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Media Selection – Good song for Father’s Day tomorrow
Question of the Day- Who/what was the main reason you became a Vikings fan? For me, it was my mom and her dad.
Twinkies win a real pitchers duel 8-7 to sweep the A’s.
3 games against Tampa Bay, sub 500, and then to Oakland next weekend.
Rory choked this tournament away.
Hardest shot in golf and Dechambeau made a sensational long bunker shot on 18.
And yes, Rory choked too.
He did. They were both doing their best to choke it away.
Rory takes the lead at the U.S. Open as Dechambeau bogies the 12th. Rory has a birdie putt from 5 feet to take a 2 shot lead.
And…. Rory sinks the birdie!!!!
Dechambeau misses more fairways than Lifer!
Laughing… sadly Rory misses a two and a half foot putt for par on 16. Drops him back into a tie with DeChambeau.
This is crazy golf. The two greatest major champions – Nicklaus and Woods – would have worn their 3 wood ( Jack ) and 5 wood stinger ( Tiger ) on a tight course like this. Yet these two guys keep banging the crap out of their drivers – in the rough.
I think DeChambeau will win this on the 18th.
Rory choked because he banged his driver and not his wood the way Tiger and Nicklaus would have?
Is Rorys wife ok with him banging his driver? Tigers wife got sick and tired of all of his extracurricular banging he was doing.
Twins win 6-2 1st 2 today.
Double header to make up for yesterdays rain out.
I see the puppet had to be led off stage last night by Obama. No worries lefties, nothing but smooth sailing from here out.
I honestly can’t watch that stuff. It’s too galling to know THAT is our President.
And Trump was meeting with Pastor at a black church in Detroit.
Pastor said Obama and Biden ‘Never came to the Hood’.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/detroit-pastor-thanks-trump-visiting-the-hood-biden-obama-who-never-came-attend-la-fundraiser
Have you seen the “Trump 2024. No tax on Tips” thing going on?
I might join in on that.
He was in Vegas for that announcement, huge for the workers there.
There is a push on Twitter to write “Trump 2024. No tax on Tips” on your receipts
Cant find it right now.
Its a good idea to get the message out.
A really smart political move by Trump. Now watch some stupid ass Repub like Romney say it isn’t a good thing to do.
Romney is right for a Rhino.
Here’s a tweet.
https://x.com/Sassafrass_84/status/1802026634457071853
Damn that’s a hell of a tip for a $25 hamburger!
That’s the beauty of this idea.
Tip them well with the note.
Imagine how many people working in a city this might influence.
Remember when the Democrats were against the ‘big donors’ in politics as they could influence elections far more than the ordinary guy.
Dems are driving this country down for the sake of power. Left can’t see beyond their nose.
I’m a Viking fan cuz i’m Norwegian and i like to get punished year in and out.
FTP
Laughing… so hard.
Open getting tight. MaC hits a nice shot and ends up in bunker. I don’t like easy courses but Pinehurst sucks.
That was crazy… just watched it. Smoked his second shot and got screwed big time.
We still have seven players under par. This is the US Open and should be really tough – and golf isn’t always fair, but a good way to test one’s metal.
My bad shoulder is telling me Dechambeau falls apart.
I have no fave, playoff hole(s) ok with me.
Could happen.
Its down to who screws up the least I’m afraid.
QotD
Still don’t really know. Purple is my favorite color?
Just a shade darker than pink?
We laughed at the Counselor who wore pink in prison.
Do the oilers have anything left after last nights outburst?
Not sure who this reporter is but he dosen’t seem to be drinking enough Purple Cool Aid and thinks we could start 0-6 this season.
Vic Tafur of the Athletic says
“I don’t have much faith in either Sam Darnold — still getting chances as believers think the switch is finally going to flip in Year 7 — or college hand-off specialist J.J. McCarthy as a rookie. The Vikings also don’t have a very good defense and have a tough schedule. If they don’t beat the Giants on the road in the opener, there is a good chance they’re 0-6. Unless you see a win over the 49ers, Texans, Packers, Jets or Lions”
https://thevikingage.com/posts/reporter-shares-why-minnesota-vikings-chance-start-0-6-2024
@wins aren’t a QB stat@
‘The Vikings also don’t have a very good defense’
Are they a Defensive stat?
We’ve been told it’s not fair to blame it on the QB.
I guess it’s fine this year.
Thinking a good QB is pretty important.
The better Team you have the less you have to have a ‘great’ QB.
A bad QB would need a great team to be successful, ala Corpse Of Manning Donkos.
Think just having a ‘good QB’ is table stakes. Won’t guarantee wins, but you’re going to lose a lot if the QB isn’t at least good.
DE would change his tune immediately if McCarthy played like Cousins and the team didn’t win. THEN wins wouldn’t be a QB stat.
Wins are always a QB stat.
The team and the outcome, is always a reflection of the QB.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Even if Darnold (or JJ) plays well, and maybe the defense too, we could still start 1-6 with that schedule.
It is possible.
Of course at this point all things are possible.
My son says he is going to barbecue for us today. Bought hamburgers, hot dogs, etc. No buns. Off to the store I go!
Have fun getting the ratio of buns to ‘burgers and dogs’ right.
Got 5 texts from my wife, while I was at the store, need this, need that.
Got home and my Father’s Day gift was waiting for me. Super Bowl Ball fron Super Bowl XXII. Redskins vs the Bronco’s, January 31st, 1988.
The Teacher usually just tells me what to get and then reminds me of what she/we forget once I get back.
At least she doesn’t blame me as long as I got everything on the ‘original list’.
SB XXII have any significant meaning for you? Think I was in Ft Carson for it, don’t recall anything special about it other than lots of annoying Donko fans in Colorado Springs.
I grew up in Northern Va, and was by default a Redskins fan from 1960 on. Super Bowl 22 was epic, as the Bronco’s scored on their first play from scrimmage on a bomb from Elway, and of course things looked bad early on. Then, in a blink of an eye, the Redskins scored 35 points in 18 plays, and the game was over by halftime. Joe Gibbs decided to start a rookie RB named Timmy Smith, who set a Super Bowl rushing record with 204 yards on 22 carries. He played exactly one game in his NFL career.
And then followed the Vikings because of one player?
However he got here I, for one, am glad that he is here.
Yea me too. Suppose a Univ. of Michigan fan who also rooted for the Lions changed to Vikings because JJ was here – seems like a good thing to me.
Not to mention Ms Kathy who came here due to Teddy.
No, I always loved the Vikings. Of course as a child in Northern Va in the 60’s we didn’t get many Vikings games, but they have always been one of my favorite teams.
Shame on you. You’re a second class fan because your family didn’t come over on the Mayflower.
Laughing. Growing up I had three brothers. My older brother had a Redskins helmet, I had a Vikings helmet, my next younger brother had an Eagles helmet, and my youngest brother had a Rams helmet. We were quite the sight playing football in our backyard.
A game that demonstrates what a journeyman back can do running behind a great offensive line.
Timmy Smith was a rookie in 1987, when I thought he played his one and only game for the Redskins in the Super Bowl, but I was wrong. He played in 22 NFL games in his career. He played for the Redskins the following season, in 1988, although I don’t remember him at all. Then he played in one game for Dallas the next year.
I remember this game vividly. And those great Redskins teams. Doug Williams and the Posse were fun to watch. I’ve heard stories that Timmy Smith was told just minutes before kickoff that he was starting. Darrell Green, Charles Mann, Dexter Manly, The Hogs – the 80’s/90’s Skins were legit. Mark Rypien threw arguably the best deep ball in the league in the early 90’s….
Yep… the Skins were really a cast of characters back then. Won three Super Bowls with three different QB’s. Art Monk and Darrell Green were my two favorite Redskins.
Art Monk – still remember him becoming the all time catch leader on MNF against Denver. At the time the career record was under 900. Now several guys, including TE’s have gone over the 1000 catch mark.
I met him in Georgetown restaurant and he was a great guy. Very congenial.
Very soft spoken and religious.
Happy Father’s Day all you dads. My first greeting was from my daughter yesterday evening. She is traveling and it was already Father’s Day where she is. The boys communicate like I do so it will probably be late afternoon before I hear from them. It’s not going to be a really happy day however as I am going to the funeral of the 34 year old son of an old friend.
Condolences on your/your friends loss.
Sons and Daughters are so different that way.
Easier being a guy, I tell The Teacher that all the time, she just rolls her eyes.
Thanks.
And yes, all three kids are different. Boy no. 1 called while we were out to eat with my niece and her family, which was unusual because he is usually last. However, I heard his wife in the background, so she probably reminded him. On our way home from the funeral boy no. 2 finally sent a text.
While the funeral was a sad occasion, it was nice to reconnect with my old friend and to see people I have not seen in years.
Guess i’ll watch the Open today when leaders go off. Kind of sick of Pinehurst. Golfers attack the flag and get punished. Greens are awful.
That’s what makes it the event that it is. The toughest golf tournament on American soil.
Only 4 players under par, currently.
QotD: For me it started on Jan 11, 1970. Super Bowl 4. I was almost 9 years old and we just happened to be visiting my aunt and uncle, who lived near the Twin Cities. They had the game on TV. I became an instant fan.
At our house (out in the west central farm lands of MN), we never got any of the games on TV, so I never paid much attention to the NFL. My Dad was never a fan (and still isn’t) so there was never a push to watch the games..
After that game, I started reading about the Vikings in newspapers and magazines and would listen to them on the radio. I became a life-long fan after that!
SKOL!!!
Just once before I die!
Happy Dads Day.
Have my 2 kids, 4 from my brother (2 adopted) that I helped raise once he passed in ’99 and The Teachers 3 kids who I am officially ‘Dad’ to but more like a friendly partner to their mom.
Life is complicated, being a dad is about much more than just Biology.
That is some very impressive parenting, SoCal. You are a great man for taking on those kids. God Bless!
It was a family thing, he would have done the same for my kids if the situation was reversed.
I was told often that ‘the kids were lucky to have me in their lives’, my response was ‘they were so screwed to have lost their dad and not have him in their lives’.
I was a small patch on a huge hole was all.
Mad respect SoCal – it takes a helluva man to raise another man’s children, regardless of the circumstances.
The Teachers kids have a complicated relationship with their Dad, lots of drama. I don’t try to ‘Parent’ them, just try to be supportive and give advice/help but only when asked.
I have been told that they appreciate that as they get enough ‘advice’ (AKA told what to do) from their Bio-Dad.
I’m sure there’s a special place for someone who raises 9 kids. You deserve all the credit in the world. Few, few people would do that.
I appreciate the kind words but I think I’m being given too much credit.
My kids after the divorce were hard to get close to as the Ex used them like a Matadors Red Cape, draw me in and then stab me once I was close enough. We resolved our issues after they moved out on their own and we had some long talks.
Brothers kids were actually helping me deal with my issues after my divorce, loss of my brother, retiring from the Army/relocating back to Calif.
The Teachers kids I am more on friendly terms, most that can be said is I am trying to be the Good Role Model that their Bio-Dad isn’t.
I feel I am just bumbling along trying to make as few mistakes as possible, nothing more than that.
Regardless of reason, I’m confident they all appreciate you for being there for them.
Well none seem to be upset at me, I’ll take that as a win at this point.
Well my daughter can be a bit ‘prickly’ at times but we are good at the moment.
#hope
That resonates with me, for sure. I know I mess up a ton, but I am doing the best I can.
“The Best You Can Do Is The Best You Can Do’.
No one can complain about you giving it your best.
You can try to learn from your mistakes so that next time your best is a little bit better.
But that is all part of ‘doing your best’ IMHO.
I was kind of thinking that at church today when they were saying so many good things about dads. I feel like I was just an average dad. They all survived and all have jobs and are surviving on their own, so I figured I did something right. It was probably mostly my wife that did the amazing job.
Busy busy busy….
Awesome that you took on others kids as your own!
They are all grown and on their own now.
Not so much ‘busy busy busy’ for me now.
Thank goodness, hard enough doing all this moving/selling without kidlets running around.
Happy Father’s Day! Looking forward to a relaxing day. Wife is making a nice Prime Rib dinner, yum!
Happy Father’s Day.
Little strange being both a father and a son.
My Dad died 12 years ago. I miss him but do talk with him everyday. Never too old to get get advice. Still trying to be as good as him.
Have a wonderful day all!
My father is still alive, but dementia has pretty much taken him from us.
His body is alive, but he has no clue who I am. Last three times I visited it was for me, not him. I think I am done going to see him.
Sorry – that is a terrible disease. God Bless him.
Condolences.
Hey Surly, I can totally relate to your situation. Terrible circumstances for anyone to go through. I feel for you. Condolences.
My mom had dementia, but not as bad as your dad. It still was tough. She would call and in a ten minute talk she would ask what day it was about 5 times.
Happy Father’s Day to all those who have lived through the joys of child rearing (and still are). Son got me a nice card with a $50 Golf gift certificate.
14 comments? Not much need for the Z key today.
FTP
It really is the dead season. Basically 6 weeks till training camp, and the hype machine gets going again.
Even then mostly hot air until September.
I started getting into American Football around the end of the last century. I needed a team to follow, and long story short, I picked the Vikings. Still not regretting it.
So you are not a US citizen?
I thought maybe you were born in the US and moved over the pond.
No, I was born in Hungary and live in Austria.
I hope to get back to Europe again.
Stationed there for 6 years, 3 in Berlin/3 in Stuttgart, The Teacher has never been.
Maybe a relaxing River Cruse followed by a train ride thru the Alps (Dream Vacation for The Teacher).
SKOL brother!
I don’t really remember one thing that made me a Viking’s fan. We moved to Minnesota when I was 6. My parents were not sports fans, nor were my grandparents. My brother and friends liked football and I liked to play pickup football. My brother was a Dallas fan since we were born in Texas. Back in the day, the Vikings were broadcast on WCCO AM radio, which was the station my mom liked to listen to. She never listened to sports, but I started to at some point in time. We didn’t have a tv. I listened to Vikings games (I don’t recall the announcers) and I listened to a lot of Gopher sports. Both football and basketball were announced by Ray Christianson. He did it all, he didn’t even have a color commentator, at least not on basketball. But I digress. At some point, I was addicted to Vikings football. And as usual with addictions, there can be a lot of pain and suffering.
I remember some of the WCCO radio stuff to.
But I guess we were rich. We had a black and white TV. But back then, the home games were not televised much.
I listened to a lot of Twins games on WCCO radio also. I had many fond memories of Herb Carneal and John Gordon. I’m old, so I remember when John Gordon was the new guy. I kind of remember Frank Quilici but I don’t really recall to many other names. Then they brought in Dan Gladden. He is annoying. It was interesting to look up the names and see that Ray Christianson also was on the broadcast team for about 3 years back in the early 70s.
My favorite memories of deer hunting with my father, was heading back to the car for lunch, and listening to Gopher/Vikings football on WCCO. After lunch, and the required nap, we headed back out to the stands prior to dusk.
QotD: Thanksgiving Day, 1987
Vikings beat Dallas in a wild 44-38 OT win that featured Leo Lewis being a stud, Mike Renfro from the Cowboys catching 3 TD passes (and getting drug out of the end zone and dropped on his head by Joey Browner) AC was clutch – and later that year torched SF in the playoffs – and the Vikes won on a Darrin Nelson walk off TD run. Vikes also demolished the vaunted Dome Patrol in Nola that year and later lost to the Skins in the NFCCG (as you all well know) – but it was that ride to misery that cemented my Vikings fandom for life.
The next day, my first real experience at Husker heartbreak was watching Oklahoma and Keith Jackson pull off ‘Sooner Magic’ and beat Nebraska and dash our title hopes at the time.
Victory and Agony within 24 hours. I was 9.
SKOL & GBR!
Good one.
Yep. I remember that stretch well.
The year the Vikings “backed into the playoffs”
Saints were the heavy favorites in WC round and all the headlines were the who dat who dat BS.
Star & Tribune headline after the game:
”Who dat gonna beat those Saints?
Vikings ! Dats who”
QOTD:
Probably my dad.
My dad was not a sports fan in general.
But I think it was when the Vikings went to Super Bowl 4 is when it all started.
My grandma was a bigger sports fan and probably had some influence. I believe she went to the Super Bowl against the dolphins at Rice Stadium.
My dad wasn’t a fan at all. My mother was a fan of local sports occasionally.
My older brother got into sports and dragged me into it so he would have someone to talk to/compete with.
He ‘didn’t allow’ me to root for the local (his) teams and since the Vikings were beating the Rams in some epics games back then they became my team.
Love the sibling rivalary!
Both my brothers went against the Vikings for whatever reason. My older brother loved the Rams and my younger brother loves the Panthers.
Viking wins were all that much sweeter when the beat the Rams and shut my brother down.
Don’t remember them losing to them so I even started to bet with him on their games.
SBs broke me of the ‘bet on my favorite team’ habit.
#sad
First?
Unpossible!!
Oh and FTP!!