OK, NOW you're into a question that I'm pretty much an expert on.jackal wrote:Sorry that exchange made me laugh
When was our last Super Bowl 76 ? Or
something ?
Geez that was like forty years ago ...
I was like 8 years old or something
God I hope we manage to get one in
the next few years. Its getting hard to
even have a little hope anymore.
Yes, 40 years ago. January 11, 1977. The Raiders killed us, 32-14.
My dad, who hated the Vikings with a passion (but ironically is the reason I'm a Vikings fan) busted my chops the entire game. My older half-brother, who had no dog in the show but simply wanted to torment me, joined him. They were absolutely insufferable. They called Fran Tarkenton "Francis the Prancing Fairy" and a bunch of other derogatory names, laughing mightily at every Vikings miscue. It was just a merciless beatdown, both on the field and in my living room. I was 16 and didn't handle it very well. When the game was over, I stomped off to my room, yelling at my dad, "You're such an a$$hole! I wish you were dead!"
It was the last thing I ever said to him. He died of a heart attack 6 hours later. It was the worst day of my life.
I need the Vikings to win the Super Bowl before I die to exorcise the demons.