Super Bowl LII awarded to Minneapolis. VIP ice fishing parties! (1 Viewer)

[datonn]

As a Vikings fan? I'd trade Super Bowl LII for the Vikings having a title any day. And it probably is just another bitter Viking fan talking. But all the "close but no cigar" gets REEEEEAAAALLLLLYYY old after 3-4 decades.

Datonn, would you?

Just a football fan talking here but Seattle and NE have the two of the best home field advantages going and they are both northern teams, with occasionally harsh (wet/cold/windy) weather that really creates an environment that opposing teams don't like to visit. Since 1982, when the Metrodome was built, NE has made 7 SBs, SEA has made 2 SBs (both since moving outdoors in `02), GB of course is well known for its HFA and it's made 3 SBs, BUF has made four. Denver's not northern but they're cold weather and they have made 6.

The two northern teams that haven't made it to the SB? The two that play indoors, MIN & DET. Of course MIN made 4 SBs while playing outdoors and were 10-1 in the playoffs there. (And maybe CLE is an exception since they have been so consistently awful no stadium HFA could help them).

Would you want an outdoor stadium if you thought it would help your team have a better HFA and a better chance of making the SB? (Not saying it does, though I think there's an argument there that it does, just say assuming here it does).

I would LOVE to have had the Purple People Eaters win just ONE of those four Super Bowls for Minnesota and Bud Grant back in the day. And yes, if we could magically go back in time to alter history and make that happen, I'd trade Super Bowl LII for one of those titles in a nano-second. Heck, I'd probably give up Super Bowl LII if those refs in the NFC Championship Game against the Cowboys would have (correctly) called Drew Pearson for offensive pass interference back in the day too. Anything to shut Packer fans up about how they (personally, you'd think...from the way they talk about it) have a room full of trophies.

I really don't care about the Saints...as 2009 (?) is ancient history. All the chronic losing and underwhelming experiences that are college and professional sports in Minnesota though? It's like an open, infected wound. And every last bad call or "Bountygate" is like rubbing salt on it. Then Kevin Love basically says he wants out of Minnesota, and you start secretly wishing the franchise would just fold. Like a long-time girlfriend you know you'll never be happy with. The best thing would be to part company. But you've got too many years, and been through a ton together, so you soldier on...miserable. Got a small reprieve from it all in 1987 and 1991 (Twins). But other than that? Minnesota sports have been nothing but bitter disappointment after bitter disappointment for most of my 43 years on this planet.

 

[Agent575]

New Orleans having hosted it 10 times already is ridiculous...they shouldn't even be allowed to put in a bid for a decade.

You've obviously never been to the city. If you had, you'd refrain from speaking such nonsense.

I said in my post I hadn't been there but I assure even if I had, I would like to see the Super Bowl somewhere else. Variety is nice. I seriously couldn't care less what the people who go to the Super Bowl think of the weather or the city or anything else...most of them are fringe football fans at best anyway. New Orleans getting that sort of revenue gifted to them that many times is sad. I don't get why it isn't just on a rotation for the entire league...other cities would love to host it. Screw New Orleans.

[SIZE=10.5pt]Congrats to Minnesota getting the Super Bowl. I've been to the city a couple of times; enjoyed my visits.[/SIZE]

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[SIZE=10.5pt]Agent, there is some built up anger there sport. Find your nearest massage parlor to alleviate that. [/SIZE]

Nah, I just sound like that. Always have. Choice of words I suppose. I just hear garbage like "we should play where it's warm" and think the world would be better without such candyasses.

 

[Agent575]

God's chosen team? Just stop. Sorry that most of the city was destroyed by a natural disaster and many lost their lives. Their Super Bowl year was one of destiny. Maybe if you watched every one of their games that year you would have seen. Outside of their first loss of the season to Dallas, they were hitting on all cylinders. I have nothing against the Vikings or their hosting the Super Bowl, but you fans are some of the worst losers I've ever seen. The whole cheating thing is played out. The Saints lost their coach for a year, draft picks, and other suspensions and nothing was ever proven. It was just something stemming from a former disgruntled employee. Whatever. The Super Bowl victory can't be taken away. All the crying in the world can't change that. Neither can the week one victory over the Vikings the following year.

As I said, you obviously didn't watch the Saints that year. Use your eyes instead of believing media hype.

Yeah...obviously. I can't believe you actually called it destiny...maybe it's the atheist in me but that just made me picture my sister playing with her dolls like 30 years ago. "Oh it's destiny!" bahahahahahaha

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

New Orleans having hosted it 10 times already is ridiculous...they shouldn't even be allowed to put in a bid for a decade.

You've obviously never been to the city. If you had, you'd refrain from speaking such nonsense.

I said in my post I hadn't been there but I assure even if I had, I would like to see the Super Bowl somewhere else. Variety is nice. I seriously couldn't care less what the people who go to the Super Bowl think of the weather or the city or anything else...most of them are fringe football fans at best anyway. New Orleans getting that sort of revenue gifted to them that many times is sad. I don't get why it isn't just on a rotation for the entire league...other cities would love to host it. Screw New Orleans.

[SIZE=10.5pt]Congrats to Minnesota getting the Super Bowl. I've been to the city a couple of times; enjoyed my visits.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.5pt] [/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.5pt]Agent, there is some built up anger there sport. Find your nearest massage parlor to alleviate that. [/SIZE]

Nah, I just sound like that. Always have. Choice of words I suppose. I just hear garbage like "we should play where it's warm" and think the world would be better without such candyasses.

Isn't this kind of like Vikes fans who insist on a dome/inside stadium because "it's too cold", even though their team loses a potential major home field advantage due to the weather?

 

[Herb]

New Orleans having hosted it 10 times already is ridiculous...they shouldn't even be allowed to put in a bid for a decade.

You've obviously never been to the city. If you had, you'd refrain from speaking such nonsense.

I said in my post I hadn't been there but I assure even if I had, I would like to see the Super Bowl somewhere else. Variety is nice. I seriously couldn't care less what the people who go to the Super Bowl think of the weather or the city or anything else...most of them are fringe football fans at best anyway. New Orleans getting that sort of revenue gifted to them that many times is sad. I don't get why it isn't just on a rotation for the entire league...other cities would love to host it. Screw New Orleans.

[SIZE=10.5pt]Congrats to Minnesota getting the Super Bowl. I've been to the city a couple of times; enjoyed my visits.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.5pt] [/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.5pt]Agent, there is some built up anger there sport. Find your nearest massage parlor to alleviate that. [/SIZE]

Nah, I just sound like that. Always have. Choice of words I suppose. I just hear garbage like "we should play where it's warm" and think the world would be better without such candyasses.

Isn't this kind of like Vikes fans who insist on a dome/inside stadium because "it's too cold", even though their team loses a potential major home field advantage due to the weather?

Are you familiar with winter weather outdoors in Minnesota? I've been to games in that old dome where the outside weather was 5 or 10 below, with a -50 wind chill. There is no way I would go to a game outdoors in those conditions. I know you can academically say "well that's cold, but..." Unless you've been outside for a couple hours in those temps you have no idea what it's like. Packer fans do it, but we all know they're a different (in)breed. And Green Bay is the only other city in the league with temperatures even close to the brutality in MPLS. I'd rather lose home field advantage than fingers from frostbite.