Even-though the Dolphins were defending World Champs, and were playing in their third straight Super Bowl, I honestly felt like we were gonna dominate them. How wrong I was.

Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good. How else can you explain this fluke Super Bowl that was won when Pittsburgh recovered a "mistake" second-half kick off? I guess it's totally my opinion, but I still think there is no way that the Vikings would lose this Super Bowl if it was played again today, yesterday or tomorrow.

Disaster struck and the opportunity was squandered when Brent McClanahan fumbled the ball away to the Raiders. The turnover was the worse thing that could have ever happened to the Vikings. In this sports daddy opinion it was the purple's worst nightmare.

On this day in Vikings history, October 23, 2005. The Vikings beat the Green Bay Packers. This is the recap from a Vikings Tailgater perspective

The vehicle now includes at least 2 of the 4 player's autographs from the Purple People Eaters. I am not sure if this makes the F-150 more priceless or less of a cure for the sports daddy's mid-life crisis?

Chuck Foreman had the slickest spin move of all-time, but this run was an "all guts" burst to glory, setting up the winning touchdown scored by Sammie Johnson a few plays later. The Vikings were heading to Pasadena for their 4th Super Bowl.

Did you know that Tommy Mason Minnesota Viking’s first ever draft pick from 1961, was a productive NFL All-Pro who married an Olympic gymnast and was later traded for the draft rights to a future NFL Hall of Famer? It seems like I get at least one e-mail every week, from somebody who has found [...]

This season the Vikings will play only just a two nationally televised games. Both of them will be agains the opponents in last year's NFC Championship game, the Chicago Bears and Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers.

I am now a "producer" of a movie about Vikings fans. I am hoping that means I will get a free DVD of the movie, and possibly host one of the planned premieres for our Vikingstailgate.com clan.

Call me weathered, tainted, and war torn. From last year's devastating NFC title loss to a Super Bowl victory by the archrival, border battle nemesis from Green Bay, the spirit of Vikings fans have quelled.