"My Bold Vikes Prediction" by Jan
Embiggened by MCA, I'd like to make this prediction - the Vikes will now go deep into the playoffs.
I base this on the following:
1. Before the Williams Wall was suspended, everything seemed too easy. Now we have a little controversy that will get the players to 'circle the wagons' and win 2 of the next 4. Once in the playoffs, we get the added bonus of the return of the WW and the fact that we have the best player in the NFL.
2. Three of the next four games are "Factoid Games" and for the "New Era Vikes" I like us in these "Factoid Games."
- First is the Lions game, we've all read about the 0-12 start and what happened in 2001.
- Next is the game against the Cards who knocked us out of the playoffs in 2003 (motherf'er!)
- Finally is the game against the Falcons and I don't got to tell you how that ended.
Payback is a dish best served cold and a side of kickass.
3. Why not?
6 Comments:
I love it! To paraphrase Rick Pitino: "The negativity in this town used to suck! Chris Doleman, Kieth Millard and Joey Browner and NOT walking through that door!"
In other words, this HAS to be the era of big-time wins in big-time situations through big-time adversity.
Basically, here's what needs to happen: Vikes beat Detroit and Atlanta or Arizona to finish 9-7. Packers lose to Jacksonville or Houston. Bears lose to the Packers. Ballgame. Vikes clinch at 9-7 by winning the tie-breaker with the Bears (thank you MCA) and finish a game ahead of the fudge.
Then, as predicted above, the Vikes get the WW back and go on a mini-rampage in the playoffs, making the NFC championship game at New York, where they either make up for 41-bagel...or, more likely, bow out of the playoffs.
I need a cold shower.
December 3, 2008 at 5:24 PM
Let the record show that my frothy optimism fizzles out once the playoffs begin, and Tampa, Dallas or Carolina come to town to play for keeps.
We should save BG's post above, however, to show our sons some day in 2025 when they're making bold predictions for the Vikings, who still haven't won a Super Bowl.
God, I hate being a Vikes fan some days.
December 4, 2008 at 9:16 AM
Ahhh Keith Millard...I miss #75..what a motor that guy had (whether it was manufactured or not- that due had a motor)
I like the optimism (guarded as it is)on this site..it's almost like we're new fans and haven't been jaded by 30+ years of disappointment....
December 4, 2008 at 11:00 AM
LH - you bring up a good point, maybe we're "new era fans" watching a "new era team"?!?!? From here on out for the rest of this season let's pretend we haven't watched the team for the past 25+ years and that we just stepped off a space ship, landed in our respective cities, and have a chip in our head that makes us root for the Purple and Gold. It would be like moving to India and all of a sudden rooting for the local cricket team but different.
As far as we know, we're at 0-0 in a four game season.
(funny, you have to totally suspend reality sometimes to root for our teams but whatever it takes.)
December 4, 2008 at 11:09 AM
I like this foot_ball that the earthlings play- especially that purple and gold team that was the players with the horns coming out of their heads.. you know that team with the drunk, troubled looking man named Jan that spends his time in the stands punching himself in the gut after every negative occurrence- no matter the magnitude. He scares the sh%t out of me.
December 4, 2008 at 3:40 PM
Holy Shit! LH has been an alien all along!
December 4, 2008 at 3:53 PM
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