Minnesota Vikings Discussion: Skoloholics 10/17-18/2026 – Weekend Thread

Viking Bye

Ladies and gentlemen, we made it. The weekend is finally here. I am not sure why I look forward to the weekend so much. I usually work harder on the weekend then I do at my 9-5.

Don’t forget to checkout the comments, it is where the real action is. Just remember to respect each other.

QOTD:
It’s the bye week, who are you cheering for this weekend?

Let us know in the comments.

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SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
18 October 2026 10:22 pm

Getting chippy out there.
Refs are trying to give ‘The Gals’ a chance to come back, or at least make it interesting.
That ‘roughing the passer’ call was absolutely fake, called in from NFL HQs.
This latest one is a ‘little bit more legit’.

Northwoods
18 October 2026 9:59 pm

I find it amazing that Love can play at such a high level when Collingsworth’s lips are so firmly attached to his ass.

Northwoods
Reply to  Northwoods
18 October 2026 10:00 pm

You’d think that would slow a guy down…..

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Northwoods
18 October 2026 10:01 pm

Are you sure that the lips are not in front??
Or is that just for Pre and Post Game?

Gone fishin'
Admin
18 October 2026 8:49 pm

I hate the Packers.

I don’t like the Cowboys, but I don’t really care, I really hate the Packers.

I also want them to lose

That’s not happening.

That sucks

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
18 October 2026 8:49 pm

Someone should make that into a haiku or a limerick,

Northwoods
Reply to  Gone fishin'
18 October 2026 8:55 pm

I hate the Packers
Cowboys not so much, don’t care
Packers need to lose

There’s a haiku for you

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Gone fishin'
18 October 2026 8:56 pm

My Son is a Dallas fan, I blame my ex.
This season has been pretty rough on him. He doesn’t text/talk/message during games but I will have to figure out something ‘consoling’ to say afterwards looks like.

Northwoods
Reply to  Gone fishin'
18 October 2026 9:15 pm

I truly detest Green Bay
Much more than the Cowboys I say
I want them to fail
But the Cowboys are stale
And they’re letting the game get away

Best I can do for a limerick

Northwoods
18 October 2026 8:48 pm

1 – Cowboys look every bit of a 2-win team, and I’m loving it.

2 – Golden has dropped 2 TDs so far. So glad he’s a FTP.

VikingPhilip
18 October 2026 8:38 pm

The Cowboys suck

VikingPhilip
18 October 2026 8:34 pm

I hate the Packers

Northwoods
18 October 2026 8:10 pm

I’m thinking Teasley is waiting for the outcomes of this weekend to target a trade. Waiting to see what teams need a player due to injury, and what teams will be looking to jettison a high dollar player.

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  Northwoods
18 October 2026 8:50 pm

loveland in Chicago, maybe that’s why they targeted him so much today, increase his value. They already have Kmart.

Northwoods
18 October 2026 8:07 pm

Anyone up near Duluth, cross the bridge and follow 53 south until you are almost out of Superior. Gronk’s will be on your left.

Order the Bacon Cheesy Cheeseburger (or one of the others that trips your trigger). It’s HUGE and delicious.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
18 October 2026 6:32 pm

‘He who should not be named’ threw a 44 yard TD to get within 3 with 90s left.
Onsides kick coming up, and it’s a fail.
All Kirks fault of course.

DE Viking
18 October 2026 6:15 pm

We all talked Kfey to take the Lambs for his survivor pick….

Rob
Rob
Admin
Reply to  DE Viking
18 October 2026 6:18 pm

A bunch of us got knocked out of the survival league because of the stupid ass Rams
Me included

vikesfanincheeseland
vikesfanincheeseland
Reply to  Rob
18 October 2026 6:27 pm

Rams got me too. My league is double elimination though, so only my first strike. Still alive.

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  vikesfanincheeseland
18 October 2026 8:51 pm

yeah, those division games suck

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  DE Viking
18 October 2026 6:33 pm

It is obviously that ‘Super Team’ curse.

vikesfanincheeseland
vikesfanincheeseland
18 October 2026 4:26 pm

A valient effort by JJ in that 4th quarter. I was pulling for him to get that touchdown. Nabers was open, but I think it’s right when JJ scrambled to get out of the pocket, so maybe didn’t see him. With that being said, I’m pretty sure he gets the start next week imo.

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  vikesfanincheeseland
18 October 2026 4:40 pm

The Giants knocking the Vikings out of the playoffs at US Bank stadium with JJ McCarthy as the starter will be funny af to watch. I know the kid needs to improve.
I think he just needed better coaching, and now he is getting that.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Surly Viking
18 October 2026 4:51 pm

‘I think he just needed better coaching’

Or he just needed to pull his head out of his ass and getting traded for a 5th round pick was the laxative that he needed??

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
18 October 2026 6:03 pm

That is also entirely possible.

Does not change the fact that IF he turns out to be a viable NFL QB, this franchise once again effed up big.

10 games as a starter is way too soon to give up on him. my opinion.

Obviously the coaches had seen enough and wanted to move on.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Surly Viking
18 October 2026 6:11 pm

I thought it was too early, I mean he sucked and was often injured, but I thought they should have kept him around as QB2

vikesfanincheeseland
vikesfanincheeseland
Reply to  benjammin
18 October 2026 6:23 pm

^^this^^

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  benjammin
18 October 2026 6:28 pm

I also thought it was too early.
But the HC, OC, QB coach saw him every day and the new GM saw enough to be convinced he was a problem.
I have to assume that they know a heck of a lot more about the young man than I (or the media ‘experts’) do.

vikesfanincheeseland
vikesfanincheeseland
Reply to  Surly Viking
18 October 2026 6:21 pm

I don’t think that would be funny, but I know what you’re getting at. That would be so vikings though.

Rob
Rob
Admin
Reply to  vikesfanincheeseland
18 October 2026 6:19 pm

FTG

peterplaysbass
Reply to  Rob
19 October 2026 6:21 am

really the whole NFC East

DE Viking
18 October 2026 3:19 pm

McFragile leading a Giants comeback….

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  DE Viking
18 October 2026 3:24 pm

That would be almost as bad as the Sam Darnold clusterf*ck.

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  DE Viking
18 October 2026 3:26 pm

Nope.

DE Viking
Reply to  Gone fishin'
18 October 2026 3:55 pm

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
18 October 2026 2:16 pm

Grrrr had to go putz with the hot water heater. The Teacher adjusted it yesterday for winter temps and this morning we only had cold water.
Learned all about the status/test button and all of the blinking light options and what they mean. @Lots of fun@
At least we got it working again but since it is original to the house and about 20 years old we will have it ‘serviced’ and see if the whole thing needs replacing or just the electronic controls.
Ahhh, the joys of home ownership.

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
18 October 2026 3:09 pm

You mean the water heater? Once the water is hot, you don’t need to heat it anymore.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Gone fishin'
18 October 2026 3:12 pm

@clever@

peterplaysbass
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
19 October 2026 6:23 am

Ahhh, the joys of home ownership.

And domestic life. I don’t let my wife touch any non-kitchen appliances.

Gone fishin'
Admin
18 October 2026 2:16 pm

The Falcons offensive line is hot trash

DE Viking
18 October 2026 1:50 pm

Kind of nice having a bye week.
No stress watching a game.

HUNViking
Reply to  DE Viking
18 October 2026 2:58 pm

Indeed. Just enjoying watching some football without the stress of waiting for the Vikings to rip our hearts out in yet another new and inventive way.

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  DE Viking
18 October 2026 3:31 pm

Gonna go work in the yard, it’s beautiful outside.

DE Viking
Reply to  Gone fishin'
18 October 2026 3:58 pm

Not me….

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  DE Viking
18 October 2026 4:49 pm

So you crossed nothing off of your ‘to do list’??

DE Viking
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
18 October 2026 6:16 pm

You got it !

Derby Skol
Reply to  Gone fishin'
18 October 2026 5:30 pm

I spent yesterday and today tearing shingles off my shed and replacing with tin.

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  JacksonVike
18 October 2026 6:05 pm

You guys all working hard.

Saturday I went to a taproom and tried a few new beers and had a bacon cheeseburger.

Today I cooked burgers and chicken on the grill, and I did not use aluminum foil like some QBs. I know how to use a grill.

DE Viking
Reply to  JacksonVike
18 October 2026 6:18 pm

You failed your own thread picture.
It’s not “everybody’s working on the weekend…..”

Gone fishin'
Admin
18 October 2026 1:27 pm

Falcons 3rd and 34.

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
18 October 2026 1:29 pm

whoops, third and 20.

Gone fishin'
Admin
18 October 2026 1:17 pm

3rd & 17, Bears gained 16. Punt upcoming. Falcons can tie it here with a touchdown. 1:52 left in the half.

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
18 October 2026 1:17 pm

Holy shit, falcon punt returner, fumbled it, and the Bears recovered. Bears touchdown. They got a touchdown on a punt.

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
18 October 2026 1:18 pm

Oh, never mind. They can’t advance the fumble Recovery. Bears ball on the floor.

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
18 October 2026 1:18 pm

Should not fair catch the ball on the 8, let it bounce.

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
18 October 2026 1:21 pm

Crap, Bears TD. 21-7

Derby Skol
Reply to  Gone fishin'
18 October 2026 1:36 pm

Starting to see a lot more returners catch the ball inside the 10. Punters have gotten too good. I think the new unwritten rule is the 5 in the nfl now.

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
18 October 2026 1:19 pm

On the 8 or 9.

HUNViking
18 October 2026 1:14 pm

I’m getting Panthers vs poop eaters on German TV… ugly game so far, and not just because it features the 💩 enjoyers.

DE Viking
Reply to  HUNViking
18 October 2026 1:42 pm

Same.
Of course I only live two hours from the Linc.

Ugly bad football.

Gone fishin'
Admin
18 October 2026 1:03 pm

Wait until you see the last touchdown from Penix to Dotson

Gone fishin'
Admin
18 October 2026 12:49 pm

Penix just missed a wide open WR, needs to learn some Penix control.

Gone fishin'
Admin
18 October 2026 12:45 pm

Atlanta’s offense can’t find their ass with both hands, and they have one of the best running backs in the league.

Gone fishin'
Admin
18 October 2026 12:44 pm

This Daniels kid is looking pretty good in Tampa, that was a hell of a drive

Rob
Rob
Admin
18 October 2026 12:27 pm

QOTD: no one

oops, Rams since I took them for the survival league

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  Rob
18 October 2026 12:39 pm

I’m rooting for whichever players are on my fantasy team.

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
18 October 2026 12:39 pm

Other than that, I was rooting for some grilled sausage patties this morning, and I won. They were yummy.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
18 October 2026 12:22 pm

I got Dirty Birds-Bores here.
Go Hotlanta.

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
18 October 2026 12:25 pm

I’m switching between the Bears game and the Buccaneers game. I have that NFL+ thingy,

vikesfanincheeseland
vikesfanincheeseland
18 October 2026 11:21 am

QOTD……Falcons and cowboys.

Gone fishin'
Admin
18 October 2026 11:18 am

Wembley Stadium. Who names a stadium after one of the Fraggles? Australians are weird.

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
18 October 2026 12:40 pm

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
18 October 2026 9:15 am

For ‘Rooting Guide’ today for Vikings Fans, I am thinking:
Falcons over Bores.
Cowpatties over FTP, feels like a meteor game.
*Aints over Giants, got to hold my nose for that one.
Redskins over 9ers.
Panthers over Filthadelpia.

Donkos over the SeaChickens already helped with tie breakers and such.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
18 October 2026 11:57 am

Rooting guide is ftp no matter what

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  benjammin
18 October 2026 12:25 pm

Amen

VikingPhilip
18 October 2026 7:33 am

Happy Sunday!

HUNViking
Reply to  VikingPhilip
18 October 2026 9:22 am

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
17 October 2026 10:20 pm

Inc pass in the end zone, Mormons win 28-24.

Gone fishin'
Admin
17 October 2026 7:36 pm

Got a holy war going on. Catholics versus the Mormons.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Gone fishin'
17 October 2026 7:41 pm

Mormons are hanging in there better than I thought that they would.
But of course it is still early.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
17 October 2026 7:43 pm

A little ‘trickeration’ by the Mormons to take the lead 14-10.

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
17 October 2026 8:16 pm

No kidding? I’m gonna have to turn that on.

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
17 October 2026 8:15 pm

Gonna be like the Crusades soon, a slaughter

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Gone fishin'
17 October 2026 8:22 pm

21-10 Mormons at the half.

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
17 October 2026 8:23 pm

Wow, that’s unexpected. I have to turn it on when I get back in the house.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Gone fishin'
17 October 2026 8:34 pm

Funny play just before the half. Catholics got to about the 5 and went to spike it, but the QB kind of bobbled the ball and just pushed it down. Mormons jumped on it.
It took the officials several minutes before they would review the play and once they did ruled it a fumble, with 6s left in the half.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
17 October 2026 7:32 pm

So Jalen is going on IR due to his blood clot after all.
Someone named Tanner McKee will be the starter at QB for the next 4 weeks.

https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/eagles-place-qb-jalen-hurts-on-ir-with-blood-clot-as-team-changes-course-201629424.html

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
17 October 2026 7:38 pm

I remember McKey from the draft, we must’ve been looking quarterback that year

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
17 October 2026 10:34 pm

Mick wanted Vikings to draft him, wonder whatever happened to him

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  benjammin
18 October 2026 11:19 am

Not sure, he’s a good dude.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
18 October 2026 4:23 pm

Always liked mickhead, he just kinda disappeared

DE Viking
17 October 2026 6:01 pm

#1 Georgia loses.
Need #2 ND to lose.

Watch BYU vault to the top 3!!

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  DE Viking
17 October 2026 6:04 pm

It will probably be Ohio St to #1 if ND loses.
The B1G has the juice if the SEC continues to suck.
And #6 Bama is down 16 with under 2m left. :))))

DE Viking
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
17 October 2026 7:01 pm

I’d lean Miami to #1
But it’s been upset Saturday.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  DE Viking
17 October 2026 7:20 pm

Ohio St beat undefeated and defending champ Indiana on the road.
I would guess that is enough to leapfrog them but who knows, it is all politics at this point.

DE Viking
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
18 October 2026 5:11 am

Miami ranked #3, undefeated and won. Barely.
My guess:

  1. Miami
  2. Ohio St
  3. BYU
  4. ND (media darling dei)
  5. Georgia
SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  DE Viking
18 October 2026 8:43 am

I am guessing…

Ohio St.MiamiGeorgiaBYUNDI could actually see them putting ND ahead of BYU because Politics.

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  DE Viking
17 October 2026 8:24 pm

Hoping Ole Miss can claw their way back up

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Gone fishin'
17 October 2026 10:23 pm

31 – 3 today, so should be a little bit up from #9.

DE Viking
Reply to  Gone fishin'
18 October 2026 5:45 am

Might get to #5 but media loves who they love.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
17 October 2026 5:45 pm

#7 Texas and Archie Manning go down to unranked Florida.
I guess he probably isn’t ‘The 1’.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
17 October 2026 2:53 pm

19-15 The Ohio State University.

Indiana WR didn’t get his foot inbounds on a catch that would have been a TD with just over a minute left.
He was focused on catching the ‘over the shoulder’ catch and didn’t seem to realize how close he was to the side line of the end zone.

Gone fishin'
Admin
17 October 2026 2:36 pm

AJ Brown is expected to play on Sunday, my fantasy team got much better.

DE Viking
Reply to  Gone fishin'
17 October 2026 6:02 pm

Sucks

Gone fishin'
Admin
17 October 2026 2:34 pm

Kiddo ran the mile in 6:32, personal best for him

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
17 October 2026 2:35 pm

A 6th grader ran the mile in 5:15, crazy

VikingPhilip
Reply to  Gone fishin'
17 October 2026 5:14 pm

That is crazy. I think the best I did was around 4:40, but that was in high school

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  VikingPhilip
17 October 2026 7:37 pm

I ran the 2 mile in 11:50 when I was in the army, but that was a LONG time ago

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
17 October 2026 8:16 pm

I also smoked a pack and a half a day back then, Marlboro Reds

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
17 October 2026 8:17 pm

Been free of those things for 24 years or so, I don’t miss them

Rob
Rob
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
17 October 2026 10:08 pm

11:29, right before I was supposed to go to Ranger school
again, super long time ago

VikingPhilip
Reply to  Gone fishin'
18 October 2026 7:42 am

You would never tell by looking at me now but my best 2 mile was somewhere around 9:40. That was in my senior year of high school. Now the only way I could beat that would be in my car.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Gone fishin'
17 October 2026 2:49 pm

I think my best was just over 10m for the 2 mile run in the PT test.
It was shortly after running the marathon so I could do a some speed for a short time.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Gone fishin'
17 October 2026 2:05 pm

Basically the only thing I could understand him say was that he had ‘No more F*cks to give’ over and over again.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
17 October 2026 10:15 am

Looking forward to Indiana vs The Ohio State here in about an hour, a #5 vs #4 matchup.
Plus #2 Notre Dame at #8 BYU, the Catholics invading the Mormons.
Some other decent games today, enough to make the day interesting.

Spent Thursday canning a dozen jars of Washington St apples that we picked up over the weekend. Honey Crisps that had just arrived at the store, had to wash the orchard off of them, sweet and tart.

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
17 October 2026 1:30 pm

I’m watching a 6th grade cross country meet.

Gonna try to knock down some birds this afternoon

Rob
Rob
Admin
17 October 2026 7:43 am

This wind is keeping the deer from getting up and browsing

VikingPhilip
Reply to  Rob
17 October 2026 9:05 am

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Rob
Rob
Admin
Reply to  VikingPhilip
17 October 2026 9:40 am

I’ve seen birds, squirrels and rabbits

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Rob
17 October 2026 9:42 am

Granny makes a pretty mean Squirrel stew.

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  Rob
17 October 2026 2:02 pm

Go find one of those deer crossing signs by the highway, and just camp out near there. I mean, they tell you exactly where they cross the road, can’t be that hard to shoot them.

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
17 October 2026 2:05 pm

I’m surprised you haven’t thought of this already

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Gone fishin'
17 October 2026 2:07 pm

I understand that the deer have learned to ignore those signs by now and cross somewhere else.

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
17 October 2026 2:13 pm

Game and fish should probably crack down on that before somebody gets hurt

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Gone fishin'
17 October 2026 2:55 pm

The deer say that those signs are not like ‘Pedestrian Crossing’ signs so they are not required to cross at those.

Rob
Rob
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
17 October 2026 2:23 pm

VikingPhilip
Reply to  Gone fishin'
17 October 2026 5:26 pm

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VikingPhilip
Reply to  Rob
17 October 2026 5:20 pm

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Rob
Rob
Admin
Reply to  VikingPhilip
17 October 2026 10:05 pm

Not tonight they didn’t

Rob
Rob
Admin
Reply to  Rob
17 October 2026 10:04 pm

*update* dropped a 6 point this evening, went zero yards from where I shot him

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Rob
17 October 2026 10:30 pm

Congrats.
I can send you my cell phone number so you can text me some venison.
Please and Thank you.
#grin

Rob
Rob
Admin
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
18 October 2026 7:06 am

Venison

VikingPhilip
Reply to  Rob
18 October 2026 7:43 am

Nice

DE Viking
17 October 2026 7:24 am

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  DE Viking
17 October 2026 9:15 am

‘this team is ready for the challenge’

#nojinx

HUNViking
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
18 October 2026 5:02 am

Essential #nojinx rec

Surly Viking
Admin
17 October 2026 6:25 am

Dallas vs FTP!

Rooting for the meteor.

SKOL!
FTP!

DE Viking
Reply to  Surly Viking
17 October 2026 7:25 am

Gotta root for the Cowpies since it’s FTP…..

Rob
Rob
Admin
Reply to  DE Viking
17 October 2026 7:40 am

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Surly Viking
17 October 2026 9:16 am

FTP Auto Rec.

Also rooting for the Dirty Birds vs the Bores.

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