Brought to you by Mr. Cheer or Die and the Vikes Geek, welcome to the
Views and Personal Photos on the Vikes from the Inaugural Hall of Fame fan.
Brought to you by Mr. Cheer or Die and the Vikes Geek, welcome to theFor those new to this blog or my history with the team, I've been a fan ever since I can remember. That puts me roughly at 40+ years of thinking this will be the year we get a Super Bowl win.
The rest you can put together yourself.
Now that I've turned north of 40-years young and start creeping towards the age in which I can start getting a senior discount at Perkins, I'm starting to wonder if I will live long enough to actually witness the blessed event of a Vikings player holding the Lombardi trophy over his head as champagne is poured over him.
Well, here is a person for whom the Vikings did not get there quite soon enough. Out of respect, I removed the persons last name, as this is an actual obituary piece from the Sioux Falls Argus Leader. And she seems to have been dearly loved, led a great life, and had humor until the end. The key line has been bolded for emphasis:
Sioux Falls - Hazel, age 80, of Sioux Falls, died Sunday, October 9, 2005, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. A memorial service will be held at Calvary Episcopal Cathedral, 500 S. Main Ave., Sioux Falls, SD, on Thursday, October 13, 2005, at 11:00 a.m. Miller Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
Hazel was born in Grand Forks, ND on April 4, 1925 to Charles and Hilda and moved to Sioux Falls as a small child. She graduated from Washington High School in 1943 and attended Augustana College, supporting herself as a radio copy writer and announcer.
On October 25, 1947, she married Charles in Hartford, Connecticut and returned to Sioux Falls when he graduated from Trinity College. Thereafter, she devoted her life to her great loves: her family, church, friends, art, books, sharp-witted conversation and the Minnesota Vikings. All but one brought her great joy.
Hazel is survived by three sons, Steven (Kathy) of Sioux Falls, David (Jan) of Madison, SD, and Michael of Madison; and three grandchildren, Kristin, John and Ann. She was preceded in death by her husband, a son, Phillip, and a granddaughter, Sara.
Memorials may be directed to the Calvary Episcopal Church Foundation or the Augustana College Library. Hazel loved flowers but, ever the practical person, knew that flowers last only a few days, while memorial gifts last many lifetimes.
All but one brought her great joy. But she still loved her team.
God Bless Hazel. I wish I could have met you. We could have exchanged our purple-laden sorrows and shared a laugh or two as well. I'm sure you could have helped all of us laugh through this last, miserable week.
Worst Coach Excuse Ever?
Who uttered this quote recently?
“...really—throw out the touchdown after the turnover on downs—this was a 21-3 game, not a 28-3 game.”
Was it, A) Papa Bear Halas; B) Vince Lombardi; C) George Allen; D) Mike Tice?
Need a clue? It is the guy who is still alive. But his brain is on life support. I mean what the hell kind of lame-brain excuse is that? Only Ol' Pencil Ear could try and offer up that the game was closer than the score showed.
Taking abuse at the office water cooler? No reason to take it man!
"Coach Tice said we were only beat by 18 since the last TD the Bears scored was garbage, man!"
(Cue to puff out chest).
"AND, had Edinger made both those field goals now we're looking at 21-9."
(Cue to point to puffed out chest).
"ANNNNNNDDDDD, had the moon been in alignment with Jupiter and a wasp flown up Steve Loney's rear-end then the score would have been closer to 21-12."
(Cue to stick out chin ala Bill Cowher)
Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick. My head hurts.
Score Seven Podcast
Vikes Geek and I bring you Viking Underground Podcast Twenty-One. We discuss seven topics foremost on our minds from the loss to the Bears.
Bad Dreams
I forget which morning it was but I must have mumbled something about "wake me from this bad dream" while perusing the local rag over breakfast.
The Boy® responded with, “I had a bad dream last night. A meteor landed on earth and it was filled with dinosaurs. They came into our house and wanted to sleep in our beds. George Washington came and he was really mad at them. All of a sudden, the dinosaurs did something that made them go back into the meteor, and they returned to the asteroid belt. What did you dream about last night?”
Top that one, Dads.
Shameless Plug
I'll be promoting the newly formed blog, The Four Hoarse Men, for a few weeks now to ensure that those who want to check it out and bookmark the blog can do so. Then I'll stop.....promise.
The topic over that the FH this week is starting off with music. Check out the conversation and feel free to add to it by leaving a Comment.
Speaking of Comments, this little ol' blog is approaching 1000 comments left since it started up a little over one-year ago. I wonder who will leave my 1000th comment?????
Posted by maasx003 at October 18, 2005 06:10 AM | TrackBackOh yeah .... .great quote.
Reminds of some similar quotes from proper football, (soccer to you guys on the other side of the pond), managers along the lines of, " if the ball had not crossed the line it would not have been a goal" and "if we had scored more goals then we would have won" !!!!!
Me?, I am looking forward to seeing who the new coach is going to be, and looking ahead to the No1 pick on the draft.
Posted by: Limey Viking at October 18, 2005 05:51 AMMike: Thanks for sharing that even across The Pond there can be excuses made as well and the fact that idiotology is not just an American problem.
Posted by: Brian Maas at October 18, 2005 07:21 AMThis is a cool story COD. How did you ever find this obituary? It makes me think of my Grandpa, a lifelong Vikings fan who also died before they hoisted the trophy. Thanks for sharing...
Posted by: Shane at October 18, 2005 07:40 PMShane: I have people everywhere....look out your window. See that shadowy figure behind Cheesehead's garage?
Well, that's just Cheesehead hiding a smoke from the Mrs., but you know what I mean.
Posted by: Brian Maas at October 18, 2005 07:49 PM
Podcast!! OMG guys...Your talk on Culpepper and what QB we should draft, etc are crazy! There is only 1 big problem with the vikings right now. Coaches, Coaches, Coaches. Pepper may be having a bad season, but come on now. Pepper is a stud with no O-Line, and no running game to keep defenses honest. No QB would perform with that kind of garbage.
Vikes need a big power back like a jerome bettis in his prime. And it would be awesome to hire Wies away from Norte Dame next season. Now thats what I am talkin bout! Daunte would be fine with a good running game and good o-line.
Posted by: Norse at October 18, 2005 09:34 PMIt's rivalry week, so I'll chime in. Culpepper is now the latest version of Kurt Warner. He can only succeed when he has top flight talent around him.
Posted by: Cheesehead Craig at October 18, 2005 10:22 PMMr. Cheer or Die, what compelled you to read my hometown paper? Sioux Falls is probably 85% Vikings fans if not more...its a great town for people like us...
Posted by: Jon of Sioux Falls at October 19, 2005 07:45 AMNorse: Daunte has always been a fav of mine. I hope this season is just an abberation but I'm not so sure. What I was saying, if Leinart is available when the Vikes draft next year....do we pass him up?
CC: I can't argue with that assessment. But Pepper still lights up the Packer secondary this Sunday!
Jon: I had gotten a tip from a person in my office about the story. He had been in Sioux Falls last week and had seen the story and told me about it. Google is a great thing.
Posted by: Brian Maas at October 19, 2005 07:57 AM