CONFIRMED: Giants At Vikings Being Moved To Monday Night
by Christopher Gates on Dec 11, 2010 9:46 PM CST
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PrintIMPORTANT UPDATE: Game will apparently be broadcast at 7 PM Central Time on FOX in the New York and Minneapolis markets. I just spoke with a nice young lady from DirecTV, and she confirmed for me that people with the NFL Sunday Ticket package will, in fact, be able to see it. The only way we'd be unable to see the game is if it were to be blacked out, which this game is not.
Original story follows below.
That's what Judd Zulgad is reporting via Twitter. Beginning to sound like a real possibility.
Sounds like the NFL is considering moving Vikings-Giants to Monday night but nothing is official. Stay tuned.
JuddZulgad
JuddZulgad
Because, you know, our season just hasn't been weird enough to this point. Let's just add another little splash of crazy to the proceedings.
Jamarca Sanford has also mentioned something about the game being on Monday night through his Twitter account.
We've been on this story all day. . .if anything significant comes from this, we'll have an update immediately.
EDIT: KFAN is reporting that the game has officially been moved to Monday for a number of reasons. Like what?
Well, according to Chris Kluwe. . .and I hope you're sitting down for this. . .apparently the roof of the Metrodome is collapsing.
I'm not making that up. . .and unless Kluwe is making it up, well, that's what's happening.
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Hey
Whats a little more drama for us this season? Besides, just means a longer night at Hooters enjoying the beer, game and…………………views ;-D
Vikings 2010: Episode 2, A New Hope - The Alliance for Vikings sanity have struck back. The evil Childress has been fired. Hope has been reinstated with the naming of Frazier as Head Coach.
Who knows
They might keep us two Monday’s inm a row
Vikings 2010: Episode 2, A New Hope - The Alliance for Vikings sanity have struck back. The evil Childress has been fired. Hope has been reinstated with the naming of Frazier as Head Coach.
by VikesFaninNM on Dec 11, 2010 8:54 PM CST up reply actions
No complaints at all
Vikings 2010: Episode 2, A New Hope - The Alliance for Vikings sanity have struck back. The evil Childress has been fired. Hope has been reinstated with the naming of Frazier as Head Coach.
by VikesFaninNM on Dec 11, 2010 8:58 PM CST up reply actions
Right now
according to NFL.com, snow on the roof is becoming a concern, hence the possible, at this times, move to Monday. Looking like a repeat of the Vikings/Cowboys game of ‘82/’83
Vikings 2010: Episode 2, A New Hope - The Alliance for Vikings sanity have struck back. The evil Childress has been fired. Hope has been reinstated with the naming of Frazier as Head Coach.
Kluwe say's the roof is collapsing?
Me and my big mouth
Vikings 2010: Episode 2, A New Hope - The Alliance for Vikings sanity have struck back. The evil Childress has been fired. Hope has been reinstated with the naming of Frazier as Head Coach.
by VikesFaninNM on Dec 11, 2010 9:02 PM CST up reply actions
Get the helibrooms!
The Metrodome is one of the best architectural reasons why it’s better to pay more up front enough to do it right the first time.
JUST POOPED UP ON NFL.COM & NFL Network
It has indeed been moved to Monday Night
Vikings 2010: Episode 2, A New Hope - The Alliance for Vikings sanity have struck back. The evil Childress has been fired. Hope has been reinstated with the naming of Frazier as Head Coach.
by VikesFaninNM on Dec 11, 2010 9:06 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
POPPED
Oh great Googly Moogly
Vikings 2010: Episode 2, A New Hope - The Alliance for Vikings sanity have struck back. The evil Childress has been fired. Hope has been reinstated with the naming of Frazier as Head Coach.
by VikesFaninNM on Dec 11, 2010 9:07 PM CST up reply actions
It's fitting
considering that all the NFL’s decisions are bullshit
"Baseball is the only major sport that appears backward in a mirror" ~George Carlin
by thewild_viking_twins on Dec 11, 2010 9:15 PM CST up reply actions
ar
It reached the poop deck. Now walk the plank, Eli & Co!
by medicineball on Dec 11, 2010 9:16 PM CST up reply actions
Or this more what your thinking
Eli running from the Vikings D?
Vikings 2010: Episode 2, A New Hope - The Alliance for Vikings sanity have struck back. The evil Childress has been fired. Hope has been reinstated with the naming of Frazier as Head Coach.
by VikesFaninNM on Dec 11, 2010 9:26 PM CST up reply actions
Technically
Vikings ARE Pirates
maybe that explains this poor season…
"Baseball is the only major sport that appears backward in a mirror" ~George Carlin
by thewild_viking_twins on Dec 11, 2010 9:52 PM CST up reply actions
Though thanks
that did make me bust out reading that one! Not so red faced over the miss spelling
Vikings 2010: Episode 2, A New Hope - The Alliance for Vikings sanity have struck back. The evil Childress has been fired. Hope has been reinstated with the naming of Frazier as Head Coach.
by VikesFaninNM on Dec 11, 2010 9:27 PM CST up reply actions
Too funny not to rec!
"Don't take life for granted, because tomorrow isn't promised to any one of us." -Kirby Puckett
"Gardy MOY. Feel great disturbance in Force. As if millions of Internet cranks cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced." -BatGirl
by less cowbell, more 'neau on Dec 12, 2010 9:14 AM CST up reply actions
NFL officially has come out and changed to Monday
Vikings 2010: Episode 2, A New Hope - The Alliance for Vikings sanity have struck back. The evil Childress has been fired. Hope has been reinstated with the naming of Frazier as Head Coach.
This gives Favre another thirty-six hours to improve
I am not suggesting the NFL moved the game back to try and keep The Streak alive. It would be difficult for the Giants to make it to MN tomorrow morning, even if the Metrodome roof did not collapse.
The serendipitous arrival of this blizzard, and the all-but-certain delay of the game, will earn a footnote in The Favre Story if it allows him to start regular season game # 298.
by Midnight Rambler on Dec 11, 2010 9:14 PM CST reply actions
Good observation but ....I will just copy-paste this on all fanposts:
Death, taxes and Favre starting.
Even God
Now even God wants the Vikings to have a new stadium.
Play it at the Bank!!!
Get Bud Grant to walk the sidelines!
Kick some ass, Vikings!
Of course, Bud will just be there to back up Coach Frazier and reintroduce fans to football in the weather.
by medicineball on Dec 11, 2010 9:22 PM CST up reply actions
Of Course
Bud and God want it an outdoor stadium!
Vikings 2010: Episode 2, A New Hope - The Alliance for Vikings sanity have struck back. The evil Childress has been fired. Hope has been reinstated with the naming of Frazier as Head Coach.
by VikesFaninNM on Dec 11, 2010 9:26 PM CST up reply actions
Ah
Is that the new gravity feed design Ive heard about?
Yeah yeah, I know, dont quit the day job!
Vikings 2010: Episode 2, A New Hope - The Alliance for Vikings sanity have struck back. The evil Childress has been fired. Hope has been reinstated with the naming of Frazier as Head Coach.
by VikesFaninNM on Dec 11, 2010 9:31 PM CST up reply actions
Who would have thought...
… that in the NFL, money (and the necessity of not splitting the NY TV market by running the Giants game opposite the Jets) would trump common sense and fairness?
Oh wait…
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Dec 11, 2010 9:32 PM CST reply actions
I dont know tony on another post the other day you had asked whats wrong with your arm check your comments you will see I thought it was funny!!!
by cali viking on Dec 11, 2010 10:03 PM CST up reply actions
I saw that Cali and confirm what you said.
Not that i really give a crap or anything, This Monday night business SUCKS!
This sucks. The game was going to get huge national coverage on Fox at noon tomorrow. Sucks big time.
by medicineball on Dec 11, 2010 10:40 PM CST up reply actions
Yes, Yes!
Those fools are playing right into our hands >:)
"Baseball is the only major sport that appears backward in a mirror" ~George Carlin
by thewild_viking_twins on Dec 11, 2010 10:00 PM CST reply actions
Pissed
I live in Florida with no NFL ticket and have to work tomorrow night!!!
by Newman on Dec 11, 2010 10:02 PM CST via mobile reply actions
No Problem...
With the change for me. I have Sunday Ticket and would much rather watch the Vikes than the other game being broadcast. Who the hell was playing in the other game anyway? Who the hell cares….
will nfl sunday ticket show the game Monday night?
grew up in Pa. lived there for 40 years but my job has taken me deep into the swamps of louisiana where all you here is "who dat" who dat" and on clear nights when the wind is gently blowing from the northwest you can hear the wimpers and sobs of jerry and his herd of cowgirls.
by eagleflownsouth on Dec 11, 2010 10:36 PM CST up reply actions
thanks!
and please crush the gnats!
grew up in Pa. lived there for 40 years but my job has taken me deep into the swamps of louisiana where all you here is "who dat" who dat" and on clear nights when the wind is gently blowing from the northwest you can hear the wimpers and sobs of jerry and his herd of cowgirls.
by eagleflownsouth on Dec 11, 2010 11:42 PM CST up reply actions
Hey PG
Give a call. We have the core group for camp If it is the 4 of us we have a good plan
by CitrusFLViking on Dec 12, 2010 2:13 AM CST up reply actions
Had to copy this posr from a yahoo poster -absolute;y funny!
Even living in Florida I can identify
Blame the city of Minneapolis for what? The snowfall? The snowfall that HAS been in the forecast ALL WEEK as 7-14 inches on Friday night & Saturday morning… this is ridiculous… here’s the bottom line: if the inept Giants would have traveled BEFORE they KNEW a snowstorm was rolling in, then the game would be played Sunday at noon as scheduled (Vikings players on Twitter are probably not a great resource for deciding the ability to travel on Twin Cities streets tomorrow)… BASED ON THE DUMB CHOICES OF THOSE REPRESENTING NEW YORK and the GIANTS, the game has been postponed because the visiting team is NOT IN THE STATE!!! The very crux of the issue is whether or not the Giants made it into town to play on time – NOT the current state of the roads in Minneapolis
.
Since you lack any awareness of how the PLOWING of city streets takes place when there’s an actual accumulation of snow, let me explain, it will assist you in not being such a smurf-hole. When it starts snowing like it did Friday night, plows go out all night and all the next day clearing snow – on Saturday the combination of continued snowfall and conditions, along with the fact that plow drivers had been working 12-plus hours led to a shutdown of that service. During the evening tonight (Saturday) and into Sunday morning, plows will be back out and clearing streets for travel tomorrow. In other words, whatever MADE-UP reality you have fashioned in your own mind regarding what Sunday morning will be like, the Vikings will be available to play at the Dome, and the planning-challenged Giants will not. But hey, if you’re a New Yorker, rationality probably isn’t your strong suite anyway. You and Eli are both CHUMPSith what this witer is saying as I “braved” these snows for many years (like thousands of others who live there, It isn’t a mystery the snow is coming!
I loved it!
by CitrusFLViking on Dec 11, 2010 10:39 PM CST reply actions
Too much snow on the roof.
It stopped snowing here around 5pm, so I’m sure the Giants will be able to make their morning flight as scheduled.
The problem is, there’s too much snow on the roof of the Metro Dome.
Workers were removing the snow today, but the wind was too much so they had to shut down.
*Source MPLS Stribune
I added the last sentence
didn’t skip to paragraph
by CitrusFLViking on Dec 11, 2010 10:41 PM CST reply actions
Was gonna call ya on this Cali
just got in. Dinner was OK That couple was fighting too. All I could think of was a a Vikings game and getting out of the house. Now not sure if I will even be able to see it.
Sucks!
by CitrusFLViking on Dec 11, 2010 11:12 PM CST up reply actions
If you do not live within 75 miles of Minneapolis or Rochester
You will not get the game…so if you live in Duluth, The Iron Range etc…Your SCREWED
I work second shift -
and this is the shittiest news I have ever heard in my life! (pretty close) . Vikes have a tendency to play like CRAP in prime time for some reason.
I feel the flu coming on all the sudden!
Problem is I’m not really sure what the maximum amount of times you can get the flu is in one year but I’ve already had every strain there is in the world!
Bad news Abba
Guess I’ll be in church being there is no game. I’ll send a good health prayer your way.
Despite our record I am going to have Vikings withdrawl for 24 plus hours and still don’t know if it will be on Direct ticket at the pub
by CitrusFLViking on Dec 11, 2010 11:21 PM CST reply actions
I know Citrus
I enjoy being involved in the game thread and now I won’t be able to for the next two games. I have an excellent job, and they depend on me to be reliable, and I am, even at risk of missing the Vikings. Pretty much of a bummer. On Sunday – GO LIONS!
South Park is good tho
Stan has busted a psychic and now everyone thinks he is. He said the vikings will make the playoffs. Oooops – I dozed off, Knew I had seen that episode. Just am going crazy for the game.
If I could say ad words here I might do it, Nahhh! I just had another bummer added to a bummer week
by CitrusFLViking on Dec 11, 2010 11:25 PM CST reply actions
WTF
Tickets, flights, vacation days… All down the drain?
I sincerely hope the NFL exhausted all possible alternatives before moving this and performing a massive screw-job on out of towners like me.
I'm
claustrophobic by nature, so the sight of that Metrodome roof caving is enough to give me nightmares. If anyone can relate to the tumultuous season my Broncos have had, it’s you guys.
Brad James
by the new Bradfather on Dec 12, 2010 1:32 AM CST reply actions
Isn't it ironic...
That a stadium meant to protect our beloved purple from the elements fails us when we need it the most? The new stadium designers maybe want to look at structural integrity for weight bearing snow next time.
"Skol Vikings! Let's win this game Skol Vikings!
Update for Sunday morning
The roof has collapsed. Not kidding at all. They just had the live shot on Fox 9…..
NFL Network
is reporting the same. Not sure how much damage has been done.
Totally sucks
This was the game of the week out here. I was looking forward to it.
For those traveling from out of state for the game, the Vikings and the NFL should refund the money for the tickets. There isn’t much they can do about the airfare and hotel accomidations — usually the hotel is flexible. The airlines? Ha! They’d stick you with a shiv if they could.
Open air stadiums can't collapse.
So there’s another argument for your next stadium to be outdoors.
The downside is now I can’t accuse the NFL of bumping the game to Monday (instead of 3PM) just to make more money.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Dec 12, 2010 8:27 AM CST reply actions
nfl.com now reporting Monday night may not even happen
as of 9:30 EST
Sort of hard to imagine it'll be ready to go that quickly.
It’s probably going to be an alternate site, maybe at the Gopher’s new digs.
The Giants odyssey continues. They’re probably on their way to MN right now for a game they might not even play.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Dec 12, 2010 9:07 AM CST up reply actions
tear the roof off
play in the snow.
Skol!
by Thor.in.your.side on Dec 12, 2010 8:50 AM CST reply actions
they should man up..
…and rip that silly parachute roof off, bring back bud grant, and play some good ’ol met stadium style football
"the following statement is true:
the preceding statement was false" - george carlin
which is what thor just said..
..get outa my brain!
"the following statement is true:
the preceding statement was false" - george carlin
by BranFavrenton on Dec 12, 2010 9:04 AM CST up reply actions
possibly..
..but better than DependzFavrenton..no?
"the following statement is true:
the preceding statement was false" - george carlin
by BranFavrenton on Dec 13, 2010 10:22 AM CST up reply actions
Going, going...
..gone.
"Don't take life for granted, because tomorrow isn't promised to any one of us." -Kirby Puckett
"Gardy MOY. Feel great disturbance in Force. As if millions of Internet cranks cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced." -BatGirl
by less cowbell, more 'neau on Dec 12, 2010 9:08 AM CST reply actions
The Little Quonset Hut on the Prairie?
TCF Field!
"Don't take life for granted, because tomorrow isn't promised to any one of us." -Kirby Puckett
"Gardy MOY. Feel great disturbance in Force. As if millions of Internet cranks cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced." -BatGirl
by less cowbell, more 'neau on Dec 12, 2010 9:13 AM CST up reply actions
TCF Field!!
NFL outdoors in Minnesota in December!!! oh yeah!
I BELIEVE...
by ArizonaVikingsFan on Dec 12, 2010 9:14 AM CST reply actions
seating
This is probably where it will be played, if at all. (Unless Zygi rents out the Fargodome.)
But as for seating, what do they do? If they go with open seating, some people won’t find seats. People who paid more will possibly get worse seats than people who paid less.
Realistically, the NFL will probably cancel it, which would suck.
by medicineball on Dec 12, 2010 9:17 AM CST up reply actions
I was at the dome that Twins game where the roof started deflating during a Twins game
Had like 3rd row seats in the lower bowl. The sight of those big speakers swaying was enough to send us climbing over seats all the way to the exits.
How much less likely
will will it be that Favre plays in an outdoor venue? He hates the cold. I’m sure he’s not pleased with this.
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