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Allen resorts to begging; Vikings still short on playoff ticket sales push

3 January 2009

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Saturday – 01/03/09 4:45 pm: At the beginning of the week, Minnesota was looking at 20,000 seat mountain, but after a major push today, the Vikings are assured of having their wild card game televised locally. Friday – 01/02/09 12:30 pm: Minnesota Vikings DE Jared Allen made a last minute push today for fans of [...]

Vikings nervous about McNabb’s mobility

3 January 2009

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Yahoo! Sports has a solid piece up on Philadelphia Eagles QB Donavan McNabb, and how he presents Minnesota’s defense with a different sort of challenge this weekend: creating pressure without breaking containment on the edge. McNabb has been sacked just 23 times this season, which is a testament in part to his ability to move around [...]

Childress concerned about Reid’s health

3 January 2009

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Minnesota Vikings head coach Brad Childress is worried that the pressure and stress of coaching in the NFL has taken a severe toll on his friend and mentor, Andy Reid, the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles. The long hours of an NFL coaching position along with extra weight gained from eating too well can take [...]

Vikings will miss Edwards on Sunday

2 January 2009

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The Minnesota Vikings will be without their right defensive end Ray Edwards when they take the field on Sunday against the visiting Philadelphia Eagles. The bigger question is whether they’ll have their stalwart defensive tackle Pat Williams, who is sorely missed, especially in the Viking run defense, when he’s out of the lineup. Yahoo! Sports [...]

Cardinals, Vikings struggling to sell out playoff games

2 January 2009

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(Friday) 4:20 pm: You can breathe for another day Vikings fans. The NFL granted Minnesota another extension today to sell out the remainder of their tickets, or face the league mandated TV blackout for Sunday’s matchup against the visiting Philadelphia Eagles. As of now, there are still 3,100 tickets available for the game, most of [...]

Vikings headed out of Minnesota?

2 January 2009

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Don’t look now but it could happen in the near future according to ESPN’s Kevin Seifert. The State of Minnesota (home sweet home for yours truly) has thus far balked at the opportunity to take up the possibility of public financing for a new stadium in Minneapolis for the Vikings, and owner Zygi Wilf isn’t [...]