David Erickson

Minnesota Vikings Vs. Arizona Cardinals

August 16, 2004

Monday Morning Quarterbacking Predictably, the Tice/Green rivalry hype amounted to much radio talk show sound and a lot of column-inch fury signifying pretty much nothing at all. Much more interesting was what happened on the FieldTurf on game day. Vikings’ Defense For a preseason game, it was quite a delight to see the Vikings field…

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Bill Schneider Phones It In

August 13, 2004

When you decide to do a weekly segment on television news, you’d better be prepared to stretch your credibility on occasion when there is no news that fits your formula. And so it is with CNN’s alleged "political analyst" Bill Schneider‘s Play of the Week on the news channel’s weekly Inside Politics show. Today Schneider…

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The Rivalry/Denny Green’s Return

August 13, 2004

The media’s theme of the week for the Cardinals game has clearly been The Return Of Denny Green. The NFL schedulers handed the lead to the reporters by making the rematch the first preseason game and it only made the story more irresistible when Green was hired; so sports reporters ran with it. There have…

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Fear & Loathing In Purplesville

August 12, 2004

Going into the first pre-season game against the Cardinals, Vikings’ fans have several things to wring their hands over. Chief among those worries are two players who’ve spent plenty of time on injured reserve and a placekicker who, apparently, cannot hit the side of a barn. Shank Both papers have been following Aaron Elling‘s kicking…

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Carl Eller

August 11, 2004

It’s about time Carl Eller got into the Hall.

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Sprint Commercials

August 10, 2004

The current Sprint TV commercial that’s running in heavy rotation on your tele must not have been proofed before they signed off on airing it. You know the commercial – it’s a none-too-subtle rip-off of the "Intel Inside" idea with a Beatlesish song repeating the theme "Sprint is in here, Sprint is in there." Get…

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