering for the Packers throughout the playoffs, they did ques ... FULL STORY
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| Look for Cheese in the Super Bowl (01/19/2011) |
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By John Edstrom --
..bring your own sausage and beer
Well fans, let it be noted that your humble pundit was among the first to predict a Cheesehead Super Bowl victory, and it was done last week before the Pa ... FULL STORY
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| Cheeseheads to the Super Bowl! (01/12/2011) |
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By John Edstrom --
...epidemic of Gold and Greenis envy strikes Vikingsland
Well fans, should the cheeseheads get by the Falcons down in Atlanta next week, they will be an odds on favorite to get to the Super Bowl. ... FULL STORY
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| First on next years agenda starting QB (01/05/2011) |
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By John Edstrom --
..Vikes to pick in twelfth spot
Well fans, wasnt that last game of the season in the Silver Dome just a rotten cherry topping a cow pie season? Every rancid element was in place. The offensive lin ... FULL STORY
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| A new, improved Purple under Frazier? . (12/08/2010) |
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By John Edstrom --
...or a mere illusion?
Well fans, its two in a row and the Leslie Frazier version of the Vikings is looking like the team that almost made it to the Super Bowl last year. But lets wait until they ... FULL STORY
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| So far, so good (12/01/2010) |
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By John Edstrom --
...now could we do something about special teams?
Well fans, one game into the Leslie Frazier era its so far, so good. On the bright side, the Vikes won on the road by playing solid defense, runni ... FULL STORY
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| Vikes routed by the Cheese (11/24/2010) |
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By John Edstrom --
...Childress not among survivors
Well fans, I am not one of those to join in the fire Childress chants I say Kill the Chill! Just kidding, its only a game. In fact now that the job is done, i ... FULL STORY
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| One more chance for the Chiller next week (11/17/2010) |
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By John Edstrom --
...and then melt the tar and tear open the feather bed
Well fans, wasnt watching those Vikes last Sunday just about as much fun as passing a kidney stone? Astute analysis at this point must revol ... FULL STORY
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| The Blame Game (10/27/2010) |
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By Patrick Marek --
Theres a scientific theory that claims if you put a chimpanzee in front of a keyboard long enough, eventually hes going to write Hamlet. Thats kind of the attitude Ive had with Brad Childress ove ... FULL STORY
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| Call Play Action! (10/06/2010) |
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By Patrick Marek --
Brad Childress isnt taking my phone calls anymore. He got tired of me saying: Play action! over and over again. He said that I sounded like a broken record, or a dog with a bone. I told him that ... FULL STORY
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| Vikes have two week breather (09/15/2010) |
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By John Edstrom --
...then, on to the meat grinder
Well fans, the game down in New Orleans was not as close as the 14-9 score indicated, the Purple rising to the occasion neither on defense or offense. Most disappoin ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (02/03/2010) |
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By John Edstrom --
Bet the Saints ...and eat your heart out
Well fans, the Colts are ensconced as 5 1/2 point favorites this Sunday, despite Dwight Freeney having what has been termed a grade-three ankle sprain which ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (01/27/2010) |
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By John Edstrom --
Pain, heartbreak, unbelievable agony
...wait til next year!
Well fans, this loss was snatched so unbelievably from such an impossible victory that it is hard to know how to feel about ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (01/20/2010) |
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By John Edstrom --
Can Vikes chase Brees around ...and get his pants
on the ground?
Well fans, this was one of those games that goes into the memory bank no matter what happens, well always have Dallas, 1/17/10. ... FULL STORY
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| Alls right with the world once again (12/16/2009) |
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By John Edstrom --
...but do not relax!
Well fans, in the first Bengals offensive series when Antoine Winfield stood up under vaulting RB Brian Leonard and flipped him to the ground for no gain, the sense o ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (12/02/2009) |
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By John Edstrom --
Who dat gonna beat dem Saints?
...the Vikes down in the Big Easy?
Well fans, those are two dominating wins in a row, and the Purple is beginning to take on a fabled quality as rare as t ... FULL STORY
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| Next week Lambeau Field (10/28/2009) |
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By John Edstrom --
expect an eyewitness account!
Well fans, I had written this game off when Antoine Winfield was unable to take the field, so the loss to the Steelers did not upset my equilibrium too badly. ... FULL STORY
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| Maalox Margaritas Anyone? (10/21/2009) |
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By Patrick Marek --
If the Minnesota Vikings keep trying to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory our local watering holes might have to change their in-game drink specials to Maalox margaritas and Pepto Bismol ... FULL STORY
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| Can Vikes keep winning as before? (10/14/2009) |
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By John Edstrom --
...Quoth the raven, nevermore
Well fans, five weeks into the season, with the Vikes record 5-0, we are growing jaded and picky, a condition rarely encountered among fans of the Purple these many ... FULL STORY
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| Vikes are 3-0 (09/30/2009) |
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By John Edstrom --
But can Favres miracles last?
Well fans, Brett Favre pulled off one of his patent fourth-quarter miracles, and the Purple is 3-0, on top of the NFC North. So why do I have this queasy fee ... FULL STORY
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| Vikes right on schedule? (09/23/2009) |
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By John Edstrom --
...check Sunday when 49ers leave town
Well fans, I hope that this team is not developing a tendency to slow starts. It could be a fatal one against better competition, which the San Francisco 49ers ... FULL STORY
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| Could the Vikes start 4-0? (09/16/2009) |
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By John Edstrom --
...but beware the horrible Lions!
Well fans, by the end of the day we got just about what we wanted out of our opening Sunday package, but that first half was a bad throwback to last year, and the ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (02/04/2009) |
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By John Edstrom --
Another Super Bowl done and gone
but save those leftover Doritos in a ziplock bag!
Well fans, it was another Super Bowl for the ages, one in which the ads that ran at the end of the game ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (01/28/2009) |
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By John Edstrom --
Memories of Super Bowls past
...blech!
Well fans, with Super Bowl Sunday coming up and no Vikings involved, the mind trips back down Memory Lane, to the years when the Purple did show up ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (01/21/2009) |
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By John Edstrom --
Bet on the Cards
...send me a commission
Well fans,the Vikes now have a two year December tradition of meeting and thumping that seasons NFC Super Bowl representative. They are doing somet ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (01/14/2009) |
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By John Edstrom --
The swami predicts an all Pennsylvania Super Bowl
but bet on Kurt Warner if the odds are right
Well fans, who could ever have hoped back in Phoenix that their Cardinals, 100% decimated f ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (01/07/2009) |
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By John Edstrom --
Vikes bow out early
QB an open question for 09
Well fans, I picked the Vikes against the Eagles by six, barring the turnovers and special teams gaffes. We got the latter and lost a tough ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (12/24/2008) |
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By John Edstrom --
Can the Purple catch a break?
...or is the jinx on?
Well fans, the Vikes could not catch a break this week, nor could the Cheeseheads catch one for them. When the fumble down on the goal li ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (12/17/2008) |
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By John Edstrom --
Here come those darn Falcons
...remember them?
Well fans, the Purple faithful finally got what they have been hoping for ever since the signing of Jared Allen was announced, and I am not ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (12/10/2008) |
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By John Edstrom --
Now begins the QB controversy...Yay!
Well fans, it now appears that the Purple has progressed to the point where they are able to play a ragged, sloppy game full of mistakes, and still manage to sq ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (12/03/2008) |
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By John Edstrom --
Vikes poised for playoffs
...but what about the Williams wall?
Well fans, one week after the various pundits put an epitaph on Gus Frerottes career and downgraded his offensive line to ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (11/26/2008) |
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By John Edstrom --
Victory over Bears within grasp
...but scratch Kleinsasser from go-to list!
Well fans, here we are in first place two weeks in a row, and the Purple, if it can get past the Bears at the Hump, ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (11/19/2008) |
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By John Edstrom --
Dragon ship boarded, plundered by Buccaneers
...no survivors
Well fans, the Vikes played well enough to lose honorably down in Tampa Bay. Is anybody happy? not me. A bunch of the old chro ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (11/12/2008) |
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By John Edstrom --
Vikes eke out ugly win
...after you, my dear Alphonse
Well fans, when have we come away from watching a Vikings win with such a sour stomach? It was an after you, my dear Alphonse, k ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (11/05/2008) |
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By John Edstrom --
Vikes looking better ...bring on the Cheese
Well fans, this would be the first time this season that the Vikes led the whole game. Even at that it was a nail-biter, but give the Purple defen ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (10/22/2008) |
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By John Edstrom --
More stupid mistakes
...lose, lose, lose
Well fans, who would have predicted, being told the Vikes would score 41 points, Adrian Peterson would run for two TDs, and Gus Frerotte pass for ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (10/15/2008) |
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By John Edstrom --
If Sundays win were a fish,...would we throw it back?
Well fans, if Sundays win over the Lions were a fish, would we throw it back? Tough question. This years Vikes are improved just en ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (10/08/2008) |
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By John Edstrom --
Vikes 2-3
...highly competitive in the old black and blue division
Well fans, the Purple came away with a win Monday night in a game they should have lost 40-6. The astute reader of this ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (10/01/2008) |
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By John Edstrom --
Next week, Drew Brees
...are we shuddering?
Well fans, the farther we get into the new season, the more it resembles last years. This team has the uncanny ability to make mistakes at cru ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (09/24/2008) |
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By John Edstrom --
Pieces falling into place ...2-2 next week a reasonable hope?
Well fans, it was a queasy start Sunday, looking like 0-3 coming up with the shoddy kickoff coverage followed by a dumb face-mas ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (09/17/2008) |
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By John Edstrom --
Look ahead for Frerotte mid-game
...should Jackson stumble on
Well fans, it seems that teams develop personalities, which tend to survive changes of personnel and the passage of one y ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (09/10/2008) |
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By John Edstrom --
Rodgers looked good against Vikes
...now comes Peyton Manning
Well fans, the early results are in, and it is not looking good for the Purple, although as such things go they have looked ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (09/03/2008) |
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By John Edstrom --
All hinges on the passing attack
...well see at Lambeau
Well fans, preseason is over; next Monday night against the Pack everyone will be firing live rounds. We must hope that Tarvaris Jac ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (08/27/2008) |
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By John Edstrom --
Purple prospects uncertain
...and confusion reigns in Cheeseland
Well fans, once again it is the spring of hope for followers of the Purple, despite the calendar indicating late August. ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (02/06/2008) |
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By John Edstrom --
It should have been the Purple
or,
I coulda been a contender...
Well fans, it's a good thing that we
were treated to another epic Super Bowl contest, because it appears that whoever is pu ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (01/30/2008) |
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By Patrick Marek --
Don't bet on a Giants Super Bowl Victory
The life of a back-up Winona Post football column writer is a lot like that of a second string quarterback. Every week you formulate clever ideas for colum ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (01/23/2008) |
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By John Edstrom --
Salt water freezes at Lambeau
...I say we root for the eventual winner!
Well fans, we now know at what temperature salt water freezes: wherever the mercury stood when Brett Favre threw the ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (01/16/2008) |
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By John Edstrom --
Looks like the Cheese and the Pats in the Super Bowl
...unless, for sheer poetry, the Chargers and Giants
Well fans, not being primarily a fan of the Pack, I can say that it looks like th ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (01/09/2008) |
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By John Edstrom --
Wait till next year
...could be free agent help out there
Well fans, the first weekend of the playoffs is behind us, and after watching Vikings victims, both the Giants and Chargers, defea ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (01/02/2008) |
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By John Edstrom --
Disappointing season
...now for the off-season
Well fans, this season fizzled out like one of those state-of-Minnesota approved fireworks that wouldn't scare the dog if you tied it to his t ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (12/26/2007) |
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By John Edstrom --
Vikes absolutely must win in Denver
...so they will lose, lose, lose
Couldn't you guess that Fred Smoot, who never never made a play in the two years he spent here, would pick off Tarvar ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (12/19/2007) |
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By John Edstrom --
Vikes eke out win on bad day
Purple uniforms must go, however...
Well fans, this is filed to you from a bed of pain, as I woke up this morning with the flu and am now hunched alternatel ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (12/12/2007) |
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By John Edstrom --
Jackson shines yet brighter
...Mr. Coach Childress an obvious genius
Well fans, the first impression of Sunday's fairly routine defeat of the 49ers was of Tarvaris Jackson putting in a cr ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (12/05/2007) |
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By John Edstrom --
Hope, the wandering dog, returns
...only to bite us once again?
week we are truly in the black-and-blue division, from repeatedly pinching ourselves to determine whether we wake or sleep. S ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (11/28/2007) |
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By John Edstrom --
Three in a row?
...beware!
Well fans, the Vikes followed up the solid effort against the Raiders with their best game of the year against the 7-3 Giants on the road. Experienced fans of th ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (11/21/2007) |
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By John Edstrom --
Vikes could mount a run...otherwise hope for 6-10
Well fans, the Vikes are refusing to allow this season to sink beneath the waves, but only just, as the dragon ship barely answers her helm. After ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (11/14/2007) |
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By John Edstrom --
Vikes may face Culpepper Sunday
...could be underdogs anyhow
Well fans, the football god giveth, but just as surely he taketh away, at least from the fans of the Purple. As well as the Vi ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (11/07/2007) |
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By John Edstrom --
Cheese doomed in Lambeau!
...all the Purple needs is another 300 from Peterson
Well fans, the Vikes put it all together last Sunday and looked like a playoff team. What was different, a ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (10/31/2007) |
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By John Edstrom --
Bollinger sparks offense!
...Kluwe up next
Well fans, another week, another deep disappointment. Why does this team so consistently come out of the blocks sizzling and then promptly fade? ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (10/24/2007) |
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By John Edstrom --
Vikes could be .500 after Oakland
...Then come the Giants in Joisey
ointment of Sunday's anemic offensive production against the Cowboys comes the news of Tarvaris Jackson's latest injury ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (10/17/2007) |
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By John Edstrom --
Look for an aerial circus
...could be painful to watch
Well fans, I'll take the win, even if it comes with some nasty stuff on it. Apparently, the Vikes have developed a defense, if only th ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (10/10/2007) |
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By John Edstrom --
Vikes back in Minneapolis
full of...optimism
Well fans, the Vikes are back in Minneapolis and full of...optimism. You hear that the proverbial glass is half full, and that the season is o ... FULL STORY
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| Good News! (10/03/2007) |
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By John Edstrom --
McKinnie was sick last Sunday
ut of Sunday's loss is that Bryant McKinnie was sick, and so had some excuse for being cuffed around all day by the Pack's KGB, you know the Vikes recorded anot ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (09/26/2007) |
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By John Edstrom --
Vikes contrive to lose another
...woe, woe, woe
Well fans, the Vikings contrived to lose yet another game they appeared to have well in hand after the first quarter. Then through a combinat ... FULL STORY
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| New old questions reopened (09/19/2007) |
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By John Edstrom --
O line turns in an especial stinker
Well fans, most of the questions we thought were answered in the affirmative last week were reopened against the Lions. But to cut to the chase, the key b ... FULL STORY
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| The Purple shines in opener (09/12/2007) |
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By John Edstrom --
Will this last till they get to Detroit?
Well fans, last Sunday turned out to be Christmas morning for followers of the Purple, who found just about everything they had asked for under the b ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (09/05/2007) |
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By John Edstrom --
A teaching moment
...for the edification of
liars, hypocrites, phonies, or the just plain stupid
Well fans, once in a while the field of sports journalism provides the writer with what may ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View (08/29/2007) |
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By John Edstrom --
Dragon ship sets forth once again
bound for who knows where
Well fans, we are about to embark on another football season, with the same sense of adventure and high hopes that must have animated ou ... FULL STORY
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By John Edstrom --
Well fans, based on the results of last weekend's NFL draft, things may well be looking up in Vikings land. The Purple was able to draft for need, and got excellent value for every pick, at least by ... FULL STORY
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| Viking View: Déjà Vu All Over Again (10/18/2006) |
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By Patrick Marek --
I never thought I'd write the words again, but here they are. Denny Green should be fired immediately! After enjoying a rare and wonderful stress free weekend of bye-week football, I settled in to w ... FULL STORY
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| Bones do themselves proud Officials, NOT! (02/09/2006) |
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Well fans, the nightmare has become real, and the Super Bowl was truly decided by the officials this year. The best we can hope for is that the refs, heads swollen by their undisputed new central role ... FULL STORY
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| A Modern NFL Fairy Tale* (01/25/2006) |
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By Patrick Marek --
The atmosphere at the press conference was electric. This was Daunte Culpepper's first public appearance since his devastating, season ending knee injury. Adding to the drama were the recent comments ... FULL STORY
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This could be the year!
No, really (08/31/2005) |
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By John Edstrom --
Well fans, another season of football is about to dawn, and this could be the year that the Vikes put it all together. No, really. Consider all these bright developments:
1.) Just a few years after i ... FULL STORY
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By John Edstrom --
Vikes looking good But beware bad defense!
Well fans, the new game plan against the Vikes is a simple one; call it heads, take the kickoff, and score first. That looks to be about the only ... FULL STORY
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| Step on a crack...Break the Vikings back (10/15/2003) |
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By Patrick Marek --
Everything I know about superstitions, I learned from watching the Minnesota Vikings.
I think that Joe Kapp was quarterback when I first discovered that the Vikings seemed to play a lot bette ... FULL STORY
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| Vikings were loaded for bear (09/17/2003) |
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By Patrick Marek --
Vendors were handing out free samples of Vanilla Pepsi and Old Spice deodorant outside of the Metrodome after the Vikings Sunday night victory over the Chicago Bears.
At first I joked that they must ... FULL STORY
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