Archive for August, 2011

MVB Awards: Anyone Want To Show Us Some Love?

The incredibly hard working co-founder and technical guru for the Gab Network, Sujeet Patel, pointed me in the direction of a contest being hosted by CBS in Minnesota. They are on the prowl in search of Minnesota’s “Most Valuable Bloggers” for six different categories.  Sujeet kindly, or perhaps ignorantly, suggested that the readers of Vikings [...]

Monday Camp Notes

Unfortunately, I wasn’t at Vikings practice on Monday but fortunately for us Tom Pelissaro, Judd Zulgad, Mike Wobschall and Jeremy Fowler were. Some things I took from these 4 about practice today: Injuries: See Adams Last Post Notes: Jared Allen might be having the best camp out of all players this year so far. He [...]

Bomar Apologizes To Team For Arrest

Quarterback Rhett Bomar evaded the media on Monday, one day after his drunk driving arrest, but he was upfront with his teammates about the incident. “It was more his idea,” said Leslie Frazier of Bomar’s decision to address the team.  “As we talked, he felt bad about what had happened and he knew how the [...]

Injuries Begin To Pile Up

It was to be expected that, after a long lockout in which players potentially did very little, that injuries would be making their way into training camps. Last week, some teams experienced significant injuries to their roster, and the Vikings started this week with a few of their own worth keeping an eye on: Visanthe [...]

‘Skol: The Documentary’ Is On Sale Now

Skol:  The Documentary is a new film that features Vikings fans from across the State of Minnesota, some whom you know and some that you don’t, as they cheer for the purple and gold during their 50th season. From Ragnar the team mascot, to author Armand Peterson (and friend of Vikings Gab), to average guys [...]

Boom Goes The Bomar

Just in case Rhett Bomar needed to make his chances of making this roster any slimmer, he has gone and done about the stupidest thing a guy can do. Early on Sunday morning, the Vikings day off from training camp practices, Bomar was picked up in Mankato for drunk driving, according to Judd Zulgad of [...]

Peterson Continues To Grow

Adrian Peterson has never, in his four seasons, seemed to shy away from criticism and use it as motivation to get even better.  We have seen Peterson address concerns within his game in the past, including recently going from seven fumbles in 2009 to only one in 2010.  He takes pride in his game, wants [...]

Donovan McNabb Will Lead An Improv Troupe

All reports out of Mankato indicate that the Vikings offense appears to be light years behind the defense.  With any luck, that means the Vikings defense is just going to be that good, but having that amount of faith is something that will be reserved for only the most optimistic fans. With Charlie Johnson getting [...]

Self-Evaluating My Offseason

Okay, if the post below wasn’t an indication, I am in the mood to boast. This article will somewhat serve that purpose, although it will also give me a healthy dose of crow to eat. Each year, when the roster is starting to shape up, I like to go back through my “Offseason Preview” features [...]

Vikings Gab 2,000

It has been a while since I have pointed out a milestone for us here at Vikings gab, or for myself personally. It isn’t that we haven’t had them, I just neglected to toot my own horn, which I must say is highly unusual for this particular hack blogger. First, I have to give a [...]