Saturday, 07/05/2008

Maybe the Vikes should send Jaguars Head Coach Jack Del Rio a key to the City and invite him back for Christmas Eve to show their appreciation for "de-nutting" the Packers on their homefield in December?

FOR ALL THE MARBLES: Christmas Eve Game is For NFC "NORRIS" Championship
12-20-04
By Mookie

Just when you thought you had seen it all, the Grunge Vikings and Packers will play on Christmas Eve for the CHAMPIONSHIP of the NFC North Division and a first round HOME game in the Playoffs.

It all started Sunday, when the Vikes finally got some "luck" when the Lions longsnapper rolled the snap for the game tying extra point onto the Ford Field carpet. Instantly, the Vikes went form Goats to Gloats and knew all they had to do was win 2 more games and they would win the NFC North Division.

Soon after, Former Vikings linebacker and Head Caoch of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Jack Del Rio, brought his Florida team to the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field and beat the Packers, setting the stage for a Christmas Eve-Winner-take-all showdown at the Metroddome.

The disgusting play last year in the dessert when Nate Poole made his name in Packers history.

Last year, the Packers invited Nate Poole to Green Bay and gave him a key to the city because he was the Cardinal who caught the infamous pass that knocked the Vikes out of the playoffs.

To me, this was about as "classless" as putting John Madden in a Hall of Fame for a team that he was never affiliated with in any way at all. Yup, the Packers have initiated the Fat Video Game legend, broadcaster and bratwurst eating champion who was born in Minnesota into their Hall of Fame. Madden coached the Raiders and now sits alongside Starr, Hornung and Lombardi himself in Packer lore? That's about as cheesehead as it gets.

Maybe the Vikes should invite Jack the Jaguar back for Christmas Eve? Give Jolly Old Jack his place in the Vikings Ring of Honor, a key to the city, and show a big screen highlight reel of him personally destroying Brett Favre and the Packers as both as a player for the Vikes and a coach for the Jaguars.

Then just for kicks we could we could invite back T.J. Rubley, a former 3rd-string QB for the Packers who single-handedly won the game for the Vikings back in 1995 when he fumbled the ball. THE MILWAUKEE SENTINEL did a survey of The Top Disasters of the 20th Century, and tied in votes with The Great Depression was Rubley's fumble against the Vikings. Wouldn't it be great to re-live those memories with our friends from Wisconsin?

That's just part of the fun when the Vikings play the Packers. There is banter and beer back and forth, and the tailgating begins early on Friday morning. There will be a lot of inebriated Santas this year in Minnesota and Wisconsin. I guarantee one thing, the game at the Dome will be close and end on a weird play.

Packer Jokes for Border Rivalry Weekend

CHEESEHEADS
by Mookie Over the last 10 years, I have really learned to appreciate the Vikings vs. Packers rivalry. It all started when my friend "Wales" a cheesehead from the Michigan Upper Pennisula told me, "Man, it's all about geography! You and I are the same guy except I grew up in God's Country, and you grew up in South Dakota! It's great that you cheer for the team that was closest to you when you grew up. That's the NFL man, it's just geography!"

His words are so true. I did grow up watching two Vikings and Packers games every season. When I came to college in the Twin Cities I had many run-ins with cheeseheads who were as passionate about their team as I was about the Vikes.

Cheeseheads are everywhere. You see them wearing their colors at the Yankes/Red Sox ALCS game, you see them at Lions vs. Redskins games, you see them wearing that big G logo at NBA games. They are everywhere!

The Heart of Dairyland USA

Cheeseheads are funny, they are without conscious, they are fevered like no other. They are arrogant, proud, drunk and sober. Cheeseheads live in your neighborhood, attend your same church and decorate their work cubes with Favre posters. They vote, they actually vote in that stupid Campbells chunky soup promotion.

They are the only fans I know of that say "WE won" or "We lost" because they actually own their team. They are also easily duped into buying $200 for a piece of paper that says they own stock in the team. It's great to see them so focused.

But there are many Cheeseheads who are actually okay people. I have learned to tolerate them over the years because it's just geography.

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