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My FRiend, you have done a great job on this. I like this type of post far better than the reposts of other content!

I remember asking my father why my blood was purple instead of green like my friends. It was then that I learned of my genetic ties to the Vikings. That was about 1963, and I have since bled purple many times.

Hiya, Cousin!

While I still rooted for my Vikings, and inevitably felt the sting of defeat year after year as their season ended without a trip to the big game, I found myself less concerned about my team's fortunes than I used to be.

Without a trip to the big game? Heck, being a Vikings fan means more sting of defeat when they make it.

My old co-worker was a die-hard Cowboys fan. He admitted to me that he held admiration for us Vikings fans..."Anyone can root for the Cowboys...but you have to be a really true fan to keep rooting for the Vikings!" :-/

I'm holding my breath on this trade. But in any case, at least my Moss jersey isn't obsolete anymore---well, is he getting the same number back?

And yes, the Vikings need to go outside again.

However, I have to point out another take on what you say about Randy Moss and Mike Tice. If not for Moss' trouble, perhaps we wouldn't have been stuck with Coach Tice. (In any case, keeping Dennis Green/letting Tony Dungy escape was what really killed things.)

I think the same way about Billick, why, oh why Red did you not send DG packing instead of letting either of those men go.

I actually think that the job Tice did was great considering Red McCombs was having a fire sale to stop losing money after he realized the socialists controlling the state were never going to help him build a new stadium.

By the way, get ready for the Vikings to move to LA. They have a new stadium down there and all they need is a team. The New Yorker, Ziggi Wilf, could care less about the State of Minn, and the lease is up in 2012. No way a new stadium gets built by 2013, so get ready for a midnight Colts type move.

Amazing how people do not realize the revenue a stadium brings to the area. Well, like we have gotten used to saying L A Lakers, because the lakers left Minn in the late 50's after they dominated the NBA, can you say L A Vikings?

As an aside, did you know that Bud Grant played Basketball for the championship Lakers when they were still in Minnesota?