Mark Your Calendars: Vikings "Five Greatest Games" DVD Coming 18 August
by Christopher Gates on May 14, 2009 2:13 PM CDT
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PrintI hadn't heard much about it before now, but the good folks at Amazon.com are already taking pre-orders on a DVD entitled "Minnesota Vikings Five Greatest Games." The DVD set is currently slated to be released on 18 August and retail for $27.99.
Unfortunately, the five games that will be included on the DVD set have not yet been announced. . .and, since material is running a little thin these days unless we want to re-hash the quarterback thing ad nauseum. . .which I'll probably end up doing in the next day or two anyway. . .we can use this thread to debate which games should end up on this DVD set.
Some nominees, just off the top of my head. . .
-The Vikings' first ever NFL game, where some rookie named Fran Tarkenton came off the bench and threw for four touchdowns as the Vikings defeated the Chicago Bears 37-13.
-Joe Kapp setting an NFL record with seven touchdown passes in a game in a 52-14 massacre of the Baltimore Colts in 1969.
-Anthony Carter's amazing performance in the 1987 NFC playoffs against the San Francisco 49ers.
-Randy Moss single-handedly destroying the Green Bay Packers as a rookie in 1998.
-Speaking of humiliating the Packers.
-There's the Adrian Peterson/Devin Hester show from 2007. . .and, of course, Adrian Peterson setting the single-game rushing record against the San Diego Chargers.
What games would you put on your own, personal "Five Greatest Games" DVD for the Beloved Purple? I'll come up with a list of my own later on, but I'll open the floor for discussion first.
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I'd nominate
Culpeper’s first game as a starter and his vikings record tying 3 rushing TD’s
Will the Real Thor Please Stand Up ... ?
off the top of my head...
The schlacking of Dallas on thanksgiving, when Randy Moss made the transition from mortal to superhuman.
All Day’s record setting performance against SD, for sure.
The playoff game against the Giants when we came back from 9 points down with 2 minutes left with a touchdown, onside recovery, field goal. I’ve never gone crazier in my life (Well, I probably went slightly crazier during the 99 yard play last year).
Peterson vs. Hester pt. 1
Playoff victory at Lambeau (I call this game “The Mooning”)
There’s five of my favorite games of my lifetime. Although the games on the DVD will probably all be from the 70’s. The team WAS the best it’s ever been in the 70’s, but I hope a couple Moss or Peterson games get on there.
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My Five Greatest
1. First game ever, Sep 1961. David slays Goliath. Bears are one of the premier franchises in the NFL, and they got absolutely schooled by a bunch of over the hill retreads and not ready for primetime rookies.
2. Nov 7, 1976. Vikes beat the Lions 31-23. Rookie Sammie White has over 200 yards receiving, but almost costs the Vikings the game. With the Vikes up 24-16, White is headed to the end zone for an apparent score when he holds the ball up to celebrate at about the two or three. The Lions defender catches up to him tackles him, and White fumbles the ball out of the end zone. Detroit gets the ball, goes down the field to score, and gets to within a point. Vikes clinch it when Tarkenton hits Sammie White again, and White keeps the afterburners on and the ball tucked safely under his arm as he runs through the end zone. I loved Sammie White from that game on.
3. Dec 27, 1969. Vikes beat the Rams to win their only NFL championship. Too young to remember this game, but my Dad says that Joe Kapp ‘a man with a capital MAN’ in that game.
4. Moss’ coming out party in 1998.
5a. Dec 18, 1976. Vikes beat the Redskins 35-20 in the divisional playoffs. Both Chuck Foreman and Brent (why did they give him the ball at the one in SB XI) McClanahan both had over 100 yards rushing, Sammie White made a circus TD catch, and the Vikes rolled.
5b. Met Stadium Miracle. Vikes beat the Browns on Rashad’s Hail mary catch to win the division and go to the playoffs. Man, when Tommy Kramer was on, he was the most exciting QB in the NFL.
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Dito on #5b
I was trying to remember what game that was. Thanks for jogging my memory. That was so exciting!
There was Kramers “coming out” game (can’t remember the year) but the Vikings were struggling terribly against San Fran. with an aging Fran. Kramer came in late the 3rd qtr. i think, and rallied for the win with 3 TD tosses.
by CitrusFLViking on May 14, 2009 7:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Vikes-Rams 1969
Was a divisional playoff game. They played and defeated the Cleveland Browns for the NFL Championship the following week by a score of 27-7. Still, I agree with you. That was one of my favorite games too and was also the Vikes first playoff win-coming back from a 17-7 half-time deficit.
greatest games
Definitely the 1980 Playoff game vs Cleveland Browns – Two minute Tommy to Joe Senser with the toss to Teddy Brown who rumbled for a few more yards setting up the Hail Mary to Ahmad Rashad.
Turkey Day Game vs Cowboys – 1998 – with legs going to Moss, Carter, Smith and Cunningham amoungst others.
AC Carter in 1987 Divisional playoff game vs. 49’ers. Single handedly took over game.
vikes – giants playoff game as mentioned – 1996?
playoff game – p krause scores on fake field goal vs. rams (believe it was a playoff game)
Interesting.
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Yes, quite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=733X36LBJUQ
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by Christopher Gates on May 14, 2009 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Extremely
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNQHGAWV4Vw
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by Christopher Gates on May 14, 2009 6:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Actually, now that I think about it
That second one comes from a game that could actually be on a DVD of the Minnesota Vikings’ 5 greatest games. . .thereby making it a legitimate part of the discussion.
Weird.
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by Christopher Gates on May 14, 2009 6:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Bush league.
And be sure to check your email, okay?
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Really
I’ve overlooked the Favre thing for this long. It’s a bit much.
If you’d like to actually contribute something at some point, by all means, go crazy.
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by Christopher Gates on May 14, 2009 7:18 PM CDT up reply actions
Try the search feature.
I’m sure you’d find plenty of productive contributions. I’ have tried to offer plenty to the site, and I’m sure the other members here would agree. I’ve never been anything but civil and courteous.
But yeah, if you “overlooked” your member’s multiple FanPosts about the weather, movies, poker, the Twins (no offense Bjorno), then it would definitely make sense that you would “overlook” such a trivial thing as “Brett Favre.”
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Thanks for your $0.02
I choose not to get into this any further, but feel free to elaborate since you seem to have something to offer.
Otherwise, I have said my piece, and do not wish to make this thread anymore about myself than I have already done. The only reason I initially even commented is beacuse Gonzo chose to dismiss an email I sent him and rather wanted to have the discussion on this thread.
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Actually, now that I think about it,
Didn’t the Bears spank the vikes that very same season sin the playoffs? So let’s weigh this:
Regular season overtime win:Vikes
Playoff ass-kicking: Bears
Weird.
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on May 15, 2009 9:44 AM CDT up reply actions
The best part of that game
is without a doubt Carter’s catch for the game winning touchdown.
The second best part of that game was Wanstead stuffing a picture in the pocket of the ref just before halftime and getting fined for it. Classic coaching move.
I Agree Citrus and to all Viking Fans....
I remember it well…..It was a crisp fall day, that as a Young 21 yr. old, I took the field not knowing of my Future Greatness in the NFL and for my beloved Vikings!
I felt a great sense of Pride, Determination, Accomplishment that I made it …..
and a bit of Gas (ask Center Bill Lapham), as my stomach was doing flip flops!
Anyway, Thank You all for having one of my Great Games on this Collector’s DVD!
Who knew, that my Future would bring me to the Daily Norseman!
PS> I will be awaiting my copy in the mail.
Best... Sir Francis
by Fran The Man Tarkenton on May 15, 2009 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions
Always good to hear from ya Fran
Long time , not hear. Hope and pray you are well.
by CitrusFLViking on May 15, 2009 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions
Oh, the 99-yard TD game. That has to be one of the top 5, right? How often do you have a goal-line stand 4 TIMES and then throw a 99 yard TD the next play, WITH the division title on the line?
Only against the Bears
And only with the allegedly great Charles Tillman in “coverage.”
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by Christopher Gates on May 14, 2009 7:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Taking a page from
Jim Rome there I see ;)
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by the Real Thor on May 14, 2009 7:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Tillman's coverage on that play
Was. . .PHENOMENONAL.
I will now give you a dramatic pause, followed by me shuffling my papers around. . .for no apparent reason.
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by Christopher Gates on May 14, 2009 7:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Off topic
but did you catch Rome interviewing Jared Allen? Jared was classic Jared. Funky animal skin hats and the whole bit.
Spoke of playing old shool, toughing out through pain, striving to be better, staying sober and setting an example.
Most important was his outpouring of admiration for our troops. Beautifully spoken.Just for that I hope he gets a great ovation from fans and all of us who have had loved ones over there.
Makes me proud he wears purple and always should. Way to go Jared!
by CitrusFLViking on May 14, 2009 8:26 PM CDT up reply actions
That stand has to go down as one of the top 5 stands in Vikes history, if not the best.
by CitrusFLViking on May 14, 2009 8:42 PM CDT up reply actions
I was so ill
from some of injury problems that day. You should have seen me go ape-crap when they pulled that off. Then the big bomb! Talk about a cure all for the purple at heart. I am so looking forward to this season-BF or no BF.
I hope my plans to travel to camp and the 1st pre-season game work out. Say a prayer in church for me on that one guys.
Dear Bear and Packer Fans
This is the Ban Hammer. Not to be confused with Miami Vice theme song composer Jan Hammer or former WCW wrestler Van Hammer.
If you insist on coming here and posting stupid YouTube clips and/or boxscores of times that your teams were lucky enough to actually defeat the Minnesota Vikings, I will take this Ban Hammer and drop it directly on your head. Repeatedly, if you plan on making smurf accounts to troll here with.
This is a thread about Viking history. If you want to talk about Bear or Packer history, allow me to direct you to Windy City Gridiron or Acme Packing Company.
Think I’m bluffing? Try me. And if you don’t like it, feel free to open up your own website and say whatever sort of stupid crap you please. Don’t send whining, crying e-mails, because I’ll put them directly into the trash folder.
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by Christopher Gates on May 14, 2009 11:19 PM CDT reply actions
of all the pics you could've posted
Why’d you choose an almost-naked guy with a sledgehammer?
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on May 15, 2009 9:26 AM CDT up reply actions
Posing with big muscles?
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on May 15, 2009 9:29 AM CDT up reply actions
Thank you, Captain Obvious
Is that you, John Madden?
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on May 15, 2009 9:59 AM CDT up reply actions
If it was obvious
then they’d you ask the question?
+1
Cause he’s the one thinking with his dipstick, or wishing he had one.
by CitrusFLViking on May 15, 2009 10:22 AM CDT up reply actions
his from the guy with citrus as his screen name
hmm citrus is the same as fruit, right?
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on May 15, 2009 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions
Be nice. Citrus is one of the good guys.
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Go back and troll your other blogs sites
by CitrusFLViking on May 15, 2009 10:43 AM CDT up reply actions
ifuwanna is a good guy too...
We just can’t let him get too amped up… he can be a beast when he gets rolling :)
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I could have shot off a good one but let it go
I save that for Packer trollers :-)
To old to let it ruin my day and often in my state this is th hilightof my day
by CitrusFLViking on May 15, 2009 11:05 AM CDT up reply actions
Based on first impressions
he seems more of a troll than a good guy
He can be, that's for damn sure.
But it doesn’t take much to get him to behave either. I realize the above is not the greatest example, but he can actually be quite eloquent and insightful when he chooses to be. But you’ll of course just have to take my word on that. :)
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Sorry about the joke :(
I live in central Florida, by the way.
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by ifuwannacrownem on May 15, 2009 6:53 PM CDT up reply actions
You mean your a fruit picker too?
Way too funny. What city?
by CitrusFLViking on May 15, 2009 8:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Your blog-leader dropped in a "gay" comment down below...
Care to call him out too?
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i noticed that
but he wasn’t calling anybody gay. Nor was he insinuating anybody was.
In fact, you could replace “gay” with “annoying” and it has the EXACT same meaning.
Using the word gay to have a negative connotation, while politically incorrect, is much different than insinuating someone’s sexual preference. (Although I obviously know that ifuwanna doesn’t really think Citrus likes his love in the fanny).
Not that there’s anything wrong with that…..
You continue to support your fellow member’s idiotic comments, and I’ll continue to support the head-writer of my favorite blog. It’ll be fun!
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actually
replace “gay up” with “annoy up”. I…. can’t read or write.
At least, that’s how I took it.
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Couple of things...
1- As the site administrator, I would think that you would be open to feedback from any member of this website, not put an email directly into your trash folder. Anyone who is interested in providing the highest quality of website to their members I would think would be open to feedback, whether it is positive or negative.
2- If you are referring to my email to you, I am curious as to why you would call it “whining” and “crying”. For one, my email was absolutely neither of those two things. And it also isn’t very professional of you to make that statement.
3- If at any point you fell like my posts here have been trolling, fell free to contact me. I want to be as productive and positive as I can, and am always open to feedaback. But intentionally deleting an email without reading it and then posting a ban threat… well that probably is not the best way to conduct business. Then again, you don’t seem open to anyone’s suggestions or feedback, so you will probably just delete this comment as well. I hope you at least read it first.
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Can I play Devil's advocate?
There are a lot of “visitors” trolls if you will that come and need the hammer. I’m all for it as I come here to talk with friends and accept other Vikings fans points of view.
I have never known Geau to be insulting to us and like other game day visitors offers us a perspective on what his teams fans take on the Vikings is. At least he can come on here without making insults.
If another fan is truly interested in visiting us and chatting in a cival manor. I really don’t mind. When the line is crossed, and you can usually find those types right of the bat, you put the hammer down.
I don’t think GB was trying to make some snide remark by saying “interesting” I think he found it just that. At least I hope so.
As Forest Gump says “and that’s all I have to say about that.”
by CitrusFLViking on May 15, 2009 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions
What was interesting is that I
light-heartedly posted my favorite 5 games (just a link to box-scores) of when the Bears beat the Vikes. It was good-natured (as I try to always be), and just done in a joking manner. But it was deleted, which is why I then posted “Interesting”. It seems it was taken as trolling for some reason, which it wasn’t on any level.
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Again, I'll play D's advocate
I can see both sides of that now. Maybe a separate post labeling the humor of it. I don’t know, I didn’t see it so really can’t say. Just never took you to be a mean spirited person and from your explanation, still don’t.
by CitrusFLViking on May 15, 2009 10:48 AM CDT up reply actions
No worries...
But anyone who is familiar with my participation on this blog, or any of the sbn blogs for that matter, knows that I don’t fool around with being a troll, or contributing negatively to any site. I try to offer up different perspectives, and keeping things good natured.
But, there are much more important things in life than the world of the internets.
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This too shall pass
Like I said, maybe a feed labeling it non offensive and in humor. I might be taken back by it considering the subject of the post. maybe you did footnote . Like I said, I didn’t see it and sure you didn’t mean to cause a stir or anything.
Just let it go and we can all go on having fun.
On a happy note,I am so excited as I am meeting a group to raise $ for a disabled group to assist injury and accident victims (including some needy Iraq vets) with equipment. The group at our football pub will sponsor a fantasy league. Group of Vikes, Steelers, Bills, Bears and Bucs fans will be strong supporters. Another way for me to give back to those who helped me out
by CitrusFLViking on May 15, 2009 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions
Good initiative, and a great cause.
Kudos to ya…
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It's cool
cause I felt guilty I never did enough to help out folks before my accident and sure as hell didn’t want to be that way after so many good folk helped me. It is also fun as I get to do something with football fans. One friend suggested I write various teams as they often have autographed photos set aside to donate to such causes. If we get enough we could use for prizes and an auction. I have one contact with the Buc’s and one friend who knows some Panther brass.. If anyone has any contacts I could use it would sure be appreciated.
Back to the 5 games. Even if they don’t do the game I sure hope they put the Moss Mooning clip on. Sure it was a little overboard but to a Vikes fan it was priceless.
by CitrusFLViking on May 15, 2009 1:37 PM CDT up reply actions
See, here's the thing
Not too long ago, there was another guy that blogs over at WCG that was somehow under the impression that he was running this site, and made it pretty well known that he thought he had some sort of say as to how business was conducted over here. I banned him because he’s an idiot, and nothing has led me to the conclusion that that has changed.
I don’t personally go over to WCG to gay up any of the threads started over there with Vikings-related stuff. Neither do any of my co-writers. If expecting the same in return makes me a jackass. . .well, then, I’m a jackass. I’ll wear that mantle proudly. If Bear fans want to talk about how great the Bears are, that’s what WCG is there for.
Also, shortly after your post, some idiot decided to post some “wonderful” moments about the Packers beating the Vikings. After further review (and a check of his IP), he was someone I had previously banned for outright idiocy, and so I decided to do so again.
I’m plenty open to discussion and feedback on pretty much any subject.. . .and if you can tell me which, if any, of the five games you posted would have even remotely qualified to be on a DVD of the 5 greatest games in Minnesota Vikings history, then I’ll apologize.
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by Christopher Gates on May 15, 2009 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Okay...
1- Whoever you are banning/ have banned is of zero consequence to anything I have been involved in or brought up.
2-
I’m plenty open to discussion and feedback on pretty much any subject.. . .and if you can tell me which, if any, of the five games you posted would have even remotely qualified …
The two pieces of that comment are mutually exclusive. They have nothing to do with one another. But to address them separately, it doesn’t look very good when you say in one comment that you are open to any feedback or discussion, and in another comment say that you will put the emails directly in the trash folder.
3- You seem to not care about the good-naturedness of my trash talk. I participate in a wide variety of discussions with the members here, and no one has once had a problem with light-hearted banter being thrown their way. Maybe you are different in that. You do seem to have a “Ruler of Dominion” attitude that has very little tolerance for anyone who disagrees with you.
But the thing is, that is the nature of a blog. And unless a member breaks a rule, or violates some policy, we all have to be tolerant of other people’s points of view. I do not want to get into a pissing contest with you, only to express my disappointment in how a couple of things have taken place with you. And it is a shame that you would rather do this in a thread rather than email.
That being said, my 5 games comment, regardless of the context or intention of my posting it, was not something that you chose to overlook. Being the site administrator, you can (however fairly it is) pick and choose what to allow on the blog. I just hope in the future, you can ease up a little bit and recognize when things aren’t as bad as they may seem to be at first.
P.S.:
I don’t personally go over to WCG to gay up any of the threads…Do you not recognize that could be terribly offensive to some people, or do you just not care?
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If anyone's offended
Then I apologize for that. Of course, I didn’t outright call anybody gay. . .you know, like the other Bear fan in this discussion did above. . .but if anyone is offended by my use of the word in that context, then yeah. . .my bad.
And if I have a bit of an attitude, it’s probably because I’ve worked awfully freaking hard to make this site what it is. At the risk of sounding arrogant, this isn’t a Vikings’ blog. . .this is the Vikings’ blog. As long as I’m running it, it will stay that way. If this were a thread on WCG about a Bears’ “5 Greatest Games” DVD being released, would I be over there saying “Hey, remember that game from 1998 when the Bears came to the Metrodome and the Vikings beat them 48-22 with Randall Cunningham throwing 4 TD passes and Dwayne Rudd running that fumble back 94 yards for a TD?” No, I certainly wouldn’t be. Why? Because a) it wouldn’t make a damn bit of sense, and b) that’s not the way I do things.
I’m sure that plenty of folks over at WCG don’t much care for me or how I choose to run this site. And, in the interest of being completely honest, I couldn’t possibly care less. If people want to talk crap about the Minnesota Vikings, lord knows there are enough other sites on this vast Internet for them to do it on. Hell, we had idiots over here running their mouths during our playoff game while the high and mighty Bears had already been making tee times at their local golf courses for a week. I’ve pretty much come to expect that sort of thing.
“Good-natured” banter is fine. Wonderful. Encouraged, even. In a discussion of the 5 greatest games in Viking history, not one person outside of Chicago gives a damn about those times that the Bears beat the Vikings, or any other time the Bears beat the Vikings.
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by Christopher Gates on May 15, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Well said
Made my comment below while you wrote so I’ll leave it at that.
I have meant to ask. A while back you asked if there was interest in DN t-shirts and stuff. Did you ever go ahead with that? I was interested bu theard no more of it.
by CitrusFLViking on May 15, 2009 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Do you not recognize that could be terribly offensive to some people, or do you just not care?
Probably not too many people. I don’t think I’ve ever met a gay person that liked football. I suppose you’re right though. It could be offensive. It shouldn’t, but I suppose if you were a really self-concious person who whines about everything, then it could.
Just like how I get offended when people say my favorite football team isn’t as good as theirs. I’m a whiny baby about that stuff.
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Probably not too many people. I don’t think I’ve ever met a gay person that liked football. I suppose you’re right though. It could be offensive. It shouldn’t, but I suppose if you were a really self-concious person who whines about everything, then it could.
That entire paragraph makes me cringe. Actually, it makes me sad. It makes me sad that there are people in the world who really believe that…
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You do seem to have a "Ruler of Dominion" attitude
Ummmm….. he is.
And if people didn’t like the way things are run here, they wouldn’t come.
But they do.
A lot of them.
Even you.
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The way he does things here has nothing to do with why I come here.
I like a great many of the members, and enjoy discussing football. That is why I come here.
Be nice. Flag comments that you think are offensive. Use the "reply" button. Drink plenty of water. Compliment others. Rec comments and posts you like. Don't call people names. If you don't like someone's comment, attack the comment and not the commentor. Learn the difference in your/you're, then/than, to/too. Exercise. Relax. Stretch often. Find good in the world.
I think he was referring to your friends comment
That was a little overboard but I kind of provoked it with the dipstick comment. I’m not always politicly correct or some advocate, but I am not going to risk insulting or hurting some reader here who is gay. So I didn’t further the insult. I am a litle partial to my friend Frost and was defending him.
I apologize if my follow up comment started something.
I love this site because we do try our best to stay cival while not allowing idiots to troll over and insult. When Gonzo set up guidelines I supported it wholeheartedly and was insulted by people who didn’t and are now gone. Too bad.
I don’t care to troll other sites. I don’t even go to Bucs blogs and I have a limited interest in what they do cause I live here and deal with their fans.
I appreciate cival discussion from visitors such as the ones we invite on game days and a few non-Viking bloggers here.
So, as I said, I really don’t think GB is a bad guy and have not interpreted his writings to be for the sake of igniting a problem. Anyone else, I would have probobly gotten POed too or if I read it, taken it wrong. Maybe if you had written something like " I put up a fanpost of my favorite Bear moments against the Vikings" with a little note for the unsuspecting reader to understand who you are and it was just for a fun/joke about session.
If we just look at the others guys side of things, in this case, how bout we just let it go? If we continue fighting the motives, reach an understanding that there are guidelines which our editor works hard to defend and a motive was misinterpreted, all can be forgiven.
Now, I’ve got to go back to my fruit grove and wave my Viking flag.
by CitrusFLViking on May 15, 2009 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Uplifting
Amazing stuff… I’m honestly overwhelmed at the prospect of being able to watch 5 great Viking games again, I don’t even know if I can begin to pick which ones were best. I’ll be over to Amazon directly with my pre-order :) .
Thanks, Gonzo, for such a positive topic to help drag us out of the weeds and worry over the nickle-shIt stuff that, 10 years from now, few will remember let alone care about.
An aside, if anyone knows who to petition to get someone to create a “Vikings Encyclopedia”, comparable to the works they’ve done for a few other teams, I’d like to start beating on that door too!
Hook and Lateral. Dec 14, 1980
Dec 14, 1980. Cleveland Brown vs. Minnesota Vikings. The last season in Metropolitan Stadium. 12 seconds left in the game with the Vikings trailing 22-23 with the ball on their own 20 yard line. Tommy-Gun Kramer fires a short pass over the middle to Tight End Joe Senser on a 12-yard hook pattern, and who immediately laterals it back to a running Ted Brown who catches it in full stride and makes it all the way to the Cleveland 47 yard line where he runs out of bounds with 1 second left on the game clock. Last play of the game, Kramer lofts a Hail Mary down the right sideline where three Vikings receivers and 6 Cleveland defenders converge on the ball at the five yard line. The ball is tipped and Ahmad Rashad, having gotten behind the scrum, plucks the ball out of the air with his right hand and pulls it into his chest as he backs across the goal line.
The crowd erupted in a celebration so loud that it was heard miles away. The celebration rocked the stadium so that the TV cameras at the top of Met Stadium recording the action were visibly shaking.
Vikings 28, Browns 23! Vikings win the NFC Central Division Title! Vikings in the playoffs!
was before my time...
but that game sounds absolutely incredible. How cool it would have been to be there!
V-I-K-I-N-G-S! Skol Vikings, Let's Go!!
Found Video
Actually, it was from the Cleveland 45 yard line and there were 5 seconds left in the game. But, a stupendous ending to the game, nonetheless.
I was only 10 at the time
but my first thought (okay, second after the 1998 Randy Moss Detroys the Pack on Monday Night Football) was that 1980 Cleveland game.
Amazing that I remember it after all this time, but even more amazing was that game. And for a playoff spot. It definitely belongs in the top 5.
by buddydave on May 15, 2009 11:38 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Remember when this thread was about great Vikings games?
I’ll be honest, I didn’t start watching the Vikings regularly until 98. As such, four games stand out in my mind:
Peterson goes for 296 against San Diego
Peterson vs Hester at Soldier Field (just ignore the passing)
Tice’s Vikings win against Green Bay in Green Bay in round 1.
Randy Moss ruins Thanksgiving for the Cowboys
Sorry, but that’s all that stands out for me in victories. And let’s not bring up the 5 worst games of all time.
When you go to somebody's house, you don't crap on their floor. Being a fan of one team does NOT give you license to be a dick to fans of another.
All good ones RR
I have to go back so long it is hard to pick. I would have to put aladdinwa’s Brown’s game in with Gonzo’s 5. Picking which one to drop would be hard. I just remember how exciting that Rashad catch was.
Again. I really appreciated that video-thanks.
by CitrusFLViking on May 15, 2009 8:51 PM CDT up reply actions
1973 NFC Divisional Playoff
This was Fran’s 2nd year back in his 2nd stint in Minnesota. The Vikes went 12-2 during the regular season and were hosting the defending NFC Champion Redskins at the Met. Washington was playing them tough and went into the half with a 7-3 lead. During halftime in the Vikings locker room, Carl Eller went berserk and started throwing chairs around screaming that he was tired of the team losing in the first round of the playoffs. Fran Tarkenton later said that he was looking for a place to hide. Apparently it worked as the Vikes came out of it to march down field with the opening drive of the 2nd half (highlighted by a long run by Oscar “Seed” Reed) to take the lead. They never looked back rolling to a 27-20 victory. The game wasn’t as close as the final score. This was especially sweet to me having to live among a bunch of Redskin fans.
Another good one!
so fun hearing about these games. Imust have been a fifteen year old pimple faced kid when that happened. It was an unexpected 2nd half turn around as the Vikings looked totally flat. You could almost tell when they came out at half that they were a differesnt team. Like someone turned on a lightswitch. Later they told of Ellers rampage and how the guys never saw anything like it.
Maybe someone should send that story to Jared Allen for future reference being he loves old school stuff. He can pack it away for such an occasion. Probobly one of few guys who would have the guts to do what Eller did..
Some of you may not know but my memory was jambled in a bad accident (not lost totally) but when I hear these old stories, it is so exciting for me. I know them but if I tried to pinpoint one (memory) it would not be quite right. It is almost like hearing them for the 1st time. Thank you. Thank you and Thanks again! The games mentioned here were just fantastic.
Thanks To You Citrus
We enjoy hearing your tales as well. It’s good to talk about the old memories with Viking fans who experienced them growing up. SKOL!
I just love it all!
I could care less about any other sport or team anymore. I love my Vikings! I even get excited about the 1st pre-season game. Don’t get them down here but it is fun to watch the blogs from all of you when I can’t see them.
Purple Pride in Wisconsin
I think the playoff in ‘87 against the niners would be a top 5 pick. Nobody (myself included) thought they could pull that off. Also, maybe not the best game, but the best quarter is the comeback win against the Eagles. Down 23-0 with 8 minutes left, they scored 4 TD’s and won 28-23! Can’t remember the year tho…
5 greatest games?
I’d love it if they included the 1969 Min/Det snow game, which was in a blizzard when Alan Page lateralled to Jim Marshall for a touchdown off a fumble recovery..I would love to see that full game…
I’d love to see the 1970 Min/LA playoff game won by the Vikings 23-20, a titanic struggle with Kapp vrs Gabriel (the game that started my now 39 year devotion to my vikings…
I’d love to see the 1973 Minn/Dal playoff victory 27-10, which sent the Vikings to the Superbowl…one of the greatest days of football in my life since both my Vikings and my other favorite team the Dolphins won by the same score that day to both go to the Superbowl…never again repeated but hoped for each and every year since
I’d love to see Minn/SF 1987 playoff victory, one of the most amazing Vikings games in history…
To be quite honest, I hope for the day when we’ll be able to simply bring up the original telecast of any game in NFL history with a few mouse clicks, and be able to enjoy all the great games of the past and relive all those great moments
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