One to grow on - The Motherf'ing Super Bowl

Let the butt-f'ing continue as the Packers now play the Steelers in the Super Bowl. As if you didn't know, the Steelers will be making their 3rd Super Bowl appearance in the past 6 years and their 7th overall while the Packers will be making their 3rd in modern times. Terrific!


We need to do something about this curse (no, not this curse) "The Balloon Curse."

Football Armaggedon

As MCA alluded to in his comment on the prior post, the football Gods have decided to twist the knife one last time, by staging an NFC Championship game between the Packers and Bears. Seriously? This is unbelievable...the Packers barely made it into the playoffs as the 6 seed, but now appear unbeatable. The Bears, on the other hand, won the division and made the dance easily, but have no business with home field advantage. I mean, one game against a 7-9 team and now they are playing for a trip to the Super Bowl. I guess it's better to be lucky than good (see 2009 Vikings, who were way better than 2010 Bears, but had to beat a stellar Cowboy team and then play at eventual champion and national media darling New Orleans - I need to stop before I stab myself with the nearest sharp object).

The real question, however, is who to root for? Or put another way, who is the lesser of two horrendous evils? I have gone back and forth at least 10 times already...and I can't believe I am going to admit this, but I might be leaning slightly toward Green Bay, as they actually DESERVE to be in the game, after winning at Philly and at Atlanta. That said, I can't stand them, I abhor their fans, and the mere sight of their puke yellow, grey poupon helmets makes me nauseous.

This Michael Rand guy in the Strib put it pretty well, though, by saying that "to the current generation of Vikings fans, the Bears are relatively harmless" and catch lightning in a bottle every five years with ridiculous good fortune, and as such, aren't really a long-term threat. The Pack, on the other hand, with a franchise QB and good, young defense, seem poised to be great for the next 5-7 years. As such, he says to grit your teeth and "bear down" with the Bears. I'm honestly not sure what to do. What say you? (I know where MCA stands, as an Illinois resident...).

The Times They Are A Changing? Gophers beat 'Due

In the past two weeks Gopher fans have seen:

• Devoe Joesph suddenly leave the program and transfer in his Junior year to Oregon (Devoe - I like them Ducks too, but you know you gots to sit out a year now, right? Was it that bad at the Barn?)
• Trevor Mbawke be a dumb-ass (is there another word so fitting?) and getting arrested for violating a restraining order
• Trevor Mbawke , upon release from jail, be a DUMB-ASS!!! by tweeting some crap about the girl who had the aforementioned restraining order out against him (note to Trevor: time to start flying straight, buddy.)
• The Gopher's actually beat a top 10 team at home.

Note: My daughter's school is in Dinkytown, yesterday afternoon as I was driving to pick her up (in the snowy cold) I came across a number of 18 to 21 year old guys in their "Tubbytown" gold t-shirts (no jackets) getting ready to go to the game.

Prediction Segment - Snows in Hotlanta v. RTS

1. RTS and family have been "snowed in" for days and don't see any way out because they have never had to buy a shovel.

2. RTS has used kitchen salt to break up the ice on his driveway because he has never had to buy rock salt sold in 20 lb bags.

3. RTS has had to wear up to 4 sweatshirts at once because he no longer owns a "heavy coat" since he moved south of the Mason/Dixon.

4. RTS slipped in his driveway and almost comically gave himself a compound fracture in his right femur but somehow employed cat-like reflexes and caught his balance at the last second while yelling the holiest of holy F bombs. RTS thought he was alone but unbeknownst to RTS the act was witnessed by a 7 year old girl who promptly ran home and told her mom what "Old Man RTS" next door said to which the little girl's mother replied "Old Man RTS is harmless . . . oafish but harmless."

5. The Atlanta Dome will collapse. RTS will not be involved.

40 Days til Pitchers and Catchers

Well, I guess this is something.



We need to get excited, and I suppose this will pass in a year where there's nobody else. Here's to hoping we get another 1991 Jack Morris year out of this old racehorse. But let's face it, we need one of the 3-4-5 guys to step up and be a surprise. Please. Please. Please.

And I'm saying Neshek lights it up. He deserves it just for his the crazy crap he puts on his blog. It's like RTS in 1987. ****BTW, he now includes banner ads.

Justice is served! Bert elected to HOF

Congratulations to our own Bert Blyleven. The BWAA finally decided that Bert was Hall-worthy. He got 79.7% of the vote...

Other notables:

Robby Alomar - 90% (in, easily)

Jack Morris - 53% (may get there)

Jeff Bagwell - 41.7% (may get there)

McGwire - 19.8% (will have to sweat it, will be interesting to follow)

Palmeiro - 11% (good luck, dude, you shouldn't have done the finger wag)

Vikings 2010 - A Year to Forget

File the season under "Shitty."

Vikes finish last in the NFC Norris, first time since the early 1990's that has happened. To add to the crapiness is that the Packers go to the playoffs (I think the Bears are gonna regret losing that one.)


Ok. Gather yourselves, it's a long offseason and then we can start gearing up for the 2011 Vikings season. I predict great things, great things.