Pacifist Viking

Okay, while Joe is away I have agreed to step in and post occasionally. Unfortunately my life reality is that I don't have cable TV nor...

I'll be stepping away from blogging for a little while for personal reasons (my son broke his leg, so even more of my time will be devot...

Welcome to week two of the "I can't believe Brett freaking Favre is the Viking quarterback" season. What if my present self go...

The weirdest football columns I've seen after Sunday's games are those telling us to curb our enthusiasm about Brett Favre's per...

For initial thoughts on the Viking win, see " Trailing Clouds of Heaven: Vikings 34, Browns 20 " below. Packers 21, Bears 15 (ESPN...

Vikings-Browns Box Score (ESPN) Sure, we sweated out the first half. Then in the second half, the Vikings did what they should do: complete...

TCF Bank Stadium is gorgeous, of course, and it is wonderful to watch a football game at night under the lights. My recent Viking dream In o...

National Friday Leagues is intended as Friday post, but this season it will typically be posted on Thursday night. National Friday League i...

Check out this article by Tom Curran detailing 5 players poised to break the star to STAR leap. I clicked the link just to see who the 5 pl...

The "What the dickens?" Preview I project the season by playing out the schedule, deciding the winner of each game in fewer than f...

You may need Viking blogs now more than ever There are a lot of Viking stories out there focusing on Brett Favre. That's going to be th...

1. Do you think NFL coaches, notoriously obsessive about working long hours and watching film to gain any advantage of an opponent, even wat...

thoughts during this preseason game In 2006, virtually all Viking fans were critical of Brad Childress's offensive philosophy: dink and ...

My most recent Viking dream I won't provide all the details, but basically, I was carried away to another plane of existence where time ...

The new box scores at the NFL.com Scores page are, in my opinion, difficult to read. The game stats and individual stats are not immediate...

In "Status Quo Anxiety" in The New Yorker , James Surowiecki discusses a concept familiar to economists and frustrated garage sa...

Fran Tarkenton and Alan Page are the only two Viking players to win NFL MVP. They played in three Super Bowls together. But in Tarkenton ...

My theories: Good locker room relationships can carry a team through a losing streak, unforeseen setbacks, and other rough patches; bad lock...

In August, I start dreaming about the Vikings all the time. Last night I dreamed I was at their first game, and they won by seven thanks to...

My recent Viking dream Last night I dreamed I was going to my wife's parenting group. The actor J.K. Simmons was standing at a white b...