After a frustrating first quarter, Vikings QB Gus Frerotte rallied past the negatives of his advanced age and lack of mobility to overachieve and reach a new season-best performance on Sunday night against the Chicago Bears, a performance worthy of at least a thank-you gift of replica watches. After Chicago took a 7-0 lead in [...]
In the last two plays, despite excellent field position, Frerotte’s thrown incomplete balls to both Bernard Berrian and Sidney Rice. A huge, game-breaking play set the team up inside the ten-yard line and a touchdown ought to be the result. Instead, it’s looking like we’ll have to settle for a field goal, at best. The [...]
The Metrodome is a place where there’s little need for outdoor lighting, but something is lacking as I’m listening to the Vikings-Bears clash at the Metrodome on the radio right now. As I write this, Chicago is up on the Vikes, 7-0, and are driving the ball again. Of course, in my opinion, this situation [...]
The next six games will determine which team will advance to the playoffs and which two teams will be sitting at home in January, wishing. The Minnesota Vikings, Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears are all 5-5 after Sunday’s games, which saw the Packers disrupt the Bears, 37-3, while Minnesota lost a tough-fought game to [...]
After a hope-building win to start the season, the Minnesota Timberwolves have now lost eight straight games to get off to yet another disappointing start under third-year head coach Randy Wittman. Now standing at 1-8, their hopes for achieving at least a 5-5 record in the first 10 games is blown to smithereens. While the [...]
Whether on the benches at the arena, or from the comfort of satellite TV and home theater seating, the second season of Tubby Smith-coached Minnesota Golden Gophers basketball looked outstanding this weekend as Minnesota won three straight games to start out 3-0 on the season and take home top honors at the NABC Classic. Colton [...]
Despite a loss to Northwestern on Saturday, on Sunday Gophers coach Tim Brewster came up the big winner when he received an oral commitment from five-star WR Hayo Carpenter, currently a sophomore for College of the Canyons in California; he turned down Arizona State, Boise State and Nevada to wear the maroon and gold. That’s [...]
The Minnesota Vikings enjoyed a post-bye-week victory over the Houston Texans and gained a game on Green Bay in the NFC North race today, with a 28-21 win. After a win streak apparently on a diet pill this season, the Nordic warriors needed a “W” after a disappointing but hard-fought loss to Chicago going into [...]
