Football General Talk

[MS 9x56]

Here ya go. Every Viking fan bears this cross. None of us are holding our breath waiting for it, but we do dream it will happen before we go under.


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Being a Bills fan I feel your pain. So far we both still have a chance this year.

 

[noharleyyet]

That is correct and I definitely thought about that. Just because you are the goat doesn’t make you a good coach, or announcer.

Gifford and Dandy Don set a high bar...the networks keep force feeding Brady & he continues to underwhelm.

 

[VikingsGuy]

Lions have won x4 NFL championships though.

Technically the Vikes won the NFL title in 1969 and then lost a meaningless exhibition game . . .

 

[Birdbander]

I've been a Lions fan since I was 10 years old and Billy Sims was their running back.

It's laughable reading of the lamentations of Vikings fans because their team hasn't WON any of the FOUR Super Bowls that they've been to
I'll give you that's been nearly 50 years since the last appearance, but there's not a Lions fan anywhere that has a single drop of empathy for a Vikings fan.

Go LIONS!

 

[406dn]

As I said, I have long memories of the Vikings saga. Norm Van Brocklin was the coaching the Vikings when I first began to cheer for them. He wasn't the greatest coach in the world but he was fairly witty.

He once said, iirc, we're not very big, but we are slow.

He said Dave Osborn was tougher than a boiled owl.

When coaching the Falcons, he tried to draft a 65 year old John Wayne in the 17th round of the draft.

 

[Gellar]

Gifford and Dandy Don set a high bar...the networks keep force feeding Brady & he continues to underwhelm.

Are you saying Brady is the GOAT?

 

[BrentD]

Gifford and Dandy Don set a high bar...the networks keep force feeding Brady & he continues to underwhelm.

And I am going to say it. Howard Cosell.

 

[BrentD]

I've been a Lions fan since I was 10 years old and Billy Sims was their running back.

It's laughable reading of the lamentations of Vikings fans because their team hasn't WON any of the FOUR Super Bowls that they've been to
I'll give you that's been nearly 50 years since the last appearance, but there's not a Lions fan anywhere that has a single drop of empathy for a Vikings fan.

Go LIONS!

While we do not need or expect your empathy, we do wonder the old saying, "It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all."

But when applied to Superbowl heartbreaks, some of us feel it might be NOT be better to have played and lost (over and over and over and over again) than to have never played at all.

But I am certainly willing to tune up my World's tiniest violin and play a sad song for Lions fans too.

See, Cowboys have it good, even if it is a "down year" for them. Again.

 

[mtmuley]

If you put a member on ignore, do they know you have done that to them? mtmuley

 

[VikingsGuy]

I've been a Lions fan since I was 10 years old and Billy Sims was their running back.

It's laughable reading of the lamentations of Vikings fans because their team hasn't WON any of the FOUR Super Bowls that they've been to
I'll give you that's been nearly 50 years since the last appearance, but there's not a Lions fan anywhere that has a single drop of empathy for a Vikings fan.

Go LIONS!

In turn however we Vikes fans do show empathy for the Lions fans - guess we are just nicer in MN

 

[VikingsGuy]

As I said, I have long memories of the Vikings saga. Norm Van Brocklin was the coaching the Vikings when I first began to cheer for them. He wasn't the greatest coach in the world but he was fairly witty.

Don’t forget Kapp - a fighter to the end

 

[Birdbander]

In turn however we Vikes fans do show empathy for the Lions fans - guess we are just nicer in MN

I'd have to agree that people from Minnesota generally are
All of my friends from out of state say that Michigan people are the most rude they've encountered

 

[VikingsGuy]

If you put a member on ignore, do they know you have done that to them? mtmuley

Not if they ignore you first

 

[mtmuley]

Not if they ignore you first

I don't think that is correct. Just asking a question. mtmuley

 

[406dn]

Don’t forget Kapp - a fighter to the end

Joe Kapp, whose passes often had a bit of wobble to them, leading to underthrown passes to a wide open Gene Washington.

He could be a poor mans Josh Allen, he was not afraid of contact. His helmet had a single bar for the face mask.

The Vikings from that era remain my favorite teams, although the team 98 team was the most electric offense they have ever had.

 

[BrentD]

In turn however we Vikes fans do show empathy for the Lions fans - guess we are just nicer in MN

Yeah, but it is "Minnesota nice"

 

[Birdbander]

Yeah, but it is "Minnesota nice"

My stepdaughter uses the term "Michigan blunt" and not in a good, getting some smoke on way

 

[Forkyfinder]

I don't think that is correct. Just asking a question. mtmuley

No. It doesn't.

 

[VikingsGuy]

Yeah, but it is "Minnesota nice"

A euphemism for “passive aggressive”

 

[BrentD]

Don’t forget Kapp - a fighter to the end

And the Purple People Eaters