The Sunday Viking Vegur, "What's That on Brad Childress' Head" Edition
by Christopher Gates on May 31, 2009 6:35 PM CDT
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Seriously, the guy looks almost exactly like the guy that was the sports director at the radio station I worked at in high school. I'll leave it up to those of you out there that know Bruce to determine whether that's good or bad.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, as I wait for the premiere of the new season of Ice Road Truckers, one of the finest shows on TV, it's time for our latest trip around the Minnesota Vikings' blogosphere. I do, however, have a couple of site-related things to talk about before I get to the linkery.
For starters, May 2009 is the first month in Daily Norseman history that the site has registered 100,000 hits in a single month. As of this very moment, we're currently sitting at 100,924 for the month. That brings us to a total of 897,287 in the almost three years the site has been up and running. . .meaning that sometime in the next month to six weeks, we should be hitting the mythical 1 million visit mark. Believe me, when I first got the go-ahead to be the head writer on this site, it was tough for me to imagine 10,000 hits. . .then it was hard to imagine 100,000. Now, we're almost to 1,000,000. It truly amazes me every day what this site has turned into in the (relatively) short time that it's been on the Interweb. And now that I've surrounded myself with the best damn group of co-writers a guy could hope for, the second million should come much easier than the first million did. Thanks again to each and every one of you that have made this possible.
The second part of this. . .and I know that I've mentioned this before. . .but I think I'm going to actually pull the trigger on doing a podcast this season, starting when we get closer to Training Camp. It will hopefully be something similar to the MHR Radio show that John at Mile High Report does, with an hour-long (or so) livecast once a week. I really like the live format, and I like the interaction that it brings. As we get closer to the season and I find a time and what not for it, I'll definitely have all sorts of links and other propaganda to lead everyone to it. Like I said, it's going to be closer to the start of the season, and will likely be in the middle of the week sometime. Also, with my being back on my Honor Guard rotation from mid-June to mid-September, the day of the week might actually float a bit at first as my schedule allows me to do things. But, as I've said, I'll let everyone know. . .and if anyone has any advice on this sort of thing, please leave comments here or shoot me an e-mail at the usual address.
With that out of the way, here are our links for this week.
--Capital J takes a look at something that I hope to get more in-depth with this week, that being the new "Wildcat" formation the Vikings are experimenting with.
--Grant's Tomb has, apparently, picked a horse for the Vikings' 2009 quarterback derby.
--Luft Krigare also has some thoughts about the Vikings' mini-camp at the newly remodeled Locker Room.
--Pacifist Viking talks about the sort of articles that get us. . .and sportswriters. . .through the long, dark tea time of the off-season.
--The Purple Trojan is calling for an end to people taking pot shots at Michael Vick.
--The Viking Age looks at the war of words between ESPN football analyst Marcellus Wiley and Fran Tarkenton about the Brett Favre situation.
--Vikes Geek takes a look at the Pat and Kevin Williams situation. . .and he doesn't like the Wall's chances.
--Viking Nation also discusses the Wildcat a bit. (Man, we need to find a better name for it than that.)
And those are the links for this week, folks. Enjoy Ice Road Truckers this evening, if you watch it. . .and if you do, feel free to discuss that here as well. I'm digging up as much info as I can find on the Wildcat formation so that I can figure out exactly what it is and how it can benefit the Vikings, as well as trying to figure out something more Viking-centric to name our version of the attack. Until then, ladies and gentlemen, enjoy what's left of your weekend, and we'll see you back here tomorrow!
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As excited as I am to see Childress try out the Wildcat, because it shows he’s starting to try and use the skills his players have, I doubt it’s going to be impressive. The WC really got shot down near the end of the season. It was a big thing come week 3 or whatever that was, but afterwards, it was pretty much toast.
Now, do the teams that used the WC, namely the Dolphins, have the same skill players that we do? Well, no. I’d take Peterson, Harvin, and Rosenfels/Jackson over Ronnie Brown, Ted Ginn Jr., and Pennington. Same for KC, and Baltimore. And the Eagles. And I think the Cowboys tried it out too. But really only the Dolphins had any success with it, and that’s just because it was unseen at the time.
That Rug...
That rug is probably the only thing even resembling a wildcat that you will see anywhere near Chilly after the regular season starts.
“I’m not just a member of the Hair Club for Men, I’m also suing them.”
Look what I found on Flickr.
Poor shopping, but looks like Chilly in a way.
I can outrun a mule deer.
Only the fact they're both men
Aside from that, no, it really doesn’t lol
Tell It to the Judge
The “gaping hole” mentioned in Minnesota Statute 181.938 Subdivision 3 is apparently less so, even in the eyes of the beholder. In Vikes Geek’s own words elsewhere in his article, he describes the same item as a “subtle problem”. I have never seen gaping hole that was also subtle. That is like having a giant crater which is rather hard to see. I can only conclude that either a cloaking device has been deployed or something is quite wrong with the observer’s visual accuity.
A “bona fide occupational requirement” means a good faith necessity germaine to the conduct of the occupation, which in this case is playing football. Since taking diet pills on your own time does not interfere with the playing of football, taking diet pills is not “reasonably related to employment activities and responsibilities.”
On another argument, other people claim that the Williamses are not employees of the NFL, only of the Minnesota Vikings. If that were true, then the bargaining agreement claimed to be controlling in this case would be in play, since the National Labor Relations Act only covers agreements between employers and unions. If the NFL were not the employer, the agreement would not be covered under that act.
We never know how the cases will be resolved. That is why we have a court system and conduct the trials.
perhaps is is gaping subtly?
or maybe subtly gaping?
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