Well, well, well. It’s the end of November, and as you know I’m a Viking fan living in the state of Wisconsin. And I’ve noticed some things, there’s a lot less people out and about wearing their green and gold, so much for those great Packer fans that were around for the last 12 years. I knew someday it would come to this, I remember the pre-Holmgren/Ron Wolf days, people were embarrassed, yes Lambeau was sold out, but there were a lot of empty seats, people were out snowmobiling, and doing other things as a means of entertainment rather than watching the Packers. And we’re seeing some of that now, seeing last Monday’s Viking game in Green Bay’s house, I watched on television, I had the opportunity to get tickets, but I found out too late to get out of work that Monday. During the Packers up years, you had to pretty much plan months in advance or prepare to spend a load of money on tickets. But last Monday, Lambeau was about 30% Viking fans supporting their then 4-5 team, while the 2-7 Packers’ fans gave away their seats. Turns out these fans aren’t so great, many of the same Packer fans are turning to wearing the Red and White of the University of Wisconsin, or wearing Milwaukee Bucks colors, the Bucks are an improving team. The Packers are a team that is falling into a deep and dark abyss, Mike Sherman is on the way out, Brett Favre is on the way out, it’s clear they don’t have a running game, who knows if Javon Walker will ever be himself again, they’re going to soon have Aaron Rodgers playing quarterback, and I’m sure the Packers will try to hire Steve Mariucci, who I think is a solid coach, but I would recommend to him not going to Green Bay, its not a good situation for him, when you look at it, the Packers look a lot like the Lions for the near future, with an Jeff Tedford Quarterback, and a lot of untalented or unproven players, as well as a General Manager who appears relatively clueless.
Now on to my beloved Vikings, I’m going to tell you that I’m awfully proud of this team, whether they rally to make the playoffs or not, it’s still a real possibility with five games left. The defense has meshed together rather well over the last six weeks, and they’re running the football well. I think Mike Tice has done a good job jumpstarting this team after a 1-4 start, the team is now 6-5 winning their last four, and five out of the last six games. I do not know if I’m ready to endorse keeping Mike Tice around, I still think I wait and see what happens to Jeff Fischer in Tennessee and Brian Billick in Baltimore, if one of those two become available, I think they should make that move, however if they do not become available, I would be satisfied in keeping Mike Tice and revamping his staff a bit, mainly a new offensive coordinator to replace Steve Loney. And Darren Sharper, this ties it all together, you think Packer fans miss this guy picking off passes left and right? According to all the Packer fans I know, this guy was a washed up has-been, apparently they were wrong, thanks for coming over to the good side Darren, we appreciate it.