Wake Up and Get On The Bandwagon: Vikes Are Undefeated!

My point was not so much to be optimistic more than pessimistic. Only 1 team will win the SB —but that does not mean that the fans of only team this year can really enjoy the season.

The Vikes have been blessed since the 1967 season with a team that has been pretty much competitive nearly every season, with only a few glaring exceptions that I have stored in the deepest, most repressed closets in my memory. But even though they are deeply repressed, I do vaguely recall how “boring,” “depressing,” and thoroughly unenjoyable it was to watch the games in those years. There were times when it seemed the only player to get excited about and really root for was Ted Brown (what a waste of a great talent!!!)

That is not the case now. The truth is NO ONE KNOWS how this season will turn out in terms of Ws and Ls — there re just too many gosh darn variables. That uncertainty is, in the end, the only reason why it is fun to follow the NFL and the VIkes in particular.

What I DO know is that the Vikes have a LOT of really great — and EXCITING — players on the squad this year, and there are CERTAIN to be a plethora of exciting plays that will make it a blast to watch their games. That has not always been the case for the Vikes (although the bare seasons have been few), and it certainly is not the case for certain other teams this year. You could have been borne in a poor family in Somalia. Or worse, you could have been borne into a family of Bills fans or 49ers fans or Seahawks fans. I feel glad for the Lions’ fans, because their parties’ have been so depressing for so long, and now they finally got the house rockin’ again — good for them.

We are truly blessed with a team stocked full of exciting players who are fun to root for. I don’t care if you are optimistic or pessimistic about the chances for a playoff run — the point is that, right NOW, how can you NOT be excited to see:

i) how may DBs AD is going to runover or toss to the sidelines, ii) how many tackles Percy is going to break, iii) how Rudolph will perform out of the box, iv) how EJ and Erin will inspire each other, v) how many blitz-sack-fumble recoveries Antoine will chalk up, vi) how many calves Jared will rope and tie, vii) how many scrambles Webb will run out of the Wildcat, viii)how many PRs Jaymar will break, ix) how many money shots Longwell will hit at the end of the 4th Qtr, x) how many screens Booker will do his David Palmer impersonation of, and xi) how many surprises our young guys have in store for us?

And, if we are blessed by the football gods, can you imagine the hype if the team gets into the playoffs and is matched against the Eagles???? Farve vs. Rodgers was big during the regular season in 2009, but imagine McNaab returning to Philly in the playoffs matching up against a Vick-led Eagles team, with all their high-priced FA acquisitions? The sports gods above took note when the Heat tried to alter the laws of Olympus and they promptly dispatched their delivery agents to Dallas with packages full of grace.

This is going to be a GREAT PARTY for those who are lucky enough to have identified with the Vikes for so long, regardless of who wins the SB. I’m wachin Purple Jesus bust a move on the dance floor and I can hear Stevie Ray wailing now, “Come on in, the house is rockin’!!!” There may be some othr parties going on where Paris Hilton and ESPN reporters are hanging out, but we got a house full of scorchin’ babes, hot tunes (for a change!), and 16 kegs on tap.

GO VIKES!!

We are currently an 0-0 team, not an 8-8 team. Prognosticating on the record at the end of the year is just silly at this stage. It’s like betting on the roulette table. Nobody picked the Mavs to win the title this year at the start of the season. In hindsight, it looks obvious — Dirk was great, and Kidd and Terry did what they needed to do. Why did the Mavs do so well this year and not nearly as well in prior years, with the same core players? Who knows?

The point is that this team (like the Mavs the past several years) has more than its fair share of great and exciting players on it. (My god, man, just contrast it with the Seahawks roster…) That IS reality, and if you can’t see it, you need to buy some eyeglasses. Enjoy them now. There is no reason not to, even if they DO end up losing 8 games.

Glad you find my take “amusing.” But you might have more fun if you focused more on the “uplifting” part.