Benny Sapp owes a few people a steak dinner or something.  The Vikes had apparently forced the Bears to punt when Sapp, in the bonehead play of the year, was hit with a fifteen yard personal foul for a blow to the head after the play was over.  The Bears proceeded to get the ball [...]

…how an entire crew of officials misses a defensive player pummeling a quarterback from behind a good second after he’s released the ball and is in an utterly helpless position, not even aware that the man is coming?  Worst non-call I think I’ve ever seen.  Brad Childress is madder than I’ve ever seen him and [...]

There haven’t been a lot of big games for the Vikings in the Brad Childress era, but tonight’s is one for sure.  They face they Bears, at Metrodome, with first place in the division on the line.  The teams’ first ‘08 meeting was expected to be a defensive battle but turned instead into a shootout.  [...]

John Madden is in Minneapolis to call tonight’s Bears-Vikings game for NBC.  Cue the local media types who all want to grill John on what he thinks of the Vikings.  Here’s a sampling from the Pioneer-Press’s Q&A with the football broadcasting legend and noted Brett Favre supporter.  First up, Adrian Peterson:
Q: You’ve seen a lot [...]

Everybody’s dogging Gus Frerotte lately.  Brad Childress.  The fans.  Pam Oliver.  Gus’s own wife.  Yes, Gus is getting it from his old lady too.  All that trying to roll out like Jeff Garcia and being splattered instead of throwing the ball away is apparently taking its toll Mrs. Frerotte’s nerves.  As Gus told reporters:
My wife [...]

Former Vikings Chris Doleman, Cris Carter, Randall McDaniel and John Randle have all been named as semi-finalists for the Hall of Fame.  Carter and McDaniel were finalists last year but both got stiffed (obviously, otherwise they would not be in the running again this year).  Maybe I’m biased, but I think all four guys deserve [...]

The Bears v. Vikings showdown this weekend at Metrodome was already a big deal, but after last night’s perplexing Packer meltdown against the Saints, it became a huge deal.  Now the winner of Sunday’s Chicago-Minnesota tilt will have first place in the division all by themselves.  They will be the head man.  The top dog.  [...]

(Dan Zinski writes for The Viking Age, which is FSB’s Minnesota Vikings blog. Representing the rest of the NFC North are Bear Goggles On, Lombardi Ave. and SideLion Report.)
The Vikes and Bears took care of business but the Packers didn’t.  That leaves Chicago and Minnesota each with a chance to take charge, and Green Bay [...]

Gus Frerotte has been taking the brunt of the abuse from Vikings fans who weren’t terribly impressed by yesterday’s gift-wrapped 30-12 victory over the hapless Jaguars.  The line on Gus:  12/20, 120 yards, 0 TDs, 1 pick.  But the stats don’t really tell the story of Gus’s bad day – it was the overall decision-making [...]

The score makes it seem like the Vikings dominated, but anyone who saw the game realizes this was not the case.  Minnesota was actually outgained by Jacksonville 321 to 226 – 286-104 through the air.  David Garrard put up career numbers for the Jags, completing 27 of 45 for 317 yards.  The Vikings’ running game [...]