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JamesJM
It was, and probably always will be.. with RFL... whom we see seldom these days. I'm sure you will remember this.. he and I shared a phobia about the Vikings unparalleled on this board or I think... in the history of mankind. The VIKINGS. The fear he and I went thru in that Viking playoff game of 2000 we were never able to express to others. I do NOT exaggerate when I say it was 'hell' incarnate. I nearly lost track of the SB that year because of that game. Can't speak for others but I think RFL was very close to the same.

And since I'm melancholy... as you know I do often... doesn't it just kill you that there are many posting today who didn't get to experience 99'? Live, that is. - JamesJM

My favorite moment from the 99 Vikes game.

First leading up to the game one of the mass media (and board flamer) battle cries was that the 99 Rams hadn't played anyone. Soft schedule, they were pretenders, the Vikes were the real deal. If you recall, not only was the national media doing that, but the board back then was flooded with vikes flamers, and they kept saying, Rams haven't played anyone. The Vikes were the team, this was their year, that was the going story.

So as we know the dome was loud and in the 3rd quarter the Rams simply blew the game to pieces. 4 touchdowns in that quarter then a 5th early in the 4th quarter. To quote Bill Paxton from Aliens, game over man, game over.



After they went up 42 to 17, the game was over really. The Vikes put up a couple of meaningless scores but the Rams crowd was jubilant.

The cameras panned around to show the crowd, and there was a proud fan holding up a sign that said

"WE STILL HAVEN'T PLAYED ANYONE."

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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/17/2016 09:11PM by zn.