Random Thoughts

Vegas!! 3 days until touchdown in Sin City. If we can only hit 60% out there, I think we would all be happy.

The Vikes:
How the f*ck is our special teams that bad? We were letting them return kicks to our side of the 50 all night. And we continued to punt to Bush after we housed the first punt return. That really makes me look forward to playing the Bears in a few weeks with Hester. That was one of the most frustrating games that I have seen. We cannot get AP going against the 12 in the box that the other teams are stacking. Gus throws the ball up and gets lucky at times (see the Berrian catch where he and Allison almost killed each other). The kick ass offense is still not kicing ass. We have won two games where the defense got us our first touchdown and set the tone early.
Also...we broke the longest streak of not having a 100 yard receiver since the Chiefs in the late 70s. Who was the last Viking before Berrian to go over 100? Thats right...Troy Williamson. What a terrible stat!

The Gophs:
I unfortunately haven't been able to watch a lot of the games this year live, but have watched plenty of DVR'd games! Eric Decker is legit, and he looks like he can actually play at the next level. He isn't afraid to take a hit and he catches everthing thrown his way. The defense is actually playing like a real college defense. It is a lot of fun to watch.

Well...here's to a great weekend in Vegas. May our livers survive and may we come home with some money in our pockets--preferrably more than when we leave Minneapolis. And may we see Cinnamon and friends at the Penthouse club!