MN Sports Weekend

The Minnesota sports scene was about three feet away from having an absolutely abysmal weekend. To recap:

The Gophers got completely embarrassed on ESPN with a no show performance against a 2-7 Michigan team. To top it off, Penn St. got beat so the Big Ten will only get one BCS team, meaning that the Gophers have a 0% chance of going to a January bowl game. However I do hear that Detroit is beautiful at the end of December.

The T'Wolves got blown out by a bad Sacromento team then lost another game after taking a lead into the 4th quarter against Portland, dropping their record to 1-5 to start the season and further solidify their status as NBA also-ran. It's sad when the opposition can sleepwalk through the first three quarters, wake up in the fourth, and still get an easy win.

The Wild also got shutout on Saturday night to drop their record to 2-4 in the last six games (I put that in for dramatic effect) so that brought us to the Vikes/Cheeseheads game on Sunday.

In true Vikings fashion they were in complete control of the game, but in the time it takes to go to the bathroom and clean up lunch they found themselves down by four and Childress looked like his puppy had ran away. However despite themselves they defied all logic and pulled back ahead riding the back of the aptly name superhero AD. Of course they tried to still give the game away by letting the Pack get to the 40 on the kickoff and subsequently into their territory. Then Mike McCarthy decided that they didn't need to get any closer for what would have been the winning field goal and waved the white flag (Crosby's field goal would have been good from anything less than about 45 yards). All Viking fans can only say thanks Mike, you kept the season alive, at least for another week. As fans that's all we ask for.