SKOL VIkings...Just a game

Today is a big day in Minneapolis, we will wear purple and marching down the streets and through the skyways all

converging on US Bank Stadium for the Vikings play-off game.

The Minnesota Vikings will play New Orleans for an opportunity to go to Philadelphia to play the Eagles next Sunday. We will cheer, yell and dance when the Vikings score. It seems like a lot of

nonsense for people who don’t care about football. But for those that do, it’s a great

diversion from real life. We eat, we drink and we yell SKOL all in unison in the name

of fun and sport and the game. We don’t worry about the unanswered emails awaiting

us on Monday morning. We don’t think about the load of laundry that needs doing or

the bill that might need paying. We just cheer, we smile, we groan when the referee

makes what we perceive as the wrong call. Some forget this is just a game, for those

playing and working it is more than a game it is a job, but for most of us...it's just a game.

Along the sidelines and in the living rooms of all Vikings fans accept the diversion as fun. We will try to be good winners and good losers, we will try to make this game just a game. At the end of the

day for most of us, it is just a game and it’s good fun. Let’s remember that.

SKOL Vikings!