Comments on: My Team Didn’t Make The Playoffs, But They Don’t Suck Like The Vikings And Cardinals http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/01/01/my-team-didnt-make-the-playoffs-but-they-dont-suck-like-the-vikings-and-cardinals/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:43:41 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Fan http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/01/01/my-team-didnt-make-the-playoffs-but-they-dont-suck-like-the-vikings-and-cardinals/#comment-131597 Fan Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:15:06 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=12171#comment-131597 The Vikings have sold out the stadium every game since 1997. Don't say that Minnesota doesn't deserve a team. The Vikings have sold out the stadium every game since 1997. Don’t say that Minnesota doesn’t deserve a team.

]]> By: The Reality-Based Dave http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/01/01/my-team-didnt-make-the-playoffs-but-they-dont-suck-like-the-vikings-and-cardinals/#comment-131421 The Reality-Based Dave Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:19:43 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=12171#comment-131421 The Viqueens have a ho-hum team in the worst division. As was said before, why drop 3-4 bills to watch a mediocre team in a shitty stadium? Home is much cheaper & more comfortable. The fans would be excited if they had a good, exciting team. This is also prime-time for hockey. Highschool playoffs starting, college season heating up, After a hot start, the Wild are trying not to suck. I think MN has a semi-pro basketball team. Can't remember what happened to them... The Viqueens have a ho-hum team in the worst division. As was said before, why drop 3-4 bills to watch a mediocre team in a shitty stadium? Home is much cheaper & more comfortable. The fans would be excited if they had a good, exciting team.

This is also prime-time for hockey. Highschool playoffs starting, college season heating up, After a hot start, the Wild are trying not to suck.

I think MN has a semi-pro basketball team. Can’t remember what happened to them…

]]> By: Haze the Dog http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/01/01/my-team-didnt-make-the-playoffs-but-they-dont-suck-like-the-vikings-and-cardinals/#comment-131420 Haze the Dog Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:06:04 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=12171#comment-131420 Um, there is a recession going on. Maybe that's why there's no sellout? Um, there is a recession going on. Maybe that’s why there’s no sellout?

]]> By: Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/01/01/my-team-didnt-make-the-playoffs-but-they-dont-suck-like-the-vikings-and-cardinals/#comment-131383 Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:41:16 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=12171#comment-131383 I know the Cardinals are going to get stomped on. But the Vikings? The Eagles aren't a sure thing. The Vikings have a pretty good defense. Do you really think the Vikings are going to implode like the Cowgirls? And the Eagles couldn't even beat the Redskins. I know the Cardinals are going to get stomped on. But the Vikings? The Eagles aren’t a sure thing. The Vikings have a pretty good defense. Do you really think the Vikings are going to implode like the Cowgirls? And the Eagles couldn’t even beat the Redskins.

]]> By: CupOJoe http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/01/01/my-team-didnt-make-the-playoffs-but-they-dont-suck-like-the-vikings-and-cardinals/#comment-131377 CupOJoe Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:52:28 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=12171#comment-131377 What I want to know is, why the fuck to the 12-4 Colts and the 11-5 Falcons have to <i>go on the road</i> to play the 8-8 Chargers and the 9-7 Cardinals? I can understand (almost) the need for division winners getting in the playoffs regardless of record, but the team with the best record regardless of whether they're the wildcard or not ought to have home field advantage. And baseball now is worse: home field advantage based on who won the <i>All-Star Game</i>? Bad enough we have "teh stupid" in politics, I'd rather not have it in sports. What I want to know is, why the fuck to the 12-4 Colts and the 11-5 Falcons have to go on the road to play the 8-8 Chargers and the 9-7 Cardinals?

I can understand (almost) the need for division winners getting in the playoffs regardless of record, but the team with the best record regardless of whether they’re the wildcard or not ought to have home field advantage.

And baseball now is worse: home field advantage based on who won the All-Star Game?

Bad enough we have “teh stupid” in politics, I’d rather not have it in sports.

]]> By: buma http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/01/01/my-team-didnt-make-the-playoffs-but-they-dont-suck-like-the-vikings-and-cardinals/#comment-131375 buma Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:57:50 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=12171#comment-131375 Those Vikings tix would have sold more quickly if America's Team had not been utterly destroyed in the last game. I hope the seats are taken by noisy Iggles fans who make the trip. Those Vikings tix would have sold more quickly if America’s Team had not been utterly destroyed in the last game. I hope the seats are taken by noisy Iggles fans who make the trip.

]]> By: Quaker in a Basment http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/01/01/my-team-didnt-make-the-playoffs-but-they-dont-suck-like-the-vikings-and-cardinals/#comment-131374 Quaker in a Basment Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:39:37 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=12171#comment-131374 Why blow five bills to watch your team make a first-round exit? Why blow five bills to watch your team make a first-round exit?

]]> By: Mowry http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/01/01/my-team-didnt-make-the-playoffs-but-they-dont-suck-like-the-vikings-and-cardinals/#comment-131360 Mowry Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:54:55 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=12171#comment-131360 There's no way either team sells out - even with the extension. Tickets at places like TicketStumbler and Stubhub are already going for below face value. There’s no way either team sells out – even with the extension. Tickets at places like TicketStumbler and Stubhub are already going for below face value.

]]> By: C.S.Strowbridge http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/01/01/my-team-didnt-make-the-playoffs-but-they-dont-suck-like-the-vikings-and-cardinals/#comment-131324 C.S.Strowbridge Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:29:50 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=12171#comment-131324 "Minnesota… man, who knows." Too much hockey? “Minnesota… man, who knows.”

Too much hockey?

]]> By: Jeff Fecke http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/01/01/my-team-didnt-make-the-playoffs-but-they-dont-suck-like-the-vikings-and-cardinals/#comment-131323 Jeff Fecke Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:29:46 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=12171#comment-131323 This is all about the economy. Minnesota is struggling because a bunch of season ticket holders opted out of paying $200 a ticket for seats. We haven't had a blackout this season, but season tix were all bought before the bottom dropped out. I doubt areas like New York will have trouble selling out, but I wouldn't be surprised to find out that Carolina is struggling next week; people don't have money. That makes it hard to buy tickets. This is all about the economy. Minnesota is struggling because a bunch of season ticket holders opted out of paying $200 a ticket for seats. We haven’t had a blackout this season, but season tix were all bought before the bottom dropped out. I doubt areas like New York will have trouble selling out, but I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that Carolina is struggling next week; people don’t have money. That makes it hard to buy tickets.

]]> By: Parthenon http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/01/01/my-team-didnt-make-the-playoffs-but-they-dont-suck-like-the-vikings-and-cardinals/#comment-131259 Parthenon Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:13:16 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=12171#comment-131259 It's probably that the Cardinals have been garbage forever, and frankly, still are. Los Angeles still in the market for a franchise? Though with a better mascot and uniforms? Minnesota... man, who knows. It’s probably that the Cardinals have been garbage forever, and frankly, still are. Los Angeles still in the market for a franchise? Though with a better mascot and uniforms?

Minnesota… man, who knows.

]]> By: C.S.Strowbridge http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/01/01/my-team-didnt-make-the-playoffs-but-they-dont-suck-like-the-vikings-and-cardinals/#comment-131247 C.S.Strowbridge Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:54:13 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=12171#comment-131247 If you can't sell out in the playoffs, you shouldn't have a team. If you can’t sell out in the playoffs, you shouldn’t have a team.

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