russinfortworth
Footballguy
Anyone know why both teams sat on the same side of the field at the Old Metropolitan stadium, home of the Vikings, circa 1960's-1980's?
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Metropolitan Stadium - Bloomington MN (1 Viewer)
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DoctorDetroit
Chocolate Thunder
That must have been as cold as cold gets for a football game. The proposed stadium is retractable or dome? Vikings crowds are usually pretty good as well.
DoctorDetroit
Chocolate Thunder
Vikings have moved into my top five least liked teams in the offseason.That said, I hope you guys get this stadium and the team is secure in the Twin Cities for many years to come.
But I hope they lose most of their games there unless they are playing the Steelers, Rams, Packers, or Cowboys.
How's that for banter?
SaintsInDome2006
Footballguy
Am I reading this right? The weather for the Panthers game as 12 degrees, -7 wind chill?
The Vikes should have stayed outdoors.
It's turning cold and look what's happening:
Washington: W
Green Bay: lose by three to a team that is supposed to outclass them several times.
Carolina: W - 2 special teams TDs
They will destroy the Jets.
They will beat the Bears.
The Vikes were 10-1 at home in the playoffs in Bloomington, their only loss on that bs non-call on Pearson. They made 4 Super Bowls on defense and winning in December and January. Since they went indoors? Not one championship appearance.
It's too late now but the Vikes are making a mistake by going back indoors.
The Vikes should have stayed outdoors.
It's turning cold and look what's happening:
Washington: W
Green Bay: lose by three to a team that is supposed to outclass them several times.
Carolina: W - 2 special teams TDs
They will destroy the Jets.
They will beat the Bears.
The Vikes were 10-1 at home in the playoffs in Bloomington, their only loss on that bs non-call on Pearson. They made 4 Super Bowls on defense and winning in December and January. Since they went indoors? Not one championship appearance.
It's too late now but the Vikes are making a mistake by going back indoors.
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Gvindy
Footballguy
I was thinking the same thing yesterday. Especially if they can get warm weather teams at home late in the year. But I thought this theory had been debunked for the most part in the past. It will be interesting to monitor.
SaintsInDome2006
Footballguy
It's only been "debunked" by Vikes fans who don't want to freeze their tails off in the Minnesota winter. But Packers fans? They're fine and they've been to 3 Super Bowls since the Met closed. The Bears? They have been to two SB's. The Pats? They have been to five? The Giants, what 3-4? Seattle of course also used their outdoor homefield advantage to great effect.
I don't think it's been debunked at all. At a minimum the falcons would have likely lost that NFCC game when Mort Andersen hit 3 50+ yard FGs to send the dirty birds into the SB.
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SaintsInDome2006
Footballguy
I know, the Jets, but the Vikes again destroyed the competition with defense and special teams at home, in crummy conditions.
Fariq
Footballguy
Not sure where you got 10-1 from. I think they went 7-3 in Bloomington in playoff action. They lost to Dallas twice and San Francisco once.,They were 6-4 in home playoff games in dome.Believe it or not, the Vikings have had a better home record inside than outside. That does take into account their early years when they were brutalized by old school expansion blues. Established teams were able to freeze 30 of their 38 players. The only "name" guy selected in the expansion draft was Hugh McElhenny. Anyway, so eliminate the first five or so years and the Vikings outdoor home winning percentage would top their indoor home winning percentage.
The Vikings went 71-23 at home in the regular season from 1969-81 if I recall correctly.
Fariq
Footballguy
Not sure where you got 10-1 from. I think they went 7-3 in Bloomington in playoff action. They lost to Dallas twice and San Francisco once.,They were 6-4 in home playoff games in dome.Believe it or not, the Vikings have had a better home record inside than outside. That does take into account their early years when they were brutalized by old school expansion blues. Established teams were able to freeze 30 of their 38 players. The only "name" guy selected in the expansion draft was Hugh McElhenny. Anyway, so eliminate the first five or so years and the Vikings outdoor home winning percentage would top their indoor home winning percentage.
The Vikings went 71-23 at home in the regular season from 1969-81 if I recall correctly.
Fariq
Footballguy
Yes. Milwaukee County Stadium had the same deal.
Area51Inhabitant
Footballguy
One of those Dallas games will always have the Drew Pearson offensive interference asterisks attached to it.
