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The dreaded Tuesday has arrived. We’re expecting gusts up to 65 miles per hour today, and with a foot of powdery snow already on the ground, it could be an eventful day here in the northern (greater) Dakota. Hey, it’s all good, I’ll be in Florida on Saturday, perfect timing.
The Vikings go on the road to Dallas to take on the Cowboys, then to New Jersey to take on the Giants, then it’ll be two in a row at home against the Lions (Christmas day) and the season finale at home against the Packers. Hey, I’m hoping for 9-7, I always want my team to win. SKOL!!!!!!!
Vikings and NFL News
HC Kevin O’Connel talked about J.J. McCarthy’s and Van Ginkel’s performance against the Commanders and other items in his Monday presser, from Vikings.com.
Sunday wasn’t kind to several former Vikings, per Yahoo Sports.
The Chargers defeated the Eagles last night on Monday Night Football, details from NFL.com. Also from NFL.com, the Colts had Phillip Rivers in for a tryout.
From NFL.com, Bengals DE Trey Hendrickson is likely to undergo a season-ending core muscle surgery, whatever that is, per NFL.com.
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Are we going to make it to 100 comments today?
100
Good job, I was just coming back to check.
Playing golf tomorrow at a course I’ve never played before. Looked at a satellite overhead of the holes and it looks like there are several holes with a forced carry over water. There are holes you tee off over water, and holes you have to carry on your second shot. Looks like water is in play on about half the holes. Should be a challenging round.
You can handle it the way you’ve been playing. Tee it high and let it fly.
Just got back from nine. Nice cool sweater weather and really enjoyable to play in.
Hope to play tomorrow too.
Hitting it pretty good, like everyone need to make more putts.
‘Looks like water is in play on about half the holes’
Wear waders?
NOYST!!
Ew!
2 words.
Nerf.
Golfball.
So the Washing DC Police Commissioner, that DEI hire who didn’t know what the ‘Chain of Command’ was, resigned yesterday effective at the end of the year. The DOJ was investigating her as part of the DC Crime Stats Hoax.
But I have not seen anything about it today? Was it a false News even though multiple news outlets reported it? Not newsworthy today? I thought it was a win for the ‘good guys’.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/dc-police-chief-resigns-amid-trump-pressure-crime-data-manipulation-probe
Kinda of a slow day for news?
Man you would have to be seriously wrecked to get a DUI as a police officer. I mean he must have a BAC of 0.5 or greater.
Said he wrecked his personal vehicle and was arrested by a different agency.
Biden mispronounces ‘America’ in LGBTQ forum speech, prompting mockery following verbal gaffe: ‘United States of Amerigotit!’
And the left tries to deny he was fried.
Come on, man! He’s way more with it than DJT! lol
I have a friend who kept saying he just has a speech impediment… yeah, OK guy.
Sometimes I have to keep learning the same lesson over and over – just dumb I guess.
Was recently talking to a friend about how low the political class in this country is presently. Namely, the Senate was a bunch of wortrhless bozos.
Couldn’t get any worse, right?
Well, then learned yesterday Ms.Crockett is running for the US Senate in Texas and pulling in tons of money already.
Yes, it can get a lot worse – there is no bottom.
Politics is such a joke: Corruption galore, no consequences for illegal actions (especially for one party), lies lies and more lies.
With a two party system essentially there is only one way to make change. Vote for the other party. It’s just a sad reality. The Dems and Republican parties know this which is why they have spent so much time dividing use and making sure party loyalty and identity politics rules this country, that way we stay fighting one another. Listen, I have tried with so many of these anti-Trump folks, my mom being one of them. Since she has retired, she for the first time in her life has gotten very political and it’s all Anti-Trump and MAGA. There are absolutely some legit issues and gripes to made with Trump and the MAGA world. As there are legit gripes to made with any administration. But I try to explain to her, who cares? Dem voters yelling about Republicans and vice-versa is one of the most useless things in the world… You already don’t vote for them, what do they care about your whining and complaining? You want to make a difference? Yell at your side for putting for absolute trash candidates, rigging or just out right not having primaries and alienating middle ground voters like myself that couldn’t bring themselves to possibly vote for a corpse or someone forced upon the voters like Harris. Be sick of that shit and make that clear and then you might actually see change.
So all roads lead back to being willing to vote for either party. When a candidate like a Pelosi or a McConnell (many other examples) are in office THEIR party has to be willing to vote them out. Neither side is ever willing to remove corruption which is why corruption will continue.
There is a lot of truth in your post.
In fact, Washington. Adams, and Jefferson all warned us about the ‘power’ of political parties after seeing the destruction they had done in Europe.
But another part of this is the role of the free press. When you can see The Washington Post slam a Democrat and the Washington Times hammer a Republican, then there will be progress.
We do not have a free press. Have not in decades, maybe even a century.
You can see the same regurgitated scripts being read on all the “news” channels. Media selection today highlights that.
There is some progress in this area. More and more people are getting news from independent sources. It’s when I have people like my father in-law who ONLY watches FOX News and Andy Griffith or my mom getting hers from Facebook which the algorithm has her completely pegged so all she gets is anti-Trump stuff is the issue. I mean my father in-law told me he believes Trump is completely reformed and a good, God fearing wholesome Christian now… like what? What insane level of brain washing can be going on to make an otherwise smart person believe that?
Governments play the long game. They own us all.
The media reports what they are allowed to report. No more.
Me since about 1980…
If/when the woke/left ever get control of the government again they will abolish the filibuster, pack the Supreme Court, add Puerto Rico and DC and any other left leaning states they can find, and bring as many ‘democratic voters’ across the border as possible.
Yes they can and will make it much, much worse.
Yep, and no republicans will ever win office again. Why can’t they see that and make some changes now? Probably getting paid off. Whenever you question what should be obvious in politics, money is usually the reason that logic doesn’t prevail.
We have a few too may idiot Republican Senators.
If enough people are willing to vote for a ding a ling like this and get her elected. then I guess the people get what they deserve.
If we (people) are that gd dumb, we’re screwed anyway.
My best hope is that if they ever take control and before the rot works it way to Idaho I will have already passed or be so far gone that I won’t know or understand what is going on.
I just found out that senators get a pension for life. Did not know that little fact.
Indeed I did. Believe health care too.
Was never a fan for term limits, but am doing a complete 180 on that.
I believe they just need to be elected to a second term.
You are correct – 5 years of service, has an age and years of service scale similar to other federal employees, so I was incorrect on the pension for life.
In regards to the Phillip Rivers talk below, the Colts are in a tough spot. Man, things can change in a hurry. Just a few weeks ago they were talk of the NFL, looking like playoff bound for sure. Now they have big QB questions going into next season, and no 1st round draft picks for next 2 drafts after going all in at the trade deadline.
Rivers lives in Fairhope Alabama. Very close to my brother. They see him around town with his huge van carrying all his kids all the time.
Yeah, I’ve read he’s got a big family. He can probably support his whole family though compared to some other former athletes with multiple children.
It helps to have all of your children with the same woman, who also happens to be your wife.
I’m sure in the NFL that seems like somewhat of a wild concept to some, based on what we hear about the likes of Cromartie, Diggs, AP, just to name a few.
I think Travis Henry has the most children with the most mothers, I remember reading he has at least 11 children with 10 different women, the only reason he has two with one is because she had twins. Seriously though, up your pullout game or get snipped
10 kids in a presumptively athletically oriented family, you can bet they are always on the move from one sporting event to another.
He coaches a Catholic High School football team. St Michael’s.
What you so quiet about?
Been busy with things. My car had a couple coolant hoses start leaking. The wife wanted me to do a bunch of landscaping stuff in the back yard, and also I’m getting Christmas stuff (shopping, and mailing stuff out). So haven’t been online much. Just finished lunch, and before I get back to Christmas stuff, I checked in here.
Well, say something provacative to get the natives all riled up.
I can step up..
Kirko Still sucks.
NLNFV response:
Me: Kirko still sucks, and never played up to his salary
and on and on and on…
In the meantime, Kirko is definitely at the end of his overpriced NFL career. While JJ is still trying to figure out the NFL game.
That’s the idea. You’ve got the roles down well. We just need a ‘new’ tarbaby to argue over.
Laughing
Would think Jones will be back fairly “close” to the start of next season.
Maybe, he’ll probably miss all the off season activities and it’s no guarantee that he’s the same QB after this injury.
That’s true too.
It’s usually a full year recovery for a torn Achilles. And look at Rodgers and Cousins, it was almost 18 months before they were truly back to “normal”.
I’m not sure if Cousins did get back to normal. Or Rodgers for that matter. Age probably part of it. Danny a little younger, so we’ll see.
True, but good enough may work for them.
Even if he gets back to full health, it’s more about this year. He was playing so well, (i know they have a great RB) and a 7-1 record about halfway through the season, and the organization really believed in him and that this was a SB contending team, that they went all in. Sending two 1st round draft picks for Sauce Gardner was that proof, imo.
Neither are the same as before the injury, it’s like when you make a copy of a copy, it’s not as sharp as the original
LOL GF living in denial that we have 8 losses already…….
Yup, can’t only lose 7, when they’ve already lost 8! Giving you a hard time GF.
to be fair – the Brosmer shouldn’t have counted – it was more like a varsity/jv scrimmage.
Not like the Falcon and Charger games were any better.
11 losses sounds about right to me.
At this point I don’t care how many wins or losses we have this season.
To me it all about JJ (QB) reps and development, not to mention health.
If we win great, if we lose then at least our draft choices will be a little bit better. It’s not as if KOC will optimize the worth of those picks anyway.
I believe we are going to pick up not one but two future HOFers in this draft.
More likely that KOC will sign future HOFers as UDFAs.
Would be nice. I’m just glad that we finally have our 2nd and 3rd round picks this year. Day 2 of the draft will actually mean something for viking fans this draft.
I’m not much of a draft guy ( not enough knowledge) but would think the guy pulling the trigger needs to be a good shot.
I hear ya. I’m not a big fan of kwesi drafting again but he will be. I do not believe he’s getting let go. We’ve got 8 picks right now, and probably get a couple more. 10 picks? He has to nail this one.
We’ll likely have 4 picks in top 100. That’s huge.
…..well 3 anyway, 4 might be a reach after I did the math.
but will we cut/trade them and watch them become HOFers on a different team!?!
SKOLOHOLICS AND SURVIVAL LEAGUE UPDATE #14
I decided this week doesn’t count. I am currently looking for the “go back in time” option in the commissioner tool to erase it from existence. I don’t know what happened. Somehow I locked up last place by nine points.
I blame it all on the Bills/Bengals game. I was the only one who picked the Bengals because Burrow, when healthy, is a Chiefs and Bills killer. And the dude threw for 4 TDs. But once that game didn’t go my way, it became a domino effect and everything spiraled out of control. I ended the weekend in a flophouse with a heroin needle dangling from my arm. Like I said, it was just a bad week…
Manly Purple took the top scorer place and kept NoDak at arm’s length once more. NoDak was on the right track. He beat ManlyPurple in the Chargers/Eagles game. He just didn’t have enough points bet on the dreamy Herbert.
DE got third place.
Overall, we got a clump at the bottom that have not broken a 1000 due to extenuating circumstances. Then you got JacksonVike. Me and Kirko are neck-and-neck. Then 3-7 are close, as well. Surly is at the top of that clump, then PA, Let’s Fish, DE and Lasallegrouse. ManlyPurple opened up 30 points on second place NoDak.
I started watching the Sopranos finally as a winter distraction. Maybe we need to send one of their types around to ManlyPurple’s house to “encourage” him to do a little worse next week.
Everyone got the Lions, Seahawks, Broncos and Rams games right. Everyone got the Browns, Bucs and Ravens game wrong.
I get an Iconoclast Award for taking the Bengals over the Bills. We will also give them to DE and JacksonVike for being the only ones to take the Jets over the Dolphins.
When it comes to Genuis Picks, DE, Let’s Fish and Surly get one for taking Jax over Indy. Man, Indy has really fallen off the beam in the second half of the season. Maybe Andrew Luck can come back and help them.
DE, Lasallegrouse and Jacksonvike also get Genius Awards for taking Houston over KC. KC has also fallen off the beam. I am okay with that. I got kind of tired seeing them in the Super Bowl every year.
When it comes to Traitor Picks, that would go to DE, Kirko, Surly and Me. We all picked the Vikes to lose.
Survival League suddenly got a lot more interesting. Both ManlyPurple and PA picked up strikes. One more by either of them, and the game is over! Manly got hosed by the Bucs. PA got hosed by the Browns.
GET YORE PICKS IN BEFORE THE THURSDAY GAME!
Uhggg….time is running out and I can’t make up any ground.
alright here we go, i’m going to start playing again.
i have a good feeling about being able to sneak into the top spot before seasons end
How am I doing?
only YOU can answer that question
Try it.
Good morning, SKOL!
FTP!
He’s 44. Hasn’t played in years.
He also has a 23 year old with kids. So, if he signs, maybe the first “grandpa” playing QB?
I always liked Rivers, tough SOB, played an entire playoff game with a torn acl and meniscus plus he rocks the bolo tie
Reminder what a AssHat he is/was about Bounty Gate.
Lots of Viking Fans on this Reddit Thread.
https://www.reddit.com/r/minnesotavikings/comments/ebrqmf/while_rnfl_is_circle_jerking_to_drew_brees_heres/
We are going to be reading a Philip Rivers obituary in a couple of weeks, aren’t we?
9-7? We are going to skip a game? They are going to take one of our losses away?
Maybe Sundays game doesn’t count, because it was just the Redskins.
We’ve already lost 8 games, are they taking a loss away?
Make it the puker game please.
Happy Kirktuesday,
FTP
Skol
Kirko is now so irrelevant I can’t even find anything to post on Kirktuesday.
You can honor Kirk by going to eat at your nearest Pizza Ranch.
I cannot participate. I once ate lunch three days in a row at Pizza Ranch and it…did things to me…
I always say “you do not buy pizza ranch, you rent it like an hourly hotel room.”
Ha! Love it….My son’s fiancé is from Arizona and she had never had pizza ranch until she came up to ND. SHE LOVES it…it is her favorite restaurant – when she comes up to visit we have to eat there at least a couple of times.
FTP Auto Rec.
GF. we”re having some cooler weather this week. Well, all things are relative, high’s in upper 60’s, lower 70’s. But by the time you get here back to around 80 -82. Should warm you up some from the arctic freeze.