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      <title>Well</title>
      <link>http://www.dailynorseman.com/2009/12/1/1180346/well</link>
      <author>speedlod</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:49:07 -0000</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/NOS&quot; class=&quot;sbn-auto-link&quot;&gt;Saints&lt;/a&gt; are all that they say they are,that OFF. picks you apart,that Def.hits hard and gang tackles Dem Aints playing good football.As much as I wanted them to lose,Brees directed this game as well as you can ask aQ.B.to,reminds me of another aging Q.B.who directs just as well.Am I worried a little,both have great game management,both share the wealth,both have pocket awareness,both have great players.&lt;/p&gt;


  
&lt;p&gt;What the Saints dont have is The 4 Noresman,which I believe is the game breaker,But...They have Pyton,a gutsy,Hoodie type Coach.Someone who just aint afraid of a air out offense,can mix plays rather well,knows what he is against and plays to their weakness.Now Chilly looks really good with Favre under the center,but can he mix with the Saints.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sharper knows this Def,and can prove a dissruption,but also knows Favres weakness,so its a toss up.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But we got,Harvin,Shank,Rice,A.D.,C.T.&amp;nbsp; The 5 for 30 points a game players,and we got the Oldest Q.B. in the league,if we meet up in the NFC Championship. Vikes 38 Saints 31&amp;nbsp; In O.T.&lt;/p&gt;
  


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      <title>Happy</title>
      <link>http://www.dailynorseman.com/2009/11/25/1173344/happy</link>
      <author>speedlod</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:13:04 -0000</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;T-bird day,we always spend the day before with my wifes family and mine just before T-B day,means I have to eat 2 dinners with gusto.Tough choice as I would rather do the odd ,even year,one gets the christmas, and other gets the T- bird.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I wish that Easy button worked,but it doesnt.lifes easy choices doesnt work eh.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We came up with our own idea,we paid cash for rooms in advance,for suites in another town,and we are eating 1 meal this year.So for all you Vike fans,Happy T-Bird day,for the next 2 days we wont be near a comp.phone,cell or any other means of communication.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wish you well,and your familys.and Ill see you all on sat.&lt;/p&gt;
  


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      <title>I would</title>
      <link>http://www.dailynorseman.com/2009/11/20/1166166/i-would</link>
      <author>speedlod</author>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:47:48 -0000</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be ashamed to be part of this blog if The Spielman Famiy story only gets 4 posts,it should be clicking off the&amp;nbsp; charts&lt;br /&gt;, set your Facebook,twitters and everything.Send the story that someone passed on from breast cancer at age 42, so check ups and Mams need be done before age 50, in fact should be started when breasts are formed and should be a yearly check up.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Be a voice, be heard, speak out, dont just let your play calling be just be limited to football,I have my Wife and&amp;nbsp;Family members get checked yearly along with self exams.So do those checkups and email love ones to get reg check ups include with B-day cards, Yuletide cards etc.&lt;/p&gt;
  


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      <title>After</title>
      <link>http://www.dailynorseman.com/2009/11/19/1166068/after</link>
      <author>speedlod</author>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:16:20 -0000</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;Favre rides his lawnmower into the Sunset,what does this team have going for it.We have 4 more years of Chilly,no real set plan at Q.B, a Twin City counsel trying to force the Vikes into a 2 year extension on the Metro-dump.A declining run Def. iffy pass Def,maybe a few Cordinators going&amp;nbsp;to be H.C.for other teams.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Our front line Off. players are choking the Chicken when it comes to opening holes for A.D. or C.T . used to be wide gaps,now there isnt that push to make a path.Put A.D. and Harvin in backfield,split one to the right other to the left,set up a nice screen,in either of these players it can go to the house at anytime.Takes teams stacking against the run cause now they gotta play both sides,run Berrian deep,put Shank into the flats,Rice into the middle.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dont get me wrong,love me some Vikes, more so when they winning, but been down this road before,in fact more times then I wish.Other day my Wife asked me why I hadnt been Yelling at the T.V. or Throwing Purple socks, been too calm on game day. I said Favre Q.B.ing and as long as he doesnt go gunslinger we always be in the game,her having Wiscousin ties said the obvious.Which got me thinking mmmm.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What would our Season be like without Favre,is Chillys K.O.A. so intense it takes a 20 year Vet to run it.Is A.D. s run decline due to dropping back and guarding Favre from unneedless hits.How many more Def. Delay of Game are we going rack up this year,and why so many as can remember 2 in in 30 year span and we got 3 this year alone.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What will it take for us to be contenders for the next 5 years.GB. has a nice start in Rogers,say what ya will about him, but the kid has some moxie and if they ever get a front line he will do damage very much like Favre did for them if he survives the next 2 seasons.Cutler needs some players to throw to,and if doesnt open his mouth will be a force to be reckoned with.Stafford, I like this kid,has moxie,balls,takes a hit and lets bad plays watershed,they ever get half a brain in charge and Detroit will be a contender in 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I really feel for the Pack fans,their Head Office made a diffcult choice,go with Favre and lose Rodgers which would have benifited us for years to come,or trade Favre and benifit us 2 years max.I think they made a great choice in keeping Rogers,though I can feel the pain of Losing Favre.Hopefully, when his career is done,they Welcome him into their all time greats,that they forget he wore Purple and Remember him for who he was.A player that gave his all to a team and choose not to retire again and againand again and prolly again again lol.&lt;/p&gt;
  


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      <title>Second half</title>
      <link>http://www.dailynorseman.com/2009/11/13/1147026/second-half</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:07:16 -0000</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;Well, good first half eh. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/CHI&quot; class=&quot;sbn-auto-link&quot;&gt;Bears&lt;/a&gt; are 4-5 now they play&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Philly -4-6 after game&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Vikes-4-7 after game&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;St.Louis-5-7 after game&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;G.B.-5-8 after game&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Balt-5-9 after game&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Vikes-5-10 after game&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Det-6-10 after game&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Green bay 4-4 aint nothing better then the Pack losing and Vikes winning&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dallas-4-5 after game&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;San Fran-5-5 after game&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Det-6-5 after game&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Balt -6-6 after game&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;un-BEARABLES-7-6 AFTER GAME&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/PIT&quot; class=&quot;sbn-auto-link&quot;&gt;Steelers&lt;/a&gt;-7-7 after game&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Seattle-7-8 after game&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;AZ-7-9 after game&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Vikes7-1&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Det-8-1 after game&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Seattle-9-1 after game&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;un-Bearables-10-1 after game&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;AZ-10-2 after game&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Cinn-10-3 after game I figure the Vikes to lose these 2 games as they pull Favre,AD,Harvin,Berian,to make sure they are fresh toward end.T.J and rosen split quaters and we get see some 2nd and 3rd stringers in&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Carolina-11-3 after game&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;un-Bearables 12-3&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/NYG&quot; class=&quot;sbn-auto-link&quot;&gt;Giants&lt;/a&gt; 13-3 could be 12-4 depending if we lock home field.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I see us locking up the Division by the AZ game resting starters and using last 3 games of the year to tweak Def and OFF.Plus giving time to Back up QBs just in case Favre goes down near the end.&lt;/p&gt;
  


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      <title>Damn doesnt get any better</title>
      <link>http://www.dailynorseman.com/2009/10/30/1107334/damn-doesnt-get-any-better</link>
      <author>speedlod</author>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:13:26 -0000</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;Just when you think the City of Green Bay has caught up with the World they take a Step backwards.In an attempt to stick it to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/players/1941/Brett_Favre&quot; class=&quot;sbn-auto-link&quot;&gt;Brett Favre&lt;/a&gt; and The Vikes,they Rename a street from Minnesota&amp;nbsp;Avenue to Aaron Rogers Drive.Granted B.F. was the face of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/GBP&quot; class=&quot;sbn-auto-link&quot;&gt;Packers&lt;/a&gt; for what 16 yrs,but its been what 1 year and a half since the bittersweet divorce.You would think that being the Pack front office didnt want Favre,and wanted go another direction that at least they would be semi happy Bretts still playing.You would think his so called fans would be glad he is still playing no matter where he lands,put aside for the moment its the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/MIN&quot; class=&quot;sbn-auto-link&quot;&gt;Vikings&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Your ex-Q.B. and our current Q.B. holds records that will never be touched again.Has played againts all 32 teams in the NFL. Has The most I am going to retire, no I am not seasons, along with all those other records he holds.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The Mayor of G.B. held a contest for how to greet Favres return in Purple,and all the winning suggestions fell short of what should of been in every Packer Fans mind.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Favres not being able to discern wether he wanted to play or not was easy to see,He has a 20 yr old heart in a 40 year old body.Being A Father he knew what a bad season would do to his kids in his eyes,Being a Warrior he knew what a bad season would mean to his body.Its not easy to be in your fortys,I know I am 48,cant even imagine what monday feels for Farvre,actually after a rough game Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;All in All we all know he will retire a Packer,Rejoice in the games he plays after the Pack, because you and everyone else in this world might get to see something no one else may get to see besides our Great,great,great grandchildren might ever see.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; BTW the street they Renaming is a Dead End Road.&lt;/p&gt;
  


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      <title>My take on the Steelers game</title>
      <link>http://www.dailynorseman.com/2009/10/26/1101256/my-take-on-the-steelers-game</link>
      <author>speedlod</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:39:42 -0000</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;After the Game I was a little bummed out the Vikes lost,but then I realized that even though they lost, they have the Talent to play and beat any team.Then I realized also that this loss was a blessing in disguise,we got that first loss out of the way no pressure on being undefeated to contend with.Another good thing is&amp;nbsp;next week is the Pack,nothing better then playing after a game they should have won.I am not going to use the Refs iffy calls to justify losing the game.Most of the Penaltys was due to the loud crowd noise,the Sapp hit was definately a late hit out bounds or close enough to be warranted.The others I aint even going to mention,though I would like to see&amp;nbsp;Replay happen when points are taken off of the board due to a penalty.Should go automaticly into review in that case,and make sure that the right call was made.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Other then that I thought they played hard and was in the game the whole time.One question I have to ask as I missed the play,was Farvres arm going forward on that sack, fumble that scored a Defensive T.D. didnt get to see a replay, but heard the noise and groaned.Also was Chester hit before the ball got&amp;nbsp;to him.This is not a loss for any Vike fan to hang their head down on,we have the Talent to overcome any Team but ourselves.The schedule looks pretty decent from here on out.I believe the Vikes can win any of the rest of seasons matches.&lt;/p&gt;
  


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      <title>daily norseman united</title>
      <link>http://www.dailynorseman.com/2009/10/18/1090580/daily-norseman-united</link>
      <author>speedlod</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:17:12 -0000</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;Off the normal beaten path but hey vance i cant log into my team its whodat and for some reason cannot make changes.contact me if you can the rest will be filler for 75 words,wat a close game againts the ravens,that def was terrible but its a win just not a hang ur head high win.any body here how winnie is doing or A.D. and Harvin.we need a place here to contact one another with 75 words lol&lt;/p&gt;
  


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      <title>off the beaten path</title>
      <link>http://www.dailynorseman.com/2009/8/8/982696/off-the-beaten-path</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:33:24 -0000</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;Dont know if any of you play online games I found this one by accident and its not too bad.Its free you can pay money for upgrades and stuff but so far I have been keeping up with those that pay extra.Its a lot like Age Of Empires one of my fav games.Takes a little planning,some common sense and of course time to burn,the game play takes a bit to get used to but in time you catch on.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hers a link &lt;a href=&quot;http://speedlod.evony.com/&quot;&gt;http://speedlod.evony.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  


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      <title>Viking Bros and gals</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:41:42 -0000</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;


  
&lt;p&gt;First lets give props to a true hero of sports,Udeze who retired on his terms for his own reasons once.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now I like that he tried a comeback,but realizes he cant all the while on Viking payroll.Happens to be my Fav team but VIKES paid in full last year.Props go out to Udeze,and props to the Vikes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thats a true playa,went thru bone marrow transplants and still wanted play eh.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The nameless one wont come play with us,said he likes High School Wide outs VS Pro wide outs.Harvin was quoted as &quot;He dont need no gloves for that Bitch&quot;guess we will never know.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Who knows what will happen,just like any other year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dont be deflated we still have Childress he threw&amp;nbsp;6 T.D.s while being&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;a Q.B. so all hpe is not lost,What do&amp;nbsp;you think.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Last cig for the day,makes me do the what if thing,hmm wonders,but then again see Sage stepping&amp;nbsp; and doing well.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Damn still not enough words,and truly not enough remorse at what might have been,but glad its over. K SY but its late here ....................................................................................................................................................................................................&lt;/p&gt;
  


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