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News and Notes from Vikings-Cowboys Week

How about some mid-week news and notes?

  • Was Fat Pat a Cowboys fan while growing up in Louisiana and playing college football at Texas A&M? Uh...no. Don't even speak of such nonsense to Pat. "I grew up my mama's fan. That's my only hero. I was nobody's fan. But you guys go ahead and pump them up." [Pioneer Press]
  • Take a look at last week's games and it becomes clear that starting slow in a playoff game means that you'll be hitting the golf course sooner rather than later. Then consider that in three of their last four games, the Vikings failed to score in the first quarter. Clearly, if the Vikings are going to come out of Sunday's game with a win, it's important for them to get off to a quick start. [Viking Update]
  • Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Pam Oliver, and Chris Myers will call Sunday's game. [Vikings.com]
  • Is the Favre-to-Lewis game-winner the 2009 Sprint Can't-Miss Play of the Year? I think yes. Head over to NFL.com and vote for the Minneapolis Miracle as the year's best play. [NFL.com]
  • Kevin Seifert notes that the Vikings have a .661 home record since moving into the Metrodome and are 6-5 in playoff games at the Dome. [NFC North Blog]
  • This Sunday's game will be the 22nd playoff game of Brett Favre's career. Mike Wobschall notes that Favre is within striking distance of some of Joe Montana’s playoff passing records. [Vikings.com]
  • Three Vikings make an appearance on Sporting News' all-pro offense this season (Adrian Peterson, Steve Hutchinson, and Percy Harvin). Harvin made the cut as SN's all-pro kick returner. The New Orleans Saints are the only other team with multiple players on the all-pro offense. [Sporting News]

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Slow Week

I cant wait til game day. Cowboys are paper champs, cant wait to prove it. Skol Vikes.

Skol Vikings!!

by LAviking on Jan 12, 2010 7:09 PM CST reply actions  

Here in Texas the Dallas Morning News proclaims the pressure is all on Favre to win...

Could not finish the article, it tiggered my acid reflux, which got the better of me. The pious, arrogant and delusional sports writers (and fans) of this area are clueless on what they will be up against on Sunday.

I was a Packer fan, watching the day Favre came in for Majik. Been cheering him on ever since.

The Dallas Cowboys do not understand, this is not your daddy’s or granddaddy’s Green Bay Packer Brett Favre. They are in for a very, very rude awakening.

Cowboys have built themselves up so much for this game…and when they are defeated, it will be a devastating blow that will haunt them for years to come…

"'Lo, there do I see my father. 'Lo, there do I see...
My mother, and my sisters, and my brothers. 'Lo, there do I see...
the line of my people...Back to the beginning...'Lo, they do call to me.
They bid me take my place among them.
In the halls of Valhalla...where the brave... may live....forever."

by The 13th Warrior on Jan 12, 2010 7:30 PM CST reply actions  

The Cowboys have roused the Fireworm, we will come with the mist bringing fire and bearskins.

Wait… Actually, we are the villagers and you are our very own Muslim Antonio Banderas.

by Bjorno on Jan 12, 2010 7:45 PM CST via mobile up reply actions  

nice!

I piss people off on a fairly regular basis. I cherish my right to speak my mind, whether I sound like an uneducated savage or not. I've never been accused of keeping what I think a secret, nor will I ever. Don't like it? I don't care.

by IABerserker1 on Jan 12, 2010 10:32 PM CST up reply actions  

cali viking

they have no clue what a monster they will b facing mark my words the vikes will win the super bowl

by cali viking on Jan 13, 2010 12:28 AM CST up reply actions  

Because of Favre's career record against them

Cowboys have a sense of complacency about playing against a Favre team. So far it’s been well placed, I don’t think he’s ever won a “big” game against them (and there have been maybe a half dozen of those … though most of them (all but one?) were over a decade ago, all were in Texas, and all, of course, were with Packers). It all means Jack, right here right now, but I like being underestimated, so … so be it.

By the way, maybe Fat Pat was not a Cowboys fan as a kid, but Favre was. I remember him saying that in some interview earlier this season.

by puddnhead on Jan 13, 2010 7:51 AM CST up reply actions  

You really think the CURRENT Cowboy players feel this way? Just because the media and fans talk like that doesn’t mean the players actually think it.

by TrevorR on Jan 13, 2010 1:02 PM CST up reply actions  

Probably not. But I wasn’t talking about the players, the media and fans were actually what I intended to talk about.

by puddnhead on Jan 13, 2010 1:47 PM CST up reply actions  

ah okay…just wanted to make sure you weren’t implying that the players would come into the game thinking…pffft Favre can’t beat US. I would be shocked if they thought anything like that.

by TrevorR on Jan 13, 2010 3:56 PM CST up reply actions  

"Devastating blow"

Did she use a lot of teeth? Did you not trim and she had braces? Lol.

I hope your right Antonio Bandaris.

Bernard, Percy and AP oh my!

by VikesPma on Jan 13, 2010 12:00 PM CST up reply actions  

Wrong

The Cowboys haven’t built themselves up, the media has! Where have you seen any of the Cowboys talking trash about this game. The talk with an air of confidence, which is what they should do, but not arrogance. The fans, media, and dis-believers have done all the talking not the players or coaches.

by Mikellie on Jan 14, 2010 6:59 AM CST up reply actions  

I'm a Vikings fan living in Chicago,

and I’m going to be in Minneapolis this weekend. Can anyone recommend a good place to go watch the game on TV with other fans? Thanks.

by Pfisher518 on Jan 12, 2010 7:50 PM CST reply actions  

Yeah

I hear the Metrodome is nice. A little cramped, but the best Vikings fans in town.

by Figgs on Jan 12, 2010 8:07 PM CST up reply actions  

Champs

In Maple Grove is always a great place. Atmosphere is amazing and there is wonderful food. I recommend Champs.

"A bad day over here is better than a good day over there"~ Jared "The Mullet" Allen

by Percy Harvin My Fav! on Jan 12, 2010 8:08 PM CST via mobile up reply actions  

Been there...

Agree, nice place!

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 Jan 13, 2010 4:07 AM CST up reply actions  

BenchWarmer Bob's? Joe Sensor's

BWB’s – It used to be in Brooklyn Park. JS’s, Bloomington.

I watched the 1998 NFC Championship game from BWB’s… maybe you can cheer from there and make the Cowboys pay.

I BELIEVE...

by ArizonaVikingsFan on Jan 12, 2010 8:59 PM CST up reply actions  

BWB's is gone. :(

I loved that place dude! I live right next to it. Now it’s Mad Jacks

"A bad day over here is better than a good day over there"~ Jared "The Mullet" Allen

by Percy Harvin My Fav! on Jan 12, 2010 9:56 PM CST up reply actions  

Anywhere! Every sportsbar in the entire area will be showing it.

Champs in MG is great. Any Buffalo Wild Wings is usually a pretty fun atmosphere. Joe Sensors in Roseville is pretty good.

by TrevorR on Jan 13, 2010 1:03 PM CST up reply actions  

Ah crap

Buck and Aikman???????

by dsludo on Jan 12, 2010 8:04 PM CST reply actions  

That's what I said

"A bad day over here is better than a good day over there"~ Jared "The Mullet" Allen

by Percy Harvin My Fav! on Jan 12, 2010 8:09 PM CST via mobile up reply actions  

Turn off the sound

And listen to KFAN.

"Is it normal to wake up in the morning in a sweat because you can't wait to beat another human's guts out?" -Joe Kapp

by less cowbell, more 'neau on Jan 12, 2010 8:16 PM CST up reply actions  

Every game...

Is a “serious” one if Vikings are involved…

Oh SORRY, may bad…..

You said Sirius…

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 Jan 13, 2010 4:08 AM CST up reply actions  

the delay makes it tough though…PA will announce it before you see it …by like 10 seconds.

by TrevorR on Jan 13, 2010 1:04 PM CST up reply actions  

DVR... 'pause', the 'play'

I had the Vikes v. Bears sync’d nicely.

I BELIEVE...

by ArizonaVikingsFan on Jan 13, 2010 9:34 PM CST up reply actions  

If the radio call is already ahead of the television feed

then delaying the tv image by even more via the DVR delay is doing the OPPOSITE of what you want.

by puddnhead on Jan 13, 2010 10:07 PM CST up reply actions  

Call me crazy

I think Aikman is all right. Buck is kind of irritating, but for some reason he is worse doing baseball.

by Salty on Jan 12, 2010 8:53 PM CST up reply actions  

I will partially agree with you

in that Buck is definitely the worst of the two.

by puddnhead on Jan 13, 2010 7:55 AM CST up reply actions  

Buck and Aikman, can't see this one coming.

"What is best in life?"
"To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women."

by cryhavoc on Jan 12, 2010 9:12 PM CST up reply actions   1 recs

Is it just me

or does Aikman look a little like Barney Fife in this picture?

by KC612 on Jan 13, 2010 8:23 AM CST up reply actions  

Gee shucks Andy

let me look at that again!

We all know that art is not the truth, art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.--Picasso

by uncle rico on Jan 13, 2010 12:45 PM CST up reply actions  

Aikman and Buck are far from Cowboys bandwagoneers.

It’s funny you think Aikman and Buck are on the Cowboys bandwagon. As a Cowboys fan, I see them as anything BUT pro-Cowboys. Aikman seems to go out of his way to prove he is not pro-Cowboys. I cannot stand it when these guys commentate a Cowboys game! It seems the fan of every team feels that way about these two. I miss the days of Summerall and Madden!

By the way, I’m not a Cowboys troll. The Vikings have had a great season and I look forward to a great game. I like watching Adrian Peterson play and he worries the heck out of me. Brett Favre? Not so much. What I love and hate about Romo is he seems like a Favre clone at times. That’s a good and bad thing. If the Vikings win, so be it. I can’t hate you guys the way I hate the Eagles.

by JoeWho on Jan 13, 2010 8:30 AM CST up reply actions  

Former players are always more critical of their respective teams

But that doesnt mean that Troy isnt on that bandwagon

"We have a right to be proud, for in our veins flows the blood of many brave races who fought as the lion fights for lordship. Here, in the whirlpool of European races, the Ugric tribe bore down from Iceland the fighting spirit which Thor and Odin gave them, which their Berserkers displayed to such fell intent on the seaboards of Europe, ay, and of Asia and Africa too, till the peoples thought that the werewolves themselves had come."
-from Bram Stoker's Dracula

by NMVike on Jan 13, 2010 11:15 AM CST up reply actions  

I hardly doubt its a secret

Why wouldnt he be for them? He played for them. Won superbowls for them. Probably has his own parking space at Jerryworld.

"We have a right to be proud, for in our veins flows the blood of many brave races who fought as the lion fights for lordship. Here, in the whirlpool of European races, the Ugric tribe bore down from Iceland the fighting spirit which Thor and Odin gave them, which their Berserkers displayed to such fell intent on the seaboards of Europe, ay, and of Asia and Africa too, till the peoples thought that the werewolves themselves had come."
-from Bram Stoker's Dracula

by NMVike on Jan 13, 2010 12:58 PM CST up reply actions  

Sweeeeeeeeeeeet!

"What is best in life?"
"To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women."

by cryhavoc on Jan 12, 2010 10:57 PM CST up reply actions  

I thought that at first but then I thought...

What better way to stick it to the cowboys than to come from their own announcers lips? To hear Aikman say," Well all the cowboys have to do is score 4 TDs and we’re right back in this game." Music to my ears!
SKOL VIKINGS

by nmvikesfan on Jan 13, 2010 12:58 AM CST up reply actions  

They can't possibly call a worse game

than they did last weekend in Arizona. That was the most frenetic playoff game in decdes … and they did most of thier delivery in a flat monotone.

Bring up the game winning OT turnover play call on youtube. When I watched it live i didn’t notice so much, but replaying it a few times … well, let’s just say they have nothing on Al “Do You Believe in MIracles?” Michaels. Yuck.

by puddnhead on Jan 13, 2010 7:54 AM CST up reply actions  

Buck and Aikman. Crap is what i said too

Is there a more boring pair in any broadcast booth? ugggghhhh

gonna be all cowboys all the time

by Freddyd on Jan 13, 2010 12:03 PM CST up reply actions  

Packer fans feel the same way…we all groan when we hear the “top fox team” is coming to town!

by TrevorR on Jan 13, 2010 1:05 PM CST up reply actions  

Is it just me or is Joe Buck....

… get on your nerve? or seem annoying? or seem always to state the obvious? or never really offer anything fresh or insightful?

by solafide on Jan 12, 2010 8:38 PM CST reply actions   1 recs

HAHA

"A bad day over here is better than a good day over there"~ Jared "The Mullet" Allen

by Percy Harvin My Fav! on Jan 12, 2010 9:57 PM CST up reply actions  

Maybe Artie Lang did that to himself

Because he had to listen to Joe Buck that long? Just a thought.

by Eric J. Thompson on Jan 13, 2010 12:52 PM CST up reply actions  

So true

but I did like those incomprable Leon commercials

by Boundforbeach on Jan 13, 2010 8:16 AM CST up reply actions  

he isn't as stupid as Matt Millen

Not anything to do with the Lions either. He makes the most simple statments and never adds anything or give you anything to think about.

He never talks in detail about how to get a play to work, its just “these guys gotta get the ball downfield if they want a chance to win” and “they gotta start opening up holes for the running game”. No shit Millen! My personal favorite, " They gotta get some pressure on the QB". Not that they could blitz the LB or S to get some added pressure. Just general statements!

Buck your not great, but Millen you make me sick!

Bernard, Percy and AP oh my!

by VikesPma on Jan 13, 2010 12:08 PM CST up reply actions  

His play by play isn’t bad, its the way his voice drones.

by Salty on Jan 12, 2010 8:54 PM CST up reply actions  

Guys are not very colorful....

In their play by play or overall…..

Less than inspiring….

That is an understatement….

Rather be here on DN, follow as I do….

The next day when see the actual vid of the game, tune these guys out….

Or risk going to sleep on my Vikings!

Can’t let THAT happen….

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 Jan 13, 2010 4:11 AM CST up reply actions  

Match-up made for Madden

This game is taylor made for John Madden. On one side you have Brett Favre, on the other you have big sweaty cowboy linemen to circle with the magic TV pen. The only thing missing is a genetically altered turkey with six legs to hand out to the winning team at the end of the game.

by Tuba on Jan 13, 2010 9:15 AM CST up reply actions  

Lol

Joe Buck has one of those faces you just wanna punch. Him and Bradley Cooper.

"If at first you don't succeed - Skydiving isn't for you"

by Zoxide on Jan 13, 2010 7:55 AM CST up reply actions  

+1000 As a Cowboy fan, I despise Buck with every fiber of my being. Baseball, same thing. Any game he does I have to turn the sound down or mute it. He comes off as an arrogant, pompous ass.

I refuse to tiptoe through life, only to arrive safely at death.

by Alpha Dog on Jan 13, 2010 1:57 PM CST up reply actions  

Wearing a Tony Romo jersey is hazardous to your health

A woman in PA got assaulted for wearing a Romo shirt by 2 guys. Police are looking for 2 “Men” wearing Eagles jerseys, in PA…That should narrow it down some. Stay classy Philly!

"Is it normal to wake up in the morning in a sweat because you can't wait to beat another human's guts out?" -Joe Kapp

by less cowbell, more 'neau on Jan 12, 2010 8:57 PM CST reply actions  

man Eagle fans are truely a different breed I guess!

by TrevorR on Jan 13, 2010 1:06 PM CST up reply actions  

You know what they say..

If you can’t beat ’em…beat up their girlfriends!

by LoveHate on Jan 13, 2010 1:47 PM CST up reply actions  

You know, when you think about it.

that slogan does kind of have an incestuous quality to it.

"What is best in life?"
"To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women."

by cryhavoc on Jan 13, 2010 4:20 PM CST up reply actions  

awesome references of the 13th Warrior from the comments above

Dont bring a small dog (horse) to war ..unless it can jump like the 13th warriors can..

Voted for Favre to Lewis, game winner in the cant miss play of the year….i was a believer after that, ha. Brett will do everything possible to bring this win home, heck all the players will. Talk it up Cowboys cant wait to show you what we got.

In the news and notes also like to add …Looks like the NFL also released next years 2010 opponents for the vikes…. Dallas, Giants, Philly, Pats , Cards etc… save all that for another blog …

by AHHHWoooooo on Jan 12, 2010 9:15 PM CST reply actions  

oops

I mean this years opponents ..time is just flying by..ha

by AHHHWoooooo on Jan 12, 2010 9:18 PM CST reply actions  

Future opponents

are released for the next 6-8 years. There is a formula that you can use to figure out what teams you play every year. The only thing we don’t know is the dates.

by Mikellie on Jan 14, 2010 7:09 AM CST up reply actions  

Fo Real?

“Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Pam Oliver, and Chris Myers will call Sunday’s game. "

Quick faceroll on the KB…

ads;fihsad;lkfjdskljf’sldkjf’kladsjf

Why’d we pull them? I’ve hated Buck ever since his " thats disgusting" comments when Moss fake-mooned the packers. Aikman I can handle during a regular season broadcast not involving the Cowboys….but C’mon….unbiased broadcasting? You gotta be shitting meh.

Shitting meh.

Wish I could go back to Vegas and depend on Sirius PA call for this one, but no way will I miss the visual. Sunday will be all food, all snowmobiling and maybe some icefishing, leading up to game time.

At that point, I will force the vomit back down my throat. It will have nothing to do with the mass quantities of Grain Belt, but rather the mass quantity of cowboy love emanating from the broadcast booth.

I love Deion on NFL Network, but he is hard to stomach this week.\

Is it Sunday yet?

I just want th bullshit to end, and the games to begin. I just wanna drop SKOL all over this blog for weeks to come…..

by toke1 on Jan 12, 2010 9:59 PM CST reply actions  

Quick faceroll on the KB…

ads;fihsad;lkfjdskljf’sldkjf’kladsjf

your putting out some good stuff man!

I BELIEVE...

by ArizonaVikingsFan on Jan 12, 2010 10:08 PM CST up reply actions  

you should check me....

when I broadcast the highschool prep games around MN… I got gems, bro, gems. Friday Night Lights and a microphone, and I shine like the the old Pigs Eye.

All kidding aside, I just want this week to fly by to put an end to the talk-talk-talk. I think our team walks the walk, and will handle our business this weekend. But I’m trying to temper my enthusiasm. I think the Boys were the perfect match up for me.

The only two players on the boys that I think can hurt us are Miles and Witten. Jasper Brinkley is out of his league in cover situations, bites on play-fakes too easy, not to mention some missed tackles. We can handle Ware and Spencer. We Can. Believe that.

by toke1 on Jan 12, 2010 10:15 PM CST up reply actions  

We need to use Sanford more this week

He’s a sure tackler and he can help keep witten in check. There was a play against the Giants on the goal line where he just blew Boss off his route.

"We have a right to be proud, for in our veins flows the blood of many brave races who fought as the lion fights for lordship. Here, in the whirlpool of European races, the Ugric tribe bore down from Iceland the fighting spirit which Thor and Odin gave them, which their Berserkers displayed to such fell intent on the seaboards of Europe, ay, and of Asia and Africa too, till the peoples thought that the werewolves themselves had come."
-from Bram Stoker's Dracula

by NMVike on Jan 13, 2010 11:19 AM CST up reply actions  

I’d turn down the TV volume and listen to the play-by-play from the radio but there’s always a 2-3 second delay which sucks.

by kenbomc on Jan 14, 2010 4:30 AM CST up reply actions  

Waiting to hear of Victory Parade planning here in Dallas...

Yes, let them anger the Football Gods…

“In your land one God may be enough, but here we have need of many. I will pray to all of them for you. Do not be offended!”

A Mid-Week prayer is in order, I beg you take a knee and bow your head:

“Merciful Father,
I have squandered my days with plans of many things. This was not among them.
But at this moment, I beg only to live the next few minutes well.
For all we ought to have thought, and have not thought;
all we ought to have said, and have not said;
all we ought to have done, and have not done;
I pray thee God for forgiveness.”

P.S. Merciful Father, we pray thee, bring a Can of Whup A$$ this weekend, so we may stomp a mud-hole in the interlopers from the South.

Amen.

"The All-Father wove the skein of your life a long time ago.
Go and hide in a hole if you wish,
but you won't live one instant longer.
Your fate is fixed.
Fear profits a man nothing."

by The 13th Warrior on Jan 12, 2010 10:02 PM CST reply actions  

Amen!

"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have"
Thomas Jefferson

by RileysCannibalJct on Jan 12, 2010 10:11 PM CST up reply actions  

Friar AVF, please read from the good book...

…And Saint Favre raised the Viking Nation up on high, saying,
“O Lord, bless this Thy Great Football Team that with it Thou mayest blowout Thine enemies without haste, in Thy mercy.”
And the Lord did grin and the team did feast upon the lions and bengals and pack and seahawks and bears and packers a second time, and ravens and the brow…
[At this point, the friar is urged by Brother 13th Warrior to “skip a bit, brother”]
… And the Lord spake, saying, “First shalt thou debut the running game and then thy passing game, then shalt thou play 60 minutes, no more, no less. 31 shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be 31. The Cowboys shalt not count to 31, neither shall they count 21, excepting that thou then alloweth the Vikings another 7. 28 is right out. Once the number 31, being the best number, be reached, then throw thou thy Holy TJack of Antioch towards thy foe, who being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.” Amen.

I BELIEVE...

by ArizonaVikingsFan on Jan 12, 2010 10:22 PM CST up reply actions  

HA!

Of course, The Holy Hand Grenade!

Victory is ours!

"Is it normal to wake up in the morning in a sweat because you can't wait to beat another human's guts out?" -Joe Kapp

by less cowbell, more 'neau on Jan 12, 2010 10:30 PM CST up reply actions  

Right. One...Two...Five! Now to seek the Lombardi Trophy in the Castle of Aaauuuggghhh...

Fear profits a man nothing. We will beat them in the Dome, in the parking lot or in the school yard...

by The 13th Warrior on Jan 12, 2010 10:46 PM CST up reply actions  

+31

"What is best in life?"
"To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women."

by cryhavoc on Jan 12, 2010 11:00 PM CST up reply actions  

Dallas fans at their finest

I’m getting really pumped for this. It’s going to be tough, but it will be the true test on who is for real and who was simply on a “streak”

One game at a time.

by strikingviking on Jan 13, 2010 5:41 AM CST reply actions  

Alas

If you look closer, you can clearly see the “white out” effect behind the H. Shoulda used the photoshop “eyedropper” to select the color.

by puddnhead on Jan 13, 2010 1:50 PM CST up reply actions  

Tickets to Vikings Game

I have two extra tickets if you would like to go to Sunday’s game. Email at 411nate@gmail.com if interested in buying them.

by NOVAviking on Jan 13, 2010 8:04 AM CST reply actions  

Just make sure you prequalify them before the sale.

Make them show you their Vikings jersey.

"What is best in life?"
"To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women."

by cryhavoc on Jan 13, 2010 9:19 AM CST up reply actions  

Not sure all the talk should be about Favre...

… when the key to this game might be about how well Sanford fills in for EJ Henderson, and the condition of Antoine Winfield. We’re not an elite D against the pass, but their offence isn’t as good as Green Bay’s either and we beat them twice.

On other other side of the ball, yeah, they did well against Philly twice, but the Eagles have thrived on long pass plays. We have a more balanced attack with Harvin able to get some serious YAC stats from short routes, Rice becoming a truly reliable target and Berrian as a deep threat (not to mention Shiancoe or even Kleinsasser if the coaches want to get creative). We also run better than most of their opponents this year.

Hand on heart, I have no idea who will win this – though going by the games last weekend it might come down to the more reliable kicker and do we really need to talk about Suisham given he was cut by the Redskins?…

by ViolentSilence on Jan 13, 2010 12:24 PM CST reply actions  

Brinkley

is filling in for EJ and Sanford could probably do as good of a job or better than T. Johnson.

by KC612 on Jan 13, 2010 1:24 PM CST up reply actions  

I’m not sure there is that much talk about Favre in this thread. Probably more talk about Romo than Favre.

What Favre talk there is is natural, because historically the Cowboys have been Favre’s nemesis. Most of the talk seems to be at that altitude, very high level. Only exception is in regards to the pass blocking, which would be a topic even if it was TJ back there (shudder).

by puddnhead on Jan 13, 2010 1:54 PM CST up reply actions  

Call me crazy

But I actually think Troy Aikman is one of the better color commentators out there. I’m fine with whoever calls this game because in the end it just doesn’t matter. Vikes 34, Boys 31

"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." Theodore Roosevelt

by DaRange on Jan 13, 2010 12:36 PM CST reply actions  

This sucks

I cant believe they are letting that ga@ Aikmen and his lackey Buck call your game against the cowpunks
That dude has had way to many concussions to be coherent
But atleast he isnt calling the Saints game
Good luck and beat the h#$% out of the cowpunks

by mississippisaintsfan on Jan 13, 2010 12:54 PM CST reply actions  

by the way

u guys are fake and can’t wait til cards expose and destroy you.and we will beat the cowgirls and play the cards in our place everybody hates goin to the south it stinks along with the saints

by clinton p on Jan 13, 2010 1:08 PM CST up reply actions  

I notice from

Your profile your an arizona fan on everything except football were you root for the vikes
Smart move because the Cards just aren’t that good
I like the Vikes and have no doubt ya’ll beat the Cowpunks
But if your counting on the Cards to come to our dome and win your in for an awful big disappointment

by mississippisaintsfan on Jan 13, 2010 1:17 PM CST up reply actions  

Good luck this weekend

While I think you will prevail in the end, it should be a hard fought game. Thanks for cheering for our Vikes.

"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." Theodore Roosevelt

by DaRange on Jan 13, 2010 1:25 PM CST up reply actions  

He is cheering fir the Vikes because he doesn't want us to come down ther and bitch slap his team again.

If you think we are so bad then why don’t you want a piece of us.

KICK ASS every day!!!

by squidlo97 on Jan 13, 2010 2:23 PM CST via mobile up reply actions  

Read my name

Mississippisaintsfan i live near Brett so that makes what ever team he plays for my second favorite team
I realize this is hard for a cowboys fan to understand “not everything is about the cowboys”

by mississippisaintsfan on Jan 13, 2010 2:26 PM CST up reply actions  

I now live in the NO area and am too a Farve fan except when it doesn't help my team

If you think we are an easier out than the Vikes you should be pulling for us. If you think the Vikes are easier then should pull for them.

KICK ASS every day!!!

by squidlo97 on Jan 13, 2010 3:55 PM CST via mobile up reply actions  

To me it doesnt matter who the easier out is

I am first and foremost a Saints fan it doesnt matter to me who we play
But I am a Brett Favre fan also i think it would be cool to see him make the NFC championship game
I am also a Manning fan so it would be cool to see us play the Colts in the superbowl

by mississippisaintsfan on Jan 13, 2010 4:21 PM CST up reply actions  

Wow

mississippi getting all jacked up already looking forward to playing the Cowboys. Chill buddy. Worry about the Cards first, then the Boys will come in and kick your ass again!

by Mikellie on Jan 14, 2010 7:17 AM CST up reply actions  

Vikings are way overrated!!!lmfao...

To bad for you viking fans! Cowboys will show the world why they are the best in the NFC ,when they destroy burnt out brett and the highly overated viking “d”!!!!!!

heres a true story! there are no viking fans in the southern part of U.S.A! WELL i found one, and i BEAT the purple lovin viking fan OUT OF HIS FACE FOR SAYING VIKING WILL WIN! HAHAHA , VIKING FANS ARE SOFT!!!!!! AND SO IS THE VIKINGS! YOU WOULDNT BE ANYTHING WITH OUT a TEXAS NATIVE ( YALL MIGHT KNOW HIM AS A.PETERSON) HAHAHAH , YUP . THE COWBOYS WILL “GET-R-DONE” COME SUNDAY IN THE DOME! COWBOYS 31, vikings 20

by How bout them cowboys on Jan 13, 2010 1:16 PM CST reply actions  

Yes

Texas where men are men and sheep are scared
by the way Texas is not the south it’s northern mexico

by mississippisaintsfan on Jan 13, 2010 1:19 PM CST up reply actions  

loser!

 mississippi is not the south!! it is the midwest! and dont hate congradulate the boys! they proved the saints wrong " in the dome, just like they will do to the vikings" in the dome" lmfaO!!!!!!! GO COWBOYS!!!!!!!!!

by How bout them cowboys on Jan 13, 2010 1:21 PM CST up reply actions  

I live 15 miles from the gulf of mexico

I didnt realize the gulf stretched to the midwest i’m glad i have someone here with that fine texas education to give me a geography lesson
So Brett is a midwestern boy some should inform him and the rest of kiln ms.

by mississippisaintsfan on Jan 13, 2010 1:33 PM CST up reply actions  

If you don't know that Mississippi is in the south

May I suggest you troll unaffiliated with the Cowboys. That is not a good indication of the current school system.

KICK ASS every day!!!

by squidlo97 on Jan 13, 2010 3:59 PM CST via mobile up reply actions  

So ...

Since Mississippi is not in the south … does that mean Bill Clinton was illegally elected president, because Arkansas is a province of Canada?

by puddnhead on Jan 13, 2010 5:12 PM CST up reply actions  

You're an idiot

Factually, NO was #1 in the NFC this season. The burnt out Faver you refer to had a 107.2 QB rating compared to Tony’s paltry 97.6 QB rating. And your best running back, M Barber was born in Plymouth, MN. Pound sand in Tx you little punk!

"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." Theodore Roosevelt

by DaRange on Jan 13, 2010 1:47 PM CST up reply actions  

Yeah,

I heard you the first time.

"What is best in life?"
"To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women."

by cryhavoc on Jan 14, 2010 1:48 AM CST up reply actions  

You are the kind of fan that gives your fellow fans in Dallas a bad rap!

by TrevorR on Jan 13, 2010 3:58 PM CST up reply actions  

Do they have schools in Texas?

Or did you just never learn how to write, How bout them cowboys?

We all know that art is not the truth, art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.--Picasso

by uncle rico on Jan 14, 2010 11:29 AM CST up reply actions  

Vikings suck!

Cowboys fans are everywhere!!!! (Americas team) so get used to it! yes were even in gay ass MInnesota!!!

go cowboys!!!!!!!

by How bout them cowboys on Jan 13, 2010 1:18 PM CST reply actions  

lol

Cowpunk fans are the worse i’m glad ya’ll will be dealing with them this week and not us
And next week when its the Saints and the Vikes we wont have to listen to them most have already been banned from our site because of excessive trolling like this

by mississippisaintsfan on Jan 13, 2010 1:45 PM CST up reply actions  

Agreed

We’ll see you in two weeks in the Superdome, just as it should be. The #1 and #2 seeds battle it out for the NFC title while the cowboys and their fans return to TX only to watch the two best teams from the comforts of Cowboys Stadium on the Jerry-tron. LOL

"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." Theodore Roosevelt

by DaRange on Jan 13, 2010 1:59 PM CST up reply actions  

Pot calling the kettle black here

You were on Blogging the Boys talking a whole lot of trash before they played each other.

"Thanks Ed, good hairpiece" - Tony Romo

by robolundgren on Jan 13, 2010 2:09 PM CST up reply actions  

As a matter of fact

If you go to my profile and put the word cowboys into the search you will see everything i ever wrote on blogging the boys
Nothing but respectful things including congradulating your team when they beat us

by mississippisaintsfan on Jan 13, 2010 2:23 PM CST up reply actions  

I live in Colorado

There are probably more Vikings fans here than Cowboys fans.

The Colorado Rockies aren't a team, they're an armada.

by free7694 on Jan 13, 2010 1:48 PM CST up reply actions  

WAIT!

We were just told in another thread that the fans don’t use “America’s Team” and that it was slapped on them by the media.

by TrevorR on Jan 13, 2010 3:59 PM CST up reply actions  

We're as in we are.

“Book learnin”, embrace it.

"What is best in life?"
"To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women."

by cryhavoc on Jan 13, 2010 4:59 PM CST up reply actions  

Again, howbout?

My cat knows English better than you. Keep posting, my friend.

We all know that art is not the truth, art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.--Picasso

by uncle rico on Jan 14, 2010 11:31 AM CST up reply actions  

Do these gay assed guys look ...

more like Cowboy fans or Viking fans?
http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/5973/brokebackmovie.jpg

"What is best in life?"
"To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women."

by cryhavoc on Jan 14, 2010 1:10 PM CST up reply actions  

These guys

"What is best in life?"
"To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women."

by cryhavoc on Jan 14, 2010 1:11 PM CST up reply actions  

Texas

the home of steers and…..nevermind.

by KC612 on Jan 13, 2010 1:29 PM CST reply actions  

I almost said the same thing

And a lot of these Cowboys fans sure as hell aren’t steers.

The Colorado Rockies aren't a team, they're an armada.

by free7694 on Jan 13, 2010 1:48 PM CST up reply actions  

We must be living right

We’ve Saints fans defending us against Cowboys fans.

by medicineball on Jan 13, 2010 1:50 PM CST reply actions  

Can you blame them?

Cowboys hand them their first loss of the season, and suddenly the #1 seed are relegated to “has been” status and Cowboys become The Anointed Ones. I’d be irritated with them too, if I were a Saints fan.

by puddnhead on Jan 13, 2010 1:56 PM CST up reply actions  

well to be fair

I’m a big time Brett Favre fan not all Saint fans are pulling for the Vikes
Alot of Saints fans want a rematch with the cowboys with a completely healthy team
I just want to see Brett and the Vikes in the championship game against us
After all I do believe we are the 2 best teams in the nfl which works out great since the Vikes are my 2nd favorite team

by mississippisaintsfan on Jan 13, 2010 5:06 PM CST up reply actions  

Referee

Just Great!!!

Walt Anderson is going to be the referee for the game and he lives in Texas. Maybe the NFL will try to save costs and have him fly with the Cowboys team and then they can tell him how they want to game to be officiated to make sure the Cowboys win so the flight home is a happy one.

He is not one of my favorite for Vikings games recently if i remember correctly.

by Pust on Jan 13, 2010 5:32 PM CST reply actions  

no big deal we can just take out the ref before the coin toss

by Sixmark on Jan 14, 2010 7:00 AM CST up reply actions  

Already?

Making excuses before the game even starts. Don’t like the commentators, don’t like the referee. If you think that’s bad, wait and see how you feel around 3:00 Sunday. I hope the suicide prevention line in Minn. has more than one open line.

by Mikellie on Jan 14, 2010 7:25 AM CST up reply actions  

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