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    This Is How Quickly A Game Can Turn

    Last night, after a ridiculously silly personal foul penalty by Benny Sapp kept a Chicago drive alive, the Bears found themselves at the one-yard line with a 7-3 lead late in the first-half. A field goal would have given them a nice advantage heading toward halftime, while a touchdown would have put them in command of the game. Literally one minute later (and about three seconds later in game clock time) the Bears were down 10-7 and on their way to second place in the standings behind the Minnesota Vikings. More »

    9:30 AM on Mon Dec 1 2008
    By Dashiell Bennett
    5,901 views, 21 comments

    Most discussed stealofthedraft: Childress knows he's coaching the purple guys, right? more »

  • NFL

    Former Viking Would Very Much Like To Hit Brad Childress In The Head

    Current Jaguars wideout Troy Williamson spent his first three seasons in the NFL angering Minnesota fans with his mediocre play and current Vikings coach Brad Childress spent his first two years angering Minnesota fans by putting him into games. Of course, all of this happened during the downtime when they weren't angering each other. Williamson changed teams during the offseason, but hasn't forgotten his old boss's slights and now that the Jags and Vikes face off this Sunday in Jacksonville, he wants to settle the score—Queensberry Rules-style. He wants to "duke it out" with Childress on the 50-yard line. More »

    3:00 PM on Thu Nov 20 2008
    By Dashiell Bennett
    4,399 views, 49 comments

    Most discussed Return_of_ClintonPortishead: Too bad bald eagles are a protected species. more »

  • NFL

    Feet Shouldn't Be Pointing That Way

    Thanks to PFT who finally found an embeddable video of the gruesome leg injury suffered by the Vikes' Charles Gordon. If you've eaten within the last hour, you may want to pass on this for now. There's no update on Gordon's status, but one could make the assumption after viewing that his season — at the very least — is over.
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    6:05 PM on Sun Nov 9 2008
    By Josh Zerkle
    3,277 views, 13 comments

    Most discussed UkraineNotWeak aka Praying for a Bullpen: At the end of 3 quarters, the QB stats from the Raider/Panther game: Delhomme 7 of 25 72 yards 1 TD more »

  • NFL

    '100 Percent Cheese Free' Apparently Not 100 Percent Nut Free

    Meet Syd Davy, better known to Minnesota Vikings fans at 100 Percent Cheese Free (it's Rip The Packers Day, I guess). He was the subject of our About Last Night Wakeup Image this morning, and as promised here's an explanation as to what he was doing at the Patriots-Broncos Monday Night game. Don Chavez has the story on his blog, including an informative video. More »

    3:15 PM on Wed Oct 22 2008
    By Rick Chandler
    8,001 views, 43 comments

    Most discussed RonWilsonsWar: Winnipeg, so cold and boring you'll drive 7 hours just to be anywhere else...doing anything else. more »

  • about last night

    Um ... Go, Vikings?

    What you missed while contemplating other uses for your banana holder ...
    • NBA: Kobe Bryant's season with the Lakers has started swimmingly [NBCSports]
    • NFL: Cowboys fans to get another generous helping of Tony Romo on Sunday [USA Today]
    • NHL: Hey, let's all get a Barry Melrose Mohawk! [The Sporting News]
    Your About Last Night Wakeup Image is brought to you by one-day-late-but-still-entirely-awesome Don Chavez; a screen capture from Monday night's Broncos-Patriots game. Chavez gives us a full report on Vikings Man later today.

    8:15 AM on Wed Oct 22 2008
    By Rick Chandler
    12,322 views, 66 comments

    Most discussed TattooedMess(iah): What you missed while realizing it's been almost 4 months since the last "About Last Night" more »

  • NFL

    Don't Hassle The Hoch! Ed Hochuli Under Siege Once Again

    This photo of Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway grabbing a large helping of Reggie Bush's facemask during the Monday night game was on the front page of the Saints' web site this morning; the franchise's way of protesting the fact that no flag was thrown on the play. The genius part of this is that no written mention of the play was included on the site. Lame part: The Saints took the photo down soon after posting it. Anyway, as you may have guessed, Ed Hochuli is once again at the center of the storm. More »

    5:15 PM on Tue Oct 7 2008
    By Rick Chandler
    10,541 views, 43 comments

    Most discussed Don't Bring That Kool-Aid To This Gin Party: Something tells me Hochuli's going to tear his referee shirt, and turn on the NFL. But what will be on more »

  • NFL

    Brad Childress: Our Punter Is A Drooling Moron

    Even though the Saints lost MNF due to the improbable late game heroics of Gus Frerrote and the missed opportunities of the Saints (Gramatica), most of the attention is focused on Reggie Bush and his ridiculous punt returns. Bush's 71-yard punt return to the end zone resulted in Vikings coach Brad Childress chewing out his punter Chris Kluwe on the sidelines, instructing him to NOT KICK THE BALL to Reggie Bush anymore, please. (He wasn't that polite.) Yet, amazingly, Kluwe kicked to Bush again and the Saints' running back promptly trotted back 64 yards in the fourth quarter for another touchdown. Even though the Vikings won the game, Childress wasn't going to let his punter's stupidity slide: More »

    1:15 PM on Tue Oct 7 2008
    By DAULERIO
    11,381 views, 56 comments

    Most discussed Jerkwheat: He is the best punter in the world... ...of Warcraft more »

  • DUAN!

    Reggie Bush Will Surely Bring Out His Slippery Backdoor Moves Against the Vikings This Evening

    Even though tonight's game isn't the marquee match-up the MNF schedulers had hoped for in the beginning of the season, seeing Adrian Peterson do his Purple Jesus thing against a shoddy Saints defense could be entertaining. The Saints are giving three points, mostly because they're home and the Vikings offense hasn't proved it can score any points so far this season. Plus, what happened to that vaunted Vikings defense that was so spectacular? They're not so spectacular so far against the pass, which doesn't bode well for purple people considering that Drew Brees is having his second career resurgence and throwing with unconscious accuracy. He's like Robert Deniro with that tennis ball in "Awakenings." Even the Vikings defense praises Brees for both his tenacity and his ability to avoid forced sodomy:
    "He won't take any sacks," Williams said. "You got to give him all the credit. He's like Brett Favre and Peyton Manning. He's not going to let you just pound his (butt)." More »

    7:00 PM on Mon Oct 6 2008
    By DAULERIO
    12,450 views, 92 comments

    Most discussed MrRedDevil: An episode regarding the universal hatred for Jersey, it's gold!! -fixed more »

  • NFL Update

    In Gus We Trust

    Gus Frerotte, the journeyman QB, may have saved the Vikings' season this afternoon. Behind Frerotte's 37-year old arm, and a relentless defense, the Vikes extinguished Carolina 20-10 and notched their first victory of this young NFL year. Purple Jesus wasn't very god-like, as the injured back carried the ball 17 times and ended the day with 77 yards. More »

    7:35 PM on Sun Sep 21 2008
    By Marcel Mutoni
    3,305 views, 14 comments

    Most discussed Signal to Noise: Yeah, Saints-Broncos was the best game of the day....but damn, both teams suck on defense something fierce. Lesson to New Orleans: more »

  • NFL

    Tarvaris Jackson Will Continue Being Molded From The Sidelines

    The biggest question mark for the Minnesota Vikings going into this year was if second-year quarterback Tarvaris Jackson had progressed enough to run the offense. The flirtations with Brett Favre not withstanding, Vikings head coach Brad Childress made a valiant effort to put his faith behind his shaky quarterback even though nobody really believed him. Well, Childress has seen enough of Jackson's dawdling so far this season and has opted to start journeyman quarterback Gus Frerotte this Sunday instead. The news has the Minneapolis area quaking, it seems, because the Star-Tribune stories about the move have crashed in the last 30 minutes.(Sorry about that Mr. Rand. Totally wanted to give you credit for the story. Go yell at your superiors.) More »

    1:30 PM on Wed Sep 17 2008
    By DAULERIO
    4,419 views, 70 comments

    Most discussed dobolvb3: Just because you look like Michael Vick, Daunte Culpepper, Donovan McNabb, Warren Moon, Randall Cunningham, etc. Doesn't mean you necessarily more »