The Minnesota Vikings have been stomping on the hearts of their fans for nearly half a century. The last time they played in the Super Bowl, our nation was celebrating its bicentennial. They lost, of course, for the fourth time. Two games into this season, they hold the same record as the Miami Dolphins, who finished last season 1-15. None of this is all that surprising until you consider that a couple months ago, a senior writer at Sports Illustrated picked the Vikings to win it all.
Which they still might. This is Minnesota, after all, the land of infinite, stupid hope.
Julie is a Packers fan. The Packers are 2-0 so far this year, the same record as the New York Giants, last year's Super Bowl champions. Their first victory came against the Vikings on Monday Night Football, and they did it without Brett Favre. Oh yes, and unlike the Vikings, the Packers have won three Super Bowls.
I know deep down that our daughter will be a Packers fan. I have accepted this. Like her mother, she will not know a single post-Favre player's name, but like her mother, she will dance and gloat every time they show up the Vikings.
But I hope she's a Vikings fan. I hope she possesses infinite, stupid hope.
...and the next logical step is to create a blog about it.
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1 comment:
To be fair, the Packer fans have lived thru decades of WTF in order to reach the Favre years, so their rabid patience was rewarded and they were allowed to turn on the rabid fandom.
The same will happen with the Vikings. Someday.
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