That Just Happened!

Ohhkay. So, the Vikings/Cowboys game was on this weekend.  I must admit, I was a bit nervous (see, Brett! Another thing we have in common. *sigh*).  However, the Vikings were ON!  Yep, even their defense was playing instead of bumbling around the field like they are little plastic men on a fooseball table.  Suck it Tony Romo!  (okay, I’ll accept my penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct on the blog.)

Fantastic!  Sidney Rice was on fire!  Brett was cocky as ever and his arm was in peak form.  He wanted it bad.  He was out to prove that he could beat Dallas in a post-season game, something he had yet to do.  Also, I think it also helped that the Viking’s Special Teams was accurate, which is more than I can say for the Cowboy’s (*ahem* #4 Shaun Suisham).  Although I did feel bad for Suisham because he looked like he was going to puke after missing the second kick.  Puke, or cry, but since there is no crying in football my money is on puke.

What I wouldn’t have put money on is Brooking’s hissy fit.  Right up on the Viking’s sidelines shouting at anyone and everyone his teary little eye landed on.  But I digress. 

The Vikings won decisively.  34-3 to be exact.  They were winning so decisively that any points scored was just racking up points and, according to Brooking, “totally classless and disrespectful.”  Are you serious?  Gawsh, you are even more of a pansy than Romo (The Cowboy’s Quarterback).  At least we know Romo went into the locker room and started beating his team down with his jock strap (kidding! I can’t make that claim, but he should have!).  As everyone is saying, Brooking, if you didn’t like it, stop them!  For cryin out loud, you were all on the frickin field, where were you when this play went down?  Why didn’t you do your job?  Yeah, maybe it was rubbing a bit of salt in the wound, but honestly, when you have the ball that often, that close to the end zone, you start looking like you aren’t playing at all are fixing the game when you don’t score.

Final verdict: Vikings played a great game, let’s hope they come back like that next Sunday.  Cowboys, you totally dropped the ball (quite literally), better luck next year.  As for Brooking, “He’s right. This is the NFL, not high school or college. The Dallas Cowboys don’t get sympathy. Throwing that pass may not have been the greatest sportsmanship, but it also wasn’t an affront to decency. If Brooking didn’t want Minnesota to score then maybe he and his 10 teammates on the field should have done something about it.”  (Chris Chase).  Couldn’t have said it better myself.

Which only leaves one question.  What did Favre yell in Romo’s ear after the game?

Yeah, That Just Happened!

Can we just talk about how much I really dislike the Vikings right now. Booo Favre. Booo Defense. How can you lose to Carolina?  Even the announcers before hand should have got you riled up enough to fight for it with all their trash talking about how you were going to blow it. Rather than prove them wrong, you justified the smug looks on their smarmy faces.

After some very interesting flops around the field in the first 5 minutes, it finally seemed as though the Vikings found their footing.  Unfortunately, the Panthers just wanted it more. You could tell from the beginning they were fired up and ready to go.  They were energetic, aggressive and drove the pace (something Favre is infamous for doing).  In short, the Panthers played like the Vikings and the Vikings played like dirt.  So really, not at all.

Vikings, you suck right now and I am not happy with this inauspicious start to my Holidays.  *pttthhhht*  Let’s hope for more in the near future. I really hate it when the announcers are right.  In show of my feelings I am not even going to bother finding your logo for this post and instead go to bed. I stupidly stayed up late in the hopes you would pull your stuff together.

I hope I dream of Favre… *sigh*

The QB getting sacked.

Sunday afternoon I settled down to watch my Brett (who I have a love-hate relationship with) and the Vikings continue their winning season streak. (I must also take this opportunity to apologize to MPW’s friend Heather who came over to spend time with him and ended up sitting silently on our couch while I extolled the virtues of the Vikings and the Packers.   Thanks for being so cool with it.)  I had a feeling this game wouldn’t be a pretty one.  And ugly it was.  At one point a referee got pushed over and trampled on by a Viking and the receivers must have had butter on their hands because making a catch proved almost impossible.   Awesome-Jenn-pumps-her-fists-in-the-air-and-crows-triumphantly plays were hard to come by. 

Kudos must go out to Harvin who returned a kickoff for a touchdown which was quite the comeback from the foul he got just minutes earlier.  Peterson scored the other TD for the Vikings with a two yard rush. 

I think what is so super sad about this whole thing was that the entire game I kept blaming the receivers, the defense, the offense…everyone but Brett because he was making some good passes.  I even defended the one that bounced off the goal post.  Eeesh.  At the end of the day the QB is the one who holds the team together and who controls the pace of the game.  The Vikings loss was Brett’s loss too. I think my not-so-little closet crush is getting in the way of me objectively despising him for not retiring and turning his back on the Packers (who kicked butt!!  Congrats Packers).

Yeah, That Just Happened!