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A few more days until Vikings football! The Giants come to town on Sunday with kickoff at 3:30 central time. I’ll fill this in more tomorrow, for now, links are below.
Minnesota Vikings News:
Skoldiers asks “How far will the Minnesota Vikings go in the playoffs?“
Have a Vikings question? Ask Rob at the Skoloholics Mailbag.
We posted offensive snap counts and PFF grades for Vikings @ Bears.
We also posted defensive snap counts and PFF grades for Vikings @ Bears.
At Vikings.com, watch Pete Bercich in the film room going over the Vikings-Giants matchup.
Video of the Day:
Here’s a great one from the almighty AC/DC, this is Who Made Who. Enjoy!
T-wolves. Lol.
Pritzker is a moron. Just banned ARs in the state of IL. What a loser
Aaron Rodgers (ARs)? I’m all for banning that.
Won’t matter, it’ll be struck down by scotus, don’t why people worry so much about
what? I remember my first beer.
Since Californias new law took effect allowing that only ‘cage free’ eggs can be sold now, my Daughter in law reported that she had to pay more than $11 for a dozen.
@I am sure that will not have any negative impacts on Californians@
Politicians…ugghhh
Giants are healthy
Its going to be a very difficult game to win for the Vikings. They can if they’re on point but any issues it will easily be a game they could give away. I hope for a good solid confidence building performance heading most likely in to San Fran but that’s just not how this year has been. Totally unpredictable what will happen.
I’ll bet that the team and their fans adoree’ that news.
Already starting the excuses in case Vikings lose
Naw bring them on
I didn’t mean you specifically
Yeah. He will comeback, “see, see, I told you. Giants healthy! I was right!!!!!!!!!!”
You’re close to verging clown status for me if you keep it up. Only 2 ppl are on that list currently
Pretty tough list to get on too. That’s from start of my DN days, DG and here
My excuse is bad fan support, especially in the Duece because the Viking’s player read the summary and follow the author closely.
Lol
Lol nice work son
Thanks dad
Gonna get a dehydrator. I have a family of 3, so I don’t need to make enough jerky for an army. I want good quality and enough features so that I can make all types of jerky (beef, chicken, etc.).
I make it in the oven sometimes
Wow, congrats! You must be flexible.
Now, how do you make jerky?
Dammit.
Dang nabbit
“fart sandwich”
Is that when like a fart bubble gets stuck between the buttcheeks?
lol…that’s a very underdiscussed phenomenon.
I always find it amusing when I get the farts while I’m jogging, especially in a race. Make the “putt putt” horse fart noise running down the road, makes me giggle every time.
Cousins new nickname?
The new font is smaller and I don’t like it
No changes to font lol. refreash
Weird it fixed with refreash, refreashing to see
It’s just you. Put your glasses on ya old fart.
Or he doesn’t know how to zoom in on his computer
Are you sure we’re talking about “font” size here? It sounds like something a girl once told you.
Summary:
Mick thinks the NYG can beat the 9ers, does not think being nice to libs will work
Lifer loves pictures of Joseph
DE posts pregnant lady gif, suddenly MT shows up
KarenFingers thinks the libs may have hacked the sun, but they definitely hacked FAA
The sun would not exist if not for the influence of the beatles
Five thinks JFK was killed by lee harvey oswald
COHF5years wishes Five good luck with his fears
Electric vs. gas stove discussion
According to Five these lessons are not for our fun. You should pay us for trying to undo what your school (NE wilmar A&M) and parents did to you.
COHF5years literally says this to himself, seems to be kind of an arguing with ones self thing going on – “You seem to be very keen on assuming I want to ban gas stoves and rip them out of everyone’s house tomorrow, and attribute statements like “for the good of all” as if I said it. Whenever you’d like to read what I have actually said rather than assuming my stance based off of pre-conceptions, it would be great.”
COHF5years thanks trump for the covid vaccine, lockdowns, and other security measures during covid
According to PA Viking rational people in that state wear black
BSF ate paint chip soup as a kid, that explains a few things, but not why he was called cocaine bear steroid goat in college
Northwoods just learned what many of us have knows since Jr. High science class
Poop River was remembered
Skoldiers missed that the stupid libs want to take away your gas stove, his probably stolen while he slept in
Skoldiers thinks Kirk is THE BEST QB in the NFL
Chef boos fossil fuel and birds
Current poll shows majority of fans think Vikings lose in wild card round
BSF thinks Brian Daboll will frame a house if given the right attire
According to NoDak the Vikings are 4th best team in NFL, also went to be racist at gym
PPB pops in for a couple minutes in between skinflute sessions
Lifer thinks the Bills should have released Hamlin because of his “soft lungs”
Ponies deliver mail to asswipe B’s shouse
Norzeman’s grandma used to be a coyote hunter in her younger days
LOL
Highlight of my afternoon
^^needs moar recs^^
Always Superb.
Speaking of JFK, he really had an open mind.
too soon
Fine. Lincoln was also a very open minded president.
lol, now that’s funny
Oh boy
Nice! Thank you, LOL!
Mad people were yelling his name constantly during warmups and during the game. Could get annoying I bet
https://twitter.com/bheintzskol/status/1613251708620095488?s=20&t=5_CO2P6qYmRC62SQLCOjlg
Back in the mid 90s, I listened to the song “Empty” by the Cranberries while I was on LSD. I kept hearing her say “Henke” instead of Empty, & she repeats it over & over in that song. Was sitting there laughing my ass off because she kept repeating my name, nobody knew what I was laughing at.
LOL
Back in the mid 80s, I was a freshman at the U and joined a fraternity (and moved in to the house) about 3 weeks before classes started…big mistake.
Anyway, our frat pledge class kidnapped some of our older brothers for a party weekend at our brother house at NDSU. Crazy weekend and really fun guys. On the Sunday morning before we drove back, some of us (none of us driving) got really high while watching All Star Wrestling (the good ol’ days with Mean Gene Okerlund) and I was convinced it was a government plot to subvert religion by peddling drugs to the masses and using All Star Wrestling as a way to promote their desired message.
We rented a couple of 15 seat conversions vans for our trip and on the way back, I fell asleep shortly after leaving NDSU. At one point, I woke up and my brain told me we were driving the wrong way at full speed on the highway…I started screaming and scared the shit out of everyone in the van. I quickly calmed down and we all had a good laugh. But lots of funny memories from my one trip to NDSU.
“trip” lol
I like PFF Brad
I do like how they grade. It makes it easier to do player analysis. Have you dug around much in the premium stats? Maybe I need to dig in a little further & unlock some of the capabilities.
Yeah I did a little bit but haven’t recently. It’s far from perfect but almost all metric sites have pros/cons
PFF seems the most broad and used people like to see. Casual fans for sure
Makes sense.
GF CONSIDER THIS STAT PFF vs DVOA
In the last 5 years, no postseason home team ranked more than 2 slots ahead of their opponent in PFF has lost….NONE.
IN the last 5 years, 11 postseason home teams ranked more than 2 slots ahead of their opponent have lost.
Proof that PFF > DVOA.
Interesting.
PFF ranked the Vikings D-line as 2nd best in NFL for the 2022 RS.
Well, that’s certainly a strike against. PFF vastly over-rated the Vikings defense this year.
I think it’s an indictment of Donatel. If you’re players are doing what they are supposed to, how can you give up that many yards?
Right. The system itself is broken.
In general, I use off for player grades and DVOA for teams.
I’ve found them both to be insightful to complete crap over the years.
DVOA issues:. Teams can and do consistently win without doing what they consider efficient.
PFF. is a bit confusing with how they assign success Imo.
How does complete crap have the ability to find something insightful?
You would, PFF sucks
lol, bruise? rub on dirt
First and likely only Greta lover. Oooh yeah baby.
Probably doesn’t bump uglies as procreation creates spawn that deplete the Earth’s resources. Handy only.
For a Swede she speaks pretty good English. Speaking of, I wonder if Tor66 will ever migrate over here.
She does… would be good though if she didn´t use that knowledge to spew so much nonsense 😄
Haven´t heard from Tor in a long time, should maybe drop him an email one of these days. He did drop in at the DG once or twice, nothing since then.
my leftover Thailand food is superb. Chicken cashew
I love Thai food. Had leftover Pad Thai last night…combo w/ chicken, pork and beef, and lots of spice.
me too and Vietnamese and china food and japan food. Place dt st paul called sawwadee my sister likes.
Wow must be lots of restaurants in Denver.
We got Beer Jug and Trail Star.
Once you’ve had the best, the rest don’t matter
Every time I drive by I give a little chuckle. Every. Single. Time.
I’ve been on a Pho kick lately.
Every time I drive past a Vietnamese restaurant with a long line waiting to get in, I roll down my window and yell, Pho Queue!!!!
LOL
Everyone knows Pad Thai is the best Thailand food.
Pad Kee Mao
Heard from log cabins it’s something else
Hey five, did that sammich shop run out of bread again today? I was surprised that it wasn’t on the national news last night, but I didn’t see it, unless I missed it.
lol, not sure. I feel bad for the lady who owns it. They basically destroyed her business. Min wage is now 17.30 and she still can’t get labor and can’t afford it when she does.
speaking of, I saw on a show some place called Tilia in minneapolis, great looking mahi sandwich
We’re going to limit our movements in Minneapolis to the hotel, then to the game and back, then stay at the hotel until we head home. There’s nothing we need to go anywhere to do around there that’s worth risking getting shot.
lol, murderapolis’s new motto:
“don’t go outside”
It’s bad, bottom 1-2% of the nation’s cities for safety. Really really bad.
Competing with Portland/Seattle/NY to be the Lib-est city possible.
I guess you get what you Voted for.
Portland is horrible. Our Pres/CEO lives out there.
I’ve only been to Portland once for a quick turnaround business trip. Is it still illegal to pump your own gas?
It was when I lived out there. I lived up by Tacoma, but dated a gal in Eugene Oregon, so I got down there a lot. Really weird, couldn’t pump my own gas. Odd.
Oh forgot Chicago/Philly/the Gay errrr Bay Area/LA/NO.
I hope I never have to go back to Philly. Not a pleasant place, IMO.
https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/mn/minneapolis/crime#description
As soon as the community safety counselors get up and running I am sure it will improve.
Only a white privileged person good stay in a safe hotel and have the means to avoid dangerous situations. Get a room in Lakeview you racist.
Wise, especially with your son along.
They have a restaurant at the hotel, thankfully. A couple others nearby if we want variety. We won’t need to do much, just Saturday night & maybe Sunday night if we don’t eat at the game. I already bought a package with breakfast for both mornings, so our off-time will be mainly spent in the pool. I wanna try to ride that surfing simulator standing up by the time I leave. We’ll see. Looks hard.
The pear is an under-rated fruit.
Yup, esp Bartlett’s picked off a tree ripe
Makes me think of pregnant women. Or should I say pregnant bearer of a baby.
Agreed.
I like them too, although fresh peaches are my fav.
My oldest daughter is a junior at UGA and we live in the Florida panhandle. There’s a little roadside stand we pass anytime I’m traveling between Athens and home that I stop at to pick up fresh peaches. My wife makes great cobbler…so good.
1st Beta!
Come on now, MT, I have met a lot of physicians…I have not met a non-alpha yet…some do a better job of hiding it.
I know a beta cuck pansy Doc, actually took his wife’s last name hyphenated after his, lol what a wiener.
Thats funny….wiener is the right description…
She probably has a strap on.
not the name of your sex tape
Nah, techs just asked me if I wanted to go in with 9 of them on a $130 high chair for one of the pregnant sonographers…said I’d have to ask wife first.
Hee hee hee priceless.
Although I did just write a cheque for my Christmas gift (personalized fleecies @with my picture on the back@)
Just kidding MT…like any other professions there are good folks and there are assholes. You seem like a good folk.
Good news, more of them went in on it so my contribution was a whopping $10.23. I told them to keep the two pennies cuz I’m so generous.
The last of the big spenders!
1st Alpha!
Whew…busy morning. My region director is on vacation, so I back him up when he’s gone. Started the day with two major service issues with long-term customers. One sent over a 30-day cancellation notice. By 10AM both issues had been resolved and we’re moving forward.
Also worked on finalizing 3 new service contracts…more money in 2023 and beyond.
Some might say I’m an alpha but I never will because, the #1 rule of alphas is you’re not an alpha if you have to tell others that you are.
Good Job!
Big 5 is an Alpha. I’ll coach you into it for the 2023 revenue you booked today? Deal?
First Republican!
Mr. I don’t claim party lines huh? Tool
First over 6′!
Bullshit, you’re the first under 3″.
First with more than 6”
First with over 185 bench press!
First!
GA
GA?
First auto rec