Who was there?
Walked out of the Metrodome to see pallets of these under guard. Comparatively speaking, I've had little to complain about in my 58 years, so this might have been the worst day of my life. But it's also the last time I invested so much into a "game" I don't even play, so maybe some good came of it.
As @bjacubsfan and I left the NFC title game in 1999, these were being quickly loaded back onto the Strib trucks. Fortunately, Bobby kept a couple from the office. Happy Championship Sunday to long suffering Purple followers. @Patrick_Reusse pic.twitter.com/au8byrez0B
— Judd Zulgad (@jzulgad) January 29, 2023
Sigh, I was there, behind the "wide left" goal posts, deck 1
The ONLY TIME I shed a tear for a football game.
I had a bad feeling about this game going into 1/2 time.
Two plays are seared into my memory;
Cunningham missing a wide open Moss streaking down the sideline
Robert Griffith dropping an interception in the end-zone
I believe both of those plays would have ended the game.
I have empathy for Bengals fans today, that play by Osai (sp) hitting Mahomes out of bounds end of game is one they wont forget.
I was there. When the Vikings went up 17-7, I turned to my buddy and said, 'We're going to the Superbowl'. I never had ever been that presumptive before with football. There were so, so many ways for Minnesota to have won that game on the Falcons last drive. Disgusting. The thing was nobody left until the game was over, so the place was crammed and I stood in the aisle waiting to get out and the Dirty Nerds were celebrating and getting the NFCC trophy right in front of me. Couldn't get out fast enough to avoid seeing it. F%^k me. Griffith dropping that gimme INT just gutted me.
"Vikings Win"?? That's what they were going with, lol. So creative.
Oh great, Maroon... Now you've just given the woe is me crowd more fuel to complain about the team. :-P
@"Wetlander" said: Oh great, Maroon... Now you've just given the woe is me crowd more fuel to complain about the team. :-PBitches gonna bitch no matter what I say.
@"Wetlander" said: Oh great, Maroon... Now you've just given the woe is me crowd more fuel to complain about the team. :-PWhat nobody knows (till now) is that when they tore the metrodome down, I buried a voodoo doll into that hallowed ground.
B4 the USB foundation was poured. Effectively breaking any curse from Madden, LaMar Hunt or any of the spurned AFC old guard.
It's all good now....
@"purplefaithful" said:@"Wetlander" said: Oh great, Maroon... Now you've just given the woe is me crowd more fuel to complain about the team. :-P What nobody knows (till now) is that when they tore the metrodome down, I buried a voodoo doll into that hallowed ground.B4 the USB foundation was poured. Effectively breaking any curse from Madden, LaMar Hunt or any of the spurned AFC old guard.
It's all good now....
should have buried a whiskey bottle, a kicking shoe, and a few other keys from what could have beens.
@"purplefaithful" said:@"Wetlander" said: Oh great, Maroon... Now you've just given the woe is me crowd more fuel to complain about the team. :-P What nobody knows (till now) is that when they tore the metrodome down, I buried a voodoo doll into that hallowed ground.B4 the USB foundation was poured. Effectively breaking any curse from Madden, LaMar Hunt or any of the spurned AFC old guard.
It's all good now....
It's....not....working...
@"MaroonBells" said:@"purplefaithful" said:@"Wetlander" said: Oh great, Maroon... Now you've just given the woe is me crowd more fuel to complain about the team. :-P What nobody knows (till now) is that when they tore the metrodome down, I buried a voodoo doll into that hallowed ground.B4 the USB foundation was poured. Effectively breaking any curse from Madden, LaMar Hunt or any of the spurned AFC old guard.
It's all good now....
It's....not....working...
Ha!Well, we haven't hosted any CG there yet have we?
This will get a test in the next year maybe 2.
@"MaroonBells" said:Woe is me!@"Wetlander" said: Oh great, Maroon... Now you've just given the woe is me crowd more fuel to complain about the team. :-P Bitches gonna bitch no matter what I say.

@"JimmyinSD" said:@"purplefaithful" said:@"Wetlander" said: Oh great, Maroon... Now you've just given the woe is me crowd more fuel to complain about the team. :-P What nobody knows (till now) is that when they tore the metrodome down, I buried a voodoo doll into that hallowed ground.B4 the USB foundation was poured. Effectively breaking any curse from Madden, LaMar Hunt or any of the spurned AFC old guard.
It's all good now....
should have buried a whiskey bottle, a kicking shoe, and a few other keys from what could have beens.
and a horseshoe?
@"greediron" said:@"JimmyinSD" said:@"purplefaithful" said:@"Wetlander" said: Oh great, Maroon... Now you've just given the woe is me crowd more fuel to complain about the team. :-P What nobody knows (till now) is that when they tore the metrodome down, I buried a voodoo doll into that hallowed ground.B4 the USB foundation was poured. Effectively breaking any curse from Madden, LaMar Hunt or any of the spurned AFC old guard.
It's all good now....
should have buried a whiskey bottle, a kicking shoe, and a few other keys from what could have beens.
and a horseshoe?
LOL... you heard it here first!
@"JimmyinSD" said:@"purplefaithful" said:@"Wetlander" said: Oh great, Maroon... Now you've just given the woe is me crowd more fuel to complain about the team. :-P What nobody knows (till now) is that when they tore the metrodome down, I buried a voodoo doll into that hallowed ground.B4 the USB foundation was poured. Effectively breaking any curse from Madden, LaMar Hunt or any of the spurned AFC old guard.
It's all good now....
should have buried a whiskey bottle, a kicking shoe, and a few other keys from what could have beens.
Seriously, what all should be buried to appease the SB and NFCCG demons?Whiskey bottle, a rosary, 2 kicking shoes (one frozen one), Cunningham's knee, Griff's hands, a dirty horseshoe, some hijacked radio headpieces...
@"greediron" said:@"JimmyinSD" said:@"purplefaithful" said:@"Wetlander" said: Oh great, Maroon... Now you've just given the woe is me crowd more fuel to complain about the team. :-P What nobody knows (till now) is that when they tore the metrodome down, I buried a voodoo doll into that hallowed ground.B4 the USB foundation was poured. Effectively breaking any curse from Madden, LaMar Hunt or any of the spurned AFC old guard.
It's all good now....
should have buried a whiskey bottle, a kicking shoe, and a few other keys from what could have beens.
Seriously, what all should be buried to appease the SB and NFCCG demons?Whiskey bottle, a rosary, 2 kicking shoes (one frozen one), Cunningham's knee, Griff's hands, a dirty horseshoe, some hijacked radio headpieces...
Darrin Nelson's hands, Favre's ankle, Jerry Burns vocabulary, an episode of That's Incredible starring Fran Tarkenton...on Beta, Herschel Walker's entire living, breathing body.
something to keep Robert Smith in bounds
I was there for both playoff games that year, just out of university. Sad that it was the pinnacle of my fandom.
@"Vanguard83" said: something to keep Robert Smith in boundsRS's nodding head.
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