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The Vikings have signed Jamal Adams, not sure what the means in terms of Harrison Smith coming back, Adams has predominately played LB the last couple years and was never particularly great in coverage but Flores must think there’s a way he can use him in his defense. We’ll see how it goes and if he makes the 53.
Veterans report today for camp, first open practice is August 1st.
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Kody Clemens up in the bottom of the 9th, 2 strikes, two outs, bases loaded, down 3-0 and hits a walk off grand slam to get the Twinkies to .500 on the year.
Not sure if this is a good thing or not with the Trade Deadline coming up.
https://www.twinkietown.com/minnesota-twins-scores/55835/twins-4-royals-3-clemens-delivers-the-best-and-worst-win-of-the-season
Sitting on the porch enjoying a glass of homemade blueberry wine, watching the hummingbirds recreate the scene from Independence Day when they send the fighters after the mother ship and all those aliens come swarming out and attacking.
Why can’t they just get along?
Sitting on the porch? Have you been talking to NLNVF?
‘blueberry wine’
Seems a waste of good blueberries, they belong in a pie.
Just got suckered into clicking on some headlines posted in the past 2 hours saying that there were “new developments” and “concerning news” for JJM regarding the QB competition.
Speculation and Regurgitation, nothing new. They lied. Again.
Anytime I’m tempted to click I’m almost immediately pessimistic about the satisfaction that will follow
It’s all about clicks.
They will trick you into clicking.
Take for example a news story.
Same story on 15 different sites.
All with a different “click line” to get you to click.
Sounds like most of our politicians
Summary the last couple days:
Rob was first
DE believes the Vikings will win the SB because training camp started
Surly makes obligatory comment
PA apologizes because Flo-Rida has to watch ESPN, he also describes B-flo’s holidays
Socal doesn’t know if Jamal Adams needs to raise his hand
MT is perplexed by bees
Socal is sad because there isn’t enough discord on the site, wishes we were more like his whining nieces and nephews
DE once did a 79, not sure what that is but its not a 69
Surly’s favorite hole is #1
PA stroked it 5 times better last Friday
DE suggests WY gets fornicated second
Bow thinks buying milk would get you arrested
MT reports the local Hardees has pissy pickles
Socal wants to kill cows because they pass gas
Benjammin pissed on a turtle
Black Hills discussion
Foreskinface wants to go to MT’s library
Jackson thinks the vikings should eat discount food
Mjolnir doesn’t think MT can follow Mr. Miagi’s lessons
North is considering buying new clothes because of hairless insects
MT watches videos online where they don’t use protection, he always uses protection to keep stuff out of his nose
MT transferred his queen so she could make ferry moans
Socal reports the homicidal tramps are done with Wentz
DE reports that the potato needs retirement funds
Soda Slut post
Tails is for midgets reports pirate
Bow barks about a ponder jersey, won’t let his wife dress him
PeterPlaysSkinflute showed up, MT says he’s on drugs
Surly reports that McCarthy has not been compensated for departure
Jackson is going to be gawking at rodents this year
Mjolnir is looking forward to a middling race
Bow wants you all to jump on the Montana musical cart
Surly thinks PJ Fleck is so good at distributing diminished lemons that he is able to stay above the basement
Skinflute wants Lions fans hidden
DE thinks dancing around with team employees is talent
MT fills in for Alaskans
This probably sucks, I’m a bit out of practice
Nicely done!
PS I checked on the caged queen in the nuc hive last night. I know you guys could GAF and it is the hobby of weirdos but she had been caged for ten days and was probably debating her life choices. The hive was much calmer, nice susurration noises, foragers were coming and going. I decided to not suit up or smoke, put on magnifying glasses so I could really see the action. The bees clustered around her cage were in feeding posture, not stinging posture. The attendant bees that the queen raiser put in with her were all dead, presumptively from dehydration. Set her aside, double checked the nuc to make sure there was no queen in residence or eggs, opened up her little cage, and after a few seconds she walked out, immediately surrounded in a semicircle by a dozen workers, and they all stuck out their tongues to feed and water her. It really was cool to watch.
Now THAT’s kinky.
Especially when you realize they are all female.
So you raise lesbian bee hives?
It worked for Disney and their space witches and he is in Glendive sooo…
That’s how they prevented reproduction in Jurassic Park!
Man this post would have given me so much fodder for the summary
That’s why I waited…
We do GAF MT. I do anyway, I enjoy your bee stories. I knew a couple that used to do the bee thing until the black bear sightings became more normal around my area. It really is an amazing process that they do.
Thank you for the encouragement. They are amazing insects.
Good to see this !!
I still love these
I enjoy doing them, I laugh a lot typing them up, I had a job change a year or so ago but just quit so I’ve got some time to do it again
NICE
Benjammin leaving his job….
Nothing for me 🙁
You didn’t say anything hyperbolic or sarcastic that I could take out of context
“Kfey93 must still be on the porch since he hasn’t commented”
“Let me in pa, its getting cold out here on the Kirkstan Porch”
“KFEY’s lady friend took 2nd place in a hot competition because one lady cheated, then he didn’t even show us a picture!”
from a previous thread, but still
lmao! …those Bikini pics on my phone are for ME! and ME only lol
haha, fair enough
Usually its the opposite. I must be tired.
Kick it up a notch!!
Well done
3 mentions, my Mom would be so proud.
Course she is 93 so if I don’t tell her it was a multi-day thread she will never know.
Oh sure. The few days I’m too busy to comment and we get a summary. Ben hates me.
LOL, maybe next time
Anyone remember the Pacifist Viking blog? Or Grant’s Tomb?
I miss those.
Also: Football Outsiders.
Pacifist and Viking go together about as well as lamb and tuna fish
Agreed, but he was a fun blogger
Week 1: Sept. 13 vs. Green Bay Packers
Home? Huge WIN
1-0
Week 2: Sept 20 @ Chicago Bears
Embarrassing LOSS
1-1
Week 3: Sept 27 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
LOSS
1-2
Week 4: Nov. 4 vs. Miami Dolphins
WIN
2-2
Week 5: Nov. 11 vs. New Orleans Saints
WIN
3-2
Week 6: BYE
LOSS (injury or scandal or both)
3-2
Week 7: Oct. 25 vs. Indianapolis Colts
WIN
4-2
Week 8: Nov. 1 @ Detroit Lions
LOSS
4-3
Week 9: Nov. 9 vs. Buffalo Bills (Monday)
LOSS
4-4
Week 10: Nov. 15 @ Green Bay Packers
LOSS
4-5
Week 11: Nov. 22 @ San Francisco 49ers (in Mexico City)
LOSS
4-6
Week 12: Nov. 29 vs. Atlanta Falcons
WIN
5-6
Week 13: Dec. 6 vs. Carolina Panthers
WIN
6-6
Week 14: Dec. 12 @ New England Patriots (Thursday)
LOSS
6-7
Week 15: Dec. 20 vs. Detroit Lions
WIN
7-7
Week 16: TBD vs. Washington Commanders
LOSS (If Jayden Daniels is still healthy)
7-8
Week 17: Jan. 1 @ New York Jets
WIN
8-8
Week 18: TBD vs. Chicago Bears
WIN
9-8
miss playoffs
Thanks PPB !!
No need to watch any games now.
I will just find something else to do this fall.
well, good reason to watch half of ’em, anyway
I think they beat the redskins and make the playoffs, one and done of course but they make it
I love the bye result.
I see four wins on that schedule.
Ok kodiak
Someone needed to step up and take the mantle.
LOL
Rec for the bye week loss.
However, you are wrong. 10+ wins this year.
That would be sweet.
But then what? When will the laughable playoff loss occur?
first round. Obviously
This guy is a Vikings fan
2027 season.
One of my favorite parts of the Fauci trial so far:
“What is the color of your tie?”
“On the advice of counsel, I am invoking the 5th…”
LOL
It was an important question as you are only suppose to invoke the 5Th about questions that might incriminate you.
Maybe it was an incriminating tie??
His tie has stocks in Phyzer
It also served another purpose: to embarass Fauci
And it served that purpose very well also.
He does look stupid, I wouldn’t want to be in his shoes because…
-it is not a trial…there is no cross examination or legal decorum
-having been in non court room depositions and panel investigations into malpractice (radiologists are frequently pulled into malpractice cases even when they have done nothing wrong) it is not as easy as it looks on TV. Lawyers live in the courtroom environment. They understand the process much more than a layperson. They play games to try and get the defendant to perjure or incriminate themselves. I have been coached to keep my answers short and by the book, you do not offer up a “but if the right clinical question had been asked…” as that opens up a can of worms, no matter how the lawyer berates you, offers you a PB&J sandwich, compliments you on your outstanding knowledge base, etc.
Therefore, I wouldn’t fall into the trap of well gee I can tell them the day of the week if counsel had told me do not answer any questions.
That makes a lot of sense to me, but it’s effective politicking to have most Americans think “he can’t even answer a question about the color of his tie??”
Bears’ opponents are going to take ’em more seriously in the 4th quarter this season, right? Could not believe their luck last year.
Their turn over rate was unsustainable. It was very similar to the Vikings 2016 defense which did eventually fold down the stretch run that year. Its the one metric that NEVER carries over to the next year because they are luck based. I still think every NFCN team will be between 7-10 wins. Its gonna be ugly.
Turnover luck and close game W/L record seem to be among the most volatile stats (in that they nearly always regress to the mean after an anomalous run).
I still think that betting against the spread can be predictably profitable in the first 2 or 3 weeks of the season based on most bettors’ biases toward the previous season’s W/L records, especially when exacerbated by turnover luck or close game W/L well above or below .500
Also many bettors are undereducated on coaching changes and FA moves outside of the few flashy headlines.
I’d lean towards a regression back to the mean for Da Bears, if I were betting.
So when they ‘suck’ do/can they ‘regress’ back up to the mean??
This is true, I haven’t looked at the other NFCN teams schedules yet, think I will do that today. Prepare for betting.
Jordan Love has zero division titles. Hope that continues.
@13 WORLD TITLES !!!!!!!@
That’s always puker fans fall back argument.
Kind of like “OrangeMan Bad” with the Trumpster.
LOL, yup.
Don’t think too hard about that Venn Diagram, though. Trump won Wisconsin. Even Reagan couldn’t get Minnesota. (eyeroll)
Only because a Minnesotan was running for the Dems.
true, but still
FTP!
I’ve seen enough, give JJ the job.
It’s his to lose, isn’t it?
Yeah, because dancing around and throwing to a team employee screams talent!!
I’ll believe it when I see it in a real game.
Assuming he doesn’t go McFragile before then.
At least he didn’t miss the throw like the midget. I know, have to give Kyler a break though since he has a hard time seeing over the grass.
Yeah.
Good point.
Staff will have to make sure they vacuum the field so the Midget doesn’t get blinded by the build up of particles on the turf.
Takes the lead in what? Dance off competition?
Will Detroit bounce back this season?
The Lions won the division in ’23 and ’24, but came in 4th last year despite their 9-8 record. Is last year an anomaly, or did they peak two years ago and now they’re back to mediocre?
They are on the ark i predicted 2 years ago. This year or next they will be looking for a new coach after the knee cap biter’s shtick has officially worn tired.
That’s my hope. I’m ready for those insufferable Lions fans to go back into hiding. Man, that was a rough couple of years.
PPB has hopium this season. Oh man we are in for a rough ride.
Hope that the Lions don’t bounce back.
As far as the Vikings go, they remain (IMO) a talented and well-coached team that is capable of making the playoffs with decent play from the QB position. Best case scenario is an embarrassing loss in the wildcard or divisional round.
Personally I think our HC is not playoff caliber. I want to see Flores move to HC, and have an OC and DC call the plays on the field and none of this HC/OC or HC/DC nonsense.
Personally for me this year is about defensive development.
QBOTF is NOT on the roster.
Draft Dante Moore, sign a vet, 2029-2030 the next cycle of playoff performances begins.
Hot Takes by MT Viking.
Should get your own page here at Skloholics, I’d definitely read it.
He is becoming the DSA of the Vikings. ‘Burn it all down since it is not working for me’.
A valid point but an overreaction IMHO.
I get that it is an unpopular take…our true record was not 9-8 although I know many cling to it. Detroit wanted the 4 spot and GB nuff said.
Here’s my dose of cold hard reality:
Bottom line the Vikings teams have not had elite trench performance on either side of the ball. Look at the contenders of the last decade. We are not there. I cannot see us matching up against Seattle in the NFCCG.
Sorry boys but that is reality not overreaction.
Were not there…yet. Im calling our draft picks step up big time come mid year and we have a top 5 D line.
You mean the amputee and fat fruit? I’m hopeful they develop.
Monty Python auto rec
Both can be true.
The past is what it is, that is true.
Burning it all down hoping things might change a few years, after the rebuild, at least to me is an overreaction.
We can agree to disagree.
Stop hurting me with facts
I guess you don’t need your own page, plenty of room here. You need to start posting back on the DN, you’d blow their minds!
no drafted QB has gotten me excited like Bridgewater did. He’s the most recent example of a rookie QBOTF for the Vikings. (sigh)
I get what you’re saying about KOC. I think he’s very good at some stuff and needs to improve at other stuff, and he may or may not be improving. Hard to tell. But I don’t blame anyone for being down on him. Bad playoff performances are tough to forget.
Facts. Campbell is a players coach, which means he’s a low IQ moron, loveable, but still a moron. I was with you in the prediction when OC left for Chi.
They’ll likely bounce back some, nfccc game level? I don’t think so. I like Campbell, he’s a meathead but his players seem to love him and he’s a great quote.
Caleb Banks was a full participant in practice.
https://www.vikings.com/news/2026-training-camp-observations-caleb-banks
I hope he did more than the Hand Jive they showed in the one clip yesterday…….
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=27005713192437573
It’s been proven that hand jiving means your foot is 100% healthy.
Impressive for an amputee
Happy Thorsday,
Skol
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Good morning, SKOL!
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Hang the banner, Fleck is nothing more than a used car salesman
But at least he is a good enough used car salesman to recruit decent talent to stay out of the division cellar.
That cannot be said for anyone since Glen Mason.
For this college, average is damned good in football.
It is also the reason I rarely watch college football.
That is true, they have not been a dumpster fire under him but I am still pissed about them pooping their pants back in 2019 against Wisconsin with the chance to play in the conference championship on the line. It was a snowy miserable weather game and I bought expensive tickets and took an elderly blind man to the game. It really sucked. He does seem to find good assistants and I like the young QB, I was surprised he didn’t transfer after a decent last season.
Yep, that was awful.
Seems to happen every season that looks hopeful. When it matters, they lose to IA/WI/MI/OH
Easier to just wait for the bowl game that nobody cares about
I did enjoy them kicking the shit out of Georgia tech, got to talk a lot of trash to GAskol
‘the reason I rarely watch college football’
There are lots and lots of interesting games in college football.
And they are not nearly as rigged and woke as the NFL.
Of course I still expect to be disappointed at the end of the season in both cases.
This sums up major Minnesota sports in general, and defines Minnesota Nice.
FCS is better. Feel free to jump on the Montana State bandwagon. They’re running it back this year. I expected a couple guys to transfer but they all decided to stay.
Trade ya.
Y’all can have Matt Rhule.
We’ll take Fleck
the race to mediocrity will be on
Woof, Rhule hasn’t even seen as much success as Fleck, plus he wears that weird bib looking vest.
That would be more impressive if they had Indiana’s season.
The Rodents? Not quite so much.
I will be watching more of the Gophers this year. A local (to me) kid should be playing TE for them this year. He is a freshman, but should be their best TE by the end of the season.
I’ll keep an eye out for him
I am going to piggy back on yesterdays question; if you got to make the decision and the Qb1 competition ends up being a coin toss, who are you picking and why?
My thought is if it is neck and neck between Kyler and JJ I am going to go with JJ. He is the future of the team and Kyler is a 1 year rental.
If it’s a coin toss, go with JJ.
JJ. We drafted a QB in order to reap the benefits of the rookie deal. If you go with Murray, you disillusion JJ, and set yourself to to either:
1. Spend big on qb in 2027
2. Draft a new QBOTF after this srason
3. go with JJ after him sitting another year out
If all things are equal, I am going with JJ.
Reasons.
All great reasons
And there it is…
It is real.
The football jerseys I have owned.
Tark. never won a Super Bowl.
Teddy. Almost died
Kirko. Enough said. Money wasted by me and the team.
JJ. Because it was “anyone but Kirko”
I got a gift card to the Vikings Locker room for Christmas, and spent it on a Justin Jefferson Jersey. sorry in advance.
#nojinx
Although it is probably too late.
Theilen, Hitman and Randle. Wife gave me a farve jersey, but i refused to wear it, except when they played GB
Somebody bought me a Ponder jersey, woof. I think I also have a Bennett jersey laying around.
My wife bought me an AD jersey for Christmas, right before his discipline techniques came to light.
My wife also bought me a Teddy jersey for my birthday. My birthday is August 28, 2 days later, well yeah it was that year.
My wife is no longer allowed to buy me jerseys.
Ponder was a pretty decent fullback, though:
[insert gif of Ponder leveling a defender on the sideline]
I have a Studwell and Johnny Randle jersey, I didn’t buy either, both gifts and I’ll never spend money on a shirt with another guys name on it.
Rec for a classic MarkSP18™ line.
Some people don’t like MockSP18™ but I always did and I do agree with his line
I’ll peek in the DN every now and then just to see if he’s written something up. I enjoy his mocks. There a fun thing to read imo.
Heads-JJ, Tails-Midget, no particular reason.
Neither. Go out and trade for Kirk to take over again!
Assuming you mean that on paper they are even?
Id go with JJ.
But that’s not reality imo.
KOC’s plan is to have them each play a single series in the first preseason game and then hand it to the scrubs. They’ll figure out mechanics and the playbook once the season starts.
JJ
Let’s hope JJ has fixed his issues. I’d love to see him take control of the team and succeed.
Everyone looks great in camp?
Shocking…..
@shocking@
It’s been what, 1 day? That seems like an awful small sample size.
Kyler Murray is a small sample size. LOL
Looks like the safety misplayed it or wasn’t trying to hurt someone and pulled up. Easy interception.
Should have been a pick.
Last season, i thought JJMac over threw the ball most of the time. Who knows why, mechanics, trying to hard, excited? But the 2 throws we see on this site are under thrown. Hmmm. Could it be him trying to adjust? Could i just be over-analyzing life?
Yes to all.
Somebody doesn’t have a sense of humor. Maybe it’s me.
Its mechanics and he hasn’t had much of a chance to improve them because he has missed so much time. I don’t think it’s time to give up on him but his development has been retarded by the injuries. He needs to stay healthy, go through an offseason and training camp without injury in order to improve. Maybe he has this year, maybe he hasn’t, I guess we’ll see, he has all the physical abilities to succeed but hasn’t thus far.
A reasonable assessment
It sure is fun watching Dr Fauci invoke his 5th Amendment Rights.
Invoked 111 times in total.
There are questions about if his Pardon by FJB covers Congressional Testimony.
Dude should just be shot in the head in a public execution. Take this shit back to the Wild West, would be a lot less shitty people.
My major issue is why is the US funding research in China? What could go wrong?
Because the scientists were searching for knowledge that they could not legally research in the US.
So lets give money to a state rin institute in China! I am sure they had American interests at heart. Now you got me in a cranky mood….
The US gave $$ to Fauci’s organization which gave $$ to China’s Lab. Minimal oversight, not that it would have made much difference with the Deep State.
But wasnt Fauci’s organization the NIH? That a government organization!
‘In 2014, the NIH awarded a grant to the U.S.-based EcoHealth Alliance to study the risk of the future emergence of coronaviruses from bats‘.
EcoHealth funded the lab. So there was a ‘cutout’.
SoCall answered. To get around our on Governments laws on Gain of Function research.
Absolute scum of the earth.
Anything done underneath the pardon can’t be prosecuted.
(Although the AutoPen could be challenged, but nobody has the stomach for)
Anything said today can be prosecuted if he perjures himself.
Which is why he is invoking his 5th Amendment rights.
Which just brought my brain into a blast from the past.
WKRP had an episode with a band called Scum of the Earth.
This band would just trash and beat up people.
Hilarious episode.
‘if he perjures himself’
So as long as he answers honestly he can testify honestly to all of his crimes and he is ‘Allie Allie Oxen Free’.
I guess that was a ‘Bridge Too Far’ for him.
Well, given what he wrote in his diary like a young schoolgirl, it would have been way too risky to try and answer anything.
So now they will vote to hold him In Contempt and then turn it over to the DOJ.
I assume so.
Then we will be back to the….
“Orangeman Bad, going after Political appointments” routine.
I get the angst but if I were him, or if I were one of his lawyers, I would do the exact same thing.
Can you imagine sitting there, thinking back on that magical first day of medical school when you knew you were on the cusp of incredible education and a career of service to mankind…and now 50 years later you have to recite your 5th amendment clause again and again and again. To think this is what he will be remembered for, just imagine.
It also annoys me that the Democratic members of the panel can just read a statement without asking him a question.
Hopefully the individual States will start to bring charges, the Pardon does not cover those.
He doesn’t care. He killed tons of people and made tons of money. He and his family are set.
1 trillion percent.
AND…he was more interested in FAME rather than the people dying.
He is the effing ANTICHRIST
Did any of the people downvoting this read his diary statements? Did you read the emails where he literally said they are making stuff up (like the 6 ft distancing thing)? He lied to congress on several occasions and gained tons of fame and money, and was likely given money behind the scenes by several companies/people. The lockdowns were shown to be harmful in many ways, much more so than not having done them (via many studies and conjectures). He knew about a lot of things and did things that were harmful on purpose. He is a criminal.
It is a political topic so fact do not matter to some.
I still can’t believe that people don’t care much about the blanket pardons for a ton of people by the Biden administration. Obviously the far left media covered for him, but still. He straight up lied about not pardoning people, including his family. Crazy how I think they tried to include future crimes as well (and may have).
‘President Joe Biden issued a preemptive, full, and unconditional pardon to members of the House January 6 committee, its staff, and the police officers who testified before it’
Even just the Jan 6th committee could be 1,000s of people covered as ‘staff’ could be used to cover anyone who made copies/coffee for the committee.
Joe has no idea who auto-penned what decisions
Rec for truth.
Correct.
@sharp as a tack@
‘Running circles around the WH staff’.
Lol yep. He is always “on the ball” as they say.
Wow, who is downvoting stuff like this? We have a couple hard liberals in the crowd that love Biden…
I still don’t like that you can pardon someone for something they haven’t even been charged with, let alone convicted of. ( Have at it grammer police (yes i know, spelling police also)).
Agreed. That is wild and seems unconstitutional (free pass to do what you want with no consequences)
Was he asked 111 questions?
We had a teacher in HS who would give us 1 point for putting our name on the test.
Did he get at least 1 point?
I posted this a couple days ago but it was late in the day and I doubt many saw it. Anyway, I thought it was funny. My favorite line: “I assure you, he could not”
vintage baseball cards has been an interesting/fun little venture for me…
i am heading up to Fargo tomorrow to buy a couple sets of cards. never thought i’d be spending this much on cards. let’s hope its a fruitful trip
i stopped collecting decades ago, it’s all about autographed or game worn jersey insert cards now.
i have a good childhood collection i’d never sell…
but everything i buy now, is something i will flip or am currently flipping..
vintage is the way to go, only going up in price. known commodity, stats and legacy untarnished
modern is volatile, considering they are one domestic, one assault, one broken arm away from being worthless.
I lost a bunch of vintage cards when I was in high school and my house burned down, Walter Payton, John Elway, Jerry Rice, and Kobe Bryant rookie cards, the Kobe card I had is worth like 2k now.
Happy Wednesday,
Skol
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With ‘Honorable Mention’ for ‘Happy/Dancing Wednesday’.
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He helped coach the Twins camp my kid went to this summer and from the very, very limited time I got to hear him, you couldn’t help but see his pain for the game of baseball and teaching it to the next generation. I listened to him for 15 minutes one day talking about baseball and I could have listened to him for 15 hours, and I’m not a baseball guy.
Great coach, similar to J Robinson, legendary
Potato extended !!
hawt potato
Hawt Potato ! Hawt Potato !
😆
I’ve never seen that.
Good match with the Wiggles.
My kids like the wiggles
I didn’t know that show was still on?
Are they re-runs?
My son loved that show 17 years ago….
I think they still do it, maybe they’re reruns but it’s on one of the streaming stations
Pass it on.
Hot Potato!
Wednesday GIF.
The new GM evidently thought he was worth it.
There was some concern.
Seems like a decent deal for him and the team
Crazy money. Can you imagine a public announcement where benjammin gets signed to a contract paying him $24 large a year and saying “seems like a decent deal for him and his employer”?
I’m not one of the better tackles in the NFL, so no I can’t imagine that
I guess it’s not crazy money.
$96 million.
Might need a go fund me to retire though.
Incoming injury…
Is there a true QB competition and Why?
Folks this is an essay question, not T/F
I don’t think there is, and I have stated on here several times.
JJ is going to be our QB1, he knows the system and from the sounds of it he has corrected his mechanics. That was his big draw back last year. Kyler is here as insurance in case JJ gets injured, which could very well happen. I have a feeling that KOC wants them both to play in preseason games to see if Kyler can learn the offense, without having to simplify it for him.
So DE Viking says ‘if McFragile (JJ) can learn the offense, without having to simplify it for him’.
And you say ‘if Kyler can learn the offense, without having to simplify it for him’.
Maybe Wentz can finish learning the offense now that the Murder Hobos are done with him. #nojinx.
I hope you are correct, I fear Murry is the guy this season
I don’t think there is, and I have stated on here several times.
The Midget is going to be our QB1. McFragile (JJ) gets injured, which could very well happen. Again. I have a feeling that KOC wants them both to play in preseason games to see if McFragile (JJ) can learn the offense, without having to simplify it for him.
Yep.
He has been called the Midget before……
Lifer used to call him midget clown
That’s a blast from the past.
I agree with you. Kyler and his agent needed a guarantee that they were going to get a chance to start to build his stock for his next contract. He wasn’t going to agree with a team that was going to be fine potentially benching him all season.
‘Folks this is an essay question, not T/F’
True.
Yes
No
They use collaborative words to not hurt JJs feelings.
I still think JJ could become a very good QB in this league.
Murray, while an injury prone short guy, should easily win the “competition” and JJ/Wentz will be the backup this season. Probably need all 3 at some point.
Hoping for wins, expecting doom.
Yes, but
I think Murray was brought with the expectation he would win the job in camp to be QB1. He’s shown he can competently run a NFL offense, until he gets injured.
Although drafted by the Vikings, (but not the new GM) McCarthy has a higher bar to clear to win the job based on last years Ponder like performance. I’d like him to be the guy but he needs to grow up and maybe he doesn’t have the skills. I also expect him to get injured based on his history.
Hot take: The Vikings should have done more to more up to the third pick and draft Maye, including draft capital and a player if needed.
Hindsight always 20/20
I believe the main speculation was the Vikings offered the Pats everything but the kitchen sink and they said no.
I don’t think there was much fuss about teams going after Kyler after his release. The word on the street was he grew up a Vikings fan. But, if he was not seeing much stir when he was released, maybe the Vikings were the only ones interested and he thought he would take a chance at beating out JJ.
I’m guessing there were 3-4 teams interested at least, but the Vikings offered the best opportunity for him (and history with Darnold).
Bee update:
My newly purchased queen was NOT accepted by the hive. The native workers were having none of her business, about 45 of them glommed onto her cage trying to get her.
She was transferred to a small five frame “nuc” hive with a few frames of honey and bees to allow them to bond to her ferry moans.
This novice needs to suss out what is happenin in the yellow hive. There must be a queen in there somewhere.
Wow, that guy is really decked out. Full body suit and gloves. Most of the online videos I watch they are wearing next to no protection, completely comfortable with bees crawling on their face and neck. I haven’t reached that phase yet, I always wear a hat and veil, have no desire to get stung INSIDE MY NOSE!
Given the number of yellow jacket and bald faced hornet nests I’ve had to deal with over the past few years, I’m considering buying a full suit.
Is the material designed to not let a stinger penetrate, or are they just so thick that the stinger can’t reach skin?
You didn’t provide the link.
https://babylonbee.com/
If I’m understanding correctly….
there might be beeswax in Glendive.
just none of yours.
Did the Vikings bring in Jamal Adams, so they can still get a senior citizen discount on team dinners, now that Hitman is retired?
The Hitman retired?
News to me.
MT Viking, have you been to the new library yet? Planning a vacation next summer to get out there and see it then head down to mt rushmore
Yes, it is SPECTACULAR!
We are planning a Black Hills trip as well. Thinking of May, before the crowds
The Black Hills has a ‘yrip’??
Rushmore is fine, but there are some really cool lesser known places to go.
What are the great places to visit?
Custer (the State Park and the town). Crazy Horse Monument (unless you’ve been there in the last 30 years, not much has changed).
1970 was last time, i was 10
Crazy horse could be better than Rushmore, but it’s privately funded, not through the fed so they make little progress yearly
Depending on if you have children, reptile gardens is really fun, otherwise caves (jewel and wind are the best) the 1880 train, and my favorite is the cosmos, if you like hiking crow peak is great but a bit aggressive otherwise harney peak is a nice easy hike with great views. Flinstones bedrock city was really cool for kids but it closed. Roughlock falls is nice, though you can’t swim in it anymore. There’s always deadwood if you like to gamble. The center of the nation is right outside Belle Fourche if you ever wanted to see where it is. There’s all kinds of lakes, pactola, sylvan, horse theif, etc. I know of a couple more secluded lakes that tourists don’t know about and haven’t been ruined yet, decent trout fishing and nice beaches and swimming. Of course there’s the Sturgis rally the first week of august. Bear country is bullshit, skip it. Also for kids, dinosaur park and my favorite growing up was storybook island. The badlands are pretty cool. Hot springs has Evans plunge, a naturally fed water park that’s pretty fun. I mean, everyone should see mt Rushmore but there’s a ton of stuff that’s more entertaining.
LOL on flintstones bedrock city.
We took our kids on a trip to South Dakota around 2001. We hit every tourist trap. At the flintstones thing, the characters in costume were not only terrible, but after the show, as we were walking out to look at other “attractions” we see Barney Ruble take his costume head off and light up a cig.
We hit Reptile Gardens (decent), Both caves you mentioned(also cool) hit the badlands for a hike(my favorite), then hit wall drug. Also hit bear country and it is lame as you say. We hit Hot Springs. And of course Mount Rushmore and crazy horse.
We spent more on a 5 day trip in SD than we did the previous year in Disney world, including the airfare to Orlando.
Camping in Custer State park was fun when I did that, and just hiked a lot and walked around Deadwood. The rapid city tourist traps are just that.
Yeah, my dad took us to flinstones when I was a kid so the 80’s, it was cool then but I probably would have not enjoyed it as an adult, I know my dad hated taking us.
My kids still had fun, and my wife and I distracted them so they did not see the dude lighting up with the costume head removed.
Overall, they had a blast, and my wife and I decided at that moment to never again take the kids there or the Dells(did both that summer) and spend less to go to Disney.
Did 5 or 6 Disney trips and a couple cruises with them over the years. I think SD would have been better if my kids were more into nature and camping.
Funny though, my daughter is in Banff hiking now, and has a goal to hit all the national parks she can. She really enjoyed the badlands.
Also, when I was a kid they would let you ride the giant turtles, I pissed myself riding one, they don’t anymore though, not sure if that’s my fault.
Just don’t go west of the Dakotas. Really isn’t anything past that.
Interestingly enough we noticed a milk problem about six weeks ago. We buy a fair amount of milk for two people, we go through a gallon and a half or so of milk every week. We are not brand loyal, typically buy whatever has the best dates.
My wife alerted me to a carton that looked identical to the one above, well before its expiration date. The milk inside had a greyish look and was flocculated. Weird. I took pictures and sent an email to the company. They replied and asked for additional information, including the production number which is the 30-02 listed on the stamp. They thanked me for reporting and sent me some free product vouchers.
About two weeks later I happened to still be watching TV at 10 pm when the Billings 10:00 news came on. The lead article was a mysterious milk problem that was “only” reported in Yellowstone County (Billings) and that involved multiple brands of milk. Obviously caught my interest. Many had reported the problem to the MT Livestock Board, which I didn’t think to do myself.
They updated the story yesterday (actually unbeknownst beforehand to me or my wife my stepdaughter was featured in the broadcast) and it appears to all emanate from the same bottling plant in Billings. Hundreds of reports. The state is investigating and hopes to have an update today or tomorrow.
All my years drinking milk and I have never heard of such a thing.
So now the vegans have infiltrated the bottling plant?
@The Cows must all be destroyed because their flatulance is destroying the planet.@
I have seen that before, but I just moved on thinking I am never going to buy that milk. Why would the stocker even put it on the shelf.
I know somebody who works at that bottling plant. I’m going to have to ask him what he did to the milk.
Back in the day when I lived in the ‘dive before all those years of @excessive partying and boozing@ there was a strong rumor that the local Hardee’s had an employee pee in the pickle jar and do something even more disgusting with the mayo.
My mom used to buy milk from an old lady down the road who had a couple milk cows, then mom would skim the fat off, it was fantastic. The old lady also had two basset hounds who she let wander the town, they were super friendly and all of us kids (probably 7) played with them all the time. I miss living in a small town.
That sort of activity would get you locked up these days.
The milk or the dogs?
We got our milk from the neighbor down the road, put your money in the designated can and get the milk out of the bulk tank. We would shake ours before drinking it to disperse the cream. Probably too “dangerous” to drink fresh milk now.
Yeah ours would come in giant mason jars still warm, you’d probably get charged with child abuse now days.
MT has 07/18
WY has 07/25
So Wyoming is like sloppy seconds??
Sell by vs best by.
True, true.
Too quiet on here. Since NLNVF is not on, i will bring up golf!
Last friday i had the round of my life. 12 pars and 6 bogeys. 5 strokes better than my best on that course. I am waiting for Scottie to call me for a few tips
Nice!
Shot a 43 on the front 9 at Braemar Saturday, in the heat. Good round for me.
Favorite was on hole #1 I had a 46 foot putt for par after a terrible chip shot. Walked up “I can make this” and did.
Still had two three putts in the round, but that first hole was fun.
I also did not miss a fairway. strange round for me.
Wow, 46 foot putt. Very nice
Nice.
78??
I’ve done 79 once.
I’ve been shooting better the last few weeks.
41,43, in a 9 hole men’s league the last two weeks,
87 the other day.
par 70. It is our senior league course, not real difficult. I play it every friday for last 3 years. Playing a course that regularly is worth a good 6 strokes.
I wish we had an executive type course for an old guy like me to play around here.
I guess I could play from the red tees, but I hate looking wimpy.
Well, it is not executive. From the senior tees it is 5450 yards. 5 par 3s, 3 par 5s
I wonder what website he’s watching for the feds now?
Silver and Black Pride on SB Nation.
I wish we could get KOC to just speak his mind once, instead of the political, say nothing ying yang at his pressers.
Going to have to remember/use that when the opportunity come up.
Like every time someone disagrees with you here?
I was thinking more about when nieces/nephews are whining about something or another.
There is a lot less ‘disagreement’ around here lately, in fact a whole lot of less of anything around here lately. Sad.
There really isn’t much to talk about football wise…however, I will post a stimulating topic up top.
Was that the milk or the bees?
Well, that’s an individual preference, I guess, but I was referring to the milk.
You wouldn’t think bees would be all that complicated. You have a hive, you take some honey, easy peasy. Nope.
There will be much more to talk about once the season starts.
Harrison Smith sighted at Vikings training camp!
Jamal Adams? More competition. Let’s see what he still has left in the tank.
‘he was traded for two first-round picks (among other compensation) to the. . .well, would you look at that. . .the Seattle Seahawks. Nolan Teasley was a part of the Seattle front office when that trade was made, so there’s your connection if you’re into looking for such things’
Not sure if Flo was looking at Adams or if our new GM decided that Adams needed a hand up at this point.
This offseason has been like Xmas for ‘Flo.
I agree, more competition doesn’t hurt. I haven’t seen any numbers yet, but I’m guessing that it’s a minimal contract. He was pretty good when he’s healthy, but age is creeping up on him. He might not even make the roster, but worth a look.
I saw Adam Thielen on the “NFL Live” show (ESPN) yesterday. He has become another NFL analyst. They showed a few of his career highlights and let him talk about the Viking’s QB battle. A new career for Adam. SKOL brother!
I am sorry you had to watch ESPN. But watching Theilen may have made it a wash. What did he say about our QB situation?
He said Murray has the inside track to be QB1, no big surprise. He also said that he loved playing alongside McCarthy. Loved his attitude and leadership. He is hoping that McCarthy fixes his issues and comes back with a strong career. He still has a lot of hope for McCarthy, but said Murray is definitely QB1 at this time.
Thanks. Sounds like he was”playing nice and being fair” for the camaras. A different approach by ESPN
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Superb Owl headed our way since training camp starts today!!
I wish bad luck on pukerland.
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I think the vets report today. Now the real battles for positions start. QB, WR3, C and defensive backfield will be interesting. And of course, the daily reports of how good EVERYONE looks.
I am hoping for a real good battle at QB to give us a lot of options.
SKOL brothers and sisters
It might depend on who is reporting. It may be how bad everyone looks.
Happy Tuesday,
Skol
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