You still have a Championship Game hang-over?

My hangover is gone...  especially in light of all the positive moves the Vikings have made the past couple months.

I can't really find anything to complain about.  This team got better over the off-season.  Which is scary considering we were knocking on the door step of a home Super Bowl last season.

Took a while... have packed that into my Vikings scrap book of memories! As always.....looking forward to a new season...SKOL!

Been over it for quite awhile now...it's part of my Viking DNA to quickly process soul crushing defeats...

Lucy had pulled the football out on us so many times that this one was just another in a long list. I didnt get very excited for it so the let down didnt really exist. 

Nope... I'm pretty sure the quart of whiskey last night is what's causing mine.  Ooof.

@"AGRforever" said: Lucy had pulled the football out on us so many times that this one was just another in a long list. 

I was over it before the game ended.   I just adjusted mentally... "Oh yeah, they do this every time.  Ok."

I am overt it for the most part.   Once training camp opens I will be over it and concentrating on this season. 

The Eagles did me one favor in the respect that after that first Viking drive for a TD, it was a shit show. Put the game away early so I started processing my fan grief quicker than normal and no brutal last second dagger. The high of the Diggs walkoff TD against New Orleans was so incredible that watching that over and over has gotten me thru it much better.

New year with real optimism, can't complain. Should be another fun season.

I don't think I'll ever be completely over it.  Although it doesn't feel as bad as 87, 98, 09.  It's more in the 41-donut category.  Good thing is we may not need to wait another 10 years for another opportunity.

Let’s do this! 

I always feel the loss. Just not as long anymore. If you're a Viking fan getting that close is a rare thing. Missed opportunities we get way to few of. If we don't get a shot at it again this year then the loss with be greater. 

I'm not exactly sure why, but it didn't hurt nearly as much as '98 or '09.  Maybe because we were out of it so early, maybe because I trust this team and staff and know that we just had a bad night at the wrong time.

Anyway, I was over it pretty soon after the game and I'm excited about this season.  It's always tough to play deep into the playoffs, but I have confidence that this team can get it done.

I think after the near melt down in the aints game I was ready,  I even mentioned it on here that getting past that emotional moment was going to be very tough for the team to reset and refocus  for such a big game and that I wouldnt be surprised if there was a let down.  I still wanted a win,  but I think I was expecting the worst... now maybe not the shittiest fans on the planet living up to they hype worst... but as far as the team losing, I wasnt going to be surprised.

Age and the fact that, as a Viking fan, my heart, soul and spirit were long ago calloused over, I was over it before it ended. 

I cried when we lost our Super Bowls because I was a kid, but they didn't hurt as much as Hail Mary. It was years before that healed. Half Nelson brutalized me for a month, especially considering I worked at a newspaper at the time and our sports writers had a picture of Nelson's drop blown up large and placed in the newsroom where I had to walk by it every day. Wide Left stuck with me for at least a month. Bountygate resulted in the worst hang over I'd ever had, but only a few days of recovery time. Wide Left II, took about a day. By this time I had kids for whom I had to set an example. When the ball flew outside of the upright, my son was screaming. I didn't say a word, clicked off the TV and walked away. It's the new normal. 

And so by the time Cold Case (I'm open for other names) rolled around, I was well conditioned. I'm ready for the conditioning to end. 

I was  shocked  at how  bad   the last game was     so  I moved passed it quicker than  normal   I'm   ready for the season to start now  it's a exciting time to be a viking fan