gopher1956
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Both the Vikings and Gophers seemed to be cursed. Which team will finally win a big game?
Well the gophers have won 6 national titles. It's the Vikings that are 0 and 4. The Gophers have just had some bad voodoo the last 40 some years.
Well the gophers have won 6 national titles. It's the Vikings that are 0 and 4. The Gophers have just had some bad voodoo the last 40 some years.
This isn't an apples to apples comparison.
Would the Vikes be 0-4 in Super Bowls if African-American players were only allowed to play in the NFC?
Since 1960 - the Vikings first year they have won 18 division championships (this would be easier than winning the big 10) but also won the conference championship four times (I harder to do than winning the big ten because there are more teams than the big 10). The Gophers have won one conference championship in that time.
I love both the Gophers and the Vikings, but if you compare the two, I don't think you can compare from a time period where the Vikings weren't even in exsistence.
Tell that to the Detroit Lions.
Since the Vikings became a franchise there is NO comparison. Vikes have 18 divisional titles (3rd all time in NFL history) and they have the 2nd highest winning % in the history of the NFL. Yes they've lost the big games but the Gophers haven't even played in a big game since 1961. I love both teams but both have given us plenty of heartbreak over the years.
they have the 2nd highest winning % in the history of the NFL according to wikipedia
Since the Vikings became a franchise there is NO comparison. Vikes have 18 divisional titles (3rd all time in NFL history) and they have the 2nd highest winning % in the history of the NFL according to wikipedia, although I have a hard time believing that's true. Yes they've lost the big games but the Gophers haven't even played in a big game since 1961. I love both teams but both have given us plenty of heartbreak over the years.
A minor bump in the road.The Gophers have just had some bad voodoo the last 40 some years.
LOL. The Vikings just lost the NFC Championship game which means they are technically the third or fourth best team in the NFL and it was a narrow loss in overtime on the road. I would compare this with the Gophers going in ranked at #3 to play at the University of Texas or at USC and losing in overtime. I would say we would be a team that was relative if that happened.
The Gophers aren't even close to being able to compete with the best teams week in and week out, either in the Big Ten much less nationally. Us Gopher fans have suffered much MUCH more over the last 50 years than the Vikings have. It's not even close.
The Vikings were the NFL Champions in 1969.
The 1965 "NFL Championship" was the last to mean something. With the advent of AFL/NFL merger and the subsequent "World Championship Game" in January 1967 (later to become the Super Bowl)...and especially after the Jets beat the Colts in January 1969...
...the NFL Championship in 1969 meant...
...absolutely...
...nothing.
Division and Conference Championships without at least one real Super Bowl championship are "statistics for losers". Buffalo Bills, greatest 4 consecutive year chokers of all time or "4-peat AFC Champions"? Ugh.
I know that. You know that. Now a few more people know that. Don't get so excited.
I just hate when people bring that up...
The 1965 "NFL Championship" was the last to mean something. With the advent of AFL/NFL merger and the subsequent "World Championship Game" in January 1967 (later to become the Super Bowl)...and especially after the Jets beat the Colts in January 1969...
...the NFL Championship in 1969 meant...
...absolutely...
...nothing.
Division and Conference Championships without at least one real Super Bowl championship are "statistics for losers". Buffalo Bills, greatest 4 consecutive year chokers of all time or "4-peat AFC Champions"? Ugh.
BTW, the Vikings were born 50 years ago today (January 28, 1960). They are 0-50 as far as winning it all, Super Bowl or NFL Championship. The Gophers earned 1 football national title in that same span of time, so they can claim one thing over the Vikings.
Technically the Vikings do have one NFL Championship(1969). They just lost that little Bowl game against the American Football League. Now don't get all excited about it like...........
Is there even a debate here? Wouldn't you seemingly have to be in a big game to be cursed? the Vikings have lost them, but they have been there. The Gophers have not seen a big game since color tv! The Gophers are not cursed, they have simply been awful.