We all wish you the best in your life back in the land of the
Viking. Anytime you are back in town we will always be here for
you. Good luck to you and your family. SKOL VIKINGS!



--- In novavikes@yahoogroups.com, dcswede@... wrote:
>
>
> I won't be joining you guys for any games this year, because I have
moved
> back to the mother ship. Back in Minnesota, living in Eagan and
eager for the
> chance to see several games a year live.
>
> I appreciate the opportunity Novavikes gave me to watch games with
> like-minded purple fans, and wish you good luck as the years go by.
>
> -Ross Lindholm
>
>
> In a message dated 7/31/2006 8:34:03 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> albuddah@... writes:
>
>
>
>
> Well this group leans on the quiet side when it comes to posting
or
> responding to messages. We usually let our voices be heard at
> gametime. If you would like to post messages, I wholeheartedly
> encourage the banter here. All the newbies to the group I welcome
> thee to the NOVAVIKES and hope you come on down to Stars &
Stripes
> Restaurant for each game the Vikings play. We have raffles, sing
on
> each and every TD(song is listed in the files section) and purple
is
> mandatory. We will announce tailgate information in the near
future
> for the Skins game for those coming to the Vikings Opening Monday
> Night game at 7pm.
>
> Now the question is what is the most important part of training
> camp? When you restructure your entire coaching staff, the most
> important thing is how the players respond to the new coaches. Yes
> we need the Olde Tymer to dig deep to give us a chance to compete.
> Yes we need the defense to step up with the new Tampa-2 Defense.
> Yes, we need the new West Coast offense to be run efficiently.
There
> is a lot we need to get accomplished here folks. It is all new to
> most of these guys, and the coaches are all in new positions too.
We
> by all means shouldn't expect too much, but as fans we usually
have
> high expectations. I think we can compete with the schedule we
have,
> but the beginning will be rough and we could start off 0-4.
>
> We have a "weak" division and if things go as they did last year
it
> might go the same way to the Bears. I believe defenses are made to
> be broken and the way the Bears finished the season, I believe the
> Bears will be going backwards this year. The Packers have to be
> better because of all the injuries last year, but they really are
as
> good as Brett Farve. Detroit will always be Detroit, enuff said.
>
> Training camp is a learning step, as is the preseason games, but
> until they play on September 11 against the Skins, we won't know
how
> well all the puzzle pieces fit into this new jigsaw.
>