Viking fans give team standing ovation at halftime
Up 21-0, Viking's fans showed their appreciation by giving the team a standing ovation as they headed into the locker room for halftime. Anyone know of any video of this anywhere?
I was there...I guess I don't recall that being a special moment to be honest.
I love a good ass whooping and that's what we did to Atlanta. It was a game that as a fan I could relax at really from the first quarter on lol! Sometimes you leave these games emotionally drained, yesterday wasn't one of em.
Not complaining mind you, great way to start the season.
@"StickyBun" said: Anyone know of any video of this anywhere?
Be glad I dont have video of the 1/2 time show to postr...Bunch of 68 year olds from The Prince era playing purple rain - ugh... :s
Was just looking at the box score. Must've been one too many beers, but I don't remember being up 28-0 at one point. Wow.
Just for the hell of it this afternoon I skimmed through a Falcons forum game thread. Other than the usual game action comments there were quite a few making positive note of the crowd. A couple of specifics were how the "skol chant and horn are pretty cool," and that the stands appeared to be pretty full for the opening kickoff and how great that would be. I'm assuming that means Atlanta fans are typically tardy in getting to their seats...??
@"CLOBIMON" said: Just for the hell of it this afternoon I skimmed through a Falcons forum game thread. Other than the usual game action comments there were quite a few making positive note of the crowd. A couple of specifics were how the "skol chant and horn are pretty cool," and that the stands appeared to be pretty full for the opening kickoff and how great that would be. I'm assuming that means Atlanta fans are typically tardy in getting to their seats...??
Kudos to the Vikings doing it right. They opened the new stadium with a new tradition (skol chant) and have really worked to make it a great experience for fans.
But doesn't Atlanta have a newer stadium... Our ownership must be doing something right.
@"greediron" said:@"CLOBIMON" said: Just for the hell of it this afternoon I skimmed through a Falcons forum game thread. Other than the usual game action comments there were quite a few making positive note of the crowd. A couple of specifics were how the "skol chant and horn are pretty cool," and that the stands appeared to be pretty full for the opening kickoff and how great that would be. I'm assuming that means Atlanta fans are typically tardy in getting to their seats...??
Kudos to the Vikings doing it right. They opened the new stadium with a new tradition (skol chant) and have really worked to make it a great experience for fans.
But doesn't Atlanta have a newer stadium... Our ownership must be doing something right.
Atlanta has a brand new stadium, Mercedes Benz. But fans in Atlanta are notoriously bad and arrive late and rarely sell out.
New tradition in Atlanta could be over eating concessions, vomiting at halftime, and filling up again...
@"StickyBun" said:@"greediron" said:@"CLOBIMON" said: Just for the hell of it this afternoon I skimmed through a Falcons forum game thread. Other than the usual game action comments there were quite a few making positive note of the crowd. A couple of specifics were how the "skol chant and horn are pretty cool," and that the stands appeared to be pretty full for the opening kickoff and how great that would be. I'm assuming that means Atlanta fans are typically tardy in getting to their seats...??
Kudos to the Vikings doing it right. They opened the new stadium with a new tradition (skol chant) and have really worked to make it a great experience for fans.
But doesn't Atlanta have a newer stadium... Our ownership must be doing something right.
Atlanta has a brand new stadium, Mercedes Benz. But fans in Atlanta are notoriously bad and arrive late and rarely sell out.
yeah that was my point. Our stadium came with a great new tradition. Maybe the best in the NFL right now. Very iconic.
@"greediron" said:@"StickyBun" said:@"greediron" said:@"CLOBIMON" said: Just for the hell of it this afternoon I skimmed through a Falcons forum game thread. Other than the usual game action comments there were quite a few making positive note of the crowd. A couple of specifics were how the "skol chant and horn are pretty cool," and that the stands appeared to be pretty full for the opening kickoff and how great that would be. I'm assuming that means Atlanta fans are typically tardy in getting to their seats...??
Kudos to the Vikings doing it right. They opened the new stadium with a new tradition (skol chant) and have really worked to make it a great experience for fans.
But doesn't Atlanta have a newer stadium... Our ownership must be doing something right.
Atlanta has a brand new stadium, Mercedes Benz. But fans in Atlanta are notoriously bad and arrive late and rarely sell out.
yeah that was my point. Our stadium came with a great new tradition. Maybe the best in the NFL right now. Very iconic.
Agreed, the skol chance is cool as hell.
Atlanta has always been like that. The Braves couldn't even sell out PLAYOFF games back in their hey-day. Never understood it. Atlanta was the only city in the southeast with professional sports for a long time.@"StickyBun" said:Atlanta has a brand new stadium, Mercedes Benz. But fans in Atlanta are notoriously bad and arrive late and rarely sell out.
correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Atlanta a very transitory city? That could explain the sports behavior there.
@"purplefaithful" said: correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Atlanta a very transitory city? That could explain the sports behavior there.
The South is primarily college football territory, as that's what the culture grew up with traditionally. Pro football teams are a fairly recent development.
@"StickyBun" said:@"purplefaithful" said: correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Atlanta a very transitory city? That could explain the sports behavior there.
The South is primarily college football territory, as that's what the culture grew up with traditionally. Pro football teams are a fairly recent development.
I love me some SEC football and I'm literally in Canada...That helps explain it too. But a lot of those teams have been there for decades now...
speaking of the Skol chant, is there a better opening in any stadium?
https://www.vikings.com/video/studwell-leads-the-skol-chant-sounds-gjallarhorn-prior-to-vikings-falcons
The Skol, the gjallarhorn, the respect paid to the past players. Wow. Get fired up on a Tuesday.
@"purplefaithful" said:@"StickyBun" said: Anyone know of any video of this anywhere?Be glad I dont have video of the 1/2 time show to postr...Bunch of 68 year olds from The Prince era playing purple rain - ugh... :s
You watch your mouth!They were fantastic!
@"purplefaithful" said: correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Atlanta a very transitory city? That could explain the sports behavior there.
This is correct. I work in Atlanta, commute down 2-3 weeks out of every month. Very few Falcons fans where I work and very few Atlanta natives.
@"Mike Olson" said:@"purplefaithful" said:@"StickyBun" said: Anyone know of any video of this anywhere?Be glad I dont have video of the 1/2 time show to postr...Bunch of 68 year olds from The Prince era playing purple rain - ugh... :s
You watch your mouth!They were fantastic!
I thought they were great. The guitar work was stellar.
@"Nichelle" said:@"Mike Olson" said:@"purplefaithful" said:@"StickyBun" said: Anyone know of any video of this anywhere?Be glad I dont have video of the 1/2 time show to postr...Bunch of 68 year olds from The Prince era playing purple rain - ugh... :s
You watch your mouth!They were fantastic!
I thought they were great. The guitar work was stellar.
Same here. Wendy was on fire. I loved Lisa's jacket. I enjoyed the music. It brings back memories.
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