Did anybody else..

by hickenizgriz on Oct 16, 2008 10:02 PM CDT Comment 12 comments

watch "The Missing Rings '1998 Minnesota Vikings"? It was on the NFL Network. I just watched it and learned alot about that team. Granted I was only 9 at the time, but i still remember Gary Anderson and the Tampa Loss. I hate that i only remember the 2 losses. I am happy tho that they did this, because if they would have won it all. A few ofthe Greatest players in the NFL would have gotten rings.

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i missed it i need to see it so i will catch the re run. you sound like your a young fan too. how old are you like 19. i ask cuz im twenty and itscool to meet fans my age ya know.

what the hell does this even mean

by da2213viking on Oct 16, 2008 10:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

In all my years as a Viking fan, that loss was probably the hardest to take (even more than the “worst no-call in the history of the NFL”, the “Hail Mary” game). This team was clearly head and shoulders above all others in the league and should have been meeting the Broncos in the Super Bowl. I said after that loss that Denver would kill Atlanta and they did. Still, it was little consolation. I’m glad the NFL network remembered them.

by purplegrey on Oct 16, 2008 10:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I don't need to see it...it is permenantly etched in my memory

That loss is one of those moments that you just remember where you were and who you were with….for me…I was stationed at Ft. Bragg, watching the game from the barracks. When Green had them take a knee, I knew we had lost….I wanted Green fired from that moment on. How do you have the most powerful (at the time) offense in NFL history and take a knee. All that and Denver admits to this day that they wanted nothing to do with the Vikes as they had no answers for the passing attack, I then met Jamal Anderson in a bar one night and he tells me about how they won and who gave in on the Vikes…..Does anyone have medication….make the pain go away!!

by VikesSince85 on Oct 16, 2008 11:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

P.S. Childress wasting a team is almost as bad

by VikesSince85 on Oct 16, 2008 11:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

yep

im 19… its weird.. all i can remember about seasons past is how the vikings get royally f*cked in the ass…

by hickenizgriz on Oct 17, 2008 12:03 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

awesome season...

I had a buddy who played with the Vikes for several years, including the 98 season….

I got to go to a lot of game those three years, including the loss to Atlanta…I was sitting in the end zone when Anderson missed that FG…I actually saw grown men weaping in the stands…

biggest memories of that game was watching Cris Carter in the parking lot breaking down and having to be helped to his SUV…

then going to some Pizza place, and holding the door for Korey Stringer as he walked out with 8 large pizzas…

I remember all of the Super Bowl losses, but that season, and in particular, that game, were the worst I ever felt being a Vikings fan…it took almost two months to get over that game

by Hilton Head viking on Oct 17, 2008 5:39 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

that program was easily the hardest 60 mins. to endure in my life. seeing chris carter almost crying every time he talked about it was a hard thing to watch. hickenizgriz i hope that at least the seasons you will get to remember are the ones that count.

AP's record day, 296 in a single game.

by da2213viking on Oct 17, 2008 5:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Probably the worst that i've witness in my 26 year existence

Yes, of course, this dreadful day in 98. Wasn’t Anderson perfect that whole season aside from the missed field goal in the NFC championship game? Of all field goals to miss. Sadly, he’ll be remembered for that moment.

However, this was our finest year. Hell, had the most points til last season. Remarkable!

I’ve been seeing a lot of this team DVD’s coming out lately via commercials. Does anyone know if there going to make a vikings history DVD?

by vikingfiend on Oct 17, 2008 11:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Saw it in my home while celebrating my first grandson's first birthday.

I did not kill the party but it was the hardest of all the losses I had to watch over the years – saw them all except 69 Super Bowl (Vietnam) and I listened to the Hail Mary catch on Armed Forces Radio at 0300 in Okinawa. But this guy Brad is worst – watching good talent wasting itself – why does he have his job 0-5 against the Packers – remember when the series was tied and the games made up for the season disappointments?

Brad is Bad – Ziggy do it!

The Eye

by Village Viking on Oct 18, 2008 12:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

not only did Anderson not miss one field goal that season, he had not missed one the year prior either. Yes two full seasons not missing a field goal and the S.O.B. chokes and hooks it on a 39 yarder in the game before the S.B.

AP's record day, 296 in a single game.

by da2213viking on Oct 18, 2008 8:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs