NFL: Must-read for Vikings fans

[ChrisMWilliams]

So on Tuesday night, I went on a rant about how the Vikings will find a way to screw this season up on KXnO. Bob, a listener, sent me the following. Had me rolling. He keeps a journal of the disaster that is our favorite team.

1960's
Great expansion team...drafted hall of Fame Quarterback in 61
'67 Just when they were getting really good---Traded same Hall of Fame quarterback
end of 67 Fired coach who traded Hall of Fame Quarterback

1967
Hired Hall of Fame Coach
Built Purple People Eater defense---One of the top five defenses of all time

1969
lost super bowl with great defense--no offense---no Hall of Fame QB
'72 Traded for same Hall of Fame QB---gave up draft picks to Giants
Drafted Good Running back (Chuck Foreman)
73' Drafted best FB player ever from ISU---Matt Blair
Continued with great defense---much better offense
Lost Super Bowl

75--Best record in NFL-----Lost payoff game to wild card team---F'ing Cowboys !!!(F'ing referee's)
No Super Bowl

76 Bud Grants and his senior citizen defense and QB make one last futile trip to Super Bowl
Lost 4th Super Bowl in 8 years

77 Hall of fame QB retires; tons of passing records---Never won the BIG one
Purple People eaters retire-

84--Hall of fame coach retires---No Super bowls
Tommy Kramer shows up----Drinks alot---no super bowls
Anthony Carter---No Super bowls
Warren Moon---No Super bowls

Traded draft picks and Players to the F'ing Cowbys for Hershell Walker----Rest of NFL Laughs-
-No Super bowls
(F'ing Cowboys win 2 or 3 Super Bowls with Draft picks)

Randy Moss/ Randal Cunnignham---15-1 regular season; Highest scoring offense in NFL--
Kicker misses chip shot FG, hadn't missed a kick in two years.....Lose NFC Championship
No Super Bowl

Fire coach---
Draft Andrain Peterson---Leads NFL in Rushing--
Hall of fame talent
No Super Bowl

Buy 40 yr old Brett Farve---Hall of Fame QB---Lose NFC Championship--
WHAT F'ing Difference does BRETT FARVE make??
ANSWER: NONE
No Super Bowl
Childress thinks Tavaris Jackson can be QB
Team sucks
Childress Gets fired-
No Super Bowl
GM promotes Leslie Frazier for HC
New Stadium Is set...
Drafts Christian Ponder...
Make Playoffs--lose 1st round
Trades Harvin---Can't give him the ball enough
Next season Ponder Sucks
Put in Matt Cassell--does OK
Sign Josh Freeman for 1 or 2 Mill
Let him Play----REALLY SUCKED
Cut Ponder
Go Back to Matt Cassel....wins a little
No PLayoffs
No Super Bowl
Faiser fired
Hire Mike Zimmer and Norv Turner--Winning Coaches...
Draft Teddy Bridgwater

Start Matt Cassel....

Adrian gets Busted for beating his kid; Get suspended
Cassels gets toasted by NE Pats on HOME FIELD
Owners pull boner and re-instates child abuser
The entire WORLD goes nuts VIking Org Looks REALLY STUPID.....AGAIN

Change plan Andrian gets paid to do nothing and disappear from team......
No Super Bowl

Next chapeter.....

..The Saga continues.......
Teddy Ted-dy Ted-dy seems to be real deal.....kinda, plays well on short lease
Adrian gets sins forgiven ( or forgotten???) Wins Rushing title....AGAIN
Rookies look good as season progresses....
Zimmer's Defense gets even better than expected....top 5 points allowed....
Offense struggles to score, but good enough to win 11 games
Team struggles to compete with Playoff-quality teams, but finally beat the Packers--In Lambeau for
North Division Championship...but still have to play in the Wild Card round against best WCard team in years...
Home game--coldest ever in MN---Back to the good Old days...West coast team coming to Antarctica..
Play outstanding defense for all but two plays...
Make 3 tough FG's Offense not able or interested in scoring TD's,
Kicker Misses Game winning 27 yard FG...
Note to Off, Cord.....remember, Playing For FG is for Losers!!!! Always has been, always will be!!!)
NO SUPER BOWL.....
Move into new Indoor state of the art stadium ( with Crappy lights...I work for Musco)
...Zimmer & Speilman continue to build team; Owners spend some cash All new O-line Looks good,
Ted-DY has worst knee injury recently seen by anyone...Non-contact, In practice before the season starts .... Done for how long?? 2 years or forever.....
Trade farm to get New QB...Trade multiple draft picks.... (See also "Herschel Walker....???)...
Sam Bradford!! Mister Knee surgery....no legs can't move....
Oline gets decimated...playing with practice squad scabs or worse....QB gets hammered but lives (so we thought)
Team goes 5-0 then like 3 and 8 no playoffs
Local white guy emerges as big-time receiver--ADAM ADAM ADAM...
NO SUPER BOWL
Next Next etc...Year.....
Cut Adrian, So long AD.....(no super bowl for another HOF'er)

Bradford looks great in first game....
Then the Knee hurts....(Duh??)
Insert former 3 string undrafted Case Keenum
Oline looks really good
Rookie RB tearing up the league
ADAM ADAM ADAM
Rookie RB blows out ACL
Team keeps winning;
Running back by committee
3rd stringer QB starts looking good
Defense is Outstanding
10-2 record going in last 4 games....playing for home field in Playoffs....(12-4-17)
(Psst S.B. in Minnesota))))
@ Panthers
Bengals
@ Green Bay 7:30 Saturday night...in GB!!!
Bears

Just another year where the Vikings find a way to ?????....

55+ Years in existence and have yet to FINISH....


I remember watching most of this...yes I am old

 

[RedlineSi]

Why are you the way you are?

 

[mywayorcyway]

Could be worse. You could be a Vikings fan and a Cyclones fan.....oh, wait.....

 

[srjclone]

 

[Clonefan94]

For some reason, reading that wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Between the Cyclones and Vikings, it's almost laughable after 47 years.

Yeah, that Gary Anderson miss, seriously, that almost got me divorced. It actually changed a lot of my outlook on sports, especially the NFL. I was so pissed it ruined my life for about a week. My wife's Birthday dinner was that night, I missed it. Since then, I've learned to just sluff it off, if I don't, at the very least, I give myself a few minutes to be pissed, then it's over.

 

[knowlesjam]

Chris,

You must feel pounds lighter now! Like you, longtime Viking fan...parents got me my first Vikings coat (leather sleeves and wool) when I was 7 (back in 1970). Absolute worst experience was losing to the Dirty Birds...that Viking team was probably their best, but didn't even get to the Super Bowl. Hoping for the best this season!

 

[knowlesjam]

For some reason, reading that wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Between the Cyclones and Vikings, it's almost laughable after 47 years.

Yeah, that Gary Anderson miss, seriously, that almost got me divorced. It actually changed a lot of my outlook on sports, especially the NFL. I was so pissed it ruined my life for about a week. My wife's Birthday dinner was that night, I missed it. Since then, I've learned to just sluff it off, if I don't, at the very least, I give myself a few minutes to be pissed, then it's over.

I too follow your philosophy. However, it took me more than a few minutes after the recent KState loss...the neighbors still look warily at my house when they walk past.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

When you said "Must Read" I trusted you, Chris.

<shakes head>

...I trusted you

 

[CloneFan4]

For some reason, reading that wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Between the Cyclones and Vikings, it's almost laughable after 47 years.

Yeah, that Gary Anderson miss, seriously, that almost got me divorced. It actually changed a lot of my outlook on sports, especially the NFL. I was so pissed it ruined my life for about a week. My wife's Birthday dinner was that night, I missed it. Since then, I've learned to just sluff it off, if I don't, at the very least, I give myself a few minutes to be pissed, then it's over.

Woah. And I thought I was bad after a loss.

 

[Beernuts]

Life long Viking fan. My favorite shirt when I was small was a Viking jersey with a 10 on the front and my last name on the back. Many Sunday afternoons were spent reading the des moines sunday register and ripping up the paper as the Vikings were losing. I remember one winter as a kid some of the viking players traveled to our small school to play an exhibition basketball game against the local coaches. The gym was packed.

Will always love the Vikings like my Cyclones. The Vikes still have the best uniforms in the pro's!

 

[cyhiphopp]

For some reason, reading that wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Between the Cyclones and Vikings, it's almost laughable after 47 years.

Yeah, that Gary Anderson miss, seriously, that almost got me divorced. It actually changed a lot of my outlook on sports, especially the NFL. I was so pissed it ruined my life for about a week. My wife's Birthday dinner was that night, I missed it. Since then, I've learned to just sluff it off, if I don't, at the very least, I give myself a few minutes to be pissed, then it's over.

 

[cyhiphopp]

I too follow your philosophy. However, it took me more than a few minutes after the recent KState loss...the neighbors still look warily at my house when they walk past.

Off topic, but I wanted to tell my story on the KSU loss. My wife and I were driving back from Minnesota that Saturday, so I was looking forward to watching the game on the DVR.

I sat down and watched, blood pressure rising with every picked up flag. I really try not to freak out about football games. I used to freak out in my early 20s and let it ruin my week. I can usually cool off for a whnile and life goes on. Even if we lose, I usually just take it in stride, otherwise my life would be hell as a Cyclone fan. I freaked out at the end of the game. I threw the remote. I cussed at no one in particular as my wife was putting the baby to bed. She had seen the score and the Facebook outrage already from our friends. She just said, "Sorry honey" and gave me a hug.

 

[cyhiphopp]

My dad grew up in Minnesota and is a lifelong Vikings fan. I watched games with him as a kid and I cheered for them, but they never stuck as my favorite team. I didn't even know all the history with the SB losses. I just didn't latch on to them. When I was about 13 I really started watching football and I found a style and organization I like in the Pittsburgh Steelers. I still cheered for the Vikes, but they weren't my favorite team.

I watched the Gary Anderson game with my dad, really hoping they would pull it off for his sake. He was crushed and I felt like crap too. That team was so good.


So, for my own health, I am glad that I didn't chose to be a Cyclones, Cubs, and Vikings fan. At least prior to the Cubs winning, it would have been a depressing sports life for me overall.

 

[Mr Janny]

I was 8 years old when I became a Vikings fan. I was in 3rd grade. I had discovered NFL football (and football in general) less than 2 years prior when I watched something called Super Bowl XIX featuring two guys named Montana and Marino. I enjoyed the game and decided to follow the sport. So, when the next season rolled around, I was looking for a team to root for. My parents weren't sports fans, so I got no help there. Instead, I picked the most charismatic team I could find, which if you're following chronologically, was the '85 Bears. I loved the Bears that season. They were awesome. I couldn't believe how amazing the sport of football was. I was hooked. My parents (like I said) were not sports fans, so I had to sneak in watching football in the basement, watching on a 9inch color tv. It was great.
That season ended so awesomely with a Super Bowl victory. The Bears were a team of destiny, so of course they won it all.

After the Super Bowl, I was riding the bus to school, and I brought the subject of football up to my best friend.
"Did you watch the Super Bowl?" I said.
"Naw," he replied. "The stupid Bears were in it."
"Oh, I like the Bears," I said. "They're awesome."
"No, they suck," he answered. "The Vikings are the best."
"The Vikings, huh?"
"Yeah. Think about it. A Viking is a tough guy with an axe. He could kill a bear, no problem."
"...I can't find any holes in that logic."

And with that, I became a Vikings fan.

It's been 30 years since that conversation, and sometimes I wonder what it would have been like if I had stuck with the Bears. Then I think of Rex Grossman, and it reminds me that even with all of the heartache I've experienced as a Vikings fan, I made the right call.

 

[cyhiphopp]

...
"Yeah. Think about it. A Viking is a tough guy with an axe. He could kill a bear, no problem."
"...I can't find any holes in that logic."

And with that, I became a Vikings fan.

I love the logic! Following that, what team should everyone be a fan of? The Jets maybe? They have Jets and can shoot everyone from the air and fly away. The Patriots have guns, but **** those guys.

 

[Mr Janny]

I love the logic! Following that, what team should everyone be a fan of? The Jets maybe? They have Jets and can shoot everyone from the air and fly away. The Patriots have guns, but **** those guys.

I was 8. It made total sense at the time.

 

[tb4state08]

haha this was awesome. To this day I still remember as a youngin watching my dad throw any object he could in the garage after 2 specific games (Cardinals rush up to the line as seconds tic away and no timeouts and Josh Mccown fires a seed to the corner of the end-zone, "pushed out", TD, knock Vikings out of playoffs and put Packers in///and the NFC Championship game vs Falcons). Plenty of other terrible memories along the way, mixed with some great experiences from games both being at and watching on TV.

This was funny though, I like the sequence!

*This year is different though!

 

[cyhiphopp]

So on Tuesday night, I went on a rant about how the Vikings will find a way to screw this season up on KXnO. Bob, a listener, sent me the following. Had me rolling. He keeps a journal of the disaster that is our favorite team.

1960's
Great expansion team...drafted hall of Fame Quarterback in 61
'67 Just when they were getting really good---Traded same Hall of Fame quarterback
end of 67 Fired coach who traded Hall of Fame Quarterback

1967
Hired Hall of Fame Coach
Built Purple People Eater defense---One of the top five defenses of all time

1969
lost super bowl with great defense--no offense---no Hall of Fame QB
'72 Traded for same Hall of Fame QB---gave up draft picks to Giants
Drafted Good Running back (Chuck Foreman)
73' Drafted best FB player ever from ISU---Matt Blair
Continued with great defense---much better offense
Lost Super Bowl

75--Best record in NFL-----Lost payoff game to wild card team---F'ing Cowboys !!!(F'ing referee's)
No Super Bowl

76 Bud Grants and his senior citizen defense and QB make one last futile trip to Super Bowl
Lost 4th Super Bowl in 8 years

77 Hall of fame QB retires; tons of passing records---Never won the BIG one
Purple People eaters retire-

84--Hall of fame coach retires---No Super bowls
Tommy Kramer shows up----Drinks alot---no super bowls
Anthony Carter---No Super bowls
Warren Moon---No Super bowls

Traded draft picks and Players to the F'ing Cowbys for Hershell Walker----Rest of NFL Laughs-
-No Super bowls
(F'ing Cowboys win 2 or 3 Super Bowls with Draft picks)

Randy Moss/ Randal Cunnignham---15-1 regular season; Highest scoring offense in NFL--
Kicker misses chip shot FG, hadn't missed a kick in two years.....Lose NFC Championship
No Super Bowl

Fire coach---
Draft Andrain Peterson---Leads NFL in Rushing--
Hall of fame talent
No Super Bowl

Buy 40 yr old Brett Farve---Hall of Fame QB---Lose NFC Championship--
WHAT F'ing Difference does BRETT FARVE make??
ANSWER: NONE
No Super Bowl
Childress thinks Tavaris Jackson can be QB
Team sucks
Childress Gets fired-
No Super Bowl
GM promotes Leslie Frazier for HC
New Stadium Is set...
Drafts Christian Ponder...
Make Playoffs--lose 1st round
Trades Harvin---Can't give him the ball enough
Next season Ponder Sucks
Put in Matt Cassell--does OK
Sign Josh Freeman for 1 or 2 Mill
Let him Play----REALLY SUCKED
Cut Ponder
Go Back to Matt Cassel....wins a little
No PLayoffs
No Super Bowl
Faiser fired
Hire Mike Zimmer and Norv Turner--Winning Coaches...
Draft Teddy Bridgwater

Start Matt Cassel....

Adrian gets Busted for beating his kid; Get suspended
Cassels gets toasted by NE Pats on HOME FIELD
Owners pull boner and re-instates child abuser
The entire WORLD goes nuts VIking Org Looks REALLY STUPID.....AGAIN

Change plan Andrian gets paid to do nothing and disappear from team......
No Super Bowl

Next chapeter.....

..The Saga continues.......
Teddy Ted-dy Ted-dy seems to be real deal.....kinda, plays well on short lease
Adrian gets sins forgiven ( or forgotten???) Wins Rushing title....AGAIN
Rookies look good as season progresses....
Zimmer's Defense gets even better than expected....top 5 points allowed....
Offense struggles to score, but good enough to win 11 games
Team struggles to compete with Playoff-quality teams, but finally beat the Packers--In Lambeau for
North Division Championship...but still have to play in the Wild Card round against best WCard team in years...
Home game--coldest ever in MN---Back to the good Old days...West coast team coming to Antarctica..
Play outstanding defense for all but two plays...
Make 3 tough FG's Offense not able or interested in scoring TD's,
Kicker Misses Game winning 27 yard FG...
Note to Off, Cord.....remember, Playing For FG is for Losers!!!! Always has been, always will be!!!)
NO SUPER BOWL.....
Move into new Indoor state of the art stadium ( with Crappy lights...I work for Musco)
...Zimmer & Speilman continue to build team; Owners spend some cash All new O-line Looks good,
Ted-DY has worst knee injury recently seen by anyone...Non-contact, In practice before the season starts .... Done for how long?? 2 years or forever.....
Trade farm to get New QB...Trade multiple draft picks.... (See also "Herschel Walker....???)...
Sam Bradford!! Mister Knee surgery....no legs can't move....
Oline gets decimated...playing with practice squad scabs or worse....QB gets hammered but lives (so we thought)
Team goes 5-0 then like 3 and 8 no playoffs
Local white guy emerges as big-time receiver--ADAM ADAM ADAM...
NO SUPER BOWL
Next Next etc...Year.....
Cut Adrian, So long AD.....(no super bowl for another HOF'er)

Bradford looks great in first game....
Then the Knee hurts....(Duh??)
Insert former 3 string undrafted Case Keenum
Oline looks really good
Rookie RB tearing up the league
ADAM ADAM ADAM
Rookie RB blows out ACL
Team keeps winning;
Running back by committee
3rd stringer QB starts looking good
Defense is Outstanding
10-2 record going in last 4 games....playing for home field in Playoffs....(12-4-17)
(Psst S.B. in Minnesota))))
@ Panthers
Bengals
@ Green Bay 7:30 Saturday night...in GB!!!
Bears

Just another year where the Vikings find a way to ?????....

55+ Years in existence and have yet to FINISH....


I remember watching most of this...yes I am old

Coming from a Cubs fan, here's the thing. All of those crappy losses and crappy teams are worth it when you finally win one. You'll have earned it more than pretty much any other NFL fanbase out there. That's what being a real fan is all about.

Yes it would be easy to be a New England fan until they aren't good anymore and switch to the next good team. But you don't really have anything invested in that. It's a hollow victory.

Just like it would be easier to have been a TOE football fan sometimes, but if/when Campbell really turns us around, it will feel that much better.

 

[cyhiphopp]

I was 8. It made total sense at the time.

I agree. Vikings are pretty badass

 

[SWCy13]

My first legitimate football memory is the 1998 season at six years old. I still remember the Gary Andersen kick and my Dad walking out of the house and not coming back in for like 4 hours after that. I did the same thing two years ago when Walsh missed the kick (it was negative 10 degrees). I feel sorry for my future children.