Category: Football

  • Week 17: Vikings vs. Giants

    Quite the big day for the Vikings yesterday. 487 total yards on offense. Only 181 yards given up on defense. These totals weren’t surprising. The Vikings played a New York Giants team that was out of the playoff picture and couldn’t even be bothered to show up in their last game at Giants Stadium ever.…

  • Week 16: Vikings @ Bears

    29-37 20-48 34-10 14-35 7-47 34-21 Those are the final scores of the last 6 games of the 2008 season for the Arizona Cardinals. I bring this up to illustrate that all hope isn\’t lost for the 2009 Vikings. Although I would be remiss if I didn\’t mention that I already have one foot off…

  • Are You Not Entertained?

    Sports Illustrated ran an article this week about former NFL players who, frankly, aren\’t doing very well. Carson Palmer, earlier this year, stated that his opinion was that someone would eventually die on the field. Malcolm Gladwell wrote an article about the alarming rate of concussions among football players, and a link from that to…

  • Week 14&15: Vikings vs. Bengals & @ Panthers

    It was the best of times it was the worst of times. Yes, it truly was the tale of two games over the past two weeks.

  • Week 13: Vikings @ Cardinals

    After delivering three satisfying home victories by wide margins the Vikings got a taste of their own medicine last Sunday evening in Arizona. The question after such a debacle is (and should be): are the Vikings not as good as people thought they were? Last week I talked about how the Vikings haven’t played anyone…

  • Week 12: Vikings vs. Bears

    Unlike last week I have no holiday excuse for being late in posting. However, there wasn\’t much to say about the Vikings asskicking of the Bears. The Vikings were a bit sloppy (a few penalties), but after the first quarter the Vikings dominated. I went to the game with my friend Corinne. After the game…

  • Week 11: Vikings vs. Seahawks

    I am late in writing my wrap up of the Vikings v. Seahawks games for a number of reasons (Thanksgiving being a primary one), but what can be said about the game?

  • Week 10: Vikings vs. Lions

    The Vikings chose the right week to play their sloppiest game of the season. Only against the Lions (and maybe the Browns) could the Vikings get away with so many miscues. Let’s take a look at what the score could have been without the miscues (and questionable penalties and questionable play calls).

  • Schadenfreude: Sack Tracker

    Just a great little website that the wizards across the river in Madison, WI have come up with: http://host.madison.com/app/interactive/sacktracker/ I look forward to checking this out each week for the rest of the season.

  • Week 9: Viking Bye Week

    The Bye week comes at the midpoint of the season for the Vikings this year. A perfect time for a midseason review of the season thus far.