Being a proud Minnesota sports fan has always been a struggle for us. I don't know if there's some sort of jinx or something on us, but we never get a break. The only team to be winning recently is the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA. Besides that the only other team to win a championship in Minnesota is the '87 and '91 Minnesota Twins. The Vikings have had there runs in the 70s, making three Super Bowls, but could never win. In a more recent event in the playoffs this past year the Vikings kicker, Blair Walsh reminded us all again what it is like, for older fans especially. In the 1998 season the Vikings had arguably one of the best teams ever. With Randall Cunningham at quarterback and weapons like Robert Smith, Chris Carter, and rookie Randy Moss, the '98 Vikings were something special. The team went 15-1 in the regular season and nothing could get in there way. They made it all the way to the NFC Championship game and in the fourth quarter created a 7 point lead. And again like this season it all came down to a field goal. Gary Anderson who is an all time great kicker, hadn't missed a field goal in two years. Two years! Lines up from 38 yards to put the game out of reach. Well he missed it and the Vikings ended up losing the game in overtime. For Vikings fans this year you just knew something bad was going to happen when Blair Walsh lined up for his 27 yard field goal. Of course something bad did happen, he missed and bad too.
With other Minnesota sports the Twins haven't really made a run since the early Joe Mauer days and even got off to an awful start this season, losing there first nine games. The Timberwolves have been pretty much non-existent since Kevin Garnett left for the Boston Celtics. The Minnesota Wild have been starting to hit their stride but can't get by the Chicago Blackhawks. So make sure you are nice to us Minnesota fans, because we always seem to be let down by our teams. That doesn't mean we will stop supporting them though.
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