Minnesota Vikings

three contests, including an 84-yard performance against Cleveland and a 102-yard output against the Cardinals in the regular season finale. In a bit of good news for Seattle, starting running back Marshawn Lynch should be ready to play against Minnesota this weekend after not playing since Nov. 15 because of an abdominal injury. Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson has had an MVP-caliber season, producing his best statistics since he’s entered the NFL. This season, Wilson threw for a career-high…

The nail biting, nerve wrecking, back and forth 31-28 overtime victory to the Minnesota Vikings was an unforgettable moment in football history. This win over the Vikings put The New Orleans Saints into the first Super Bowl in franchise history and Coach Payton was the pilot. I selected Coach Payton’s memorable and profound NFC Championship post-game interview. Coach Payton mentioned more than once that he was struggling with his emotions and expressed the game was kind of a blur to him at…

A commonality throughout professional football is that teams and their owners love new and enormous stadiums. In the 1950’s and the early days of professional football, stadiums were privately owned playing facilities designed to stay away from public finance (Swindell, Rosentraub, 1998, p. 11). Soon enough, with the growth in popularity of football, it became more common for teams to utilize resources of the state and local government and build publicly funded facilities (Swindell, Rosentraub,…

about 1 year ago. I also noticed he was wearing Virginia Cavalier sweatpants and a black sweatshirt with a terrapin on it. So I started following him he was about 6’ tall but only 190 pounds probably at first he stopped at the Vikings Locker Room store and bought a Minnesota Vikings hat. I had one like that myself I had bought a few months ago. He proceeded to go down the escalator and into the gym I followed as he ran on the treadmill I noticed he was on the top level and was still running…

Although I understand and respect many of my classmate’s views and points, I do not agree with them entirely. What I do agree on is that offensive names such as “Redskins” should be removed if that term really is that insulting. I do not agree names like “Indians” should be changed. I also do not believe that every “Indian” mascot should be removed. When people say that the Mascot is an unrealistic and stereotypical portrayal, they are right. Mascots are not supposed to be realistic. Most…

On November 6, 1869 Rutgers and Princeton played what was supposedly called the first College football game. In the 1880’s a player from Yale changed the rules and officially made it American Football. People like the game of football because of these five reasons: 1.Violence- People like the violence of football because they like to see big hits. People say they like the violence because when people hit each other very hard, bodies go flying everywhere. They also say that who doesn't like to…

The Kensington Rune Stone: Real or fake? The story of the Kensington Rune stone began in 1898 after Olof Ohman, a Swedish farmer, discovered a rectangle stone when he was working on his farm near Kensington, Minnesota with his son. According to Barclay, Shelly. "The Kensington Runestone." N.p.,n.d. Web. 22 Oct. 2010, Olof Ohman reported that the stone, which weighs 202 pounds and has thirty-one inches tall, sixteen inches wide, six inches thick, and it was unearthed under the roof of the tree.…

the field. Beckwith played in the entire game as middle linebacker, strong side linebacker and proved he can play both positions more than efficiently. He recorded 5 solo tackles, a pass defend, and a run stuff. The coming contest against the Minnesota Vikings will give Beckwith the chance to shine as he will be filling in for the injured Kwon Alexander. After this weekend, Kiper may want to re evaluate his list. O.J. Howard saw his first action of the season and had 1 reception for 17 yards…

to be recognized is the great cost at which a team comes to a city. As a prime example, the Minnesota Vikings are the longest-living sports franchise in Minnesota, they were founded in 1961. However, in 2016 the new US Bank Stadium opened upon the ground that used to hold the HHH Metrodome, this new stadium costed over 1 billion dollars, and fifty-percent of it was either bankrolled by the state of Minnesota or the city of Minneapolis. US Bank stadium is a prime example of government being…

This story must begin with an understanding of how the Super Bowl has evolved. Though it has always been a big game -- the first edition placed enormous stress on a man named Vince Lombardi (and probably contributed to his early death in 1970 at age 57) -- the cultural significance of the Super Bowl needed time to emerge in American life. Accordingly, the weight of the Super Bowl wasn't larger than life at the beginning. The game had to become a cultural event. The empty seats for the first…