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Bud Grant Honored By Pro Football HOF At His High School
Vikings.com ^ | 5/1/13 | Mike Wobschall

Posted on 05/01/2013 2:11:17 PM PDT by OneVike

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To: 21twelve

At minute 24 the video talks about the scabs and the chanting of Odin. Great stuff!


21 posted on 05/01/2013 3:10:35 PM PDT by 21twelve ("We've got the guns, and we got the numbers" adapted and revised from Jim M.)
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I have that on DVD. It really does bring back memories. When I think of Joe Capp, I automatically think Tim Tebow.

Same kind of QB, but Capp was a hard nosed Catholic with an attitude.

Neither Capp nor Tebow can hit the side of the barn, but that's OK. They'll just run through it and anyone in their way to the endzone.



22 posted on 05/01/2013 3:13:14 PM PDT by OneVike (I'm just a Christian waiting to go home)
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To: OneVike

On the video where Kapp threw for 7 touchdown passes in one game (still the record) “Yeah - and I bet 5 of them were spirals!”


23 posted on 05/01/2013 3:32:07 PM PDT by 21twelve ("We've got the guns, and we got the numbers" adapted and revised from Jim M.)
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To: OneVike

purple venison eater.


24 posted on 05/01/2013 3:32:24 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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Why is the NFL honoring Grant? Is he gay?


25 posted on 05/01/2013 3:46:36 PM PDT by heye2monn
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To: OneVike

The “23rd Viking”.


26 posted on 05/01/2013 4:25:39 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: OneVike

Heck, I remember Bob Lee and Bob Berry.


27 posted on 05/01/2013 6:41:15 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Obama is the "Disco Duck" president. A no-substance novelty that reached number one.)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

Of course being a Lions fan growing up, I hated the Vikings (mainly because they always beat us), but I have the utmost respect for Coach Grant.


28 posted on 05/01/2013 6:44:40 PM PDT by dfwgator
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Also had a lot to do with moving indoors from The Met.

Why is that? Maybe decades ago but plenty of dome teams have been successful lately. Rams, Colts and Saints won SB.

29 posted on 05/01/2013 6:48:11 PM PDT by nascarnation (Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
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Who wanted to play Minnesota in the playoffs there? Heck, you had to push off on the safety just to beat them. ;)


30 posted on 05/01/2013 6:49:09 PM PDT by dfwgator
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Yes, the famous Hail Mary game that still gets mentioned. Forget the fact that Drew was also an illegal receiver, because he went out of bounds. By rule he could not be the first person to touch the ball. Then to add insult to injury, as you eluded to, he pushed off on the safety to get the pass.

Like now, that push off was offensive pass interference, which the referee should have flagged.

That was the year the I firmly believe my Vikings would have gone all the way. Then again, I could say that about a dozen other times they never should have been in a situation for the other team to even be close enough for a bad call or missed call to be a factor.

Since then I can honestly say that the worse moment that allowed the Vikings to be eliminated was the time Denny Greene (or as my wife called him, Re-Rerun) decided to kneel down with possession of the ball, and take his chance on winning the coin toss in overtime. Sadly, we lost the coin toss, and Atlanta went on to kick a field goal to advance to the SB.

This mind you from a coach who, at the time, had the most dominating receiving core and offense in the history of the game.

I remember all the times we coulda, shoulda, woulda won if only.................

Maybe this will be our year, It can happen, it just hasn’t yet.

Ahhhhh,,,, forever the bridesmaid and never the bride.


31 posted on 05/02/2013 8:41:32 AM PDT by OneVike (I'm just a Christian waiting to go home)
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Bud’s looking pretty damned good for a guy about to turn 86.

Honestly, I thought he was no loner with us so he looking really good relative to that. Ha-ha.

32 posted on 05/02/2013 8:45:34 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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