OT: Non-Hockey Sports Thread IX - Let's Go Bowling! (Two-Minute Tommy Edition)

[Northerner]

Gophers basketball beat #3 OSU today. Gotta be one the bigger wins in memory

 

[SupremeNachos]

Bumgarner. Must really like hit so stayed in NL.

Twins need an ace soon...

Once again the only way to entice some of these guys is to overpay them. The sooner the Pohlads realize they have to play this way for a while the better.

 

[TaLoN]

7 turnovers for the Vikes today!

For the Vikes defense you mean... can sound rather bad otherwise.

 

[Wild11MN]

For the Vikes defense you mean... can sound rather bad otherwise.

Yup... whoops!

 

[Wild11MN]

The Rams lose, and the Vikes clinch a playoff spot! Almost certainly the 6 seed.

 

[TaLoN]

The Rams lose, and the Vikes clinch a playoff spot! Almost certainly the 6 seed.

Rest up Dalvin!

 

[Wild11MN]

So if the 49ers win next week, they clinch the 1 seed. If they lose, and the Vikes can beat both the Packers and Bears at home, San Fran actually ends up with the 6 seed. How crazy is that?

That of course means the Vikings play at Dallas/Philly as the 5 seed, assuming GB takes care of Detroit.

 

[TaLoN]

So if the 49ers win next week, they clinch the 1 seed. If they lose, and the Vikes can beat both the Packers and Bears at home, San Fran actually ends up with the 6 seed. How crazy is that?

Tough conference.

 

[Wabit]

Tough conference.

More top heavy than tough imo. 5 good teams and the rest is pretty bleh at best. The AFC is about the same.

 

[Digitalbooya]

More top heavy than tough imo. 5 good teams and the rest is pretty bleh at best. The AFC is about the same.

What you did there, I see it:

The Rams lose, and the Vikes clinch a playoff spot! Almost certainly the 6 seed.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

He's almost definitely excluding the NFC East winner.

 

[Digitalbooya]

He's almost definitely excluding the NFC East winner.

Nah, cowboys are the best team in the NFC. Ask Skip Bayless

 

[fentonsbrainchild]

Nah, cowboys are the best team in the NFC. Ask Skip Bayless

I’d rather play at Green Bay than at Dallas. Not saying I have tons of logic for it but if we’re healthy I don’t think Green Bay can stop Dalvin.

 

[Wabit]

I’d rather play at Green Bay than at Dallas. Not saying I have tons of logic for it but if we’re healthy I don’t think Green Bay can stop Dalvin.

Dallas doesn't have the same magic since they moved to that new stadium.

As a 6 seed, of the possible away sites/team to play I'd rank them like this (most favorable to least): Dallas, Philly, NO, SF, GB, SEA. Dallas and Philly aren't very good teams. NO over SF because the NFL hates NO and will screw them over. SF over GB because of the weather (it's a coin flip otherwise). SEA crowd is crazy and the team has magic at home.

I do think MN will have a better chance in a dome than on a sloppy field that the some of the other teams could have in Jan.

He's almost definitely excluding the NFC East winner.

Correct, but because I said that that'll end up being the team that wins the NFC.

 

[Digitalbooya]

I’d rather play at Green Bay than at Dallas. Not saying I have tons of logic for it but if we’re healthy I don’t think Green Bay can stop Dalvin.

The guy who is currently injured and hasn't rushed for over 100 yards since Week 7? Green Bay has come a long way since Week 2 of the season.

 

[fentonsbrainchild]

The guy who is currently injured and hasn't rushed for over 100 yards since Week 7? Green Bay has come a long way since Week 2 of the season.

Like I said I don’t think I have tons of logic but it’s a feeing in my gut. We’ll see a lot more on Monday night but I think the Packers are pretty fraudulent.

 

[TaLoN]

Like I said I don’t think I have tons of logic but it’s a feeing in my gut. We’ll see a lot more on Monday night but I think the Packers are pretty fraudulent.

Cook isn't playing, so how would we see how they handle a guy in street clothes?

 

[fentonsbrainchild]

Cook isn't playing, so how would we see how they handle a guy in street clothes?

I mean that we will see how we match up against them since it’s been about three months. Cook will play in the playoffs, if Mike Boone is able to perform well I love our chances in two weeks with a far superior zone runner.

 

[NHL1674]

Just can't handle the pressure of the big games.

 

[Wild11MN]

Just can't handle the pressure of the big games.

Typical MNF Cousins so far...

 

[Wabit]

MN has a SB caliber defense and a top-5 pick quality O-line.

 

[Wild11MN]

MN has a SB caliber defense and a top-5 pick quality O-line.

One of those things is true, and sadly, it's not the first one.

 

[57special]

MN has a top 5 O line?

Zimmer has chosen to hitch his wagon to a QB who chokes. It'll probably get him fired.

 

[fentonsbrainchild]

MN has a SB caliber defense and a top-5 pick quality O-line.

What year is it? 2009?

 

[Wild11MN]

He said top-5 pick quality o-line.