The #7 Pick Revealed

Yesterday I wrote a piece that told you I know who the #7 pick in the upcoming draft will be.

Go to Google and look up Sidd Finch. Especially all of you born after 1985.

Now those of you (and there were hundreds!) who were duped and are feeling sheepish, don't despair. Lot's of message boards were dedicated this this topic on Thursday.

ESPN

KFAN

STrib

KFFL

FootballsFuture.com

NFC North Board

Viking Update

Vikings Message Board.Com

And the clues were there for you to pick up on.

"Try a wind-aided 4.1 time in the 40-yard dash."

4.1 references April 1st.

"He's a potential Pro-Bowler yearly. (HAPPY) And pure, real, instinctive, love (APRIL) for football" (FOOL).

It's all about entertainment. And I dare say you were entertained yesterday.

I posted the story on March 31st instead of April 1st becasue I figured most people would connect the dots. But I didn't imagine the flurry of activity it would produce. The blog set a record for hits yesterday. Exceeding even the number of hits the day the Moss tribute video (for newbies, the link is along the right nav of this blog) was released.

What was true? I did know Mary Ann Dallas but she had left the Vikings prior to 1998. I had worked with her on various cheerleading programs during the mid-1990s. I was even a judge for the final cheerleader tryouts in 1997. And I also worked closely with former Marketing Director Stew Widdess on various projects such as placing bleachers on the field for a Packer game, setting the all-time attendance record at that time. I also sat on several Task forces with such people such as Bill Brown. You can read that story here.

Those were the days.

Between Dallas and Widdess, I had unfettered access to Winter Park and did, in fact, sit in Scott Studwell's office with Widdess one day so he could show me the draft board....but not the one from 1998.

For newbies, all my history with the Vikings can be found along the right nav of this blog under the Brag Books category.

I also know Bob Hagan, the current Director of Public Relations. But I was not in the office last week meeting with him. I just trade the occasional e-mail with him now and then.

I e-mailed Bob yesterday morning to check on minicamp dates (so I can figure out which date is best for me to attend to take photos) and also advise him about the April Fools joke....just in case anyone started calling the front office asking questions. As far as I know, no one did....thank goodness. The Vikes have a great staff with a very good sense of humor.

Another reason the joke played so well was the fascination people have with Matt Jones currently. I purposely set the height and weight to be very similar to that of Jones' so that people could begin to discuss that.

Oh, and discuss Jones you did. So much so that I am a little worried about some of you actually thinking he is a first round caliber selection. But we'll save that debate for another time.

Some of you think I did it to pull in numbers to the site. Sorry, I don't care about the numbers. Sure, I track the numbers now and then, but blogs are not about numbers and hits. Blogs are strictly commentary. A blog is basically a journal in which one can write about whatever they feel like writing about.

And yesterday I wanted to entertain Vikings fans.

Special thanks to the Greet Machine, Oracle of Cheese, The Commish, and many others for assisting in the ruse.

Let's see if everyone can determine if the following two pieces are fact...or fiction!

May the force of the Blog be with you. And a very happy April Fools Day to you and yours.

Guinness Mean Time

Everyone close to me knows of my love for Guinness. My favorite beer of all time.

Imagine my surprise and happiness when I received an e-mail from one of my British friends informing me that Guinness has issued a press release announcing that it has reached an agreement with the Old Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England to be the official beer sponsor of the Observatory.

According to this agreement, Greenwich Mean Time will be renamed Guinness Mean Time. In addition, where the Observatory traditionally counted seconds in "pips," it will now count them in "pint drips."

Hey, we let people sponsor stadiums! Why not our time!!!!

Tragedy: Wisconsin State Capitol Collapses

In case you haven't already heard, the Madison Capital-Times solemnly announced that the Wisconsin state capitol building lay in ruins following a series of mysterious explosions. The explosions were attributed to "large quantities of gas, generated through many weeks of verbose debate in the Senate and Assembly chambers."

Links of the Day

This is for real..OK? Want the best Vikings downloads that are available. Forever Purple has them for you. Go check them out now!

Twins fans should check out Stick and Ball Guy for a very interesting interview he conducted while in Florida.

How Much is Left in the Piggy Bank?

These are the five teams with the least amount of money to spend and are in danger of not having enough to sign their draft picks unless they start restructing current contracts or cutting players:

1) Raiders: $300,000
2) Buccaneers: $406,200
3) Patriots: $532,500
4) Falcons: $564,300
5) Dolphins: $1,110,200

The top five teams with money to burn:

1) Jaguars: $11,348,800
2) Cowboys: $9,725,500
3) Vikings: $9,398,000
4) Eagles: $8,523,200
5) Colts: $8,192,200

The other three NFC North teams:

Bears: $6,160,600
Packers: $6,069,400
Lions: $4,469,800

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