ruppertflywheel
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Everybody knows my disdain for the Vikings. Help me understand. Is it:
1. The skill level of play?
2. The NFL hype? (It has replaced baseball as the National pastime)
3. The rivalries? ( Bears, Packers, etc)
4. The crowd atmosphere? ( more rowdy, jet set fans, lots of crazies, etc.)
5. The grand prize of getting to the Super Bowl?
6. My age, the Gophers have never been relavent in my lifetime.
7. I have no aligience to the U
8. The history of both programs? ( Vikings have been to 4 Super Bowls )
9. The Vikings are the "in thing" to do. The Gophers are the baby boomers crowd.
10. I just don't like college football.
Summary: I know there are fans of both on this site. One reason I'm asking the question my daughter and I were fishing the Walleye Whamma Tournament in Babbitt last week. We both had
" Row the Boat " t- shirts on and several people asked what it meant. One lady though my daughter was a member for the U rowing team. Another reason is we stopped at Tanks Bar in Babbitt afterwards for a beer. They already had Viking schedules up and were promoting a Viking Bus trip for the first pre-season game. I asked him if I brought him a Gopher schedule would be put it up?
He said yes, but followed with: " You do know this is Viking and Packer country" I asked him what he thought of PJ Fleck and he said: " Don't know, but someone said he sounds like that Brewster guy" Would appreciate comments on the topic less any bad mouthing. Help me understand the Viking mystic?
1. The skill level of play?
2. The NFL hype? (It has replaced baseball as the National pastime)
3. The rivalries? ( Bears, Packers, etc)
4. The crowd atmosphere? ( more rowdy, jet set fans, lots of crazies, etc.)
5. The grand prize of getting to the Super Bowl?
6. My age, the Gophers have never been relavent in my lifetime.
7. I have no aligience to the U
8. The history of both programs? ( Vikings have been to 4 Super Bowls )
9. The Vikings are the "in thing" to do. The Gophers are the baby boomers crowd.
10. I just don't like college football.
Summary: I know there are fans of both on this site. One reason I'm asking the question my daughter and I were fishing the Walleye Whamma Tournament in Babbitt last week. We both had
" Row the Boat " t- shirts on and several people asked what it meant. One lady though my daughter was a member for the U rowing team. Another reason is we stopped at Tanks Bar in Babbitt afterwards for a beer. They already had Viking schedules up and were promoting a Viking Bus trip for the first pre-season game. I asked him if I brought him a Gopher schedule would be put it up?
He said yes, but followed with: " You do know this is Viking and Packer country" I asked him what he thought of PJ Fleck and he said: " Don't know, but someone said he sounds like that Brewster guy" Would appreciate comments on the topic less any bad mouthing. Help me understand the Viking mystic?