Not So Random Well Weathered Thoughts

by Elgar on Oct 20, 2009 2:20 PM CDT Comment 29 comments

Ah, the great outdoors!

Heinz Field in Pittsburgh has a field of real grass. The day before the the Steelers host the Vikings, the Pitt Panthers will wear their finest blue as they host the University of Southern Florida Bulls at Heinz Field, and rain is in the forecast. The temperature for the Sunday Viking-Steeler kick off is likely to be 45 degrees Fahrenheit, with clouds but no rain... This is will not be your Metrodome-style football.

Yes, Big Ben Rothlisberger, please continue to drool over reports that Toine is attired in some custom care footwear on one side. (What you won't see on the game film from last week is that other guy named Allen: Asher, a young man who was born merely a few miles from where I once lived in Georgia on my birthday. He didn't dress that day, and he didn't dress last week,either. (Oh, avert your eyes!) This is a little belated natal day gift of mine which I intend to enjoy watching on Sunday. Pleasant dreams, Ben.)

Footwear is important. If you wear the right cleats for the field conditions, interesting things can happen. The guy who knows where he's going (oh, I don't know---say perhaps some guy who once set an NFL single-day rushing record against San Diego) has an advantage in that clandestine trajectory information which you don't. And those quick spurts which you will need for that there course correction, you ask? Ain't gonna happen...

Well, forget about the KOA. Tune in for Chilly's PNZLD (pre-New-Zealand-Labor-Day) ATV offense, an outdoor extravaganza coming to you live and in color from somewhere on the left end of Pennsylvania. All good Steelers fans should please camp out in Cook Forest State Park the night before. Yep, I bet those noises outside your tent are just the raccoons. (Or better yet, bears, and not the kind found in Chicago--except in the zoo).

Happy Halloween!

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Anticipation!

We will have to be on our best away game behavior for this one surely!BUT I think the team knows that, and the sting of last week will help them keep the focus…ESPECIALLY in the 4th QTR…

NOTE: Had a chance to finally see the game from Sunday….whew, went through the sweating and cussing all over again! Quite sure the D is doing the same when they are not reviewing Steeler films….Sheeshz one more time!

LOUDER THAN EVER: GO VIKINGS!!!!!!!!!!!

SKOL!

I would rather be IN the Arena than watching from the stands...That is my life!
* Read Teddy Roosevelt's "Man in the Arena" if you need further explanation...

by vikingfanfrom afar on Oct 20, 2009 6:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I finally watched the NFL video highlights of the game. That was stressful enough, although several things could have easily changed things. There were a few missed tackles that gave away TDs. I wonder if the D was gassed. Most of their big plays came down to a throw or catch or move that was just a split second before the response. Converting one of the red zone visits would have been big. Credit to the Ravens for having some fast people on D who barely kept AP and Sidney from scoring.

by Salty on Oct 20, 2009 8:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Gassed?

Speaking of gassed, I’ve been wondering why don’t we rotate D-linemen more often like the Giants do. Big Pat Williams gets a fair number of breaks in passing situations, but I think the Giants (yes, I saw part of that debacle last Sunday) have pretty well proven that 6 or 7 mostly fresh guys are much better than 4 elite guys who’ve been on the field all day long.

by zebano on Oct 21, 2009 8:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

What?

The point of your article completely escapes me. I think you’re trying to hard to be poetic. Stick to your day job (and I hope its not writing).

by Jayrome007 on Oct 20, 2009 6:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

This must be the first time you’ve read one of Elgar’s posts. ;)

by Anthony21 on Oct 20, 2009 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

LOL!

+21

I BELIEVE...

On the improbable Vikings win against the Ravens...
" OH MY HOLY BALLSACK " - IABerserker1

by ArizonaVikingsFan on Oct 20, 2009 6:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You think Elgar has a day job?

Regrettably you are very confused, so I recommend that you please stop reading my posts, since I am more than somewhat concerned that you might injure yourself quite severely.

But, if you are a glutton for punishment, it’s still a free country. Read on if you must.

You could use some facts, so before you embarrass yourself further, here goes.

Elgar is listed as an Inventor in the U. S. Patent Office. Elgar is also listed as an author in the Library of Congress. Elgar does not have any day job, and he has not required one for a long time. Be careful. I have more facts, but my broker is calling, and I guarantee that you won’t like them anyway.

Now, take care of yourself. I’m no longer responsibile for whatever may become of you.

by Elgar on Oct 20, 2009 8:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

As accomplished as you may be...

Manimal does not think it is necessary to speak in third person. Manimal thinks that it is vain, and ultimately weird. Especially when using an internet handle as opposed to a real name.

That is what Manimal thinks.

Visit:
http://www.vikingvigil.com

Skol Vikings!
Woot Woot!

by Manimal on Oct 21, 2009 9:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh no here it goes...

you know what they say about internet fights and the Special Olympics….

by Jepp The Viking on Oct 21, 2009 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

In both cases the wins don’t really mean much?

by Jayrome007 on Oct 21, 2009 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

To be crass

Even if you win you are still retarded.

by Jepp The Viking on Oct 21, 2009 12:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I love it! Thats great.

by Jayrome007 on Oct 21, 2009 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah get used to it

Elgar usually takes 4 right turns to head forward with his writing but for the most part it’s harmless. Haha.

by Jepp The Viking on Oct 21, 2009 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I should point out I’m not mad at him for his rambling diatribe. I’m just severely confused. Its harmless to the point of being completely benign. But maybe thats what he wants. I guess there might occassionally be a place for that in sports commentary.

by Jayrome007 on Oct 21, 2009 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

If there is one internet handle that can get away with talking in third person it would be “Manimal”.

by Jayrome007 on Oct 21, 2009 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cerebus Spoke in Third Person

And no one ever took him to task for it. All they did was take away his apricot brandy before he could pour any more of into the belly buttons of scantily clad dancing girls. Of course, that might be punishment enough, I suppose… of the ‘cruel and unusual’ sort.

Ah, ah,
We come from the land of the ice and snow,
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow.
The hammer of the gods will drive our ships to new lands,
To fight the horde, singing and crying: Valhalla, I am coming!
SKOL!

by DCPurple on Oct 23, 2009 9:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Then

Since you seem to influence national inventions and philosophies I blame the current problems of the world on you Elgar. Heavy is the crown no? (Just playing around).

by Jepp The Viking on Oct 21, 2009 12:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Follow up

Elgar= Sham-Wow guy.

by Jepp The Viking on Oct 21, 2009 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Elgar is rich?

by Salty on Oct 21, 2009 12:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Buy us a dome Elgar....

by Grime on Oct 21, 2009 12:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You mean like Bill Gates?

by Elgar on Oct 21, 2009 9:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Elgar reminds me of my Writing Comp

Professor. Is it secretly you? (narrows eyes)
He is also a Vikes fan

by loafrat on Oct 21, 2009 1:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

No.

by Elgar on Oct 21, 2009 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I dig it

Adrian Peterson seems to have an advantage over defenders in grass. He has made the Bears look embarassing whenever he plays at Chicago.

My good hopes are that Winfield will be healthy enough to cover Hines Ward. This guy has had an amazing year so far and Big Ben (after knocking through a couple of LBs rushing) always finds him open. They’ve been passing the ball without a drop of shame. Our pass rush needs to not necesarilly get to him right away, but to make sure you tackle him when the opportunity opens up. Too many times one guy misses Ben and it adds 3 or 4 seconds to the play that typically ends up in a big gain.

I don’t see this being a too big of a problem with the likes of Kevin Williams and Jared Allen, but our linebackers aren’t the biggest guys in business. Tackle through him and he will go down.

SKOL

by PurpleJesuZ on Oct 20, 2009 9:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yes, and as I have pointed out to the Steel Curtain crowd, Chester Taylor is a mudder.

by Elgar on Oct 21, 2009 7:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

AD will have a 100+ game....

D will be hurt with no Winfield, but the other guys step up to make it a bearable day….and no let up in the 4th….not possible to win this one…

Team is getting stoked – I feel it….Our D has something to prove, and being underdogs, whole team has something to prove….

Just hope they do not buy into the thought that this one is OK to lose….We have to go into this game with the attitude that this is a playoff game….

The tests have been getting harder from week to week, and the Vikings have been getting better and better in many areas of their game….

This improvement makes the weaker areas of our play stand out even more starkly….BUT the Steelers will be a little overconfident I think based on that fact…

This will open up the passing game and AD for the offense and we will be able to put up points….Hope the play-calling is aggressive and varying…keep them on their heels…

I am confident in this team….even without Winfield, some banged up players, and going into the bowels of Steeler country, we CAN win…

SKOL!

I would rather be IN the Arena than watching from the stands...That is my life!
* Read Teddy Roosevelt's "Man in the Arena" if you need further explanation...

by vikingfanfrom afar on Oct 23, 2009 10:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs