Long Overdue

I'll pretend like I'm really delayed in posting this picture since I didn't want to jinx the (surprisingly) successful season that the Vikings have been having, but in reality, it has just taken that long for Darrell to edit the picture (and me to remember to get it off his computer). But, since this picture does date back to the first home game of the season (September 9th in case you really care), and the Vikings have been undefeated at home since then, it's only reasonable to assume that we played some role in getting them started on the right foot. And, for those of you who don't remember (or didn't care about) the details from the Vikings game against Jacksonville, here's a brief summary of the awesomeness that we got to experience in person.

After scoring a field goal with five minutes left, it seemed pretty certain that the Vikings had the win in the bag (so certain, in fact, that my brother and his girlfriend left the stadium to beat the rush to the bar we were meeting at afterwards. Joke was on them!). However, after forcing Jacksonville to punt on their first possession after the field goal, the Vikings gave the ball back to them with 1:18 to play and allowed them to score a touchdown--and two-point conversion--putting them up by three. With only twenty seconds to play, the Vikings drove the ball down the field, and put their rookie field-goal kicker in position to hit a 55-yard field goal with time expiring to tie the game--and he nailed it. Cue overtime. The Vikings scored a field goal on their first possession in overtime, giving Jacksonville a chance to counter. Thankfully, the defense stepped it up and shut them down, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Okay, enough of the rambling, here's the picture already. We had (nearly) the whole crew there, after scraping together tickets from a variety of sources. So while we didn't all get to sit together at the game, we had fun hanging out together beforehand (and afterwards!).