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The clever hopes expire on a low dishonest football season
For me, the 2010 football season featured less fun and joy than any season since, gosh, maybe ever. The Vikings disappointed grandly. My wife quit watching the games with me when the Vikings cut Randy Moss. My fantasy teams sucked (my Hazelweird team appears to have peaked in Week 17, just in time to avoid last place). The season featured many things against my rooting interests...
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January 02, 2011
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National Friday League, Week 17
Vikings-Lions Preview2010 Lions2010 VikingsWho this game matters most for:Leslie Frazier. A win Sunday, and it would be wildly unfair if Leslie Frazier is not hired as the Viking head coach for 2011.Joe Webb. Another strong performance, and he might convince the Vikings he's the QB they can develop, starting soon (compete for the job in training camp?). A poor performance, and...
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December 30, 2010
Skol!!!
No matter if the Vikings aren't making it to the playoffs, it is really, really fun to watch your favorite team go on the road to play against a playoff team and beat them smoothly. That was the most fun watching the Vikings I've had all season. The Vikes showed they do have the talent, that they do have a core of players to keep together, that they have something to build on.Great...
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December 28, 2010
National Festivus League, Week 16
Happy Festivus everybody.Vikings-Eagles2010 Vikings2010 EaglesThis is a game I would say will be the biggest blowout the Vikings endure this season: they've got no answer for Michael Vick or DeSean Jackson, and they'll be starting their third or fourth quarterback of the season. But considering the Vikings have already lost games this year by scores like 31-3 and 40-14, really...
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December 23, 2010
A bitter sort of peace
As much as I hate seeing Brian Urlacher celebrate anything, it is better than seeing the Packers celebrate anything. And the Vikings are just two more embarrassing losses from beginning a rebuilding project; we can hope that means that these games will be fun to watch again in 2011.
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December 20, 2010
National Friday League, Week 15
Outdoor Winter Football in MinnesotaSeeing a Viking home game played in cold December, snow plowed to the sidelines, will make me nostalgic for a time I never even saw. Purple jerseys in the cold!On not giving a **** (or, Vikings v. Bears)2010 Vikings2010 BearsThe 2010 Vikings are either going to finish 5-11, 6-10, 7-9, or 8-8 (assuming no ties, I guess). I can't find myself...
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December 16, 2010
The snow gushed forth from the Thunderdome sky, like the opening call for Ragnarok.
And so the Vikings played a game in pretend Thunderdome. And looked as deflated as the Metrodome.The Viking offense sure reminded me of 2007. If the opponent is stuffing Adrian Peterson, the Vikings are cooked. When the Vikings are pinned with poor field position, they're cooked. When the Vikings face 3rd and long, they're cooked. If the Vikings get down by a couple of scores...
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December 13, 2010
Of course this would happen.
Can anybody remember a weirder Viking season than 2010? It was already a kooky season before the Thunderdome roof fell in and snow poured onto the field, requiring the Vikings to play an impromptu Monday night home game in Detroit.Blizzards always remind and teach an important life lesson: adapt.
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December 12, 2010
Brett Favre as King Lear
Numerous pundits have compared Brett Favre to Hamlet, because of Favre's indecision over retirement and Hamlet's apparent indecision over what to do about his father's murder. But I think that comparison is too easy, not quite accurate, and not terribly insightful. But a comparison to another Shakespeare hero, King Lear, actually offers some real insight, or at least a consistent...
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December 03, 2010
National Friday League, Week 13
Vikings-Bills2010 BillsAh, another game against our "0-4 in the Super Bowl" spirit-cousins. Hello Buffalo: I feel like I know you.Look at the Bills' last five games and tell me whether you are confident for this game: OT loss at Ravens, OT loss at Chiefs, 3 point loss to Bears, 2 point win against Lions, 18 point win at Bengals, OT loss to Steelers. Since their bye week, the Bills...
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December 02, 2010
Clouds of Heaven
Sure, Washington did its part to lose this game (several dropped passes, one that was deflected and gave the Vikings easy field goal range, an unnecessary block in the back to negate a punt return), but Viking road wins (and on grass, no less!) are hard to come by, and we can appreciate them when they happen. Besides, this was the cleanest and crispest the Vikings have looked all...
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November 29, 2010
National Thanksgiving League (on a lost season)
2001That was the last time I was this uninterested in watching the next Viking game. From 2002 on, I only missed Viking games when life (family events, work) pulled me away, even during some pretty lousy, borderline unwatchable seasons and games. I always eagerly anticipated the games, got excited, found enjoyable reasons to watch. But everything that happened in 2001 made it...
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November 22, 2010
Jumping
Fire Childress now.Turn the team over to Joe freaking Webb.Get a G.M. who is prepared to fully rebuild the defensive secondary and the offensive line: both units badly need it.Go Bears: may you win the division easily.Go T-Wolves: may you get a backcourt that can support Beasley and Love.And now, as the Vikings punt at the end of the third quarter, I take a cue from my dad: when...
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November 21, 2010
National Friday League, Week 11
Viking-Packer Preview2010 Green Bay PackersThunderdome! Sure the Metrodome is the biggest reason to have hope that the Vikes can beat the Packers Sunday, but there are others. Namely:The Packers are 21st in the league with 1,028 rush yards allowed and 26th in the league with 4.5 rush yards per attempt allowed. The Vikings should be able to run the ball, and while they need to...
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November 18, 2010
On the Ledge
In this game between the Vikings and Bears at Soldier Field, what, exactly, was surprising?That the Vikings committed a lot of turnovers?That the Vikings allowed a lot of return yardage?That the Vikings allowed Bear pass catchers to get wide open?The Vikes have been a horrible road team through the Tice and Childress eras. They play notably poorly on grass. And they play particularly...
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November 14, 2010
National Friday League, Week 10
The next two weeksThe Vikings' next two games are at Chicago and home against Green Bay. If they manage to win both of those games, they'll be one game out of first place in the division, with a 3-1 division record and a win against each other NFC North team. And if the Vikings lose either of these games (especially the Packer game), they might be sunk. If they lose both of these...
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November 11, 2010
Clouds of Heaven: Vikings 27, Cardinals 24 (OT)
Box Score (ESPN)What fun! A wild game featuring plays that could have made for four total return touchdowns, but two of those plays (a magnificent chase-down-strip by Greg Camarillo, a dropped interception in wide open field by Chad Greenway). A game the Vikings might have won something like 19-10 if not for terrible coverage against a kick return and a fumble on a kick return...
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November 07, 2010
National Friday League, Week 9
Other demands on my time will prevent a good National Friday League post this week (shut up, PV: you've never written a "good" National Friday League post). Just a few quick points, then off to my business. This is essentially my bye week.Here I am now; entertain me.As disappointing as the Vikings have been, they have certainly given us a lot to talk about these past few months...
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November 04, 2010
"As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport."
I can see Football-Zeus and all the rest hanging around at Football-Olympus. Football-Zeus says "So, let's brainstorm. I want to come up with historic ways to jerk Viking fans around. Anything, anything, give me your ideas. We've got plenty of time to work all the good ones in."How else to explain this?And when that happens, what else is there to do but laugh and watch it happen...
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November 01, 2010
Staying on the ledge
That game was like a bed of nails; I've got no desire to rehash it. Terrible. Terrible.
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October 24, 2010
National Friday League, Week 7
Chad Henne and Mike Sims-Walker editionViking-Packer Preview2010 Vikings2010 PackersI watched the Dolphins beat the Packers last Sunday, and I thought the Packer defense looked pretty helpless. They couldn't really rush the passer, weren't good at stopping the run, and were leaving open receivers all over the place. If Chad Henne weren't regularly throwing passes high, the Dolphins...
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October 21, 2010
Trailing Clouds of Heaven: Vikings 24, Cowboys 21
No doubt Cowboy fans feel like Dallas should have won this game, and they blew it through their own errors.1 And you know what: they're right. Any head-to-head competition features partly, the winner taking it, and partly, the loser giving it away.2 This game featured a lot of Dallas giving the game away.3But the Vikings also took that win. Dallas came in with a strategy to negate...
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October 17, 2010
National Friday League, Week 6
My wife and I have been playing this game where we invent unreal choices, and see what we would choose. I call the game "The Vikings, but..."Essentially, you ask questions like this:"The Vikings win the Super Bowl, but Seinfeld was never a TV show. Do you take it?" "The Vikings don't ever win the Super Bowl, but you are given X dollars: how high does X need to be before you take...
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October 14, 2010
A brief note on this Favre messiness
I don't pay much attention to the off-the-field sins of professional athletes; that's not why I follow sports. As such, I've rarely written about such matters on this blog (a major exception was the Michael Vick dog-fighting story, which I took an interest in for obvious personal reasons). If I don't write about the Favre allegations, it's not because I'm in denial or defensive...
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October 12, 2010
Washington 16, Green Bay 13 (OT)
When the Vikings win, we can simply say "Skol." I think we need a word for when the Packers lose. Your suggestions are welcome.
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October 10, 2010
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