Minnesota Vikings Discussion-Back Page: 23 Dec 2022

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Holiday weekend right around the corner and it is colder than a well diggers backside. Get’n down to 10 degrees in the Carolinas which trust me is not even close to normal. We’ll survive. Hope everyone is prepped and ready for not only the weather but also a complete slate of games tomorrow. Will be interesting to see which Viking teams shows up or if two completely different teams show up in each half. This team is a complete enigma this year. Never seen anything like it.

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SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
23 December 2022 7:23 pm
SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  SkoIdiers
23 December 2022 7:24 pm

We’re super close for second place. we need a lot more votes for first

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  SkoIdiers
23 December 2022 7:29 pm

Get your spouses to vote too

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  SkoIdiers
23 December 2022 8:40 pm

My wife voted

Rob
Rob
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
23 December 2022 8:41 pm

For whom?

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  Rob
23 December 2022 9:12 pm

I didn’t ask.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  Gone fishin'
23 December 2022 10:06 pm

Same haha

HUNViking
Reply to  SkoIdiers
23 December 2022 7:51 pm

I did set up an account and voted for Skoloholics, and now Elon wants to have my phone number to “verify my account”. Well I want his fucking phone number too to “verify his account”! 😤

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  HUNViking
23 December 2022 10:08 pm

Thanks buddy!

HUNViking
Reply to  SkoIdiers
24 December 2022 4:07 am

You´re welcome 😊

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  SkoIdiers
23 December 2022 7:31 pm

I’d vote skolholes but sorry, don’t need no stinking account.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  norseman1
23 December 2022 10:07 pm

@youre banned then@

all jokes aside all good chief

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  norseman1
24 December 2022 8:41 am

I only go on there for the Skoloholics account.

HUNViking
Reply to  SkoIdiers
23 December 2022 6:44 pm

Global warming not doing much over there, it seems

HUNViking
Reply to  Lifer
24 December 2022 6:36 am

Oh I know, everything is “climate change” now.

How convenient that all weather extremes can be ascribed to “global warming” and “climate change”😂

If you like to read, read Michael Crichton´s “State of Fear”. An entertaining and enlightening novel.

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  SkoIdiers
24 December 2022 8:42 am

Meh, @just put it in four wheel drive@

Gone fishin'
Admin
23 December 2022 6:08 pm

Lemon cheesecake is in the oven. Can’t wait until tomorrow when this is ready. Gotta make the dollup for the topping yet tonight. I make it all from scratch, even the crust, so damn yummy.

Fivefingers
Reply to  Gone fishin'
23 December 2022 6:10 pm

gonna have a beer, popping the cap myself

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  Fivefingers
23 December 2022 6:25 pm

Whisky when it’s cold as balls

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  Fivefingers
23 December 2022 6:25 pm

Don’t hurt yourself.

HUNViking
Reply to  Gone fishin'
23 December 2022 6:44 pm

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SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  Gone fishin'
23 December 2022 6:25 pm

Yum!

Fivefingers
23 December 2022 5:44 pm

y

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SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Fivefingers
23 December 2022 5:48 pm

trying to keep the FBI/DOJ away?

Fivefingers
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
23 December 2022 6:10 pm

exactly, that’s what this was from. fuck biden

norseman1
norseman1
23 December 2022 4:53 pm

Nice unity speech sniffer, you 2 faced POS.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  norseman1
23 December 2022 5:15 pm

he is only talking to his base so he can tell more lies about how hard he worked to reach out to the ‘other side’.
but the other side already knows that he is a ‘2 faced POS’ indeed.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
23 December 2022 5:19 pm

Goes after half the country saying fascists. Goes after unvaccinated. Has a speaker the tears up State of Union speeches on national tv. Be funny if not effen sad.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  norseman1
23 December 2022 5:43 pm

An article detailing many of his lies.
The older ones are more shocking since the newer ones could be partially excused due to mental decline.

https://979kissfm.iheart.com/alternate/amp/2020-08-27-the-very-long-list-of-the-many-times-joe-bidens-been-caught-in-major-lies/

Fivefingers
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
23 December 2022 5:45 pm

he’s a pig, that is all

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norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
23 December 2022 5:55 pm

His falsehoods and gaffes and mental faculties boggle the fucking mind. Somehow, j6 is everything. Media buries anything relevant. 2 years in office but these idiots blame prior admin for border. Only going to get worse, the voting base gets dumber. Done voting. I’m now a “get the fuck off my lawn guy”. Merry Xmas fellas! Sorry, happy holidays, my bad.

HUNViking
Reply to  norseman1
23 December 2022 6:16 pm

Hang in there Chief. Merry Christmas!

Gone fishin'
Admin
23 December 2022 4:42 pm

Pete, thinking of getting Zelda for the Switch

HUNViking
Reply to  Gone fishin'
23 December 2022 5:39 pm

I´m thinking of buying either God of War or Red Dead Redemption 2… pretty sure I´ll end up buying both

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  HUNViking
23 December 2022 6:09 pm

I’m trying to find something that kiddo and I can play together.

HUNViking
Reply to  Gone fishin'
23 December 2022 6:15 pm

Zelda should be a good choice for that.

Mjolnir
Reply to  Gone fishin'
23 December 2022 6:59 pm

Madden.

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  Mjolnir
23 December 2022 8:41 pm

They don’t have it for Switch, for some weird reason.

Gone fishin'
Admin
23 December 2022 4:19 pm

Wow, busy in here for an off day.

Fivefingers
23 December 2022 4:17 pm

Just had some excellent smoked wings and a cold beer. Time to relax

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Fivefingers
23 December 2022 4:19 pm

Hunting tom or was that another day?

Fivefingers
Reply to  norseman1
23 December 2022 4:46 pm

another

norseman1
norseman1
23 December 2022 3:47 pm

Hope skins can make a game of it but i doubt it. I hate iggles and pies equally.

peterplaysbass
Reply to  norseman1
23 December 2022 3:50 pm

I think Cowboys are more easily defeated (than the Eagles) in the playoffs, so I’m hoping they win and keep their hope alive for the division and the 1 seed

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 3:54 pm

I guess i hate iggles more, close.

peterplaysbass
Reply to  norseman1
23 December 2022 3:55 pm

yeah, me too. I wasn’t yet born when the pearson pushoff play happened, though.

norseman1
norseman1
23 December 2022 2:46 pm

Skins@9ers and iggles@pies are basically same time. Stupid.

Wrenage
23 December 2022 2:39 pm

Journal entry 12-today-Limbo

I have barricaded myself in the closet as Snowmaggedon continues to wipe the earth from existence. The pounding on the door is driving me insane. It has gone on unceasing for hours. Cracks are beginning to form.

My wife…she has been taken by the spirit of the Wendigo. She has tasted of human flesh and has now become insatiable. My shoulder throbs from where she has taken a bite. The blood loss and pain from the wound has rendered me wavering in and out of consciousness.

I fear I do not have long left. I managed to escape the clutches of my wife and enter this cramped sanctuary by dashing her over the head with my shovel, which has become an extension of myself since the snowblower has given up the ghost. But now, with my wounded limb, I will not be able to wield this mighty weapon.

Even now, the door begins to splinter, and her drooling wails become more frenzied as that she knows sustenance is near. Perhaps, I can distract her with promises of snow-day lovemaking, but I fear her love has grown as cold as the winter wastelands beyond, and her mind is as black with hunger as the world is blackened with frostbite from this apocalyptic devil storm.

I take some small comfort in knowing that at least my man-steaks will be soured with terror and probably give her diarrhea.

peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 2:23 pm

I can tell it’s cold outside when my feet get cold while I’m sitting in my home office. Basement room with a cement slab under me (there’s carpet, but no pad), and one of the walls is an outside wall. There’s no HVAC in the room, and I keep the door closed.

Little space heater works wonders.

peterplaysbass
Reply to  Lifer
23 December 2022 3:16 pm

My dad’s study is located above the garage as well. It’s insulated from the garage, but the garage isn’t, so there’s cold garage air beneath it and on two sides, the other two walls are exterior walls, and there’s just roof (no room) above, so that room gets chilly if the door is closed.

Cozy little spot, though.

NoDakRube
23 December 2022 1:42 pm

Well Boys and Men (and Kathy), have a Merry Christmas.

I will be leaving work as soon as my son shows up to crawl into the drivers seat from the back seat…apparently both my front car doors are frozen and inoperable, I will never take my car through a car wash in the winter again.

HUNViking
Reply to  NoDakRube
23 December 2022 1:52 pm

Merry Christmas!

Drive carefully once the car doors open again 😄

Northwoods
23 December 2022 1:34 pm

Picked up a growler of barleywine for the game tomorrow. 10% abv. Can someone record it for me, likely won’t remember it.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  Northwoods
23 December 2022 1:44 pm

Lol

peterplaysbass
Reply to  Northwoods
23 December 2022 1:59 pm

A growler of 10% is a decent amount of booze, even spread out over a game. Think I’ll be getting a growler of 7% for myself.

peterplaysbass
Reply to  Lifer
23 December 2022 2:14 pm

LOL, there are plenty of stories of Lifer in the game threads

Fivefingers
Reply to  Lifer
23 December 2022 2:29 pm

lmao, pretty much called everybody MFer’s

Kodiak
Reply to  Lifer
23 December 2022 3:23 pm

You became Sybil

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  Lifer
23 December 2022 4:22 pm

LOL

Fivefingers
Reply to  Northwoods
23 December 2022 2:29 pm

1 growler won’t do anythint to an alpha male

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  Mick
23 December 2022 12:53 pm

Lame

Northwoods
Reply to  Mick
23 December 2022 1:10 pm

Did he do something impressive?

HUNViking
Reply to  Northwoods
23 December 2022 1:47 pm

Maybe he´s very good at blowing horns?

Fivefingers
Reply to  Northwoods
23 December 2022 2:28 pm

helped putin kill ukrainians

Fivefingers
Reply to  Mick
23 December 2022 2:28 pm

fuck waltz, guy is a russian commie and plus a shit hockey player. Let’s go Champ Avs!

Mick
Mick
23 December 2022 12:49 pm

FTP

HUNViking
Reply to  Mick
23 December 2022 1:01 pm

FTP

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
23 December 2022 11:52 am

Time to go snowblow in -10 and 40 mph winds….

Kodiak
Reply to  SkoIdiers
23 December 2022 12:01 pm

Why? Do you have to go somewhere? Just hunker down for 3 days and do it then.

Fivefingers
Reply to  Kodiak
23 December 2022 12:17 pm

needs to go out for some white zinfandel and hard cider and hard selzer and some spam

peterplaysbass
Reply to  Fivefingers
23 December 2022 12:44 pm

plus he needs to snowblow a path to the shed so he can sort screws tonight and/or tomorrow

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 12:51 pm

Lol

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  Fivefingers
23 December 2022 12:51 pm

Lol

Fivefingers
23 December 2022 11:48 am

Got the groceries done, what a pain.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Fivefingers
23 December 2022 11:51 am

We went out a few days ago.
Wouldn’t want to do that again soon.
Hopefully we didn’t forget anything important.

freezeyface
Reply to  Fivefingers
23 December 2022 11:51 am

sounding more and more like a true millennial

Kodiak
Reply to  Fivefingers
23 December 2022 12:03 pm

Order online and have them set in your truck at a pickup spot. What’s the word on your new truck?

Fivefingers
Reply to  Kodiak
23 December 2022 12:10 pm

they get all the wrong shit and I can’t see prices, etc. They give you the wilted lettuce.

Got it, it’s awesome.

Kodiak
Reply to  Fivefingers
23 December 2022 12:48 pm

Finally, that only took a year.

MT Viking
Reply to  Kodiak
23 December 2022 3:41 pm

Beta

MT Viking
Reply to  Lifer
23 December 2022 3:41 pm

Alpha

DE Viking
23 December 2022 11:41 am

Any electricians out there?

2 lights in our bathroom are not working today.
I remove the cover and there is NO light bulb.
I assume they are LED modern lights or something.
They are probably a little over 2 years old. We bought the house a year ago.

How do you replace these? Brand new fixture?

Both of these lights are on the same switch.
So I’m thinking it might be a switch problem?

Anybody work with these types of lights?

Thank you in advance.

Kodiak
Reply to  DE Viking
23 December 2022 11:46 am

Check to see if there is power to the lights when the switch is on. Since both went out, it is likely the switch. Check the power at the switch. My guess is you will need to replace the switch.

Mick
Mick
Reply to  Kodiak
23 December 2022 1:37 pm

Something like this

freezeyface
Reply to  DE Viking
23 December 2022 11:52 am

don’t ask CCHOF

MT Viking
Reply to  Lifer
23 December 2022 3:43 pm

If not the switch this is solid advice. Same thing happened at my old place. I rewired an outside outlet twice and traced to a tripped GFCI forty feet away.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  MT Viking
23 December 2022 3:46 pm

Voltmeter check with switch is 1st, then go elsewhere.

Northwoods
Reply to  DE Viking
23 December 2022 1:15 pm

Might be a PITA, but can you post pics of the innards?

Mick
Mick
Reply to  DE Viking
23 December 2022 1:36 pm

Bust out the multimeter and find out if you have power and go from there.

Mick
Mick
Reply to  Mick
23 December 2022 1:37 pm

Anything that new shouldn’t be having any issues… especially if it’s LED.

could start at the switch and see if you have power there… then flick it and see if it’s going through the switch.

if you have power there then move to the unit.

if you don’t… move backward.

freezeyface
23 December 2022 11:38 am

i just checked the forecast for next week, gonna be high 30’s low 40’s….

what are we going to be able to complain about then??

peterplaysbass
Reply to  freezeyface
23 December 2022 11:40 am

the slush

I’m planning on spreading magnesium phosphate on the driveway the day before that weather hits so I can shovel it clean down to the asphalt, then apply more product before the next snowfall.

I love me a pristine driveway in the wintertime.

freezeyface
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 11:41 am

yes i used to love a clean driveway until mrs freeze thinks its fun to just drive all over it when there is fresh snow.
she must love having those packed down tire ridges running the entire length of the driveway.
so much fun

Kodiak
Reply to  freezeyface
23 December 2022 11:43 am

Install radiant heat from solar panels next summer and never worry about snow on the driveway or sidewalks again

freezeyface
Reply to  Kodiak
23 December 2022 11:47 am

sounds cheap

Kodiak
Reply to  freezeyface
23 December 2022 11:48 am

It’s actually inexpensive during initial construction. Doing it now, not so much.

Wrenage
23 December 2022 11:35 am

Journal Entry 12-23-22

It is now day 38 of Snowmageddon. The snowblower will not start. The car is frozen to the ground anyway. Last night, we finished the last of our ketchup packets. My wife idly wondered, “Would your arm taste like pork?” and then asked, “Did I say that out loud?”

I must keep a careful eye on her going forward. I fear this is only the beginning. At least the TV still works. It sooths us with its opium dreams.

My toes have lost all feeling. All I see is white. Sometimes, in the shifting mists, I think I see a giant inch worm measuring out the scope of life, and it freezes solid. That’s my dream. That’s my nightmare…

peterplaysbass
Reply to  Wrenage
23 December 2022 11:36 am

uh…

freezeyface
Reply to  Wrenage
23 December 2022 11:37 am

the first part of this sounds like me….

also, be careful if she asks to make out and starts biting

Northwoods
Reply to  Wrenage
23 December 2022 1:18 pm

Kodiak
23 December 2022 11:21 am

Got a 4 mile hike in again this morning, looks like it will be in the high 60’s again today. Going quail hunting tomorrow. The desert doesn’t suck this time of year.

MT Viking
Reply to  Kodiak
23 December 2022 11:26 am

Nice! Enjoy. Merry Christmas.

Kodiak
Reply to  MT Viking
23 December 2022 11:39 am

A fine and glorious Christmas to you also. Hoping the weather gives you a break.

peterplaysbass
Reply to  Kodiak
23 December 2022 11:29 am

sounds like a great morning

Kodiak
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 11:41 am

After so many years of being in the cold and dark for months it’s truly liberating to live in a place where the weather doesn’t limit your options.

Kodiak
Reply to  Lifer
23 December 2022 3:16 pm

I already did. I’m in Tucson now. That’s why I’m not here much anymore. Busy doing things outside.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Kodiak
23 December 2022 3:35 pm

Extra daylight has to be a bit refreshing for a change. Wears on me in Minny, shit on cloudy days you need lights on by 3.

NoDakRube
23 December 2022 10:56 am

Just sent a co-worker to get orange juice and champagne…A little Christmas cheer at 11 in the morning can’t hurt, right?

peterplaysbass
Reply to  NoDakRube
23 December 2022 10:57 am

Probably can’t hurt. Depends on the job, of course.

NoDakRube
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 11:04 am

2 data analysts and a CEO, thats all that is the office today…and we are all leaving at 2…worst case scenario they screw up a Regression Analysis

peterplaysbass
Reply to  NoDakRube
23 December 2022 11:16 am

you’re pretty safe then

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  NoDakRube
23 December 2022 4:26 pm

They’re analyzing the Vikings defense since 2017?

worst case scenario they screw up a Regression Analysis

peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 10:53 am

My current contract has me remoting into a computer, and then remote from that one to another one, so I have three taskbars at the bottom of my screen if I’m not in fullscreen mode, LOL.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
23 December 2022 10:50 am

Good morning skolflakes

peterplaysbass
Reply to  SkoIdiers
23 December 2022 10:52 am

good morning, twitter user

HUNViking
Reply to  SkoIdiers
23 December 2022 11:02 am

Good morning Skolly

Kodiak
23 December 2022 10:50 am

People still working today?

peterplaysbass
Reply to  Kodiak
23 December 2022 10:51 am

I am. full 40 hours this week.

32 hours next week, too. Gotta bill all the hours I can right now!

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  Kodiak
23 December 2022 11:27 am

Worked a couple hours today.
Like PeterPlaysBass, I want to bill hours while I can. Done in April.

peterplaysbass
Reply to  Surly Viking
23 December 2022 11:30 am

retiring?? or the contract is ending in April?

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 11:31 am

lol Contract done. I am 11 years away from retiring at 70 years old.
Before then, I will get to a point where I work 30 hours a week and golf lots.

peterplaysbass
Reply to  Surly Viking
23 December 2022 11:37 am

what are the odds the contract gets extended?

mine almost always do, which is both good and bad

Fivefingers
Reply to  Surly Viking
23 December 2022 11:53 am

I’m living off millennials way before that. Or gonna sell coke like the fraudulent so-called pres’s son

Mick
Mick
Reply to  Lifer
23 December 2022 1:38 pm

Why take the test?

did I miss something and there’s a cure?

elderberry syrup is my goto.

that… and sleep.

peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 10:39 am

Minnesota’s offense is ranked 20th with the pass significantly better than the run.
The Giants’ defense is ranked 29th and they aren’t good at stopping either.

New York’s offense is ranked 14th – their pass game is also better than their run game.
The Vikings’ defense 19th, better at stopping the run than the pass.

What this says to me is that the Giants aren’t going to be able to milk the clock well if they get a lead, but the Vikings could do just that on offense, although the defense may struggle to prevent the Giants from passing effectively.

The return of the pass rush would help a lot here.

I predict Hockenson has a nice day, and while Cook won’t get a lot of yards through the air, the run game should have a nice day overall.

peterplaysbass
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 10:42 am

I also predict that the game will come down to the final drive and I’ll finish off the alcoholic eggnog before that point.

PA Viking Fan
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 10:46 am

It is all about timing. You have to pace yourself so the last bit of alcohol gets poured as Joseph comes onto the field in Overtime.

peterplaysbass
Reply to  PA Viking Fan
23 December 2022 10:49 am

I’ve got whiskey as a backup.

I’m thinking beer and nachos in the first quarter
beer in the 2nd quarter
dessert and adult eggnog in the 3rd
and whisky in the 4th
then a nice long nap – wake up when it’s dark out – oh boy! Christmas Eve!

NoDakRube
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 10:53 am

I am going to Christmas Eve service at 5.30…
So maybe one alcoholic beverage in the 1st half but that will have to do it…don’t know if I can take one of those endings sober.

peterplaysbass
Reply to  NoDakRube
23 December 2022 10:56 am

ohhhh, I forgot. I have more excursions between today’s and next Tuesday. I’ve got one a church service too. Mine’s not until 7:30 though, so I should be OK.

It’s a fun excursion, so it counts as a part of the Christmas celebration and not Xmas prep. I’m excited for it – I love Christmas services at church.

Also the wife and kids and I always leave the house on Christmas morning for one errand – we deliver breakfast and treats to the local police department for the folks who are on duty on Christmas Day. My wife’s idea. She’s got some good ones sometimes.

NoDakRube
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 11:05 am

Thats an awesome Christmas tradition your wife came up with…

I like Christmas services a great deal as well.

Fivefingers
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 11:52 am

what kind of whiskey?

peterplaysbass
Reply to  Fivefingers
23 December 2022 12:57 pm

Four Roses, of course!

Northwoods
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 10:47 am

Eggnog without alcohol? What’s the point?

peterplaysbass
Reply to  Northwoods
23 December 2022 10:48 am

kids like it, I guess

Big Stupid Face
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 11:20 am

I haven’t looked at DVOA for a while. Is our offense really worse than our defense?

Offense ranks on ESPN:
Total Yards: 14th
points: 8th

Defense ranks on ESPN:
Total Yards: 32nd
Total Points: 28th

Seems weird. This defense is trash.

peterplaysbass
Reply to  Big Stupid Face
23 December 2022 11:32 am

I mean, it’s ranked higher in among 32 teams of the 2022 season, but the offense is better than the defense from a quantitative standpoint. The offense is only 2.9% worse than average while the defense is 4.3% worse than average (average coming from a sample great than the 2022 season alone).

Kodiak
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 11:35 am

All indicators are we are a below average team. It’s amazing we aren’t 4-10.

peterplaysbass
Reply to  Kodiak
23 December 2022 11:38 am

yup. offense is explosive, but not consistently efficient. Cousins is ineffective when the plays don’t develop on schedule. defense is bend-don’t-break (DVOA hates that) and special teams is LOL other than the punter and the kick returner

Kodiak
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 11:59 am

The simple fact is we have been the luckiest team in the history of the nfl so far this season. While many argue we make our own luck, there is no explaining the calls against our opponents that end their drives or extend ours. The officiating has been terribly inconsistent in many games this season.
We have all been down this road before. Usually with a much better team that actually generates hope before being monumentally embarrassed on national tv in the playoffs. This team is different in that they aren’t good and keep winning in spite of that. It is conceivable that they could keep winning even though they are outplayed in every game. It will be interesting to watch how it all ends again.

peterplaysbass
Reply to  Kodiak
23 December 2022 12:59 pm

Reminds me a lot of the 2000 season, honestly. This version is even more egregious, though. Something like 41-donut but likely in the divisional round

Kodiak
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 3:18 pm

Exactly.

Northwoods
Reply to  Kodiak
23 December 2022 1:22 pm

If the officiating was radically lopsided I’d be more inclined to agree with that point. However, there have been ridiculous calls against us, and so many missed calls that would have been in our favor, that I think there may be more evidence of an officiating conspiracy AGAINST us.

Yet, still we win.

HUNViking
Reply to  Northwoods
23 December 2022 1:50 pm

Agreed. Kodiak tends to blend out all the calls and non-calls that hurt the Vikings in some way.

peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 10:29 am

OK, so, Vikings are #25 in DVOA and the Giants are #22. They’re close-ish, with the Vikings having 10.1 % value below the average team and the Giants having 7.4% below average value. (the jump from the 26th to 27th ranked teams [Raiders and Rams] is from 10.3% to 16.4%, so the rankings alone don’t tell the full story.)

Thankfully, this game is at home.

freezeyface
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 10:31 am

nothing this season would lead me to believe we will win easily….

but these are the types of games we should take a lead and maintain that lead with ease.
i guess here’s hoping for a christmas miracle double digit win

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 10:33 am

Might see in playoffs if we keep #2 seed, so i hope they kick ass.

Kodiak
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 10:49 am

Lol

Gone fishin'
Admin
23 December 2022 10:19 am

Interstate shut down from Jamestown to Montana. Wind still howling out there, I bet you can’t see 1/8 of a mile out in the country. Good day to stay home and make my famous lemon cheesecake.

freezeyface
Reply to  Gone fishin'
23 December 2022 10:23 am

glad i wasn’t trying to make a trip to the in-laws this christmas

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  freezeyface
23 December 2022 10:25 am

We were going to, but the roads are horrendous. I have a 4 day weekend for New Year’s, we’ll just go next weekend instead. Her parents are retired, so it doesn’t matter to them which weekend we celebrate Christmas.

MT Viking
Reply to  freezeyface
23 December 2022 11:13 am

Last night I walked the dogs couldn’t see ten feet in front of my face even with headlamp. -17 45mph sustained winds blowing and drifting snow had a hard time finding the water stations and even harder time breaking the ice out for the grateful cattle. This morning full Sun no wind temp up to -16 building my snow fence with the skid steer. Gonna lay out on the patio.

peterplaysbass
Reply to  MT Viking
23 December 2022 11:19 am

I love breathing deep when it’s cold out

freezeyface
Reply to  MT Viking
23 December 2022 11:29 am

my father in law showed me a video of one of his neighbors in the tractor feeding the cows and you couldn’t see anything at all, couldn’t even see the bale of hay in front of the tractor.
pure white out.

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  MT Viking
23 December 2022 11:30 am

This weather reminds me of why I do not want more dogs when this group dies. Get out about 30 steps, dogs pee, then look at me all sad and make me carry them back inside.

Northwoods
Reply to  Surly Viking
23 December 2022 1:27 pm

Our poor hairless, 1% body-fat whippet cross needed 3 warmups to poop and pee this morning…..run out, poop, run back in………..back to the door in a minute…..run out, pee, run back in…..back to the door in a minute…..run out, poop again (dog must be 90% colon), run back in.

Kodiak
Reply to  MT Viking
23 December 2022 11:36 am

Suppose to be in the 70’s here all next week.

Fivefingers
Reply to  Kodiak
23 December 2022 11:49 am

lol

Northwoods
Reply to  MT Viking
23 December 2022 1:24 pm

What kind of temps can those trough heaters withstand?

MT Viking
Reply to  Northwoods
23 December 2022 3:48 pm

They do freeze up, depends on temps and how often they fill. By the time the cows went to drink it was frozen over and they couldn’t break the ice. This morning while I was pounding on the ice the dogs and I were surrounded by 64 drooling cows that sprinted from their hunker down spot to the station.

I would say above zero and daily drinking they don’t freeze over.

peterplaysbass
Reply to  Gone fishin'
23 December 2022 10:27 am

I’m hunkering down. Need to make a final run today (driveway salt, bank, a few groceries), then we’re closing up and focusing on Christmas cookies and fires in the fireplace, and all manners of cheer.

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 10:32 am

Yep, kiddo and I are going to make one final run this morning, and then we’ll be locked in for the weekend.

peterplaysbass
Reply to  Gone fishin'
23 December 2022 10:41 am

I’ll end up venturing out early to mid-afternoon on Christmas Day to see my parents up at my sister’s place, but I’ve accepted that. Other than that, I’m not going anywhere after today and before the 27th at the earliest. Looking forward to it!

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 10:45 am

We’re going out shortly, that’ll be the last time I leave the house until Tuesday. Well, we may go out snowshoeing, but we aren’t going anywhere that requires a vehicle until Tuesday.

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
23 December 2022 11:32 am

I really hated the drive to Jamestown when my daughter was going to school there.
The wind is silly in the wintertime.

Mjolnir
23 December 2022 10:12 am

Gooood Morning Skolhols…
I’m still here.

Stress test showed scarring on the back of my heart.

EKG’s all come back fine, no issues, no hint of an issue.

GP’s Nurse called Monday and her exact words were ‘You’ve had a pretty significant heart attack, at least one’

Cardiologist says he thinks it may be the perfect storm – of a false positive.

Fairly frequent according to him. He told me that the type of scarring the stress test showed was indicative of an old heart attack – one that would’ve left no doubt (never hospitalized, never showed emergency symptoms)

After studying the test, charts and my symptoms (as well as a quick listen of my heart) he’s confident that it wasn’t a heart attack at all.

Heart catheterization on Tuesday morning @ 530 – says it’ll show exactly what we’re dealing with and we’ll go from there.

Appreciate the well-wishes.

Merry Christmas Ya Filthy Animals!

SKOL!

freezeyface
Reply to  Mjolnir
23 December 2022 10:13 am

wow!!!! it’s a christmas miracle!!

so glad to hear the news.

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  Mjolnir
23 December 2022 10:15 am

Man, that is GREAT news! Very happy for y’all.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  Mjolnir
23 December 2022 10:16 am

Merry Christmas! The heart Cath should give you some solid answers on your heart’s condition.

peterplaysbass
Reply to  Mjolnir
23 December 2022 10:20 am

Merry Christmas – glad to hear the positive news! Keep us posted next week.

HUNViking
Reply to  Mjolnir
23 December 2022 10:20 am

Merry Christmas mate!

EXCELLENT news, see ya in the game thread tomorrow then, I hope! 🍻

NoDakRube
Reply to  Mjolnir
23 December 2022 10:50 am

Wow thats great news! Merry Christmas indeed.

stuman55
Reply to  Mjolnir
23 December 2022 11:00 am

Glad you’re still here! Merry Christmas

Wrenage
Reply to  Mjolnir
23 December 2022 11:38 am

Nice!

Kodiak
Reply to  Mjolnir
23 December 2022 11:50 am

Good luck with all of that big guy. I hope it all works out well for you.

Fivefingers
Reply to  Mjolnir
23 December 2022 11:58 am

excellent news

Gone fishin'
Admin
23 December 2022 10:01 am

Thanks for posting this, LIfer. I’m off work today & forgot to post it last night. No Montana trip this weekend, roads are closed and/or shitty. Gonna go next weekend.

peterplaysbass
Reply to  Gone fishin'
23 December 2022 10:03 am

when’s Great Wolf Lodge?

HUNViking
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 10:04 am

1rd playoff game IIRC

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 10:05 am

The weekend of the playoffs. I also have tickets to the playoff game. Not sure on which day the game will be played (Saturday, Sunday, or Monday), so booked the room from Saturday – Tuesday. We’ll just hang out as a fam at the water park on the other 2 days.

peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 10:00 am

I just found out that one of my favorite YouTubers passed on last Saturday. He had just over 100k subscribers, but multiple videos with a million or more views – he was good at what he did. He found semi-hidden spiritual meanings in popular films and made videos explaining what he found.

I emailed back and forth with him on various theological topics and joined some of his live calls he used to do years ago – he was a genuinely good dude from what I could tell.

He was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor in November of 2021 and given 18 months, but only made it 13 before passing on and entering glory.

NoDakRube
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 10:03 am

What was his name in case I want to look up some of his stuff?

peterplaysbass
Reply to  NoDakRube
23 December 2022 10:07 am

The channel is called Logos Made Flesh

A couple of his more popular videos cover the Shawshank Redemption and No Country For Old Men, but some of my favorite work he’s done has far fewer views, such as Cast Away, A Quiet Place, and Groundhog Day.

His series on the book of Mark was almost totally ignored, but I found it really interesting.

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 10:15 am

No Country for Old Men is a great show.

freezeyface
Reply to  Gone fishin'
23 December 2022 10:16 am

amen

peterplaysbass
Reply to  Gone fishin'
23 December 2022 10:20 am

Love that movie

NoDakRube
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 10:49 am

Poked around on the website some this morning…pretty interesting stuff. He looked like he was pretty young to go to glory..

peterplaysbass
Reply to  NoDakRube
23 December 2022 10:51 am

yup. leaves behind a wife and some kiddos. pretty young, but at least they had a fair amount of warning. wish his family had gotten one more Christmas with him, though.

freezeyface
23 December 2022 9:44 am

Posted this in porch, but this is what I looked like after 30 min of shoveling last night haha

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Fivefingers
Reply to  freezeyface
23 December 2022 9:46 am

*Purple Poppy Pansies

peterplaysbass
Reply to  freezeyface
23 December 2022 9:46 am

I thought your neighbor took it upon himself to rescue the helpless millennial we call Freeze – you still shoveling?

My oldest enjoys shoveling and comes out every time I snow blow, which is awesome. He does the end of the driveway and handles the snow curb courtesy of the snow plow, and he does the front walk, and he shovels around his car, which is sitting on a 10×20 cement pad adjacent to the driveway. It’s 10% of the snow at most, but it feels like it cuts my work almost in half.

freezeyface
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 9:47 am

that was yesterday morning that he did, but i had to shovel the sidewalk, and i have alot of sidewalk and it was alot of snow haha

peterplaysbass
Reply to  freezeyface
23 December 2022 9:55 am

pretty good beard tho

freezeyface
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 9:56 am

letting it buck for a while.
my wife isn’t digging it

peterplaysbass
Reply to  freezeyface
23 December 2022 10:00 am

I keep mine to an inch or two in length during the summers, but usually let it grow in the colder months. Nice to have when spending an hour or more outside in these temps.

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 10:01 am

I’ll bet

I keep mine to an inch or two in length during the summers

freezeyface
Reply to  Gone fishin'
23 December 2022 10:04 am

pete, he’s talking about your penis

peterplaysbass
Reply to  freezeyface
23 December 2022 10:07 am

oh dang

freezeyface
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 10:02 am

oh yeah, my face, as seen in this pic, is very protected.

HUNViking
Reply to  freezeyface
23 December 2022 10:06 am

Good thing you stopped shoveling before you started looking like this

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freezeyface
Reply to  HUNViking
23 December 2022 10:07 am

yes correct….

i walked in the house and i think i scared my 3 year old as he backed up into my wifes legs haha

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  freezeyface
23 December 2022 10:16 am

Especially if you have facial hair. Look like the guy from the Revenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenant.

freezeyface
Reply to  Gone fishin'
23 December 2022 10:19 am

haha yesssss good ol leo

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  freezeyface
23 December 2022 10:22 am

Such a dumb show. Listen to that dumbass breathe heavy for 2 hours.

freezeyface
Reply to  Gone fishin'
23 December 2022 10:25 am

you’re such a baby

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  freezeyface
23 December 2022 10:26 am

Yup. I hate dumb movies.

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
23 December 2022 10:26 am

Except Cocaine Bear, I want to see that one. That one could be so dumb that it’s good.

HUNViking
Reply to  freezeyface
23 December 2022 10:17 am

LOL, poor kid. 😄 Should be over it by now though I hope 🙂

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  freezeyface
23 December 2022 10:51 am

Looks like freezyface

freezeyface
Reply to  SkoIdiers
23 December 2022 11:28 am

thus how that nickname started

MT Viking
Reply to  freezeyface
23 December 2022 11:18 am

Looks a lot like my military cold weather parka. I’ve had it since ‘87, love that thing…Canadians know how to make durable cold weather clothing.

peterplaysbass
Reply to  MT Viking
23 December 2022 11:19 am

makes me think of the russian babes near the end of “Spies Like Us”

MT Viking
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 11:24 am

Freeze is a handsome devil, isn’t he?

freezeyface
Reply to  MT Viking
23 December 2022 11:25 am

peterplaysbass
Reply to  MT Viking
23 December 2022 11:35 am

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Fivefingers
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 12:02 pm

victoria angel, hawt! Was in Kingpin too.

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freezeyface
Reply to  MT Viking
23 December 2022 11:24 am

yeah i call this my COLD weather jacket.
i rarely used an actual jacket during winter, but this one is my really warm one

Kodiak
Reply to  MT Viking
23 December 2022 11:38 am

If they didn’t they would have become extinct long ago.

Fivefingers
Reply to  MT Viking
23 December 2022 12:00 pm

got any Baffin boots?

MT Viking
Reply to  Fivefingers
23 December 2022 3:49 pm

Used to, back in ‘83

Northwoods
23 December 2022 9:27 am

Vikings should have advertised the White-Out game a lot more in advance. I’m going to be in purple again unless I want to drive 100 miles and pay out the nose.

NoDakRube
Reply to  Northwoods
23 December 2022 9:28 am

Where a wife beater and call it good.

Northwoods
Reply to  NoDakRube
23 December 2022 9:30 am

Good idea. I’ll use my amazing art skills and draw the Norseman Logo on it…..

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Fivefingers
Reply to  Northwoods
23 December 2022 9:29 am

just wear your snow geese hunting suit, or anything white

Kodiak
Reply to  Fivefingers
23 December 2022 11:29 am

Painter disposable coveralls w/hood. Work great for dall sheep and goat hunting.

Fivefingers
Reply to  Kodiak
23 December 2022 12:03 pm

yup, going to be smoking ducks and geese for next week

Kodiak
Reply to  Fivefingers
23 December 2022 12:06 pm

In CO? That Crane hunt was eye opening. I could see where the goose hunting in corn fields could be addicting

Fivefingers
Reply to  Kodiak
23 December 2022 12:16 pm

Yup, at our lease. It’s awesome. Have about 4 fields with pits and then two ponds with pits and blinds on the river.

Somebody donated an old double wide, they fixed it up. Has 2 bedrooms now, a shower, kitchen, etc. Can stay overnight. Deck with grills, bass ponds, etc.

You get any cranes? I want some ribeye of the sky

Kodiak
Reply to  Fivefingers
23 December 2022 3:19 pm

Yeah, I got one. They are big and the greaters are 40% bigger. They can be huge.

stuman55
Reply to  Northwoods
23 December 2022 9:30 am

body paint bro

HUNViking
Reply to  stuman55
23 December 2022 9:40 am

^^THIS!^^

stuman55
Reply to  Lifer
23 December 2022 9:50 am

stuman55
Reply to  Lifer
23 December 2022 9:57 am

breaking news Lifer race baiting again

peterplaysbass
Reply to  Lifer
23 December 2022 10:02 am

I know you know it’s in reference to apparel, not skin, so I think the confusion is why you chose to make it about race after the body paint comment. Does dark skin not work well with body paint?

And what does any of it have to do with Trump?

NoDakRube
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 10:04 am

yes, its not an “orange out”

peterplaysbass
Reply to  Northwoods
23 December 2022 9:40 am

my kid just bought a plain white tshirt to attend

NoDakRube
Reply to  Lifer
23 December 2022 9:27 am

Thankfully last photo where she is speaker of the house…

As far as Ukraine is considered, yes they have been invaded, but we are being invaded every day as 10s of thousands of illegal immigrants flood into our country…lets secure our own border first.

Kind of like when you are flying, “secure your own mask first before assisting others”.

stuman55
Reply to  NoDakRube
23 December 2022 9:29 am

a foreign ruler demanding our government to give him $$ and weapons. Who is the real power here? shame.

Fivefingers
Reply to  stuman55
23 December 2022 9:30 am

fuck him

NoDakRube
Reply to  stuman55
23 December 2022 9:30 am

Agree with that, and he is not a champion of democracy by any stretch…dictator is more like it. Threw his political opponent in jail…wait, I guess that’s like America is becoming.

Fivefingers
Reply to  NoDakRube
23 December 2022 9:33 am

Stealing money now and it’s laughable. 2014 US completed a coup. Entire thing is a joke. These people are sick in all ways. I do pray now we have a civil war, only way it’s getting turned around and even then going to be a spanish speaking country and a shit hole

Fivefingers
Reply to  NoDakRube
23 December 2022 9:31 am

allowing our country to be invaded is sickening, I’ll never forgive these POS Mfers

NoDakRube
Reply to  Fivefingers
23 December 2022 9:34 am

They are indeed POS Mfers, and traitors to boot. The purposeful open borders has done more damage to our country than any “horrific” Jan 6 occurrence…they should all be in jail.

Fivefingers
Reply to  NoDakRube
23 December 2022 9:38 am

100% and I’m not sure we can save ourselves now.

Kodiak
Reply to  Fivefingers
23 December 2022 11:31 am

Not by voting

HUNViking
Reply to  Kodiak
23 December 2022 12:12 pm

That´s 100% guaranteed.

Kodiak
Reply to  Fivefingers
23 December 2022 11:31 am

Two old filthy whores running a huge criminal organization.

stuman55
Reply to  Lifer
23 December 2022 9:28 am

what a disgrace

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Lifer
23 December 2022 9:38 am

PIGS

freezeyface
Reply to  Lifer
23 December 2022 9:38 am

LOL

peterplaysbass
Reply to  Lifer
23 December 2022 9:42 am

Norseman, Freezey and Stu all acknowledged the VP

LOL

PIGS

what a disgrace

NoDakRube
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 9:54 am

Good catch

Fivefingers
23 December 2022 9:21 am

1st alpha male!

FloridaSKOL
23 December 2022 9:20 am

Ahh, you put it on the front page, today.

peterplaysbass
Reply to  Lifer
23 December 2022 9:39 am

don’t ask me, all I know how to do is tally comments

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  Lifer
23 December 2022 10:03 am

I’ll try to fix it.

NoDakRube
23 December 2022 9:18 am

Lifer, Five and I take back all of the nasty things we have said about you, thanks for getting the thread up.

NoDakRube
Reply to  Lifer
23 December 2022 9:21 am

Cant wait to see it!!

Fivefingers
Reply to  NoDakRube
23 December 2022 9:21 am

let’s not get crazy

NoDakRube
23 December 2022 9:17 am

First

Beta male so it doesnt really count

Fivefingers
Reply to  NoDakRube
23 December 2022 9:22 am

well said, I’m first, again

freezeyface
23 December 2022 9:17 am

first!!! suckers

Fivefingers
Reply to  freezeyface
23 December 2022 9:22 am

see above^^. Big Fivo is first.

stuman55
Reply to  freezeyface
23 December 2022 9:29 am

the first loser HA

freezeyface
Reply to  stuman55
23 December 2022 9:39 am

what happened to us?

peterplaysbass
Reply to  freezeyface
23 December 2022 9:43 am

stu became a snowflake

stuman55
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 9:51 am

hey!

peterplaysbass
Reply to  stuman55
23 December 2022 9:56 am

it’s OK – freeze because a “stupid lib” according to five

stuman55
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 9:57 am

it’s true he is

freezeyface
Reply to  peterplaysbass
23 December 2022 10:01 am

yes, because a stupid lib

peterplaysbass
Reply to  freezeyface
23 December 2022 10:02 am

*became

oops

stuman55
Reply to  freezeyface
23 December 2022 9:51 am

I still luv ya

freezeyface
Reply to  stuman55
23 December 2022 10:02 am

good me too

HUNViking
Reply to  freezeyface
23 December 2022 9:41 am

First auto rec!

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  freezeyface
23 December 2022 10:17 am

freezeyface
Reply to  Gone fishin'
23 December 2022 10:21 am

that dog is a better actor than half of hollywood

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  freezeyface
23 December 2022 10:22 am

Some real talent.

HUNViking
Reply to  freezeyface
23 December 2022 10:26 am

True

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