Minnesota Vikings

Wow - I just completed watching an NFL Network program entitled "America's Team: The Missing Rings" that told the story of the 1998 Minnesota Vikings that featured the great wide receiver Cris Carter, the rookie great WR Randy Moss, and quarterback Randall Cunningham and that arm of his! It was the year they almost...almost made it to the Super Bowl. Ahhhhh...the memories. The memories of how I despised that team that year! They were on TV every single Sunday it seemed and I was soooo sick of seeing them grab their glory, tromping all over every single team, but two. The team they lost to, obviously at 15-1, and the Atlanta Falcons, to whom they lost the NFC Championship game. All they had to do was beat the Falcons. The team I rooted for. The team for whom I made a cake...with a Falcons logo. In retrospect, I may have been the only one that ate any of that cake! :)

I am a HUGE Vikings fan now, thanks in part to Mr. MP and the teen years. My checks have the Vikings helmet and my bank card is purple/gold with the white Vikings horn!

Back then, having lived in MN and Atlanta, it could have been a toss up on who my team was of the moment, as I base my favorites on who my kids like (Go Texans, the fav of Ms. Independent, and Go Saints - Duce's fav!!) and where I've lived in prior years. Given the fact that I did not like the Vikings in any way shape or form in 1998, there was no doubt that I wanted Atlanta to go all the way and win the Super Bowl. Now in hindsight, what I would give to have that glorious year back, just so I could watch the Vikings nearly every week, instead of my state's teams, ummm...teams I do not like AT ALL!

Mr. MP wanted the Vikings, even back then when he was still a Cowboys fan, but I wanted the 14-2 Falcons to win, and win they did. Funny how things have changed in 11 years - even right down to my football teams.

As the NFL season approaches and I prime my roster for the fantasy football draft, I think back with great fondness to a time lost. I'll sit back this year and enjoy the Vikings on TV for two, maybe three games TV if I'm lucky, during the regular season, and continue the hope that one day, maybe this year, they will make it to the Super Bowl.

Go Vikes!