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September 16, 2007

Listening to the Packers game today on WTMJ there were a couple moments that made me burst out laughing at the expense of the Purple People Posse.
During the pre-game lead in, Wayne Larrivee was going on about the uniforms as he always does and saying how great it was to see two teams playing with […]

August 29, 2007

And apparently this year’s Vikings squad isn’t.
According to a story in today’s Press-Gazette, the Lavender and Lace has thousands of unsold tickets and are facing the possibility of a TV blackout for the first time in a decade. The team has filled just 56,000 seats for the season opener against the Atlanta Falcons, leaving them […]

August 21, 2007

What is up with the Vikings and their continuous need to sign players cut from the Packers roster? The breaking news today is that Robert Ferguson, our regularly injured former #3 receiver, has been picked up by the Purple Pride Pose.
So first it was Sharper, then Longwell (okay, that one makes sense), and now Fergie. […]

November 14, 2006

If there’s any doubt out there that dome stadiums are a blight on society, check out this tidbit from the Minneapolis Star-Tribune:
A crowd of 63,924 cheered loudly when the Jumbotron screens displayed an aerial view of the Metrodome, followed by a shot of several planes streaking across a cloudy sky. At the same time, the […]

May 4, 2006

Ooh boy, looks like the Vikings have another potboiler of soap opera going on.
To bring you up to speed, someone at the Norsemen’s lair recently discovered that there were some inaccuracies on the resume of Fran Foley, the personnel guru they brought in this season from San Diego. Apparently he claimed that he was a […]

April 30, 2006

First, a confession: For the past several weeks my mind has been distracted by “real life” away from the Packers and football in general, as you can see by the large time gap between posts here at Brats & Beer. I have taken appropriate steps, though, by admitting I have a problem and seeking professional […]

January 6, 2006

It’s official, the Minnesota Vikings have hired Brad Childress as their new head coach. The decision came quickly (so quickly, in fact, that he cancelled a planned interview in Green Bay) after the team interviewed just a couple other coaches for the job. According to Mr. Critic at ‘Nietzsche or Nitschke?’, though, the early hype […]

January 1, 2006

The Minnesota Vikings bid an abrupt adios to Mike Tice today, firing the head coach shortly after the team defeated the Bears 34-10. While the timing of the announcement is a little questionable, I doubt the news comes as a shock to anyone. Tice led the team through four mediocre years that included one playoff […]