Vikings Vs. Texans — In Pictures
I do like the Star Tribune‘s online game photo gallery feature. I have only one complaint: They need to get a new person to write the captions for the photos because whoever is currently doing it, really has no clue. I wouldn’t make a big deal of it if it was a one-time thing, but…
Read MoreOnline Buzz – Vikings vs. Cowboys
This week’s Online Buzz finds the Cowboys trouncing the Vikings in team-related searches with a whopping 11,459 for the Cowboys and 1,906 for the Vikings. (Read my methodology here.) Click for Large Chart In the quarterback matchups, Daunte Culpepper (161) beats out the Cowboys starting quarterback Vinny Testaverde (46) but, unforturnately, gets outsearched by the…
Read MoreJermaine Wiggins & Brett Conway
Jermaine Wiggins Our big offseason offensive pickup was TE Jermaine Wiggins, who was supposed to serve the Byron Chamberlain role of a big, soft-handed tight end who would stretch the middle of the field. Wiggins has plenty of swagger but he hadn’t backed it up on the field, until last night. As the Strib‘s Kevin…
Read MoreOnline Buzz – Vikings vs. Seahawks
The latest edition of Online Buzz shows that people are far more interested in the Vikings than this week’s competition, the Seattle Seahawks, with more people doing Viking-related searches (1,906) than Seahawks-related searches (784). (Read my methodology here.) Click for Large Chart Searches for individuals again show Brock Lesnar kicking everyone’s ass with 1,651 Lesnar-related…
Read MoreNFL Network
About a week ago I got one of those oversized envelopes from the cable company that mean either the rates are going up or the channel lineup is changing, or both. This one delayed the inevitable for a while by dropping the bad news of rate increases in favor of channel lineup news. (I’m sure…
Read MoreOlympic Beach Volleyball
If you have any question of 1) whether or not beach volleyball is a legitimate Olympic sport, or 2) the nature of it’s appeal, all you need to know is that this, this, and this, the objet du desir, were among Yahoo!’s most emailed photographs last week.
Read MoreMike Tice’s Blind Spot
Okay, I was wrong. When I said yesterday that the game against the 49ers wouldn’t be a test of anything at all, I was wrong. I admit it. It was a test for kicker Aaron Elling, and he failed. I feel for the guy; even moreso as he sounds like a stand-up guy, which the…
Read MoreOnline Buzz – Vikings vs. 49ers
Don’t expect this game to be a test of anything, least of all our depth at secondary. The 49ers were a bad team when they had Tia Streets, Jeff Garcia and Terrell Owens. They are a worse team now that they’ve lost them. Add to that the fact that they are a injury-plagued team right…
Read MoreVikings Back Up Centers
The importance of depth at center became apparent to the Vikings during the Falcons game when, with Matt Birk already out with an injury, Cory Withrow suffered a concussion on the first play of the game, forcing third-string center Billy Conaty into the game. As the Strib‘s Kevin Seifert points out in his piece today,…
Read MoreMarcus Robinson Hurt, Again
Kevin Seifert‘s piece in the Star Tribune today is headlined "Injury talk irritates Robinson." Well, that’s funny cause it sure as hell is irritating me and I’m sure plenty of other Vikings fans. Especially the injury talk coming out of Robinson’s own mouth, the talk that says he needs to be 100% before he can…
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