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VIKINGS NEWS – First practice yesterday. Unfortunately, Mekhi Blackmon tore his ACL and is done for the year.

NFL News – HOF game is 1 week from today. Also, FTP.

Question of the Day – Will the Vikings sign another CB or roll with the current roster?

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JacksonVike
26 July 2024 6:12 am

Skol

It’s still Thursday here.

No longer New Vikings Fan
25 July 2024 7:26 pm

Russia is now talking a peace deal with Ukraine, now that Biden has dropped out of the race. Putin is afraid of Trump and always has been. He loves the Democrats, because they’re too afraid to face up to him, and always seek some sort of weak-ass diplomatic solution.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
25 July 2024 8:10 pm

I suspect that Russia will start with ‘we will keep everything we have taken from you’.
Then when Trump is retired they can go back and get the rest.

bowbunch
Admin
25 July 2024 4:14 pm

Good thing the Vikings have lots of CBs.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  bowbunch
25 July 2024 4:36 pm

Can’t even make the shit up. Injuries, bad drafts and even a death.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  bowbunch
25 July 2024 4:38 pm

They are going to give us PTSD with this stuff.

Well most long term Viking fans already have it.
So many they are just ‘triggering’ that.

bowbunch
Admin
25 July 2024 4:10 pm

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  bowbunch
25 July 2024 4:15 pm

Sam may play just fine in training camp, but JJ’s gonna play.

Derby Skol
25 July 2024 3:43 pm

This heat is ridiculous.

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MT Viking
Reply to  Derby Skol
25 July 2024 4:59 pm

I just went for a twenty minute walk around the Heights in my scrubs. Utterly miserable. Reminds me of the same walk around Phoenix Children’s Hospital in August.

No longer New Vikings Fan
25 July 2024 3:20 pm

Warren Sharp thinks we have a top 10 secondary…

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
25 July 2024 4:08 pm

Is this real?

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  JRobert
25 July 2024 4:57 pm

It’s real. I don’t think Warren Sharp knows any more about football than anyone else, so take it for what it’s worth. One guys opinion

DE Viking
25 July 2024 2:43 pm

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 2:43 pm

CB?

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  bowbunch
25 July 2024 2:46 pm

Cornerback.
I heard a rumor that we could use some.

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
25 July 2024 2:47 pm

I don’t think he’s a CB though sooo….

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  bowbunch
25 July 2024 2:52 pm

I has aiming on a version of ‘can he play guard’ joke that we have had around for years.
Obviously I failed.

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
25 July 2024 2:53 pm

I was just pointing out that DE said the Vikings signed another CB.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  bowbunch
25 July 2024 2:55 pm

Don’t see where he posted it but I will take your word on it.

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
25 July 2024 2:56 pm

It says it right above the tweet.

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  bowbunch
25 July 2024 2:58 pm

He probably edited it.

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DE Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
25 July 2024 3:46 pm

Yeah. I typed CB then reviewed and saw he is an LB

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  bowbunch
25 July 2024 3:00 pm

Not on mine.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 2:44 pm

But can he play CB??

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
25 July 2024 2:47 pm

According to DE he is a CB

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  bowbunch
25 July 2024 2:51 pm

His post says LB.

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
25 July 2024 2:51 pm

Another CB signed.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  bowbunch
25 July 2024 2:53 pm

‘The #Vikings have signed LB Jabril Cox’

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
25 July 2024 2:54 pm

Read his post, not the tweet.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  bowbunch
25 July 2024 2:56 pm

The tweet is the only thing in his post.
Unless you have a different version on your computer.

MT Viking
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
25 July 2024 2:57 pm

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 2:59 pm

No idea what that is or how it relates to the discussion.
Guess I will take a break to think about it.

MT Viking
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
25 July 2024 3:02 pm

It’s so hard to see what the little gif will look like when you post it (TWSS only replace gif with penis and post with stroke).

It was supposed to be a gif of the coming Rapture. Cuz bow has a different experience on this site from me. So he is ascendant while I am descendant.

MT Viking
25 July 2024 2:35 pm

Over a third of the Jasper townsite has been lost. Tragic.

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SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 2:37 pm

Those beautiful small towns nestled in the woods are always at risk.
Love to visit them, would be scared to live in one.

MT Viking
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
25 July 2024 2:44 pm

I (ahem) became a man while camping at Wabasso in Jasper National Park. I’ve always had a soft spot for the area, and camping in general.

Tangentially but not romantically related, we gave away our camping stuff when we moved here from Billings. After our courtship, my wife confessed she didn’t care for tenting and days without showers, so we did more of the motel or cabin thing, subsequently the little class B RV. However, I want to do a little camping on our land with the doggos, I think they would like it and I like sleeping out doors. My wife had found a tent at a local shop that sells finds from storage units and brought it home for $20 – junk. I found a 4 man Coleman during prime days for $50 – it is like nicer than any tent I’ve ever had before.

Unfortunately I have yet to set it up cuz it is beastly hot.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 3:01 pm

We used to camp with the kid but after a couple of foot surgeries The Teacher is not good with walking over uneven ground any more.

So hotels, cabins and such it is.

MT Viking
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
25 July 2024 3:13 pm

My wife and I’s first camping trip together was legendary. She had never been camping before. I considered myself quite the accomplished guide.

After a 12 hour drive and overnight stay so she could meet the folks, we struck off for West Edmonton Mall to pick up a few supplies and groceries, arriving at Wabamun Lake at 4 pm in time to set up and start up the naphtha stove. I should have taken it as a sign that Wabamun was virtually deserted, unusual even for a weekday. Rain started falling at 10 pm, rained HARD all night, had to take down the tent in the rain…drove on to Wapiti (in Jasper NP), saw the sun for about an hour, rain again, take down wet. Hit Columbia Icefield, weather was perfect, finally I thought…nope starts raining as we get to Protection Mountain. Finally had dry nights at Radium Hot Springs (BC) and Primrose Meadows (MT).

No kidding I bet it rained 30 cm those three days and nights.

We did have better trips in the future but that was the first.

Derby Skol
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 3:36 pm

2.54 cm = 1 inch for the less educated

DE Viking
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 2:39 pm

Beautiful picture.

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 2:41 pm

Isn’t that just south of St. Cloud?

MT Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
25 July 2024 2:47 pm

@Good eye@

chuckle
Athabasca Falls

freezeyface
25 July 2024 2:16 pm

i feel like the oldest of old men when i ask this next question.

when i go to someone twitter account, say…vikingzfanpage, why can i not see their most recent tweets? do i have to have an account and be signed in??

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  freezeyface
25 July 2024 2:19 pm

Since I have no idea, I am among the ‘oldest of old men’ as well.

At least I know I will have some mighty fine company.

freezeyface
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
25 July 2024 2:29 pm

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  freezeyface
25 July 2024 2:42 pm

I can jump like that.
No height but bending my legs at the knee so it looks like there was some.

DE Viking
Reply to  freezeyface
25 July 2024 2:28 pm

i feel like the oldest of old men

Yep.
You need to be logged in to see the most up to date tweets.

freezeyface
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 2:29 pm

well that’s lame

MT Viking
Reply to  freezeyface
25 July 2024 2:30 pm

I can help with that.

First unplug your web method b2b integration wire.

Go to your ip config and enter domain for service errors with the kernel data link processing sockets.

I’d then like for you to attempt to resolve the redundant domain host protocol error. If you get a SSL, which is a secondary system label failover for DNS, just know the primary string passed in the DNS phase isn’t decrypted properly by the network server. Report back to us if that happens.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 2:32 pm

…and while he is working on all that, he can also invent the Z key for this site… 🙂

Derby Skol
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 2:32 pm

Did you try shutting it off and restarting?

Works for MySpace.

MT Viking
Reply to  Derby Skol
25 July 2024 2:36 pm

My grandson just told me about an awesome app called Grindr. I can’t wait to start digging into it.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 2:43 pm

Ummm
I think that one you might want to Google before trying it on for size.

pirateflip
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 2:52 pm

DE Viking
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 2:37 pm

You forgot to point out that the battery needs some attention.

DE Viking
25 July 2024 1:55 pm

Summary:

JacksonVike thinks Blackmon is the Secretary of Defense while Wrenage is confused.

Wrenage woke up and promptly fell back asleep.

MT is excited about the Vikings going 3-14.

Jrobert thinks we need a really good Douche Bag. DB

Hot and sticky discussion

Bowbunch and SoCal are impressed with boobs that hang down to the bellybutton.

Derby thinks it’s easy to beat Cine and Booth

VP blames his small pic loading on the Skoloholics web developers.

Freezey the christian wonders about cursing.

Kfey approves of not tipping bartenders.

SkolfromMT is stealing by claiming he is his daughter.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 1:57 pm

Thanks for bringing this feature back – well done!

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  JRobert
25 July 2024 1:59 pm

And your goat video wins the day and probably the whole week.

MT Viking
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 1:57 pm

Love it!

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 1:58 pm

Well done! LOL

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 2:02 pm

Woo Hoo!
A Summary and I even made it into it.
Highlight of my day, so far at least.

JacksonVike
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 2:23 pm

This makes me wonder, how are Ben’s balls doing.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  JacksonVike
25 July 2024 2:27 pm

DE Viking
Reply to  JacksonVike
25 July 2024 2:29 pm

KFEY93
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 2:56 pm

…im sorry, what? When did I say that? lol

bowbunch
Admin
25 July 2024 1:43 pm

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  bowbunch
25 July 2024 2:21 pm

A lot like prison it looks like.
You have to pay rent to the ‘shot caller’ somehow.

bowbunch
Admin
25 July 2024 1:38 pm

DE Viking
25 July 2024 1:26 pm

What does the Corpse In Chief do now that he has been pushed out?

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 1:30 pm

Same as he did before, nap, vacation, show ‘proof of life’ occasionally.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 1:32 pm

Think the usual democrat playbook when a buyout is in order.
Joe rights a book. Terrible but won’t matter.
Soros will buy a million copies and Joe gets taken care of and all is well in the democrat world..

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
25 July 2024 12:11 pm

Treadwell signed with Indy, that is his 8 NFL team.
No doubt he will break out any year now.

https://thevikingage.com/posts/former-vikings-first-round-pick-laquon-treadwell-signs-indianapolis-colts

VikingPhilip
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
25 July 2024 12:35 pm

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Wrenage
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
25 July 2024 2:12 pm

He’s going to end up in the Hall of Fame off longevity.

I am dumbfounded he is still in the league.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Wrenage
25 July 2024 2:23 pm

Physically he has potential.
Teams believe that they are the ones who will unlock that potential.

vikesfanincheeseland
vikesfanincheeseland
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
25 July 2024 2:42 pm

He was just to slow imo. The guy could not get any separation from his defender. He shouldn’t have been a first round pick.

DE Viking
Reply to  vikesfanincheeseland
25 July 2024 3:51 pm

DE Viking
25 July 2024 12:06 pm

He better be with 1st team.

vikesfanincheeseland
vikesfanincheeseland
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 2:46 pm

He looks the part, hopefully our Micah Parsons.

DE Viking
25 July 2024 12:05 pm

To fill the CB hole.

manly-purple
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 12:06 pm

For now. I bet they work on another move.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  manly-purple
25 July 2024 12:08 pm

Is just me or do we have a lot of former Texans?

Having been stationed in Texas for a few years I don’t mind, they are mostly good people.

manly-purple
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
25 July 2024 12:11 pm

I feel that too

DE Viking
Reply to  manly-purple
25 July 2024 12:11 pm

They better be.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 12:13 pm

Maybe another camp body.
Once cutdowns start hopefully they can pick up someone who is too pricy for his current team but is still capable.

manly-purple
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
25 July 2024 12:54 pm

Derby Skol
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 12:08 pm

DE Viking
Reply to  Derby Skol
25 July 2024 12:11 pm

Yep.
Never heard of him before.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
25 July 2024 12:03 pm

Cine at least seems to understand his situation.

“This is huge. This is huge for me, on a personal note. I think I really gotta show out and really ball out and prove why I should be here and why I deserve to be playing in the NFL.”

https://thevikingage.com/posts/lewis-cine-honest-future-with-minnesota-vikings

DE Viking
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
25 July 2024 12:12 pm

Eh. If it’s taken this long to get fired up, there’s a problem.

norseman1
norseman1
25 July 2024 11:37 am

Guess Risner working out at RG. Ingram make or break year maybe.
Saw Stephon Gilmore mentioned as a CB replacement. FA, 33 yrs old, maybe worth a look.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  norseman1
25 July 2024 11:44 am

Sure if he has a year left in the tank and doesn’t break the bank.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
25 July 2024 11:47 am

Maybe a rental for year. If Blackmon had to tear ACL better now than midseason. (lame form of optimism)

Derby Skol
Reply to  norseman1
25 July 2024 11:47 am

I’d rather give one of the Jacksons (JC or Adoree) a try instead. Both coming off down years but only 28 and have played better in previous years.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Derby Skol
25 July 2024 11:51 am

Not sure on skillset on what’s out there but need to bring in bodies for a look.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  norseman1
25 July 2024 11:50 am

Gilmore or someone else. If not, it’s on the pass rush and three deep 18 yards off the LOC.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  JRobert
25 July 2024 12:24 pm

Gilmore?

I would probably go another direction.

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KFEY93
Reply to  norseman1
25 July 2024 12:29 pm

Gilmore has worked with Bflo before

Derby Skol
25 July 2024 11:20 am

Starting to see numbers on the darrisaw contract. Looks like the team can get out reasonable cheap after 2026 and next to nothing after 2027.

DE Viking
Reply to  Derby Skol
25 July 2024 11:57 am

Let’s hope he stays healthy.
If he is still on the roster in 2028 and beyond, the cap hit is around 30 million per year.

But you are correct that most of his guaranteed money hits before then.

Derby Skol
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 12:06 pm

If he plays up to the first few years of the contract, I’m guessing those last 2 years will get restructured to add guaranteed money and lower cap hits.

DE Viking
Reply to  Derby Skol
25 July 2024 12:14 pm

Likely.
Also read a story that they wanted to get Darrisaw done before Slater and Wirfs. Smart move by Kwesi.

Derby Skol
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 12:20 pm

Agreed. Those contracts would have raised his price tag.

DE Viking
25 July 2024 11:11 am

For you younger people, this was the line they used in 2000, when Bush beat Gore.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 11:13 am

She dropped out before they even voted in the first primary that year.

DE Viking
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
25 July 2024 11:59 am

Correct.
I do believe her name was on the ballot in a few before they could remove her name.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 11:15 am

DEI hire. Ain’t got the skills to be mayor of Nimrod Mn. Pop. 69

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 11:52 am

Since the ” Almighty” made this happen, I can only view with ahhhhh

DE Viking
Reply to  JRobert
25 July 2024 11:58 am

You mean Joe lied?
He didn’t mention GOD last night.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 12:06 pm

Well it’s just logic.
Joe said he is always honest and never lies.
Joe says only the Almighty could get him out of race.
Went to sleep Saturday night as the man to save democracy (only him)
Wakes up Few hours later and “has” to pass the torch to save the world.
Had to be the Almighty came to him in his sleep.
Logic.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  JRobert
25 July 2024 12:39 pm

Political Science Logic.

DE Viking
25 July 2024 10:54 am

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 10:56 am

Quite the celebration dance there.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
25 July 2024 11:00 am

Yea pretty solid. She does dance pretty well.
Reminds me of Archie Bell and the dells ( I think) – ” We dance better than we walk”. It’s been a while and most won’t remember them

NoDakRube
Reply to  JRobert
25 July 2024 11:59 am

Most hookers dance pretty well.

DE Viking
Reply to  NoDakRube
25 July 2024 12:01 pm

DE Viking
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
25 July 2024 11:04 am

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 10:59 am

LOL

SkolfromMT
SkolfromMT
25 July 2024 9:57 am

Got an email last night to renew NFL ticket. Had it last year on the student rate of $109 as my daughter was at MSU and used her ID. She is at my place many weekends of the NFL season. Anyhow YouTube wanted me to renew at $109/yr. My daughter has since graduated. I renewed but then started feeling guilty. But then I rationalized” they sent me the offer, I didn’t mislead them.”

Also, if hockey is so great in southern states, why didn’t the Olympic committee award Dallas or Tampa the 2034 winter Olympics in stead of Salt Lake?

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  SkolfromMT
25 July 2024 10:03 am

Can’t answer first question – up to you.
Second – maybe because it would be hard to do Alpine skiing around Tamps and Dallas. It’s kind of flat and not much snow.

MT Viking
Reply to  SkolfromMT
25 July 2024 10:05 am

You’re on to something with the winter Olympics.

The first point is in my opinion a bit of a moral conundrum. Just a brief background anecdote. Good friend of mine during residency, we shared an office, studied hundreds of hours for boards together, went on numerous outings with our wives. He ordered a table saw from somewhere, had waited two weeks for it to be delivered, no one knew where it was. He complained to the company, they shipped out another priority and it was delivered to his driveway two days later. After another two days passed, a second table saw (the original order) arrived, and he was telling me about it next morning. I said well you need to contact them to return it and he said well it is not my fault I got two.

That bugged me. In my moral compass that is stealing from the company. Therefore, we have not been very close since leaving Rochester.

That is how my mind works, just me. I’ll still be your skoloholics bud, but when similar things have happened to me I will contact the company, tell the cashier I handed them a $50 not $100, etc…Funny thing is often the company will say thanks for your honesty, just keep it as it is too big a hassle for us to have it returned.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 10:11 am

Have had that issue and will let the company know.

Now if they expect me to fix their problem (packing up, hauling to shipper, etc) I just let them know it will sitting here waiting for them but not to take too long.

They normally change their tune at that point.

SkolfromMT
SkolfromMT
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 10:33 am

Had similar issue as table saw story with Amazon and a propane heater for my elderly dad to use in a deer blind in the Flathead. Never delivered by Amazon and bought one at local hardware store. Amazon refunded me. Took dog for a walk and UPS guy delivered heater in an unusual place. Notified Amazon and they said keep the heater.

I am obliged to email YouTube. My clear conscience is worth more than 300 or so bux.

JacksonVike
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 1:02 pm

Had this happen last night. Went out to eat, when they brought the bill, it was for someone else and was about half as much as it should have been. Told my wife I could just sign the slip and leave, but I flagged down the server and got it corrected.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  SkolfromMT
25 July 2024 10:07 am

It is always nice when those pesky moral questions work themselves out.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  SkolfromMT
25 July 2024 10:09 am

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vikesfanincheeseland
vikesfanincheeseland
Reply to  SkolfromMT
25 July 2024 10:46 am

No discount for me. I got it halfway through the season last year for half price of course, but now my email says 489.00 for this season. I’m not paying that. I will cancel and maybe pick it back up halfway through again unless they drop the price.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  vikesfanincheeseland
25 July 2024 10:51 am

Almost $500? Yeah that seems a bit stiff for most.

I considered getting it now that I am retired but I figured it would just jinx me and all of the games I watched would be losses.

So I will take one for the team and do without.

vikesfanincheeseland
vikesfanincheeseland
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
25 July 2024 11:06 am

Yup, it says 4 payments of 122.25, and I’m not paying that. It’s no wonder why the NFL has a lawsuit against them for this very reason.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  vikesfanincheeseland
25 July 2024 12:29 pm

I dropped it years ago because the price just kept on going up. That’s a lot of money. They need to come up with a “team” price. If it was reasonable, I would pay to just see the Vikings.

VikesfaninSC
VikesfaninSC
Reply to  VikingPhilip
25 July 2024 1:26 pm

I got Directv YEARS ago because they had the package and the 1st year was free for the NFL pack, I would call yearly after that and tell them—I’m a Vikes fan, don’t watch the others, and I believe in 8 years I paid for the package once(somehow they found a “special” for me). Now that it’s YouTube/Google, I don’t think there will be any “specials” to be had 🙁

DE Viking
Reply to  VikesfaninSC
25 July 2024 1:28 pm

The current lawsuit is trying to force single team packages.
Not saying it will be that much cheaper, but there is hope.

pirateflip
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 2:41 pm

I always hear this type of meme in my head as his voice.

JacksonVike
Reply to  vikesfanincheeseland
25 July 2024 1:03 pm

This, I believe will be the down fall of professional sports. When they all go to streaming, if it costs this much nobody will purchase it and revenues will dry up.

DE Viking
Reply to  SkolfromMT
25 July 2024 11:00 am

If I can address the error easily and return the money I will.
But in this “high tech” society, I can’t even get a human on the phone anymore.

Ordered tires from Walmart online and had them delivered to my local store.
Set up the install. Everything installed and great. I’m a happy camper.

About two weeks later I get an email from Walmart.com saying my refund has been approved. I ignored it and said they don’t know WTF they are doing. A few days later I am refunded for the tires. Email says to call if I have any concerns. So I called to try to tell them they gave me free tires. On hold for 20 minutes with the, “you can go online with AI Bot Chat to resolve any issue”.

I hung up and said eff these guys.
Not my fault.

KFEY93
Reply to  SkolfromMT
25 July 2024 12:31 pm

Never feel guilty about getting something for cheap/free from a multi billion $$$ company. Loop Hole or not. Period. Fuck em.

MT Viking
Reply to  KFEY93
25 July 2024 12:34 pm

Same way I feel about tipping bartenders. Mark up on booze is astronomical, they’re getting PAID. Fuck em.

freezeyface
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 12:39 pm

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Surly Viking
25 July 2024 1:44 pm

I try to overtip too. Believe MT was being a little tongue in cheek. Since we all, or many have 401K.s it’s probably good all those multi million dollar companies actually make money.

MT Viking
Reply to  JRobert
25 July 2024 1:55 pm

Amen, brother.

KFEY93
Reply to  JRobert
25 July 2024 2:58 pm

You have stocks in the NFL/Google?

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  KFEY93
25 July 2024 3:45 pm

Why – you looking for stock advise?

Derby Skol
Reply to  JRobert
25 July 2024 3:47 pm

Stocking advice sounds like a funner conversation.

Stockings on your lady or bare legs?

DE Viking
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 1:30 pm

KFEY93
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 2:57 pm

Ah yes, very comparable. Good thing I dont bartend full time. I hope you’re just being a smart ass.

MT Viking
Reply to  KFEY93
25 July 2024 3:00 pm

I’m just using your logic.

It’s not stealing if the company makes a profit. Therefore, since a bartender makes a wage and the bar makes money, why would you tip them? They make lots of money in other ways. Taking the empty cans down to be recycled, for example.

KFEY93
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 3:06 pm

You’re comparing Billionaires to part time employees in low wage jobs. Thats not my logic at all and you are misunderstanding it greatly. Its not black and white. Its grey. Stealing $300 from a billionaire. They will never know its gone. Stealing $300 from a bartender, they cant afford to feed their family that week. See the difference? Obviously that’s an extreme example but if you are going to try and high road and guilt trip someone for pirating NFL games or getting a discount on NFL ticket…you’re off the mark.

MT Viking
Reply to  KFEY93
25 July 2024 3:09 pm

Do the billionaires employ anyone, or they just run the show themself?

Do the billionaires pay progressive taxes, or do they just not report their income like bartenders don’t report cash tips?

If you aren’t paid handsomely for being a bartender, why do you do it?

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  KFEY93
25 July 2024 3:51 pm

Just a thought. Most of these so called multi million dollar companies are owned by thousands of small investors across the income spectrum.
You shouldn’t steal from anyone and stealing from a large company is not stealing from a billionaire. .

freezeyface
25 July 2024 9:55 am

viking phillip, your pics aren’t loading, you are such an old man

Derby Skol
Reply to  freezeyface
25 July 2024 9:59 am

I see them all

MT Viking
Reply to  Derby Skol
25 July 2024 10:06 am

The servant has become the master, Freezey is dum dum.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  freezeyface
25 July 2024 10:02 am

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DE Viking
Reply to  VikingPhilip
25 July 2024 10:09 am

They are not loading for me either.
It says, “comment image”.
Then when I click it, it needs to verify that I’m human and then loads some small ass picture.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 10:09 am

Same here.

MT Viking
Reply to  FloridaSKOL
25 July 2024 10:11 am

VikingPhilip
Reply to  FloridaSKOL
25 July 2024 10:11 am

Maybe it is a Skoloholics website issue.

I will try to do better.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  VikingPhilip
25 July 2024 10:16 am

I will try to do better.

I also have a bridge for sale.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  VikingPhilip
25 July 2024 10:22 am

In Arizona?

VikingPhilip
Reply to  JRobert
25 July 2024 10:43 am

Where ever you need it, I have one for sale.

vikesfanincheeseland
vikesfanincheeseland
Reply to  VikingPhilip
25 July 2024 10:49 am

I can see them, no issues. I’m on my phone.

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  FloridaSKOL
25 July 2024 10:46 am

I’m seeing the pictures, but when I logged in on my work computer I had to go through an email verification. I logged in on my laptop this morning and everything was normal.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  freezeyface
25 July 2024 10:21 am

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FloridaSKOL
Reply to  VikingPhilip
25 July 2024 10:23 am

DE Viking
25 July 2024 9:19 am

Derby Skol
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 9:34 am

Nice ball, but beating Cine and Booth isn’t too hard.

JacksonVike
Reply to  Derby Skol
25 July 2024 9:37 am

They’re gonna breakout this year.

Derby Skol
Reply to  JacksonVike
25 July 2024 10:06 am

The only breakout they’ll have is pimples.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Derby Skol
25 July 2024 10:12 am

Maybe a rash?
Got to be careful of ‘heat rashes’ over the summer.

DE Viking
Reply to  Derby Skol
25 July 2024 9:39 am

Stop raining on my parade please.

Derby Skol
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 9:44 am

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Derby Skol
25 July 2024 9:47 am

Hawt.

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
25 July 2024 10:46 am

Why are her boobs at her belly button?

vikesfanincheeseland
vikesfanincheeseland
Reply to  bowbunch
25 July 2024 10:51 am

No bra?

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  vikesfanincheeseland
25 July 2024 10:54 am

That’s still beyond 70 year old sag.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  bowbunch
25 July 2024 11:04 am

Either you live in a Playboy Club or I’m coming to Montana.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  JRobert
25 July 2024 11:08 am

Agreed,
I see a busty woman who is slouched and so hanging lower than ‘normal’.

Certainly they are not fake Fembot boobs.

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
25 July 2024 11:12 am

I see an image generate by AI with messed up/unrealistic proportions.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  bowbunch
25 July 2024 11:18 am

My fantasy doesn’t care about any of that.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  bowbunch
25 July 2024 10:53 am

Soggy = Saggy?

Wrenage
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 10:02 am

Darnold is Keenum 2017 2.0, is my fun fantasy. I will manifest it with my belief!

VikingPhilip
Reply to  Wrenage
25 July 2024 10:13 am

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DE Viking
25 July 2024 9:19 am

vikesfanincheeseland
vikesfanincheeseland
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 11:33 am

Maybe #2 receiver to start the season

VikingPhilip
Reply to  vikesfanincheeseland
25 July 2024 12:32 pm

That was my thought.

DE Viking
25 July 2024 9:18 am

SkolfromMT
SkolfromMT
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 9:35 am

Is mostly accurate like “mostly peaceful”?

DE Viking
Reply to  SkolfromMT
25 July 2024 9:38 am

Good point.

NoDakRube
25 July 2024 8:43 am

Its going to be 100 degrees today and sticky…I am going golfing at 1:30. I believe I will ride a cart today.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  NoDakRube
25 July 2024 9:11 am

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DE Viking
Reply to  NoDakRube
25 July 2024 9:13 am

I use a cart everytime, regardless. If it’s above 90, I don’t play. Too hot.
The only time I walk is a par 3 course.
I am old and wimpy.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 9:17 am

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JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 9:28 am

Besides if God had wanted you to walk he wouldn’t have invented golf carts.

DE Viking
Reply to  JRobert
25 July 2024 9:34 am

Correct. At least since I turned 50 and even sooner.
I used to carry my clubs for 36 holes into my 20’s, and carried my clubs up until about 40.

I still want to see Biden play golf and carry his clubs.

I owe Trump an apology.
I figured his golf bragging was just that.
He and DeChambeau scored 50 on a scramble challenge for charity.
Trump got an eagle on his own.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 9:44 am

He’s always been a “hustler” at golf – sneaky good when he needs to be.
I always played golf for fun, not exercise. Once I grew up rode as much as I could. And down in Florida, you have to be nuts to walk.

Derby Skol
Reply to  NoDakRube
25 July 2024 9:13 am

VikingPhilip
Reply to  Derby Skol
25 July 2024 9:19 am

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Derby Skol
Reply to  VikingPhilip
25 July 2024 9:36 am

108 yesterday, 109 is the forecast for today

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Derby Skol
25 July 2024 9:40 am

Our forecast is for only 100 today.
But fires are west of us and the winds are blowing smoke this way.
Had some power outages last couple of days.

Feels kind of like Calif that way. Only nicer and safer.

Derby Skol
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
25 July 2024 9:43 am

Smoke has been thick this direction for a week now. Need a south wind to blow it back to Canaduh.

MT Viking
Reply to  Derby Skol
25 July 2024 9:44 am

I honestly feel awful for the people of Jasper, AB. What a nightmare. That fire moved 12 km in 24 hours.

MT Viking
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 9:45 am

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FloridaSKOL
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 10:15 am

Oh man, that is horrible.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 10:05 am

km?

Knitting moms?
Knight moves?
Koolaid mugs?

MT Viking
Reply to  VikingPhilip
25 July 2024 10:07 am

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FloridaSKOL
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 10:13 am

LOL

VikingPhilip
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 10:18 am

So is it kilometer or kilometre?

MT Viking
Reply to  VikingPhilip
25 July 2024 10:32 am

Yes

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  VikingPhilip
25 July 2024 10:14 am

Kitty Muggers?

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Derby Skol
25 July 2024 9:46 am

Need a south wind’

How often does that happen??
If ours just shifts due west the smoke will miss us.

They are closing I-84 most of the day, Just opening a hour or two at a time to let traffic thru.

MT Viking
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
25 July 2024 9:47 am

Most of the time in Derby and my part of the world south or east winds are harbingers of a storm.

MT Viking
Reply to  Derby Skol
25 July 2024 9:42 am

I was lucky enough to be walking around the hospital campus yesterday when the Knife River truck backed into the 480 V power pole. Sam D was yelling at him to stop but it was too late. Snapped off right at the base, the lines started shivering and I was thinking WTF where do I run. Fortunately the guy wire connecting to the street light across the street stopped it with a twang before it fell on the TCU…and maybe roasted MT Viking.

I had to do acrobatics this morning to plug my computer into a generator powered outlet. The guys are all out there having fun replacing the pole, but they blocked off provider parking. Such a tremendous inconvenience for me to have to park a block away!

Derby Skol
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 9:46 am

A whole block?!?! They should at least send a golf cart for a dignitary such as yourself.

MT Viking
Reply to  Derby Skol
25 July 2024 9:48 am

I know, right? I saw Larry P driving the county bus, should have flagged him down to give me a ride.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 9:49 am

First World Problems are so annoying.

Derby Skol
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 9:50 am

Or catch one of your underlings and have them chauffeur you to the front door.

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  Derby Skol
25 July 2024 10:49 am

Piggy back ride.

Derby Skol
Reply to  bowbunch
25 July 2024 10:56 am

One of his underlings is the CEOs wife, probably shouldn’t be getting a piggy back from her.

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  Derby Skol
25 July 2024 11:05 am

Yeah, and his feet would probably drag on the ground anyway. #TallGuyProblems

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  NoDakRube
25 July 2024 9:27 am

A Florida Pro Tip – beer works well on days like that.

JRobert
JRobert
25 July 2024 8:03 am

QOTD. We ‘need’ a really good DB and they need to figure out a way to get one.

freezeyface
Reply to  JRobert
25 July 2024 8:04 am

we aren’t competing for the division this year let alone a run in the playoffs….we don’t NEED a really good DB

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  freezeyface
25 July 2024 8:12 am

Not sure why that matters? So we wait until we get all the pieces together and are competing, and then we we get one. Sooner or later we need to put together a quality defense.

Wrenage
Reply to  JRobert
25 July 2024 8:09 am

I will lace them up as a stopgap for one season. I’m not playing for less than $15 million, though. Harrison Smith can even mentor me with his ancient wisdom.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Wrenage
25 July 2024 8:17 am

I guess I’m in the minority around here. I believe you put the best quality product on the field that you can every year. there are no throw away years.

NoDakRube
Reply to  JRobert
25 July 2024 8:41 am

Wrenage
Reply to  JRobert
25 July 2024 9:09 am

Unfortunately, the people who own the teams don’t think that way.

freezeyface
25 July 2024 7:59 am

so you are telling me one of our cornerbacks died and another tore his ACL in the first practice of the year?

we are cursed.

freezeyface
Reply to  Surly Viking
25 July 2024 8:02 am

metallica autorec

VikingPhilip
Reply to  freezeyface
25 July 2024 9:23 am

Aren’t these things supposed to happen in 3s? Does Addison count as number three or is another shoe about to drop?

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SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  VikingPhilip
25 July 2024 9:33 am

3 shoes?

Seems odd.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
25 July 2024 10:07 am

Don’t be a xenophobe.

vikesfanincheeseland
vikesfanincheeseland
Reply to  VikingPhilip
25 July 2024 11:01 am

Yes, Addison counts! Nothing but good rest of season.

MT Viking
Reply to  freezeyface
25 July 2024 9:38 am

3-14 here we come!

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 9:41 am

Good thing we kept that #1 pick for 2025.

MT Viking
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
25 July 2024 9:48 am

Amen. Let’s not trade a 1 and 4 to Philly for a CB.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 9:51 am

What would you give up or trade for to get a young shut down corner?

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  JRobert
25 July 2024 9:53 am

Do we know in advance that the player we are getting is ‘a young shut down corner’??

It seems like we have been wrong about that before. “Once burned twice shy” and all.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
25 July 2024 9:58 am

Always going to be some risk. Less of a gamble than picking a QB.

MT Viking
Reply to  JRobert
25 July 2024 9:55 am

Addison and Cine

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 9:59 am

Probably will need to throw in some towels and a water bucket.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 9:51 am

I would pray that KAM has evolved past pulling stuff like that.
Two years ago he might have.

KFEY93
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 12:34 pm

Not too much different than 7-9, 8-9! In-fact its better!

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  KFEY93
25 July 2024 12:49 pm

Yeah KFEY, here’s what we have next year:

2025 First Rounder
2025 Fifth Rounder
2025 Fifth Rounder (via Browns)

Yep, that’s it. This is the perfect time to have high draft picks.

JacksonVike
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
25 July 2024 1:05 pm

But, if we have a #1 pick, we could trade that for a haul, and end up with a 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  JacksonVike
25 July 2024 1:37 pm

So let’s bomb for a high draft pick, and not use it. OK, I get that.

JacksonVike
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
25 July 2024 1:43 pm

I’m not saying we should bomb on purpose, but if we do we can trade the high 1st pick. If we are looking to get a solid DB, we don’t necessarily need the #1 pick to get him we can trade back to a top 10-15 and get a 2nd and 3rd.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
25 July 2024 1:49 pm

Is this some new management theory – ‘suck your way to prosperity.’
Wish I had known about it, would have saved a lot of angst and gray hair.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  JRobert
25 July 2024 2:02 pm

Well this is the prevailing thought around here. It’s fine to 3-14 because you know, that’s the same as going 8-9 or 9-8. AND we get a better draft pick.

Personally, I want to field as competitive a team as I can every year.

MT Viking
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
25 July 2024 2:23 pm

I don’t know if this is tongue in cheek or in the spirit of a little back and forth snark.

I have made the 3-14 assertion. Not because it is pleasing, but because we are fielding Darnold and a rookie (downgrade at QB). If they do better, awesome. I repeated the 3 win assertion today because we are bombed out at CB, running the same Flores defensive scheme that was picked apart second half of last season, with minor upgrades at defensive line.

Now we could hypothetically trade next year’s first rounder and pick up a “shut down” CB, which IMHO would only incrementally improve our win total.

Knowing that we are short of draft picks but will be moving into our sweet spot of a rookie QB contract, I would prefer we have far more early round picks than we currently have. So, hypothetically again, if we can trickle down from a top 5 spot into the lower half of the first round through a couple of trade backs to teams looking for “QBOTF” or “their guy” while acquiring some 2nd and 3rd round picks, I see that as a “management theory.” After all, we have our potential QBOTF.

I don’t think teams tank for draft order. I think the Vikings just won’t match up well against their opponents. The implication is that I want the team to lose 14 games out of perverse pleasure of getting a #1 draft pick. That is not correct.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 2:33 pm

Well expressed.

If we end up ‘sucking’ then it is best to make the best lemonade we can with those lemons.

That is not the same thing as hoping for it all to go bad, just finding the best use of whatever silver lining comes along.

JacksonVike
Reply to  MT Viking
25 July 2024 2:46 pm

You said it better than I could have, I feel the same way. If we have are going to have a down year, this would be a good year to do it.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
25 July 2024 4:02 pm

Here’s my problem with the suck theory for us at this time.
Lions and Packers have top seven teams and really good QB play. Bears actually have there act together and have a very first rate QB prospect. And if he’s real, we’ll end up last in the division.
Ok expected right. You think Packers, Lions or Bears are going to be worst the following year? Highly doubt it.
So, get a bunch of picks and save up money, you’re still last and once there is it hard as hell to get out of it.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  JRobert
25 July 2024 4:05 pm

And hope I don’t come across as preaching – know you know. I just don’t buy the tanking stuff.

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  JRobert
25 July 2024 4:09 pm

The Packers, Lions and Bears won’t look as good when they’re losing 2 games each every year to the Vikings.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  bowbunch
25 July 2024 4:17 pm

And Trump will win the entire electorial college.

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  JRobert
25 July 2024 4:18 pm

Nah, MN is too commie. Might get 45 states though.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  bowbunch
25 July 2024 4:24 pm

If Trump can win 45 states, then we can win the SB this year.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
25 July 2024 1:35 pm

And a probable 3rd round comp pick.

#nojinx

DE Viking
25 July 2024 6:51 am

Love the band Police !!
Might be one of my top 5 groups of all time.

JacksonVike
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 9:36 am

Worked with a guy that hated the Police, mostly Sting. So, every time I worked with him I would sing Police songs loud and poorly.

DE Viking
Reply to  JacksonVike
25 July 2024 10:13 am

R O X A N N E…..

My wifes name BTW

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  JacksonVike
25 July 2024 10:50 am

Don’t most people dislike police stings?

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  bowbunch
25 July 2024 1:36 pm

They do it they are the ones getting stung.

JacksonVike
Reply to  bowbunch
25 July 2024 1:44 pm

Mostly just the criminals.

DE Viking
25 July 2024 6:49 am

They just signed Duke Shelley, but they will probably need to get another DB.

manly-purple
25 July 2024 6:41 am

AotD: They’ll sign someone.

Wrenage
25 July 2024 6:17 am

It is only 6:17 a.m., and I am already falling asleep. This might be a pickle of a day.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  Wrenage
25 July 2024 9:24 am

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JacksonVike
Reply to  VikingPhilip
25 July 2024 9:41 am

Lighten up Francis

JacksonVike
25 July 2024 6:05 am

AotD:

That sucks that Blackman tore his ACL, I thought this would be a big year for him. I believe they will go after someone. Maybe Xavien Howard.

DE Viking
Reply to  JacksonVike
25 July 2024 6:48 am

That sucks that Blackman tore his ACL,

Isn’t that our current Secretary of Defense?

President Joe Biden forgot the name of his own Secretary of Defense, referring to Lloyd Austin as the “Black man” 

Wrenage
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 7:11 am

I think that is Black Guy.

I might have him confused with Black Dude, though…

VikingPhilip
Reply to  Wrenage
25 July 2024 9:14 am

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SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  DE Viking
25 July 2024 9:34 am

Well Plaid.

JacksonVike
25 July 2024 6:01 am

Skol, it’s Thorsday

FTP

FT*

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