Giants At Vikings To Be Held In Detroit On Monday; Kickoff At 6:20 PM Central Time
by Ted Glover on Dec 12, 2010 11:48 AM CST
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PrintUpdate 7: Ticket policies for the game in Detroit from what I can gather on Twitter.
People that had tickets at the Metrodome for today's game that make the trip to Detroit will have seating preference along the 50-yard line. If you don't make the trip to Detroit, you will get a refund for your tickets.
Otherwise, tickets to the game will be given away for free on a first come, first serve basis.
So, hey. . .free football if you can make it to Detroit by 6:20 PM Central time tomorrow.
Update 6: Video of Roof Collapse from inside the Metrodome, courtesy of Fox:
Holy. Crap.
Update 5: The NFL has confirmed through its website that the game between the Giants and the Vikings will be held at Ford Field in Detroit, with kickoff scheduled to be at 6:20 PM Central time. This will be the first Monday night game in Detroit in a decade.
I'm also through saying that the Vikings' 2010 season can't get any weirder, because there's absolutely no way for me to make that declaration any longer. Good lord.
The roof of the Metrodome collapsed under the weight of the ree-damn-diculous snowstorm that has ravaged the Twin Cities, and the Vikings-Giants game that was re-scheduled for Monday has now been postponed indefinitely, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
According to correspondent Randy Moss of the NFL Network, there has been mention of playing the game at TCF Bank Stadium, the home of the University of Minnesota Gophers. I don't know if that was Moss just making a natural speculation, or whether it was something he heard from either a Vikings, Gophers, or Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission official.
For the Metrodome, there were three tears discovered in the teflon roof, and high winds are preventing workers from getting on to the roof to clear the snow. According to other reports, there is snow on the field, and if the damage is as significant as it sounds, it seems like it will be a fairly lengthy period of time before the Dome is fixed.
If there's a silver lining to this cloud, it may speed up the process for the Vikings to get a new stadium.
Thank God nobody was hurt, and please, stay warm and stay safe.
Update 1: From Greg Aiello, NFL Spokesman:
"We are currently exploring alternatives to play the game Monday night at the University of Minnesota stadium or another domed NFL stadium," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said in a statement. "We will continue to provide information as it becomes available."
Update 2: Video.
UPDATE 3: Rich Eisen just said on NFL Network that it's looking like Detroit. Stay tuned.
Update 4: It's all but certain to be Detroit. Game will be televised on local Fox stations in New York and Minnesota, and will be available on DirecTV for NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers.
Hey, just a word for our community. I'd like to make this the 'info dump' for stadium/game updates, as opposed tp a bunch of new threads. I'll put new info up here as an update as we find stuff out, and we'll do a comprehensive story once the dust snow settles. Thanks for your patience, and SKOL Vikes!!
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Because TCF is open air.
Temp is going to be 1F (Wind chill: -25). Moreover, Giants are saying they don’t have their heavy equipment.
Over 24 hours
between now and game time if they do it at TCF. NFL could charter a plan just for the equipment
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by VikesFaninNM on Dec 12, 2010 9:43 AM CST up reply actions
plane not plan
dang I need more coffee
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by VikesFaninNM on Dec 12, 2010 9:44 AM CST up reply actions
I doubt Giants want to do it though.
We don’t care much but their play-off hopes are aligned with this game.
ESPN just said TCF could not be made ready in time for tomorrow--that makes sense
However, they indicated The Bank could be used if the Dome is not ready for next Monday’s game against the Bears.
by Midnight Rambler on Dec 12, 2010 11:05 AM CST up reply actions
Playing in -25 wind chill will be tough but will make for good viewing.
A Favre-Eli rematch in the cold. WOW.
Plus...
… Favre in cold weather against the Giants = Fail. See January 2008.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Dec 12, 2010 9:47 AM CST up reply actions
Another silver lining:
More time for Favre.
What a timely collapse of roof. No harm done…except to the ticket holders and such…sorry for them but happy for the team.
We need a new stadium!
The old one’s broke.
I like it.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Dec 12, 2010 9:46 AM CST reply actions
the dome has always been disgusting...
and now a joke – we need to get tough and move outdoors. period.
by going going gone on Dec 12, 2010 10:12 AM CST up reply actions
The dome collapsed in 1982-83 I think
It took a couple of weeks to repair the tear. If i remember right they had to fly in a repair patch. I dont know if the repair pieces are more available now or not or if the dome has what is needed to do the repair.
any way an open air game would be great. Favre always played well in the cold with adversity maybe he can recapture the magic again.
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John Wayne
by just another viking on Dec 12, 2010 9:46 AM CST reply actions
The Vikes were out of town that weekend weren't they?
I don’t remember any games getting bumped out.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Dec 12, 2010 9:47 AM CST up reply actions
The Cowboys were in town on Jan 3rd of '83
It happened 4 days before that game, but they got the repairs done just in the nick of time. THe saving grace was the Dome was new at that point, so the panels were easier to get. Who knows this time with it getting close to 30.
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by VikesFaninNM on Dec 12, 2010 9:53 AM CST up reply actions
Home Depot
I suggest the Vikings get over to Home Depot and start buying large amounts of plywood. Gorilla Glue too.
And duct tape
ANything can be fixed with duct tape and vise-grips.
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how is duct tape like the force?
There is a light side….a dark side…..and it holds the universe together
Detroit sucks not home field advantage.
Skol Vikings
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by montana vikes fan on Dec 12, 2010 11:27 AM CST up reply actions
It was pretty funny to see....
over at Big Blue View….the Giants fans taking back their comments about the NFL trying to give Favre time to heal after this news broke.
After Hurricane Katrina....
the Saints played all their games on the road. The NFL might make the Vikings do the same.
’So sorry for the way the season has turned out – the collapsed roof is unfortunately fitting.
Kinda sorta
they played one ‘home’ game in New York, then the rest of their home games were played at LSU’s stadium in Baton Rouge, I believe. Yes, road game in the sense that it wasn’t the Superdome, but it was in their home state.
If the Vikes can use TCF, it’s a disruption, but less so that the Saints, or the bEars when Soldier Field was getting renovated and they played one season (2002, maybe?) at Memrial Stadium in Champaign.
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Who's going to benefit most from this?
Tavaris? The Giants? The Greater Los Angeles area? Favre? Zygi?
This roof collapsing could have many important implications for the years ahead.
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According to Randy Moss (Not THAT one) from NFL
Detroit appears to be the leading candidate as there is a FOX crew onsite with equipment ready to go as the Lions game is there today against the Packers.
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Would love too
But the latest update NFL Network is that the owners have all but ruled out TCF due to no winter gear.
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by VikesFaninNM on Dec 12, 2010 10:10 AM CST up reply actions
I think that was a minor reason
The fact that TCF would have taken several days to be usable would be the biggest factor I think. Keep in mind that it is covered with 20 inches of snow, seats about 10,000 fewer fans than there are tickets sold and it was locked down for the winter after the Gophers season ended.
Cold weather was the least of their problems in getting that stadium ready to use in about 30 hours.
I heard that too...
…but seriously. How hard is it to get your winter gear sent to you? Alternatively buy long johns at Sears or Kohl’s or wherever. Who says it has to be state-of-the-art, techno fabric. It’s the NFL to pete’s sake. Besides if they can’t figure out how to get winter gear to MN in 24 hours, they are idiots.
They can buy all the state-of-the-art, techno fabric they want at the Mall of America.
by medicineball on Dec 12, 2010 11:06 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Hrmmm....
Nope…can’t think of any reason to get a new stadium….
by Jepp The Viking on Dec 12, 2010 10:14 AM CST reply actions
It is just the Football Gods protecting Favre's consecutive start record anyway they can.
LA Vikings….that sort of has a nice ring to it. There are two development groups in LA right now competing to build a new NFL Stadium, but with no team to play in it.
Peter Bourjos is faster than anyone on your team.
Geez
Nice ring? Thanks alot. Oh, and news flash, they’ve only been trying for those supposed new stadiums for 3 years now, nothing new. Any other “Intelligent” or lack there of, post’s?
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by VikesFaninNM on Dec 12, 2010 10:32 AM CST up reply actions
Someone’s a little sensitive. By the way, when pointing out someone’s low intelligence it would be good to spell “posts” right. No need for the apostrophe.
Favre 4 Ever
I Believe In Chris Drury
Just a little old
some of you guys and a few others coming in here rubbing that crap in our faces. Give it a rest.
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by VikesFaninNM on Dec 12, 2010 10:37 AM CST up reply actions
Oh
and really, talk about sensitive if you’re that hard up about one little apostrophe in “posts” Im sure you never make that mistake.
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by VikesFaninNM on Dec 12, 2010 10:41 AM CST up reply actions
No but I don’t belittle someone’s intelligence on the internet for suggesting this is more proof of why the Vikings need a new stadium and if they don’t get in then LA looks alot better. And for the record, I do not want the Vikings to move out of Minnesota.
Favre 4 Ever
I Believe In Chris Drury
You come to a Vikings site and suggest the the team might be better off moving to LA and then act suprized when ppl don’t react favorably to your comments.
That shoould be the reason to question intelligence
I’ve never said that. Not once. No way I want my team’s biggest rival to move to the other side of the country. If the team moves to LA it would not be the same. I want the Vikings to get a new stadium so don’t accuse me of things I’ve never said
Favre 4 Ever
I Believe In Chris Drury
I wasn't referring to you
But your buddy up top, 44FAN, that was throwing the whole L.A./New Stadium thing in our faces. You’re the one coming in here and defending him. That’s what I meant by lack of intelligence, then you start on me with the spelling crap. If you feel that way, then don’t defend someone who just made a wise ass remark about us moving. Tell me you would feel a little sensitive about that if the roles were reversed.
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by VikesFaninNM on Dec 12, 2010 12:01 PM CST up reply actions
Anyone know
what this means to all the folks with tickets to the game?
i think we all know what is going on here
Brett freaking Favre and his weather controlling powers.
by muffin man on Dec 12, 2010 10:25 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
Seriously from an outsider looking in
What does this mean to the LA people wanting to buy the team? I would hate that personally I mean Vikings are cold weather creatures.
So does this or will this affect anything about the team leaving MN?
You guys
are already annoying coming in here and spouting off about “Vikings going to LA yet?”. Give it a break and at least come up with something semi intelligent, not totally redneck.
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by VikesFaninNM on Dec 12, 2010 10:34 AM CST up reply actions
ok pal
I was just wondering. i do not want it ot happen but this seems like something that can fast forward the process. I was just wondering for the sake of expanding my knowledge all things football.
When you come in here
as say this changes anything about the team leaving, that is throwing things at us as you already feel the Vikings are gone. We’ve been dealing with enough of that lately. The way you have it posted, make’s it look like you’re slinging the crap at us too.
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by VikesFaninNM on Dec 12, 2010 12:02 PM CST up reply actions
not it doesnt
but i wouldnt expect you to understand. As you have posted a 1000 fanpost on this when your front pager said to use this thread for updates.
Reading comprehension isnt your friend
TCF
playing at TCF….can the city of Minneapolis even clear the roadways to get to TCF in time to play a game? I saw Mayor Rybak on tv, and it sounded like plowing the roads in Minneapolis is a tough task right now
by DedicatedFollowerOfFashion on Dec 12, 2010 10:30 AM CST reply actions
Ranking of the options
1) Ford Field. This would be the best option because it would really rub it into the faces of the legislature that even Detroit has a modern stadium. The Twin Cities and the State of Minnesota are getting shown up by Detroit!
2) TCF Bank Stadium. By game time Monday night, the Giants can fly their cold weather gear into Minnesota. Freezing cold, though.
3) Fargodome. This is the next best option. While it seats just under 20,000, it would be a huge home field advantage for the Vikings.
4) Lucas Oil Field in Indy or Edward Jones Dome in St Louis. Bleah.
5) Meadowlands.
6) Cancel it
Can’t just rip the roof off and play outside. Drainage isn’t installed on the field. Plus, all the cameras and speakers are attached to the roof.
10-1 it's going to be moved to Detroit
I think that will be the biggest push at least.
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by VikesFaninNM on Dec 12, 2010 10:35 AM CST up reply actions
How about
they play at the Bank this week, decide they like it, and continue to play there until the state is able to get them a stadium in ten years.
The latest Plan
The game is in Detroit according to NFL Network, Still waiting confirmation.
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Not yet
They are waiting confirmation from the League, but do know Detroit is what has been agreed upon by the owners.
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by VikesFaninNM on Dec 12, 2010 10:42 AM CST up reply actions
Official!!!!
Ford Field in Detroit, 7:20PM ET Monday Night
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snow packed on it
There’s all that snow packed on it. There’s no obvious way to get it off fast.
Spray hot water on the roof? It will drain onto the field, wreck the turf, and do even more damage.
Has the last event now been held at the Metrodome?
by medicineball on Dec 12, 2010 10:57 AM CST up reply actions
where'd you find this?
Just keep coming and we'll find a way to win, because the opportunity is there.
The opportunity is there.
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Oh toughen up.
Let em play! Denny Green wouldnt stand for this game being moved.
What you just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your entire rambling incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
by Percy Harvin My Fav! on Dec 12, 2010 10:58 AM CST up reply actions
So...
Maybe a silly question but seeings how Detroit is in our division, wouldn’t that give NY a better “home field” advantage? I can’t imagine any Detroit fan rooting for us.
Winnipeg?
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by less cowbell, more 'neau on Dec 12, 2010 11:01 AM CST up reply actions
So, Detroit gets a Monday Night game for the first time in 9 years
The Lions won’t be playing in it, though. :)
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Minnesota Should Just Forfeit the Game!
Minnesota Vikings should Just Forfeit the Game! Vikings are the Home Team, and it is the Home Team that is held responsible to have the field ready for play. Not that it is the Vikings Fault for this Blizzard and Blast of Arctic Air, that caused the 20+ inches of snow that has been added to the existing snow that already coated the area over the past couple of weeks (seems longer than that, but that is how time seems to move slower when it is Winter In Minnesota).
I learned a long time ago, there is a difference between “Fault and Responsibility”. It may not be your fault when something bad happens, but if it happens on your watch, then you are held responsible!
My Great-Uncle (brother of my Grandfather on my fathers side of the family} once said, "On this train I’m riding, where it goes I cannot tell. I cannot blow the whistle, I cannot ring the bell. But let the train jump the track and see who catches “Hell” (The Train Conductor’s Lament"! ), my Great-Uncle was a train conductor..
So the Vikings would be charged with a “Forfeit”, the NY Giants would be awarded a “Win”, the recorded “Final Score” would be NY Giants 1, Minnesota Vikings 0. It is not like this game is of any importance to the Vikings getting into the NFC Playoffs! The the Minnesota Vikings can have another “Bye Week”, and rest-up, and already injured Viking Players have a extra week to recuperate, for next weeks game against the Chicago Bears in the hopefully repaired Hubert H. Humphrey Metro Dome on Monday Night Game (December 20th)!
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Forfeit?
Worst. Idea. Ever.
Better to take a cue from the MLB and reschedule than forfeit.
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by less cowbell, more 'neau on Dec 12, 2010 10:59 AM CST up reply actions
Ridiculous
The Giants should forfeit for not making it to Minneapolis. (Just as ridiculous)
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by Ted Glover on Dec 12, 2010 11:00 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Im sorry but this is possibly as stupid of an answer
as this
What you just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your entire rambling incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
by Percy Harvin My Fav! on Dec 12, 2010 11:05 AM CST up reply actions
You’re right, this game doesn’t affect the Vikings season. But it affects the Giants and other teams fighting for the wild card. Handing the Giants a free win while other teams have to earn their wins is negligent.
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by blackjackfishtaco on Dec 12, 2010 11:18 AM CST up reply actions
Are you a lawyer?
Because this sounds about as bad as an argument a lawyer would give in court.
Your honor, it’s not my clients fault for being drunk and driving down the wrong side of the highway. It’s the victims fault. If the victim hadn’t been there to begin with, this would never have happened. Therefore, the victim should forfeit any rights to any compensation and give said rights to my client.
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by VikesFaninNM on Dec 12, 2010 11:29 AM CST up reply actions
We Have A Winner!
Parnelli takes the prize for Worst Post Of The Day.
Forfeit? Really?
Try selling all the “fault and responsibility” crap to the teams that would be affected by a Giants “win” that would also be a second bye week. Among the teams hurt by such a collosally bad idea would be the Packers and Bears, who actually have to play all their games in the playoff race.
Dumb, dumb, dumb suggestion.
by Midnight Rambler on Dec 12, 2010 1:43 PM CST up reply actions
Werder reporting that Zygi wanted the game to be at TCF Bank Stadium
but the Stadium had been shut down for too long and would need atleast a week to prepare for an NFL game..
Pam Oliver reporting in the Dome
Crap, that stadium is finished. At least for awhile
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What you just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your entire rambling incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
by Percy Harvin My Fav! on Dec 12, 2010 11:06 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
Glazer saying Favre still in doubt
and TCF needs a week to prepare. And Howie just said ‘ya think the Vikings need a new stadium now?’
Yeah, yeah I do.
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Werder reporting that Zygi wanted the game to be at TCF Bank Stadium
but the Stadium had been shut down for too long and would need atleast a week to prepare for an NFL game..
Well, then
They’d better get that thing ready for next week, because there’s no way that game is being played at the Dome.
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by Christopher Gates on Dec 12, 2010 11:14 AM CST up reply actions
Indeed
That stadium looks like it might need to be quarantined..
Yeah
and if the rumor of the roof is still tearing is true, at what point does that stop, or does it keep going till the roof is a complete loss?
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by VikesFaninNM on Dec 12, 2010 11:31 AM CST up reply actions
Guys, in that video of the dome I see a collapsed building to the lower left of the dome. Was that there before the blizzard?
Also here’s a better video.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/12/12/winter.weather/
Not seeing
what your seeing, sorry
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by VikesFaninNM on Dec 12, 2010 11:56 AM CST up reply actions
Oh
looking at the side by side comparo, it still looks the same
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by VikesFaninNM on Dec 12, 2010 12:16 PM CST up reply actions
Oh jeez, you’re right. So it wasn’t because of the snow at least, haha.
by CaptainBryan on Dec 12, 2010 12:22 PM CST up reply actions
That’s what I was wondering. Seifert reported 7:20 EST.
Time zones are lame.
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by blackjackfishtaco on Dec 12, 2010 11:20 AM CST up reply actions
Ive been putting 7:20 ET
Which is 5:20 by me. Just in time to leave work and get over to where I can see the game off of NFL Ticket
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by VikesFaninNM on Dec 12, 2010 11:34 AM CST up reply actions
Fox pre-game just showed video of roof collapsing from inside the dome.
HOLY and CRAP.
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I want to find a video of that online!
I mean wow!!!
by CaptainBryan on Dec 12, 2010 11:22 AM CST up reply actions
Here
What you just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your entire rambling incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
by Percy Harvin My Fav! on Dec 12, 2010 11:27 AM CST up reply actions
they also showed some sad...
video of previous, embarassing viking moments – mike vike run from 2000; steve young run from 1988 – wtf
by going going gone on Dec 12, 2010 11:29 AM CST up reply actions
Notice
the guy in the cart hauling butt towards the garage as the roof is coming down? Look at the far side of the field
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by VikesFaninNM on Dec 12, 2010 11:55 AM CST up reply actions
Lol yepp I pointed that out to my mom as showed it to her.
I thought it was kinda funny
What you just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your entire rambling incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
by Percy Harvin My Fav! on Dec 12, 2010 12:08 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah
But glad got out of there. I kinda laughed when she went down in 82/83, but seeing how it act’s going down in real time, scary stuff!
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by VikesFaninNM on Dec 12, 2010 12:17 PM CST up reply actions
Video that people want from FOX
What you just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your entire rambling incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
by Percy Harvin My Fav! on Dec 12, 2010 11:27 AM CST reply actions
So who exactly will be in the seats at Ford Field?
Just curious? Minny fans….some maybe? Lions fans….probably not…too expensive. Giant’s fans….doubt it? The NFL ought to give Minnesota fans free admission to keep home field advantage and to incentivize them to drive/fly to Detroit.
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Looks like
if you had tickets to the game and can make it to Detroit, you get seating along the fifty yard line. Any left over seats will be filled on a first come first serve basis for free.
by scvikingfan on Dec 12, 2010 11:54 AM CST up reply actions
It's a slightly closer drive from NJ
by closer it means 10 hours instead of 12.
Just keep coming and we'll find a way to win, because the opportunity is there.
The opportunity is there.
Coach Coughlin
Oh, and just so we're clear
Anyone that wants to make a “Los Angeles Vikings” joke?
Yeah, you’re going to be banned on sight.
You’ve been warned.
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by Christopher Gates on Dec 12, 2010 11:33 AM CST reply actions
Vikings and Los Angeles dont go together well.
What you just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your entire rambling incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
by Percy Harvin My Fav! on Dec 12, 2010 11:35 AM CST up reply actions
Thanks Gonzo
Don’t know why, but I keep getting that asked more and more down here and getting to the point I’m about to floor the next jerk who ask’s me that.
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by VikesFaninNM on Dec 12, 2010 12:03 PM CST up reply actions
Wow
The football gods are trying to tell us something here.
But is that there needs to be a new stadium, or that the gods are offended by the mere idea of the Vikigns playing football?
Or maybe that they cannot stomach watching Favre play another late season game against the Giants?
So will the endzone in Ford Field say "Lions" or "Vikings" on Monday?
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by less cowbell, more 'neau on Dec 12, 2010 12:08 PM CST reply actions
Vions
or Likings?
Not sure.
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Anyone
Have a Lions head with Vikings horns sticking out? I need to upgrade my photoshop
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by VikesFaninNM on Dec 12, 2010 12:21 PM CST up reply actions
LTONS
Eli Manning will be spread out over the “i” to make it a T.
by medicineball on Dec 12, 2010 1:59 PM CST up reply actions
What is wrong with the Fargodome?
I kid. I kid.
Your fantasy football expert since Jerry Rice's rookie year.
Giant snowboarding bowl?
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by less cowbell, more 'neau on Dec 12, 2010 12:11 PM CST reply actions
Truly epic!
That pic, coupled with the video, tell quite a tale.
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Looks like a collapsed Angel Food Cake
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More aerial shots from the Strib
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by less cowbell, more 'neau on Dec 12, 2010 12:18 PM CST up reply actions
Dang
Thats why I miss Mike Ditka as the Bears coach. He came up with some great names for the place!
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by VikesFaninNM on Dec 12, 2010 12:22 PM CST up reply actions
Someone
Finally popped the Minneapolis’ big white pimple
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by thewild_viking_twins on Dec 12, 2010 5:09 PM CST up reply actions
What is the forecast for the week coming up?
Can the dome be ready for next Sunday? Where do you go for repair materials, Bass Pro Shop? No modern day stadium should be constructed using Coleman camping equipment.
I'd be shocked
If the Vikings played another game in that stadium.
The U of M said they couldn’t get TCF Bank Stadium ready on such short notice, and that they’d need a few days. That said, I’d be surprised if the location for next Monday’s game was anywhere but there.
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by Christopher Gates on Dec 12, 2010 12:21 PM CST up reply actions
Im going
TCF for next Monday with the Bears
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by VikesFaninNM on Dec 12, 2010 12:23 PM CST up reply actions
You have little faith in duct tape and vise grips
which can fix anything. Oh, and a shop vac to suck up all the water. :)
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You forgot the
bailing wire………………you’re fired!!!!!!
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by VikesFaninNM on Dec 12, 2010 12:25 PM CST up reply actions
this is Minnesota we’re talking about, after all.
if the vikings can’t figure out how to do it on their own, they can just call up Red Green or something.
by puddnhead on Dec 12, 2010 12:26 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Need some hundred mile an hour tape
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by Christopher Gates on Dec 12, 2010 12:35 PM CST up reply actions
Three worst jobs in America today:
Traveling secretary for the Giants.
Traveling secretary for the Vikings.
THose poor souls, all 5 of them, trying to clear the Metrodome roof of snow.
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Let me just tell you
LA is about an hour from me, and I would never in a million frickin years, want to see the Vikings play there ever. They belong in Minnesota.
What about when the 'taints move there after NO is completely destroyed by another hurricane?
I’m sure we would play them there sooner or later.
If the Saints' worthless, corrupt owner would have gotten his way
That team WOULD be the Los Angeles Saints right now. He’s the sleazy scumbag piece of crap that tried to leverage the worst natural disaster in American history into a relocation for his football team.
Makes the morons like “Fat Punk Kicker” that were in here running their mouths earlier look even dumber.
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by Christopher Gates on Dec 12, 2010 12:46 PM CST up reply actions
I just did
We just watched our team’s stadium fall apart. . .literally.
Don’t need useless, pathetic pieces of crap from any other fan base coming over here thinking that they have jokes. They don’t have jokes. They ARE jokes.
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by Christopher Gates on Dec 12, 2010 12:48 PM CST up reply actions
the collasping of the dome
really says alot about this season
Who said life was fair?
When I find that person I'll beat the hell out of him
Let's rename it "the Souffledome"
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lions offense is a pile of shit
cant believe their defense is keeping them in this game
Who said life was fair?
When I find that person I'll beat the hell out of him
Silly questions here.
Does anyone know who designed the roof of the Metrodome? Did they not know that it snows quite a bit in Minnesota? Won’t they be held liable for the repairs?
How about getting rid of the roof altogether and have an open air stadium next year?
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by JethroBoViking on Dec 12, 2010 12:52 PM CST reply actions
they would have to remodel the metrodome
that would be a waste of time
Who said life was fair?
When I find that person I'll beat the hell out of him
Normally the snow would be removed but it was too windy.
Did the Superdome designer have to pay when a hurricane and filthy citizens destroyed it? Didnt they know they would be a problem and should have planned for it?
Also, it doesnt actually snow that much here compared to other places in the country. Its just colder here.
Hurricanes are more rare. Not one hit the US this year.
It seems to snow most winters though. It just seems like a stupid design to me.
Filthy citizens? I think you have offended Grime.
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by JethroBoViking on Dec 12, 2010 1:07 PM CST up reply actions
What I always hated about the dome is the positive air pressure required to keep it poofed out.
It messes with your ears to go in and out of the doors.
Well, I'm sure I'd feel much worse if I weren't under such heavy sedation. - David St. Hubbins, Spinal Tap
Was it poofing when it collapsed, or was it in pre-poof mode?
Or is it always poofed?
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by JethroBoViking on Dec 12, 2010 1:21 PM CST up reply actions
I believe it's always poofed.
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Average yearly snowfall in Minneapolis is 45.3 inches
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by JethroBoViking on Dec 12, 2010 1:17 PM CST up reply actions
Which is 10" per month.
I was looking it up and came upon this strange list. Now I’ve only been to AZ once but I doubt #5 and 6 are accurate.
http://www.city-data.com/top2/c464.html
Wow, Minneapolis is # 57. I wouldn't have guessed that.
I have driven through Flagstaff a few times and have run into some pretty bad weather.
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by JethroBoViking on Dec 12, 2010 1:34 PM CST up reply actions
No mountains...
…and no Great Lakes (to our west) keeps the snow totals down. We get the brutal cold instead.
last report on BSPN sounded promising
They claimed that material for the roof is on hand. And the folks in detroit have extra material from the Pontiac dome. As well as material from the syracuse dome has been offered to the vikes as well. It sounds like the building crew is going to try to get it fixed for next week. I hope to God that the game is played in Minnesota. If not I’m screwed.
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i dont see why?
That loser is out of a job, and wont have another one anytime soon
Who said life was fair?
When I find that person I'll beat the hell out of him
Sunday game open thread here
http://www.dailynorseman.com/2010/12/12/1871553/sunday-afternoon-game-threads
Talk about the stadium here, football games there.
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Good thing it doesn't snow in LA
The Vikings will fit in well in Cali
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Dear stupid
You realize that if you register an account from the same IP address that we can tell you’re exactly the same person, right?
I’m going to ban you. . .again. . .but I’m not going to delete this comment. I want it to stick here for a while to show everyone the kind of filth you are and the kind of garbage you represent.
Idiot.
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by Christopher Gates on Dec 12, 2010 1:21 PM CST up reply actions
Oh, and ladies and gentlemen
You may recognize this person as “Fat Punk Kicker” from an earlier comment. . .a comment that expressed exactly the same sentiment. The fact that he’s so smart that he used exactly the same profile picture as he had earlier should be a giveaway.
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by Christopher Gates on Dec 12, 2010 1:25 PM CST up reply actions
If I was a betting man
I would say yes. I don’t see how they can get the dome fixed and ready to play an NFL game there in a week.
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But there are way fewer seats!!
They’re still going to have to issue some refunds. And I don’t want a refund, I want to go to the game!!!
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I saw that...
It might be a more appealing option than nuthin’.
Of course, I wouldn’t mind Soldier field, either :)
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what is the capacity of TCF?
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hmmm
that could be a problem
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50,000>0
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by less cowbell, more 'neau on Dec 12, 2010 2:18 PM CST up reply actions
online it says the seating capactiy can be expanded to 80,000
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How can they do that?
Close the open end I’d guess?
Now that Brad Childress is gone, the BCS needs to follow.
That's if they add an upper deck
They can add temporary bleachers that add 10K in seat, I believe, if the Vikes were to use the Bank as a temp home while a new stadium was being built.
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Good question
I don’t know how they’re going to handle that. But if it’s at the Bank, and it’s -5 outside, I’m sure there will be plenty of seats available.
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this sucks
This was supposed to be my first trip to the dome.
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Why Detroit?
Kansas City is closer. They should have just moved the game there.
Now that Brad Childress is gone, the BCS needs to follow.
One reason I heard
was because the FOX broadcast crew was already there and would stay for the Vikings broadcast. But that is just one reason. Another is that reportedly, that is where the Giants lobbied for out of the 3 dome options given: Detroit, Indianapolis and St Louis.
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by Luft Krigare on Dec 12, 2010 1:49 PM CST up reply actions
And it's a dome, KC is not
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by JethroBoViking on Dec 12, 2010 3:41 PM CST up reply actions
Me too
I live 20 minutes from the Ed.
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giants were concerned over equipment issues
the league was more conerned with the camera crew
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