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01-12-2018, 01:31 PM

Quote: @Canthony said:
I think I was more devastated over 09. I think that team was a much better overall team. 09 would have been a for sure Super Bowl year as we would have dismantled the Colts. Not sure we would have won it in 98

I see them as equal. We would have won borh of those Super Bowls.
The Vikings were the best team both of those years.

01-12-2018, 01:54 PM

Quote: @StickyBun said:

@AGRforever said:
All I got to say is Fuck Gary Anderson and Greg Williams
The guy you should be mad at for 98 is Robert Griffith: he dropped the easiest INT EVER. Would have ended the game in regulation. I mean it was stupid easy.

It was the perfect convergence of the entire team contributing to a loss that should never have happened. Cunningham pissed down his leg, OMG the overtime miss to Moss who was wide-open for a sure TD, Robert Smith running out of bounds with under 2 minutes, that Griffith drop of a key interception.

The Anderson miss...

Bad s hit. Only thing that we never discuss is that we lost to a pretty darned good 14/2 Dirty Birdie team. 14/2!!

01-12-2018, 03:41 PM

Quote: @StickyBun said:

@KingBash said:

@StickyBun said:
Jesus, the sad sack Twin Cities media. Seriously. They can't and won't let go of this old baggage. Its a self fulfilling prophecy if you can't move past this and treat each new opportunity as unrelated to the past.

We all have the scars as fans, but if you can't enjoy the ride, then why bother being a fan at all? Just tune in each year to the Superbowl in early February and bypass the rest. A bunch of woe-is-me Eeyores. :/

The term "victim shaming" is getting thrown around a lot in the media these days, but this is the best example I can see of it. We've been abused for years and suddenly we're supposed to just get over it? No, sir.

I'm going into this weekend actively telling myself that I need to enjoy the game, win or lose, as could be the last time we'll see the Vikings take a snap (that counts) until September, but...
LOL, victims of what exactly?

Calling this abuse makes light of real abuse. Its entertainment. Actually, lol, nothing 'entertaining' about '98 and 09'. Long suffering fans? Yeah, I can see that. It ain't abuse, its just football. But very disappointing for sure.

Maybe I was being tongue in cheek?

Of course it makes light of real abuse, I'm just being an asshole.

01-12-2018, 04:11 PM

Quote: @KingBash said:

@StickyBun said:

@KingBash said:

@StickyBun said:
Jesus, the sad sack Twin Cities media. Seriously. They can't and won't let go of this old baggage. Its a self fulfilling prophecy if you can't move past this and treat each new opportunity as unrelated to the past.

We all have the scars as fans, but if you can't enjoy the ride, then why bother being a fan at all? Just tune in each year to the Superbowl in early February and bypass the rest. A bunch of woe-is-me Eeyores. :/

The term "victim shaming" is getting thrown around a lot in the media these days, but this is the best example I can see of it. We've been abused for years and suddenly we're supposed to just get over it? No, sir.

I'm going into this weekend actively telling myself that I need to enjoy the game, win or lose, as could be the last time we'll see the Vikings take a snap (that counts) until September, but...
LOL, victims of what exactly?

Calling this abuse makes light of real abuse. Its entertainment. Actually, lol, nothing 'entertaining' about '98 and 09'. Long suffering fans? Yeah, I can see that. It ain't abuse, its just football. But very disappointing for sure.
Maybe I was being tongue in cheek?

Of course it makes light of real abuse, I'm just being an asshole.

I hear ya, dude. Hard to always get tongue in cheek or sarcasm in written word.

Fun fact: I've never been an asshole on this board once. :p

01-12-2018, 04:27 PM

Quote: @purplefaithful said:

@StickyBun said:

@AGRforever said:
All I got to say is Fuck Gary Anderson and Greg Williams
The guy you should be mad at for 98 is Robert Griffith: he dropped the easiest INT EVER. Would have ended the game in regulation. I mean it was stupid easy.
It was the perfect convergence of the entire team contributing to a loss that should never have happened. Cunningham pissed down his leg, OMG the overtime miss to Moss who was wide-open for a sure TD, Robert Smith running out of bounds with under 2 minutes, that Griffith drop of a key interception.

The Anderson miss...

Bad s hit. Only thing that we never discuss is that we lost to a pretty darned good 14/2 Dirty Birdie team. 14/2!!

I still think there should have been a penalty called for roughing the kicker. Gary got absolutely demolished immediately after kicking the ball, and I fully believe that having two guys barreling down on him from the right side could have easily been part of the reason he kicked the ball left.

I still don't understand how that wasn't called.

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01-12-2018, 04:59 PM

Quote: @Purplewhizz said:

@Canthony said:
I think I was more devastated over 09. I think that team was a much better overall team. 09 would have been a for sure Super Bowl year as we would have dismantled the Colts. Not sure we would have won it in 98

Quote: @Canthony said:
I think I was more devastated over 09. I think that team was a much better overall team. 09 would have been a for sure Super Bowl year as we would have dismantled the Colts. Not sure we would have won it in 98
I see them as equal. We would have won borh of those Super Bowls.
The Vikings were the best team both of those years.

I will respectfully disagree. The Broncos were the better team in 98. Remember, they were going for the undefeated season. They lost week 15 and sat their starters in week 16 I believe. They proceeded to play their starters in week 17 at the start.
I think we would have lost that SB against the Broncos. That was a great team.