Quick reaction
October 12th, 2008 – 4:08 PM by Judd ZulgadDo me a favor and don’t look at my prediction for today’s game. Yes, I picked the Vikings to win and I was right. Problem is I picked them to win 31-9 and not 12-10. Oops. It wasn’t pretty but the Vikings find themselves tied for first with Chicago at 3-3 in the NFC North; those teams will face each other next Sunday in Soldier Field. Somehow, I’m not sure the fan base is all that happy. There were several “Fire Childress” chants during this game.
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Within seconds, fortunes turned: The Vikes were poised to lose while the Bears were up with just 11 seconds left. We know what happened… Just like that, essentially a 2 game swing in favor of the Vikes- Bears lose, we win.
However, the sad reality is that we BARELY beat a horrible team at home. Looks like Chili’s job is safe for another 2-3 weeks minimum now.
Judd,
I wasn’t at the game…how loud, how prevalant were the cheers? And how did Wilf react? He must know we don’t deserve to be 3-3 and he must feel like his big money is going to waste.
“Fire Childress” chants at the MetroDump? Really? Excellent.
I have a new “game within a game.” I get out my kid’s nerf dart gun and everytime the show Childress on the screen I shoot him.
I have a new “game within a game.” I get out my kid’s nerf dart gun and everytime they show Childress’ dorky mug on the screen I shoot him.
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I love it! We win and these so called Vikings fans still complain. A win is a win. My wife is a Lions fan… just think she hasn’t had anything good to cheer about, ever. However, she is more of a loyal fan than some of you sorry people on here. My advice, relax, there are 10 more weeks.
I love my team. I hate my team’s coach. This does not make me a bad fan.
Look at it like this, we life long Vikings fans are used to many NFC Central division titles. We are also used to teams that play well no matter what. We are tired of the innate ability of playing at less than abilities and talent would otherwise dictate. We are definitely tired of the KAO and its lack of coaching creativity. How on earth did the Lions manage a new football stadium? Did they, like nearly every other team wanting one, threaten leaving to LA? How many more times are teams allowed to use that sorry excuse to have a one billion dollar tax subsidy?
Pathetic. We spent most of the afternoon trailing the worst team in football. But I’m sure the Homers will point out all the positives from this afternoon’s win. Nothing wrong with the fact that the offense generated ZERO points in the first half against the league’s worst defense, nothing wrong at all. Keep drinking the Kool-Aid Homers…
horrible Coach with a overrated team that has benefited GREATLY from some of the worst officiating ever seen the last 2 weeks
i like the new rule that you can strip the ball from a guy when he’s laying on the ground from getiing tackled and it’s a FUMBLE…explain that one
Yes. Second week in a row where we got some big breaks from the officials. Homers, please shut up the next time a call doesn’t go our way…
Two weeks in a row. Must be a 35 year or so statute of limitations on whiskey bottles.
Winning ugly is better than losing ugly or losing pretty for that matter.
So, Bones, if people who like it when the Vikings win are homers does that make you a foul ball?
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sure … the vikes are so good
I believe it does gr8scot…
Let me repeat an important message:
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A win is a win, the trouble is, the Vikings should be 1-5 right now. That is how they are playing and we can not expect them to go far with there current lack of discipline, inept play calling, and ref pay offs.
i wouldn’t be to proud of a team that puts up 12 points …against the worst team in the nfl ..at home… and that’s with getting the benefit of some of the worst officiating ever seen
Today’s win was as pathetic as they get.
Fire Childress
Can someone tell me why we didnt go for 2 after the touchdown??
Being down by one is just as useless as being down by two.
Prediction:
@ bears - loss by 10
Texans - Win by 3
Puckers - Win by 6
Tampa - loss by 9
Jags - loss by 14
bears - win by 7
Lions - loss by 20 (they can only get better)
Cardinals - Loss by 6 (Have we ever beat them?)
Falcons - Win by 11
Giants - loss by 21 (even though we will have the play offs on the line and the Giants will have nothing to play for)
Final: 7 and 9
Can someone tell me why we didnt go for 2 after the touchdown??
Being down by one is just as useless as being down by two.
C’mon, you guys!
Adrian fumbled at the one, that was a sure touchdown! Longwell had a kick blocked, how often is that going to happen! Add those 10 points and Vikes win 22-10! And now a word from our sponser:
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Bones, I think the win over the Saints was more pathetic. But I grant you it’s a close call.
Follow up on the 7 and 9 year - Childress keeps his job, goes 16-0 the next season w/ a superbowl win. Gets the largest vat of gatorade in history dumped on his head, he drowns and everyone remembers the Great Childress and his KAO!
I thought the fumble call was wrong (i.e., it was not a fumble) but the replay evidence was not incontrovertible or whatever it needs to be. The pass interference call at the end was a bad call — plain and simple. The idea that ChiliDipWad gets to say he has his team in first place is absurd.
Yes, if AP could have held on to those two, Longwell kicked the field goal we would have had 10 points. But then we have to take back the “fumble” by the unconscious lion and the two bogus pass interference calls and the Lions would win. Go KAO
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how would it be a sure touchdown…he fumbled…and to get to the 1 was it off one of the many gift calls from the officiating crew…blocked fg’s happen the Vikes blocked one last week..how lucky were they the Lions didn’t return the blocked fg for a td
Joe-blow, I’m with you every step of the way.
Except the part about paying off the refs.
Don’t forget the fact that we were facing the Lions (arguably the worst team in the NFL) with a backup quarterback and they still had the game in their paws until the very end. There is no positive spin to be put on today’s game…
Positive spin. The KAO will get another shot at the kitties.
oh wait, I predicted they would beat us….
Hmmmmmmm. Hey Bones!
How about Gus had almost 300 yards passing, Adrian went over 100 yards rushing, and Berrian was over 100 yards receiving?
In college hockey, when another non-UofM Minnesota team plays the Sioux, we chant “gopher rejects” at all the supposed best players of the other team. I wonder if we can just start chanting “eagle reject” during the games. Do you think chili would figure it out?
Point taken.
joe_blow…how about the long pass to Calvin Johnson streaking down the middle of the field when he is basically tackled by the Vikings defender and no flag thrown on that play … I have 4 absolutely horrible calls saving Chili’s worthless A*S*S… you mentioned 3 of them….if they called the unconscious lion getting stripped ,after he already had been laying there for a couple seconds and ruling that a fumble then AP’s was definetely a fumble on Monday night
I agree. AP’s play should have been a fumble. We should have lost.
We’ve gone wild over bad calls for a few years. Especially the ones they can’t even correct on the replay. The Vikes would be better off with no replay rule, IMO.
Is anybody with me that it’s about time some replays and especially PASS INTERFERENCE CALLS go our way? ? ?
Bones…they played the worst team ….a team with one of the worst defenses…2nd worst coach(behind Chili).. a backup QB with reserve lineman blocking (that from the tv announcers)
love the news of the “fire childress” chants, made my day…..
I would just like to see 1 game where the Vikings have Good creative play calling. We could easily be 1-5 right now. Even with the bad coaching, we had 2 almost/should have wins (making us 5-1). With a mediocre coach, we could be the real deal.
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kennyrogers…calls to go our way is one thing but to get a handful each game to keep Chili here is another thing
Chanting this is actually therapeutic. Everyone should give it a try….
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If the entire Vikings team chanted it before a game, we might get a Phil Jackson Zen like win!
Were there fire Childress chants? I missed that!
I repeat….for those who continue to talk about our “lack of talent and experience” ……..BC and Spielman put this thing together, which is ANOTHER reason to FIRE HIS ASS!!!!!
FIRE CHILDRESS NOW!!!!!
they supposedly have talent all over.. up and down the roster…Detroit has nothing
sdh13, sorry, but you are wrong. Detroit has a better coach than us*
* They have the second to worst coach in the NFL.
Childress won’t be fired until the MN media starts raking him over the coals.
Judd and Chip have no guts to ask the hard questions of Childress and make him dance.
And we have morons like Reusse.
We’re screwed until the media starts making Childress out for what he is.
So who was the better team today? In my opinion, it was the Motor City Kitties.
AV bloggers to blame for this win
1. retsuB semyhR
3. Bones
4. Jake
5. Krug
no one is second to retsuB
Fire Childress! get his okole outta there
joe_blow…that’s what i meant ..chili worst…marinelli 2nd worst
6. MiamiViking
shouldn’t you be lost at sea or something?
miami viking…guts ??or you mean BALLS??… the media around the cities will never do that …they are all A*S*S kissers and just annoint Chili as god..totally pathetic
sdh13, I know, I just wanted to make sure to keep Chilido as the worst.
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Hey, Judd–still there? I would appreciate a response to my 4:16 post…how did Wilf react to the chants at the game?
Anyone out there have your binocs focused in on Zygi during the chants? I wasn’t there today…
I will admit, when the game is slow, watching ZW through my binocs is highly entertaining…
I can’t believe so many of you are actually bitter about a WIN! It ain’t ‘98, we’re not going to win by blowing people out.
We’ve lost our fair share of games b/c of bad ref calls. It’s part of the game.
We’ve just *got* to knock off penalties at the worst possible times, and obviously quit turning the damn ball over.
Go Vikes!
You kidding? The Twin Cities media does not want to be banned from the locker room. The ability to call a spade a spade is forever lost in nearly all media, all topics these days. Where did journalism integrity go?
Maybe it is at the same place that the Congressional approval rating is (13 percent in the most recent poll). Since Congress’ approval is so low, does this mean no incumbents win election in the House and Colonel Klink will be fired in the same month?
Couple of Questions:
When was the last time the Vikings had two games in a row that a WR had a 100 yard game? Seems like an eternity…
When was the last time a Vikes player had four sacks in one game?
I wonder what the analysts would say about Wilf if he fired Mr. Chill today?
Watching the Cowboys. They should throw deep and hope for pass interference. That’s our best play. Yep, I said it.
Throwing deep and hoping for pass interference is the Viking’s best play!
hey Joe Blow
is your mom’s name “Ivana”
Fire Childress Now!
Hey Ole wan. Did you poop your pants yet today?
No, it isn’t, why do you ask?
Her actual name is taste’ (It’s french you know)
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A childress quote about the chants.
‘’I don’t hear all that stuff now,'’ the coach said of the chants. ‘’I'm working.'’
So, lets take this from a psychiatric stand point.
1. He has visual hallucinations (he can’t see the “real” field.
2. He has auditory hallucinations (if he can’t hear all that stuff, how much is he hearing? Too many voices?)
3. He has delusional thinking (KOA, need I say more?)
This has been present for at least 6 months.
Diagnoses = Schizophrenia
Childress is psychotic, If Wilf won’t fire him, the NFL should force him into treatment.
never apologize after a victory…err, sorry…
Vikes should have another candidate for DPOW honors in big KWill for his 15sacks
sdh13 - I was feeling bad about always saying they had no balls so I made the change to guts for a little.
BleedPurple - what do you think would happen if the MN media was excluded from Winter Park after calling out Childress. It would be a bloodbath, Judd and Chip could have great coverage of the situation “day 35, still excluded” and would wind up working for ESPN.
“Chose Hank Baskett as his top receiver today, and Baskett turned in some wonderful catches.”
Ahhh, another highlight of the Childress era.
I’m starting to not like AP as much anymore. His quote about the chants, ‘’That’s crazy. Coach Childress, he does a great job leading us,'’ Peterson said. ‘’I wouldn’t want any other guy to be leading us right now.'’
Nevermind, Childress is a master at deception and AP doesn’t know better.
well what else is he suppose to do joe?? you can’t have your star player calling out his coach…that’s not how AP rolls, he is a classy kid and I wouldn’t want him to act any other way.
Howzit DRed
Still carrying that 13 year old bag of vomit around?
Must be a real chick magnet!
Per Associated Press:
“MINNEAPOLIS — Detroit Lions cornerback Leigh Bodden wants an apology. Minnesota Vikings fans want a new coach.
Neither party is likely to be satisfied anytime soon.”
That is a fantastic headline…
true matty927. AP’s had a tough start this year, calling his coach a Douche bag may not be a good thing in the infancy of his carer. Too bad we don’t have Moss or Owens to do us that favor.
dressing room:
most winners had 53 players screaming…
we had 9 players politely applauding…
FIRE CHILDRESS NOW!!!!!
who were the 9? they should also undergo a psych consult.
good point Krugger
My pick for the Childress firing - Nov. 10
the day following another loss to green bay
Yes, krugjr noticed the same thing with the after win victory speech from the winning Purple locker room broadcast on Fox. Quite the contrast to the other coach’s locker rooms, isn’t it?
I have never felt so underwhelmed by a two game winning streak in any sport, any team. Maybe LSU is a better purple and gold…. Oh sorry, they looked even worse last night…….
Honestly, I would much rather we turn the ship around and have Childress lead us to the playoffs and further, but if we don’t go far in the playoffs, how can Wilf possibly bring him back next year? The fanbase detests him. He is now down to 9% approval rate on ESPN’s coach rater and we have won two games in a row. Ned Yost was more popular in Milwaukee than Childress and his team was doing pretty well until the end this year.
I just missed the camera in the Vike’s locker room. At least Chili had nine people applauding FOR him and not booing against him. Great game by Kevin
Williams though. I would say EJ Henderson is really missed, and Herron takes quite a beating. They better sign a couple linebackers immediately if not sooner.
Now is the time to switch coaches. A 12-10 win against the cowardly Lions is a LOSS! Vikes stand at 3-3, start the new guy with an even record, a pretty good core group of players and a bye week pretty quick and see if he can hold on to first place and move away from the pack. And the bears and lions.
I wonder how easy it would be for AP to accidentally run Childress over during a play, rendering him incapable of coaching.
Did anyone else want to punch todays announcers in the head today?
If I would have heard the phrase “trap Game” one more time, I would have got into my car and drove to dome…
Also, could they please quit calling the wrong players names…
I’ll take the win. I expect more from the Vikings next week. They need to find better ways to utilize playmakers.
i.e. ( Split Backfield/ Screens )
Go Vikes.
Dear Mr. Wilf,
Fire Brad Childress and Darrell Bevell.
Thank you,
Dear Mr. Wilf,
Fire the Coach and hire a GM to help you find a new coach…start w/ BBillick and Steve Mariucci
a win is a win.
did anyone notice the skins gettin beat by the rams.
this is a tough league.
some of you seem to be new to this nfl thing. i dont care how we do it as long we win
Wisvike = idiot
no , your the idiot
stop arguing
I thought you weren’t wisvike!
how about berrian , back to back 100 yds.
maybe that was a good pick-up after all.
Has a 3-3 coach been more embattled in NFL history? Vikes have lacked a competent offense since they traded Moss. We have serious issues on the O-line despite the multi-millions invested in Hutchinson and McKinnie. AP’s ballhandling has been poor of late. I actually think Frerotte is playing pretty well for a career backup who was about to retire.
Run D was pretty bad in second half, likely due to EJ’s absence.
It helps to see a team for what it is and not imagine what it could be on paper. We have some good parts (Williams, Winfield, Hutch, AP), but no leaders. The QB’s job on offense is to get his o-line in sync. We have way too many penalties and missed blocks. frerotte needs to lead.
If we make the playoffs, we can thank the D, especially Williams and Winfield. The O needs some on-the-field leadership to play better, someone to light a fire under those overpaid linemen.
Yeah Berrian is a real stud against two of the worst passing defenses in the league. Are you excited about the T-Wolves wisvike? Did you hear about all the exciting young talent they have on the roster this year? ALL MINNESOTA TEAMS ARE THE BEST!!!
bones , why do you act like a child . why do i have to repeat myself.
ok…. for the last time , i am not wisvike.
Bones: homer
LOL
it was a pretty good weekend for Minny sports, the Gophers win on the road, the Wild win last night at Excel and the Vikes destroy the morale of the kittens and send them back to the motor city w/ their tails between their legs
i live in okc,
my teams are:
vikings
reds
76ers
Wild looked pretty decent last night. Unbelievable win by the Gophers. Perhaps Brewster has a thing or two up his sleeves after all. And don’t forget about the Gopher hockey team beating up on some technical college from Canada!
No, you’re wisvike and you’re still an idiot.
bones… you forgot to mention Chili’s squad
for once I was able to see some minny sports on tv this weekend, not the Vikes but I watched the Gophers that were on ESPN and the Wild last night on NESN. I really liked what I saw f/ the Gophers and the Wild looked sharp in the 2nd period…thats about it, sloppy everywhere else
Who would win a football game between the Gopher hockey team coached by Bill Belicheat and the 2008 Vikings coached by Chilijoke. That might be too close to call…
Judd, how come you said there were “several Fire Childress chants” but the Strib’s AP story and the ESPN story both said there were “thousands” of Fire Childress chants?
Channel 5 is running spots for their 10:00 news saying the Vikings fans are demanding CHANGE… now all the media needs to jump on and get this jerkoff out of town
how about AD , another 100 yd effort. hes good.
and even though he lost fumbles twice , we were able to overcome and get the W.
if that game were played outdoors in the snow i would give the edge to the hocky folks…but if it’s played indoors, i give the edge to the Vikes
The Wild did look pretty sloppy at times last night. I don’t see them being in the top 8 come playoff time. That said, Lemaire has done more with less before…
jay…chudd and jip are afraid to hurt Chili’s little feelings
the only problem w/ the northwest division is that every team is equally good and they all match up pretty well w/ one another…it’s sad but the Wild could win 44games and win the division w/ somewhere around 95 points again. or they could get 40 wins, have 90pts and miss the playoffs…thats just how good the division and the conference is
back to the Vikes for a minute… the Vikes are one Peyton Manning away from being perfect indoors and 4-2. that would be good for the division lead, I think the Vikes are facing the Bears at the perfect time, coming off an emotional heart wrenching loss to the Falcons…who have helped us out the last two weeks, btw.
but the Bears seem to be prime for another let down at the hands of the Vikes…and I hope AP can have some of the same success he had last year and the Vikes win an easy one.
on the other hand, I really like Forte, he is impressive and I think he can give the Vikes D troubles next week w/ his versatility.
I don’t know if I’m happy that we won. Cause if we had lost, perhaps Childress would have gotten fired.
vikingsuperfan said it best….
Dear Mr. Wilf,
Fire Brad Childress and Darrell Bevell.
Thank you,
BFCerdo2
The Patriots offense is really, really bad. I bet Belicheat wishes he would’ve gotten Cassel some more playing time last year instead of having to run up the score on his opponents…
Bears are better this year with Orton playing well. Will be a low-scoring game (like today), team with least turnovers wins. Give the Bears an edge for being at home and usually having excellent special teams play.
Atlanta won because they nailed the Matt Ryan pick. Who knew?
MDV, I knew Ryan would be a player while he was still at BC…as Chilli would say he’s got a nice skill set
matty = qb guru
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I want to keep Childress as much as I want to keep your bosses telling you what to do at work. Let’s go to your work and cheer to fire you too! Ha! (insert sarcasm here) If you watched the game you will see they are still a work in progress. So maybe we have to throw beer cans at the tv more times this year but the team is coming around.
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