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Hobarticus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 06:06 PM
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Poll question: The Vikes got a new look!
Whaddaya think?
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BeyondThePale Donating Member (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 08:12 PM
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1. Hate the team, hate the look, hope they lose every game!
Sign me,
A die-hard Pack fan!

But I love ya' as a DU member Hobarticus!
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 11:46 AM
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7. Hey, the feeling is mutual...
but even the most die-hard Packer fan, after looking at last season's results, then each team's off-season moves, would be hard-pressed to say that the Vikes are more likely to lose every game. ;-)
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Hobarticus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 06:04 PM
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10. Don't sweat it, I'm no Vikes fan...
I just had to share. Kind of like driving past a car accident....you just hafta look.
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Berserker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 06:04 PM
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11. Awwww a jealous slacker fan chimes in how cute.
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BeyondThePale Donating Member (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 11:08 PM
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22. Just remember the number "12", Berserker!
As in the 12 championships that the Pack have won!
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Berserker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-01-06 08:38 PM
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23. Well Well Well
No matter where you go or what subject comes up about the VIKINGS there is always a slacker fan that spews his hatred. Let me think oh yes just a few years ago it was WE HAVE NEVER LOST A SUPERBOWL (thanks again Denver)and then tell all the VIKING fans that the VIKINGS have never won a super bowl. Well now it's just the same lame old rant about no superbowl wins. Please try harder to justify your hatred toward the VIKINGS other than what you have been brought up with.
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BeyondThePale Donating Member (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-01-06 11:35 PM
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24. It is not hatred, it is more like pity...
By the way, do you know why Iowa does not have a professional football team?
Because then Minnesota would want one!

Cheers
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-02-06 03:54 AM
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25. If you get to use "12," then we get "1."
As in 1 NFL Championship. After all, the Vikes were the NFL Champs once in the pre-merger days. If you get to count all the ones back from the days when there wasn't even a championship game (the team with the best record was declared the champion), then we get that one.
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BeyondThePale Donating Member (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-02-06 09:19 AM
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26. CONGRATULATIONS on the championship!
12 to 1... okay, that sounds about right!

Seriously, are you refering to 1969? (the season that they lost the 1970 superbowl to KC?). Yes, it was an NFL championship, but they did lose the superbowl.

http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/champions.jsp
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-02-06 11:52 AM
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27. That's my point.
Yes, they lost to the Chiefs, but they were the NFL champions. As valid as any of the Packers' pre-Super Bowl championships.

Besides, I am not responsible for the Vikings' record any more than you are the Packers'. Seems silly to brag about championships when neither of us had anything whatsoever to do with them.
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BeyondThePale Donating Member (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-02-06 02:59 PM
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28. Don't be silly...
I am not taking credit for Packers' championships -- nor am I claiming personal self-worth because of their success. However, the fun of sports is rooting for your team and the friendly banter with fans of your team's rivals.

I am an LSU alum who is disappointed by last night's final four debacle, but it is just a game and nothing more...
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BeyondThePale Donating Member (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-02-06 02:59 PM
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29. And look at it this way, it could be worse...
you could be a Bears fan!
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-02-06 03:31 PM
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30. Heheh
Too true. Any Packers or Vikings fan saw their playoff crash & burn coming from a mile away.

What's your guess on their record next year? I'll say 6-10.
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Goblinmonger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 09:29 PM
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20. Yeah
nice modern logo those Packers have. Way to join in on the 1970s.
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dr.zoidberg Donating Member (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 08:14 PM
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2. It has some good and it has some bad.
I like the jerseys and the pants, but the helmet logo never should have been changed.
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Awsi Dooger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 09:55 PM
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4. I agree
The old simple logos are by far the best and should never be altered. There's virtually a direct coorelation between the age of a logo and how good it is.
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Hobarticus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 06:12 PM
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13. As a graphic designer, I can say this:
The more an updated logo keeps the feels the old, the more successful it will be.

This, THIS is bad.
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 08:29 PM
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3. If they take the horns off our helmet, I'll be one pissed off fan...
Edited on Wed Mar-29-06 08:44 PM by Robeson
...:mad:

Wilf claims they want take them off, we'll see:

Wilf didn't want to get into specifics regarding the uniform changes, but he said the helmet has been subtly altered. "Same helmet, same horn," he said. "The horn is just accentuated a little to give it a three-dimensional look."
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/sports/football/14212906.htm
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smtpgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 11:36 PM
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5. The "new" look
Edited on Wed Mar-29-06 11:43 PM by smtpgirl
looks similar to Ravens uniforms

The # pattern is the same and the color choices are very similar.

I'll go with the purple jersey and the gold pants.

Ravens have done black/black & white/black. The placment of the logo on the helmet and on the jersey is the same too.
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 10:59 AM
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6. Yeah, don't like the similarities to the Ravens.
I saw nothing wrong with our old uniforms. They were classic and timeless. The simple horns and the Norseman were absolutely perfect.
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Hobarticus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 06:09 PM
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12. Yeah, that new axe logo is an abomination...
I hope that axe logo is a 'throwaway', 'cuz it's nasty.

I guess I don't mind the new 'horn', but the new Viking head looks more like a Mongol out of Disney's "Mulan" than a Viking, it's too heavy-handed.

I don't like the numbers. I'm a throwback, what can I say?

I hate the gold pants, they'll make players look like Vegas dancers. White or secondary team color, period.
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 01:41 PM
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8. hope they don't play the Ravens
you'd never tell the jersey's apart.
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 05:06 PM
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9. Hideous.
No other way to describe it.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 08:39 PM
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14. I hate all of it
grr

Only the pants are somewhat tolerable!
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 01:08 AM
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15. Agreed. Our uniforms were classics....
...worst move yet by our new owner.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 01:30 AM
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16. I think the new unis are disgusting.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 05:00 AM
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17. where did you get this, by the way?
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Hobarticus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 03:26 PM
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19. Came to a friend in e-mail....N/T
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 09:02 AM
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18. Horrible terrible they had one of the best uniforms in the league
very classic and classy.

This is the Ravenization of the league---which is bad but not as bad and the Broncos look with the tapered lines which I HATE (UVa adopted it too).
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Awsi Dooger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 09:43 PM
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21. Why not a revolt?
I remember the 49ers tried to change logos maybe 10 or 15 years ago to a stupid USFL-type look, and the Bay Area fanswere outraged to the point the team backed away from the idea within weeks. Even starting from scratch these would be awful, but when you have a direct comparison to a classy uniform you're replacing, it's even more pathetic.
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genie_weenie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 06:13 PM
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31. Is the term Viking racist?
And they do look like the Ravens uniforms...
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