Okay, the Final 4 for the first ever Vikingstailgate.com Parking Lot Fantasy Football League is all set. All the buzz is for “Straight Cash Homies” who apparently bare the weight of the entire world on their shoulders, but don’t want anyone to know who they are.

The Homies will battle Erik Helgerson’s pristine “Whizzinators” at MSP/St. Paul International Airport Security Stadium in what promises to be an absolute shootout. The Whizz have been in first place since Opening Day, pissing their dope team all over opponents all season long, sporting an impressive 13-1 mark. The exception being an 88-77 loss to their upcoming playoff opponent. The Homies are hot, winning their last 4 games, including the huge Week 13 win over the Whizzinators which also snapped their 12-game winning streak.

“They ruined my perfect season, and we want revenge,” stated Helgerson to nobody on or off the record (editors note: we made that quote up to stir the pot a bit, c’mon it’s all fantasy afterall.)

The winner of this anticipated rematch could the 6-Pack of Premium Beer, and certificate of “Tailgate Lot Fantasy Football Champion.” This fantastic prize will be delivered to the lot on game day of the Vikings First home playoff game vs. the Eagles, Packers, Cowboys, Giants or Cardinals in January. But nobody knows for sure the true identity of the Straight Cash Homies owner “Steff.” This could be a problem if they win the whole 6-Pack.

In the possible scenario that the Homies win it all, we will need positive ID of the owner, and confirmation that he/she is of legal drinking age. If that cannot be resolved, the other three finalists, who we all know will be tailgating, will each drink the beer, and tear up the certificate in a pre-game celebration to honor the anonymous owner.

We do know with 100% accuracy, that South Dakota will be represented in the Championship game. The opponent in the championship game will be one of the Tailgating Anderson brothers who hail from the same household from the same prairie state. It’s little brother Brent aka Rocky facing off against big brother Marcus aka Mookie in what many are calling a Barnyard brawl.

Brent’s “Roosevelt Browns”-named after the famous 6th Grade flag football dynasty in Watertown, SD for which both brother’s won city championships, playing 7 years apart- will travel 26 miles to legendary Rufer Field to face the Strandburg Tigers -named for their father’s High School Football team in the rural pheasant hunting territory and rolling hills of Northeastern South Dakota.

“This game is for Kick ass Ken, who raised us to be Vikings fans, and slobberknock the crap out of each other whenever the opportunity presented itself,” stated Marcus, noting many household battles of their youth known as “Boston Street Fights.”

“At least our dad knows that one of us will be playing in a championship this holiday season!”

Best of luck to all of the Final 4.

With a six-pack of Premium Beer, and a Certificate stating “Fantasy Champ of the Tailgating Lot” at stake, we invited Viking Tailgaters into a Yahoo Fantasy Football last summer. Sixteen Brave Souls took the challenge, and with the season 6 weeks old, and many of the participants still to “identified” here are the latest standings:

Vikings Fantasy Football Tailgating League Standings:
1. The Whizzinators 6-0-0 (ERIK HELGERSON)
2. Strandburg Tigers 5-1-0 (MOOKIE)
3. ThorsPhlacidHammer 4-1-1 (RYAN L)
4. Straight Cash Homiez 4-2-0 (STEFF)
5. Nose bleeds 4-2-0 (TRAVIS)
6. Strawjams 4-2-0 (STRAWJAMMS, STEVE ANDERSON)
7. Viking World Order 3-3-0 (SYD DAVY)
8. Roosevelt Browns 3-3-0 (ROCKY, BRENT ANDERSON)
9. VikeBike 3-3-0 (TODD G)
10. Untouchable 2-3-1 (?)
11. Who’s Your Daddy 2-3-1 (FARRELL)
12. Virginia Vikings 2-4-0 (FORD FRANKLIN)
13. VikeBabe45 2-4-0 (?)
14. Orange Crush 1-4-1 (CARSTEN).
15. MVP’s 1-5-0 (?)
16. Vikes2010 0-6-0 (SBOKOLAS) (?)

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You have been invited to join The Vikingstailgate.com custom Fantasy Football League in Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Football,

The league is called VikingsTailgaters.

In order to join the league, follow the link above or go to game front page, click the “Sign Up Now” or “Get Another Team” button and follow the links to “Join a Custom League”. When prompted, enter the League ID# and password below.

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The winner will receive a 6-pack of Premium beer, and a custom made championship certificate. The ultimate champ must find the goalposts in lot #3 to claim the prize.

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The NFL Draft is sneaking up faster then a bad hop on the old Metrodome turf. I figured that it would be time to start recapping the off-season and predicting the draft. First off, I think the biggest concern for the Vikings offensively is at Wide Receiver
Vikes Off-Season recap Part 1: The Pass Catchers
Like every Vikings homer fans who loves Fantasy Football, I was decimated by the loss of Randy Moss. I drafted him 3rd overall in 1998 to laughing array of league owners, but I knew he would great the second I saw him play his first pre-season game against the Chiefs.
Moss-like players come along but maybe once every decade; and impact players of his stature perhaps even less often. Randy will be the PERFECT RAIDER! Look for many big years from him in Silver and Black. With a chip on his shoulder, Moss will be unstoppable. If only the Raiders had a quarterback?
Fantasy Outlook: Vikings Receivers & Tight Ends
Nate Burleson is not a secret anymore, but he can still make the big plays. Nate’s balance and foot presence (for lack of a better term) stretches the field. He makes the field wider in sort of a familiar Cris Carter like fashion, but he also runs slants like Anthony Carter. Nate could be better than people think. I predict 7 TD’s and 1,000 yards every year from now on for this new primary target of Daunte Culpepper.

Travis Taylor will be a decent possesion receiver . He begged to be a Viking and was granted his wish. The 10th overall pick out of Florida in 2000 by the Baltimore Ravens, Taylor can and will produce 7-8 TD’s and 800-900 yards for his new purple squad.

Last years Free-Agent disappointment, Marcus Robinson, should score more TD’s inside the red-zone than anyone on the team. Culpepper to Marcus on the fade in goal line situations should produce at least 1o TD’s next season.

Don’t touch Kelly Campbell. He is a head case and has been missing from the Vikings offense since he first proved he wasn’t the “go-to” guy on 3rd and long when Moss was injured last year. I don’t think the Vikings will want Campbell back at all even if he is acquitted of his weapons and marijuana charges. Little “it-is-what-it-is” can be a “was-what-it-was” on another team looking for a wanna be bad boy thug. Ryan Hoag would be a better 4th receiver option, assuming the Vikings do not Draft Mike Williams with their no. #7 pick.

Jermaine Wiggins will get his 60 plus receptions, and 3-4 touchdowns and Jim Kleinsasser will return with 30 or so receptions and 1 or 2 TD’s.

Who the Vikings Should Draft at Receiver:
I am not sold on the Vikings drafting a wide receiver with the #7 pick. Instead, I’d like to see them trade that pick, for later pick in the first round and then grab one of these receivers:

• Mark Clayton
• Troy Willaimson
• Roscoe Parish
• Vincent Jackson