What the Favre???

Last Sunday night on one of the Cities' 5pm newscasts, there was an interview with the pastor of a church that temporarily changed their name from "All Saints" to "All Vikings" in honor of that day's NFC Championship game in New Orleans, that pitted our Vikings against the Saints. The reporter remarked at the end of the story that he didn't wear a purple vestment, because in the church, the color purple equaled suffering. Well, after last week's heart-breaking overtime loss, I think a lot of us diehard Viking fans are suffering plenty.

I don't normally expect us to have 5 turnovers in a game and still come out victorious, but we had plenty of chances to win. Now I hear that the NFL admitted that a penalty should've been called on a Sains player who laid a hit on Brett Favre in the 3rd quarter that would've given us the ball at the 19-yard line - so does that mean we get to replay the game now? (Wishful thinking, I know!)

After the Vikings 5th NFC Championship loss since 1978, I understand why some Vikings fans feel just like Chicago Cubs fans - we just can't seem to win the big game, no matter what personnel we have on the field. The last time I felt this disappointed by the Vikes was the '98 NFC Championship game agains the Falcons at the Metrodome - Denny Green never should've taken a knee as time ran out in regulation.

I probably won't watch the Pro Bowl this weekend (I think that having this exhibition game the week before the Super Bowl is a dumb idea), but at least there's always next year (which could be the year, I hope)!