All-time Favorite Vikings Moment
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2013 4:35 pm
All-time Favorite Vikings Moment
(Not sure if something like this has been posted in the past…and I’m not searching for it!)
We all have our favorite games, years, players, coaches (or…least favorite lol), etc. but what is everyone’s favorite moment? Just one moment in time that sticks out in your mind as the *best*.
If you could find a video of it from YouTube, that is even better!
Anyways, to sum mine up in a few words: the Greg Lewis Touchdown!
Do I need any more explanation than that? Probably not. But I will go on anyway. I’m bored on this Saturday afternoon so…
Back in April of ‘09, I got a wild hair one day and decided to look up Vikings season tickets. Long story short, I called my bank and told them to take the limit off of my debit card, and I ordered my season tickets right then and there. That day, I decided I was moving to Minnesota. lol. You only live once! In July, I headed up there and the rest is history. Here I was, this crazy 22-year-old who moved to Minnesota just for the Vikings. My family all understood it—because they know I’m some kind of fanatical weirdo—but my new coworkers up there couldn’t believe it. “No, seriously, you moved up here just because of the Vikings? No family? No friends? Just the Vikings?” Yep, pretty much.
Obviously, shortly after I arrived, so did Mr. Fav-ray. I don’t need to explain it, y’all already know…’09 was AMAZING, aside from a few bumps in the road and that last game. This is about favorite Vikings moments though—not suicidal ones—so I won’t go there. But, 2009 was just the best ever. I moved up there randomly, had awesome season tickets (Section 115, row 15, Vikings tunnel/corner of the end zone), and we just kicked butt all over the place—all year long. It. Was. Amazing.
My favorite games were vs. the Packers on Monday Night and the spanking we gave the Cowboys in the playoffs, but if I had to narrow it down to ONE single moment as the true highlight of that year—and my fanhood in general—it would be the Greg Lewis touchdown. I’m sure you all remember, so I don’t need to explain the significance of that one play. But to this day, I watch the video—and I get chills. It takes me back, and it’s just an awesome feeling.
The Dome was fairly quiet. Thousands of people were leaving. Everyone was depressed. I was thinking: “Are we seriously going to lose to the freakin’ Niners? Oh my God. Really?” All the fans were blah. Anyone who has attended a game when things aren’t going so hot…you know what I’m talking about! I honestly didn’t think we were going to pull it out. We were about rotten the entire game, but I refuse to leave until it’s over. I don’t care if we are winning or losing—I’m not leaving until it’s over! I’m not a lame-o who tries to beat the traffic or is too much of a coward to watch their team get spanked! I can take it. lol. So anyways, I’m just sitting there trying to stomach the last few moments…and then it happened. The Dome went from extremely quiet to completely crazy in one second! Everyone jumped up; beer, popcorn, nachos, etc. all went flying; everyone was screaming and jumping up and down. And, this lady who sat next to me the whole game—and we talked a bit—she looked at me and we smiled and hugged as if we knew each other. Then we went back to jumping around like idiots. It was simply the best. I wouldn’t trade it for anything. Preferably, it would have been on MY side of the field, but you can’t win them all! I saw plenty of touchdowns on my end that year, so I can’t complain too much.
Needless to say, none of the other games were even close that year. The Packers game gave me a few heart attacks, but it was mostly gravy all thereafter.
Anyways, after that huge, unnecessary story…here is MY all-time favorite Vikings moment:
(Not sure if something like this has been posted in the past…and I’m not searching for it!)
We all have our favorite games, years, players, coaches (or…least favorite lol), etc. but what is everyone’s favorite moment? Just one moment in time that sticks out in your mind as the *best*.
If you could find a video of it from YouTube, that is even better!
Anyways, to sum mine up in a few words: the Greg Lewis Touchdown!
Do I need any more explanation than that? Probably not. But I will go on anyway. I’m bored on this Saturday afternoon so…
Back in April of ‘09, I got a wild hair one day and decided to look up Vikings season tickets. Long story short, I called my bank and told them to take the limit off of my debit card, and I ordered my season tickets right then and there. That day, I decided I was moving to Minnesota. lol. You only live once! In July, I headed up there and the rest is history. Here I was, this crazy 22-year-old who moved to Minnesota just for the Vikings. My family all understood it—because they know I’m some kind of fanatical weirdo—but my new coworkers up there couldn’t believe it. “No, seriously, you moved up here just because of the Vikings? No family? No friends? Just the Vikings?” Yep, pretty much.
Obviously, shortly after I arrived, so did Mr. Fav-ray. I don’t need to explain it, y’all already know…’09 was AMAZING, aside from a few bumps in the road and that last game. This is about favorite Vikings moments though—not suicidal ones—so I won’t go there. But, 2009 was just the best ever. I moved up there randomly, had awesome season tickets (Section 115, row 15, Vikings tunnel/corner of the end zone), and we just kicked butt all over the place—all year long. It. Was. Amazing.
My favorite games were vs. the Packers on Monday Night and the spanking we gave the Cowboys in the playoffs, but if I had to narrow it down to ONE single moment as the true highlight of that year—and my fanhood in general—it would be the Greg Lewis touchdown. I’m sure you all remember, so I don’t need to explain the significance of that one play. But to this day, I watch the video—and I get chills. It takes me back, and it’s just an awesome feeling.
The Dome was fairly quiet. Thousands of people were leaving. Everyone was depressed. I was thinking: “Are we seriously going to lose to the freakin’ Niners? Oh my God. Really?” All the fans were blah. Anyone who has attended a game when things aren’t going so hot…you know what I’m talking about! I honestly didn’t think we were going to pull it out. We were about rotten the entire game, but I refuse to leave until it’s over. I don’t care if we are winning or losing—I’m not leaving until it’s over! I’m not a lame-o who tries to beat the traffic or is too much of a coward to watch their team get spanked! I can take it. lol. So anyways, I’m just sitting there trying to stomach the last few moments…and then it happened. The Dome went from extremely quiet to completely crazy in one second! Everyone jumped up; beer, popcorn, nachos, etc. all went flying; everyone was screaming and jumping up and down. And, this lady who sat next to me the whole game—and we talked a bit—she looked at me and we smiled and hugged as if we knew each other. Then we went back to jumping around like idiots. It was simply the best. I wouldn’t trade it for anything. Preferably, it would have been on MY side of the field, but you can’t win them all! I saw plenty of touchdowns on my end that year, so I can’t complain too much.
Needless to say, none of the other games were even close that year. The Packers game gave me a few heart attacks, but it was mostly gravy all thereafter.
Anyways, after that huge, unnecessary story…here is MY all-time favorite Vikings moment:
But, I suppose games will do. lol. 
