Football Fever

Just this past Saturday, Katie and I stopped into the Cocktail (bar and lounge that Katie's parents own) and talked to Chris Hoff, a good buddy of mine and also a bartender there. We got to talking football and plans are already being made up for our Fantasy league that we'll have later this month. We have a huge set-up on Yahoo! Fantasy Leagues, so they automatically keep track of our stats and our trades, which is very nice.

Also, just reading through newspaper articles, they're saying very good things about the Vikings this year. Besides the whole signing of Brock Lesnar, Michael Bennett is heathly and sports writers everywhere are predicting that he'll have over 1500 yards on the ground. Of course, there is also Daunte and Randy -- but the big question is how much better will the defense be improved? There is a new defensive coordinator in town (the 4th in 4 four years), so hopefully on the defensive side of the ball the Vikings can step up, compared to past years.

Plain and simple, the Vikings need to make the playoffs!

I'm also thinking about getting hooked up with ESPN's College Game Day package on Dish Network. I'll have to look into it, because I really don't want ALL of the games being shown on Saturdays, but just a select few, like when Minnesota or Michigan are playing. I cannot get the NFL package, since it's exclusive to DirectTV -- that's cool with me, since we'll get the Vikings on FOX every Sunday anyway and I'm not that really interested in other teams, unless I've picked them up in Fantasy.