...to be a Bengals fan (at least before this season). Or the lone Arizona Cardinals fan. To be looking ahead to the NFL draft before October's even over. I've pondered before if it'd be worse to cheer for a perenial loser, or a team with expectations that constantly breaks your heart. This season I may get to find out. Is this really the team picked to go to the Super Bowl? A team who would tell anybody that would listen about their new image now that badboy Randy Moss was gone? I don't know about you, but I'd take Randy's halfmoon or any of his antics over what's happened so far. With Randy on the team I know we'd at least have scored more than 1 touchdown in the last 24 quarters.
But this is obviously so much larger than Randy. Or Matt Birk. This team had two weeks to prepare for a one-dimensional Bears team with a good defense, and instead of looking ready, it was as if they spent the two weeks on the Love Boat (Oh wait, that's basically what happened). The team stunk for the fourth time in five outings, showing absolutely no signs of improvement from the pounding they took at the hands of the Falcons two weeks ago. Is it too early to say the season is lost? Unfortuneatly, Purple fans, it may be time to start looking to see how close we are to the bottom of the standings instead of the top. It's us vs the Texans (who are getting crushed in Seattle as I type this)for the right to pick the best USC Trojan (I take Reggie Bush over Matt Leinart but that's a discussion for another day).
Now before you start pointing to the pathetic NFC North standings, and how the Vikings are STILL very much in the hunt for the divison let me say this: tHe other three teams in the Norris may not have terrific records, but they've been in every game. They've moved the ball consistently, and have even stopped people on occasion. The Purple have been in exactly one game, and that's only because the Saints were even more disinterested than the Vikes.
The "alleged" sex cruise scandal was bad enough, but the Vikes could have used it as a chance to come together (a REALLY easy joke right there but, like Denny Green, I'm taking the high road here) and make a stand for their season. Instead the game was over from the opening kickoff.
So the big question today for Vikings fans isn't how do we fix Daunte, or the running game, or the line, or the receivers, or the defense, or playcalling, or whether Mike Tice knows how to write up a resume? The biggest question is which Trojan would look better in Purple? (I'll let you insert your own Love Boat joke here)
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Well I guess we get those football blues in many places. Take us in Florida. Gators lost, Seminoles lost, Dolphins lost (to Tampa). UM won against a soft team. Ricky Williams is back, but Tampa does look good.
Florida Guy,
Thanks for the comments. I'll give you that being a Fins fan, especially with the whole Ricky Saga, wouldn't be fun, and that up until Tampa finally changed the uniforms, they had as bad a run as anybody. But both teams at least now have competent managing and coaching in place. The Vikes? Yeah not so much.
And I think Gopher fans would trade places with your Big 3 schools in a heartbeat. Since the mid '60's we've had zero Conference titles and zero National Championships. How many has the U, Gators and FSU won between them, just since even the '80's?
We're going to hopefully need some new football coaches up here come January, so if you know of any good ones, send them our way.
Jeff
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