Vikes get Cowboys: Welcome to Da Hood.
Game time. Few thoughts as we approach this weekend:
1. Not really nervous about this; not because I'm overly confident but because you are gonna have to play games against good teams to win the Superbowl. Here is game #1. You can wish whoever you want to be our opponent but that really doesn't matter. Matters if you show up. Seahawks, Lions, Rams it's not.
2. Commit to it now: no negativity. Try it on, see if it fits, I think you'll like it.
3. Welcome to Da Hood.
4. We're good too, you know.
5. Two weeks ago it was the Eagles. Last weeks it was the Packers. This week its the Cowboys. Next week it will be whoever wins the Saints/Cardinals game. Nobody picking us.
14 Comments:
I love the welcome to the hood, rich kids vs poor guys angle. You don't just walk into the Minneapolis Edison School district and not expect to catch some static. It is the Tommies not the Tony's, bitches.
As previously mentioned you have to beat some good teams to make the Super Bowl, so I am indifferent about the Cowboys. I don't watch as much Sports Cnter as I used to, has anybody brought up this is Barber's old turf? Sure he won't be running against Toledo or some of the other scrubs Mason used to feed on, but he has had some big games at the dome.
January 12, 2010 at 7:32 AM
Looking at Map quest it could Mpls South territory, even worse. It is 2.6 miles to Edison and 2.7 to South.
January 12, 2010 at 9:04 AM
When I was in da hood a few weeks ago having drinks with Jan at Whitey's in NE Mpls, he asked me: "Who would you love to face in the playoffs?" To which I replied: "Dallas." Yes, they are playing well, but they just won their first playoff game in like 15 years. I'm not afraid of them. Tony Romo has proven to be a mental midget in the clutch and Wade Phillips has proven to a mediocre coach, at best. Everyone's slurping them right now because they beat New Orleans (in retrospect, not that impressive), shut out Washington (whoopeee!), then Philly (okay, impressive) and then beat down Philly again. My question is this: Are we sure Philly is a good team? They pretty much rolled over the past two weeks...
I love the fact that the media is picking Dallas. Everyone...all outlets. Being the underdog is much preferred in these situations. There is a decent chance Arizone takes down New Orleans, which means that if we can win, we might get a rematch with Kurt WArner at the dome.
Don't want to get ahead of myself yet, though. We need to protect Favre. That will be the #1 key to victory. I think we can run the ball on them, but their D-line is FAST, which makes me worry about Loadholt and McKinnie (who got absolutely abused by Julius Peppers).
January 12, 2010 at 11:58 AM
Agreed, seems like the Vike O-line (especially on the edges) will be the key to this game. If they play like they did against AZ, we're in trouble. If they play like they did the past 6 quarters or even earlier in the year, then the cowgirls are in trouble.
I know they're the hot pick right now, but I like our offense, better than I like their defense- man I hope the right Vikings team shows up, because they can flat out ball...
love da'hood
January 12, 2010 at 5:24 PM
I have a hard time taking all these serious sports geniuses seriously who are now bandwagoning dallas after saying three weeks ago that wade phillips was going to be fired and philly was going to walk into the superbowl (after saying that about new orleans two weeks ago). I guess the current "in the know" move is to say whatever team wins two games in a row is the 85 bears. keep it coming. dallas can enjoy their ride to the top of the coaster. its a long way down.
i can't wait to shit in all these people's salads.
love da hood.
January 12, 2010 at 5:37 PM
I guess it's a little ironic that the team that's become well known for its cap rate runaround and spending about as much as an NFL team legitimately can is mocking another one for being the rich guys, but if they limit it to the stadiums I guess whatever works.
Another Key to The Game getting lost in the "Can McKinney stop Flozell" and "Can we run on them" talk: Can Winfield contain Miles Austin? Roy E. Williams I'm not going to bet on to beat us, and Romo won't settle for getting Witten at 8 yards a pop all day long (and I think Greenway/Leber can keep up with him, anyway). Austin scares me, though, with a beat up star cornerback.
Anyway, let's get everyone's picks for the weekend. I'm going with the Vikes, Cards, Colts and Jets with the upset.
The 'boys are getting all the hype this week, but I think Arizona's really the team to not sleep on at the moment. I think Larry Fitzgerald may be develping into my favorite player ever, but I cringe at the thought of seeing him next week. Has a dude ever been so money in the playoffs? Not to mention Warner, possibly my least favorite player of all time, and his ridiculous game last week against a defense that had been playing a lot better than the Vikes' D the last 5 weeks. Who on New Orleans is going to stop those two? The Saints offense really seemed to lose its footing after the Pats game - if they get it back they'll lose this game, I think.
January 13, 2010 at 4:38 PM
If they *don't* get it back, sorry.
January 13, 2010 at 4:39 PM
Warner is really your least favorite player of all time? Usually, I have a general disdain for the ultra religious who wear it on their shoulder but I like Warner. It could be because he went to UNI. It could be because my wife is a Rams fan (she was on board pre-resurgance and still on, thank you very much). I think the real tipping point though was his bounce back after the way he was written off in NY. If the Vikes don't win it I am pulling for Arizona, assuming the two don't meet and Warner makes me hate him.
I am going with home teams across the board: Indy, SD, NO and Vikes. We all know how Gamblor did this year down $1200 less some change. I consider it a success. I continue to prove to myself that I should not wager real money and I still get the enjoyment of following my picks every Saturday.
January 14, 2010 at 8:44 AM
Hating Warner is hating Jesus. I know a Purple Jesus. I can't hate Purple Jesus.
I'm going Colts, Bolts, Cards, & Vikes.
January 14, 2010 at 11:12 AM
Don't fret MCA, While I don't consider Warner one of my list favorite players of all time- I can't root for a QB that wears a glove on his throwing hand... I don't mind rooting for a guy that has 12 DUI's, 4 domestic abuse charges and 2 concealed weapon charges, but a glove? You've got to have your standards.
I'm picking the Vikes, Bolts, Ravens(I know, but I just feel it) and the Cards.
January 14, 2010 at 11:50 AM
Only three of the five of you would know what I'm talking about, but I despise Kurt Warner for the following: 1 point. 1 measly fucking point!?! Come on. That's impossible.
The glove on the throwing hand is pretty douchey. I also still resent all the inexplicable network camera love with Brenda we all had to witness back in the Greatest Show on Turf days, where we cut to shots of her uncontrollable clapping fits and her awful butch hair every five seconds. But that's not much reason. Also, the guy was practically ready to retire he felt so bad for hanging one up for Boldin when he got hurt last year, which is admirable. So, perhaps I've overstated - he's not Pacman Jones or anything, but really... 1 point? Fuck him, anyway, then.
January 14, 2010 at 3:15 PM
Also, speaking of people who hate Jesus, what's up with Pat Robertson? What kind of corroded black heart would allow oneself to go on TV and blame an earthquake, that's killed tens or even hundreds of thousands of people, on the ancestors of its victims? That's like a whole new level of being an irredeemable ass.
January 14, 2010 at 3:20 PM
douchey... what a great descriptor- and so accurate in thise case. I beleieve he wears it even in Dome stadium... if he had some rare disease where he lost all feeling in his hand if the temperature dropped below 60 degrees or something like that I would understand it.. but short of that- If you're a QB and you consistently wear a glove on your throwing hand, yeah I think that makes you a douche.
Pat Roberston said that? While I honestly fail to understand nearly all organized religions, I really don't understand people like him or Oral Roberts or (INSERT JACKASS HERE). The cynic in me always questions whether they really believe what they're saying is true or they're just saying for attention/exposure..How could someone be that big of an ass?
January 14, 2010 at 4:25 PM
i'd like to cockpunch the next commentator who says our weakness is that we can't run the ball. Ditto to the next person who utters "you have to be able to run to setup the pass" or that we have become a one dimensional passing team.
I think some of these idiots would be more impressed with a 17-14 loss where AP runs for 200 yards than a 34-20 win where he rushes for 50.
The advantage of having a good offense is you get to pick what you do and what you exploit. We were losing the advantage when we were stubbornly trying to force a square running back through a round hole. i frankly don't give a flying fuck if AP averages 17 yards a game the rest of the way as long as favre averages 350. And I don't care if favre averages 100 if AP is getting 190.
Lets get serious -- We aren't a bad runing team. AP and CT are premier backs any way you cut it. Our line, even if overrated, is still one of the top 15 in the league at worst. Teams have made a conscious decision that their best chance of beating us is to take away the run and stack the box. This isn't high school -- when pro teams want to take one phase of your game away, most of them can do it. When you play into that and don't adjust because its part of your "plan" then you lose. When we take whats there, we win.
Tony Romo is gay.
January 14, 2010 at 6:02 PM
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