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Re: How long have you been a "REAL" Viking fan?

Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 10:30 am
by The Breeze
I assume "real fan" means the point where one puts a team above all others and commits.

It was right away for me. I don't remember the year but it was the fact that my favorite color was purple and the defense was the Purple People Eaters. My Grandmother had recently given me an 8-track tape (google it kids) of Sheb Wooley and my favorite song on it was " Flying Purple People Eater"....so it all fit, from my limited perspective.

I had no real idea how great that team was. But I remember Chuck Foreman and Tark being easy heroes and I loved Alan Page, Paul Krause and Matt Blair too.

Now I wish I was older when that team was at it's peak so I could really enjoy it's dominance...except for those times in January :?

Re: How long have you been a "REAL" Viking fan?

Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 4:32 pm
by Captain
1997 season. We moved to Minnesota in '96 in the middle of first grade. Didn't really know/understand football until i got to the third grade, been bleeding purple and gold since. Used to have a signed Chris Carter poster taped above my desk. Been all over the world since then but 3 hrs every sunday in the fall even halfway around the world, is carved out for my beloved Vikings.

Re: How long have you been a "REAL" Viking fan?

Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 7:33 am
by Angels Wings
MelanieMFunk wrote: ...can't say I blame him.

When I lived in Minnesota, my property manager was telling me about a guy he knew who committed suicide after the loss in '98. Obviously he had a lot of OTHER issues going on--and it wasn't just because of the game--but the loss to the Falcons was the last straw. He committed suicide that night or the next day. Not quite sure on the details--either way, shortly after.

Football is serious, especially Vikings football. Really, really serious. Too bad we are often on the wrong side of the "serious." :cry:
Commit suicide? In the words of Clay Davis from the Wire, sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit!


But seriously, I became a Vikings fan in '98. Was a Bears fan and wanted them to draft Randy Moss, but they drafted the greatness that was Curtis Enis and the Vikings did. I was a huge fan of Moss coming out of Marshall, so when the Vikings drafted him, I became a Vikings fan and have been one since. That '98 team with Robert Smith, Cris Carter, Moss, and Jake Reed was a thing of beauty. The "bend, but don't break" defense with Foge Fazio on the other hand was not :lol:

Re: How long have you been a "REAL" Viking fan?

Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 10:04 am
by Delaqure
Been a fan since the first time I watched them on TV in 1969. I loved the uniforms! Growing up in Idaho in those days I didn't get to see a lot of their games. When they lost to the Chiefs in the Super Bowl I was disappointed but hadn't been a fan long enough to be devastated yet. That came later. The 98 loss was tough but for some reason I really wasn't as disappointed as I thought I would be. The Super Bowl loses were much worse. The loss to the Saints was far worse for me. For some reason I just felt like that season was the magical one and we were going to the Super Bowl.

If we ever win one I am going to....well I don't know what I am going to do. Probably buy every piece of Super Bowl memoribilia I fan get my hands on just so I can convince myself it wasn't a dream.