my thoughts on the vikings...

those of us who are minnesota sports fans that werent old enough to understand how awesome it was that the twins won the WS in '87 and '91, have suffered thru a lifelong drought of bullshit and dissappointment. there have been 2 close calls over the past decade or so, the 1997 gophers making the final four which is basically the super bowl of college bball and the epic failure of the 1998 vikings. the sad part is the ncaa stripped the gophers of their 1997 final four and 1998 nit title over a widespread academic scandal. too bad the ncaa cant take away how sweet it was to watch the gophers come from behind to beat clemson in a 2ot thriller in the sweet sixteen, then to top that with a win over the favored #2 seed ucla in the elite eight to reach the final four. suck on that ncaa. also, i recall bobby jackson nailing a 3 late in second half of the final four vs kentucky that gave us the lead, unfortunately it didnt last very long.... but i remember freaking out...again suck on that ncaa. but officially speaking, i guess we didnt even have a team those years. obviously right, we are minnesota fans.
then the infamous 1998 nfc championship game. i remember exactly where i was for the game. i actually watched it by myself in my parents basement. i think that i get a little to exited at times during games and its probably better for everyone that i be put in solitary confinement. us minnesotans will always recall the game as the miss that kept us out of the super bowl, while falcons will remember it as the drive. the one play i remember where i think i finally lost faith was when o j santiago caught a 30 or so yard pass that put them into vikings territory in OT.
so, to start off the 1998 season we drafted a guy named ahhhh randy moss, most viking fans might have heard of him. he would go on to making our regular playoff team into a superbowl favorite single handedly. what does that have in common with 2009...hmmm, well i guess we went out and picked up a guy by the name of brett favre, and drafed percy harvin, whom has had that same affect. there are many similarities that have made me excited about this year...1998 we played on MNF at greenbay in week 4 where both teams were 4-0, and ironically farve was the QB and we crushed them. in 2009, we played the packers week 4 at home on MNF while 3-0 with favre as our QB and crushed them yet again. it almost seemed like the pieces were starting to fall in place.......to be continued