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Mothman wrote: Thanks. That was very informative!

J. Kapp 11 wrote: Yeah, I'm kind of tired of the whole "we're jinxed" manifesto.

I've been a fan of this team since 1969, and I've seen plenty of absolutely fantastic moments. We've won 19 division titles and have been to four Super Bowls. I've seen incredible comebacks, such as the Tommy Kramer coming out party when the Vikes overcame a 27-point 4th quarter deficit, or the Miracle at the Met game from 1980, another Kramer classic. There have been SO MANY memorable victories, many in huge games.

It just hasn't happened in a few years.

The Seattle loss sucks. It just does. But it does not, by any stretch of the imagination, represent some kind of curse or jinx. This team has won big games before, and they will again. We have the right man at the helm in Mike Zimmer. This ship is headed in the right direction.

Texas Vike wrote:
Who said anything about a curse? or a jinx? I think you're the first one in this thread to use those words.

J. Kapp 11 wrote: Not the first.

All I'm saying is that a team has to play awfully well to have the kind of success our team has enjoyed. I want to see us win a championship as bad as the next guy, but I will never call this organization a bunch of chokers or give up on them. If I go to my grave never having tasted a championship, I'll still be proud to call myself a loyal fan of the Minnesota Vikings.

Texas Vike wrote: The two posts immediately after mine (DK's and yours) are the first to bring up a curse/ jinx and it felt to me like you were implying that I was a proponent of that kind of thinking. I dislike having my views misrepresented, especially when I'm in a sour mood and it's coming from fellow suffering Vikings fans. No one had mentioned the idea of a curse except DK, who made an inference that was erroneous (if it was aimed at my post).

I agree with your thoughts on not giving up on them. I don't think that's a choice for me. I will admit that I do contemplate whether I want my son pulled into this unique form of annual suffering, but in my own case, I will stick by their side all the way. This one is easier to bounce back from anyways, since it feels like the team is trending upward.

Texas Vike wrote:This one is easier to bounce back from anyways, since it feels like the team is trending upward.

J. Kapp 11 wrote: Obviously, by the bold type in the quote I referenced, it wasn't aimed at you. It also wasn't aimed at DK. It was aimed at the general idea that because the Vikings have had some disappointing losses to end their seasons, they're somehow destined to lose every important game this way. I happen to disagree with this notion. I go into every game believing they can win.
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Crax wrote: That's my main consolation here. Vikings are just setting it up so they are playing the super bowl at home in a couple years.

Texas Vike wrote:The two posts immediately after mine (DK's and yours) are the first to bring up a curse/ jinx and it felt to me like you were implying that I was a proponent of that kind of thinking. I dislike having my views misrepresented, especially when I'm in a sour mood and it's coming from fellow suffering Vikings fans. No one had mentioned the idea of a curse except DK, who made an inference that was erroneous (if it was aimed at my post).

tmscr wrote:I wish someone with time on their hands would research who has had the most difficult postseason/win and in losses. I simply cannot imagine there has been a worse team than the Vikings. Teams like the lions barely make it. The only ones who may be close could possibly be the Browns and bengals.

vikesfan87 wrote: The Bills also to a certain extent, I suppose. I mean they lost that one Super Bowl because Scott Norwood missed a FG. They subsequently went on to lose the next three, although there was probably little sense of sudden agony/heartbreak because the other years were lopsided scores (although they led Dallas in that last game). The team was also the victim of the Music City Miracle and has not even made the playoffs since that point, and it serves them right for starting Rob Johnson instead of the greatest QB of all-time (up in Canada at least) in Doug Flutie.

Texas Vike wrote:
That was my other team in the 90s!

DK Sweets wrote:You took my post too literally. I wasn't speaking of literal sorcery at work

Jordysghost wrote:Speaking of pain, it happens to everybody.

Play `Hurt' by Nine inch Nails on a loop for four hours and you will begin to understand how last years NFCCG felt.