new and improved INTRO thread

vike daddy · Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 66599

we have so many new members lately and as someone else mentioned, we don't know each other as well as we used to. so feel free to post the stuff asked here and anything else you feel relevant:

Name:

Age:

Family:

State you were born in/state you live in now:

Occupation or area of study:

Interests besides football:

Favorite current Vike player:

Favorite all-time Vike:

How many Viking games have you attended:

What one current player from any team would you like on the Vikings right now:

What one player from all time from any team would you like on the team right now:

i'll start:

Name: vike daddy/alex

Age: 49 (how the hell did that happen...?)

Family: two sons, a college sophomore and a high school senior

State you were born in/state you live in now: illinois/montana

Occupation or area of study: construction project management

Interests besides football: my sons, biking, water, traveling

Favorite current Vike player: i like defensive backs, so Winfield. and i have my eyes on Dwight Smith and Greg Blue.

Favorite all-time Vike: Fran Tarkenton

How many Viking games have you attended: 0. waaah.

What one current player from any team would you like on the Vikings right now: Tomlinson.

What one player from all time from any team would you like on the team right now: Dick Butkus
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rpmwr19 · Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 16933 Location: Stillwater, MN

Name: rpmwr19/ ryan

Age: 18

Family: Mom, Dad, Brother/HS sophmore

State you were born in/state you live in now: California / Minnesota

Occupation or area of study: Sports Management, Marketing, Coaching

Interests besides football: Music... play a little guitar

Favorite current Vike player: Antoine Winfield

Favorite all-time Vike: Alan Page

How many Viking games have you attended: too many to remember

What one current player from any team would you like on the Vikings right now: Larry Fitzgerald Jr.

What one player from all time from any team would you like on the team right now: Jerry Rice or Barry Sanders.. my two all time favs

Vikefan79 · Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 25083 Location: Atlanta

Name: Vikefan79/ Eric

Age: 29

Family: Wife and a 5 year old son

State you were born in/state you live in now: Minnesota/ Japan

Occupation or area of study: Im in the USAF

Interests besides football: Music, Travel, History

Favorite current Vike player: Jared Allen

Favorite all-time Vike: Chris Doleman

How many Viking games have you attended: 0 Crying or Very sad

What one current player from any team would you like on the Vikings right now: Drew Brees or Donovan McNabb

What one player from all time from any team would you like on the team right now: Walter Payton

ts_vike · Joined: 24 Apr 2006 Posts: 4389

Name: ts

Family: 4 bros

State you were born in/state you live in now: minny

Occupation or area of study: school

Interests besides football: wrestling ( not wwf)

Favorite current Vike player: Jimmy Kliensasser

Favorite all-time Vike: Cris Carter

How many Viking games have you attended: 3

What one current player from any team would you like on the Vikings right now: Any Good WR or QB

What one player from all time from any team would you like on the team right now: Cris Carter
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birddog · Joined: 08 Nov 2006 Posts: 598 Location: Wisky

Name: TJ

Age: 35

Family: 3 German Wirehaired Pointers

State you were born in/state you live in now: WI/WI

Occupation or area of study: Engineer/Architechture

Interests besides football: Hunting/Fishing/Power boating

Favorite current Vike player: Birk

Favorite all-time Vike: Toss-up between Chris Carter and John Randle.

How many Viking games have you attended: A few in the cities and a few at Geen Bay.

What one current player from any team would you like on the Vikings right now: too tough for me to choose 1 - either: Reggie Wayne/Antonio Gates/Ladanian Tomlinson would do nicely.

What one player from all time from any team would you like on the team right now: Korey Stringer.

Thanks for the welcome Smile

wcblack34 · Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 12:38 am Post subject:

Name: Cory

Age: 28

Family: 2 Brothers, 2 Sisters, Mom and Dad, 17 Nieces and Nephews

State you were born in/state you live in now: Born in Missouri, Living in Minnesota (Moorhead)

Occupation or area of study: Work for the Fargo Municipal Court. Moving out West next year to be a Police Officer

Interests besides football: Sports, Music, My Band, Movies, Politics

Favorite current Vike player: Pat Williams and Antoine Winfield

Favorite all-time Vike: Joey Browner!!!

How many Viking games have you attended: None Sad

But, I have attended several Charger games and was color guard at the Super Bowl in San Diego in 1998.

What one current player from any team would you like on the Vikings right now: Ladanian Tomlinson

What one player from all time from any team would you like on the team right now: Ladanian Tomlinson

vikingsrule · Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 12:46 am Post subject:

Name: vikingsrule/scott

Age: 20

Family: 2 brothers 1 sister, 1 niece

State you were born in/state you live in now: Born MN; now I live in San Diego

Occupation or area of study: Junior at San Diego State University. Economics Major. Eventually I WILL go to Law School.

Interests besides football: School (Economics and Legal Studies) Partying, So Cal chicas, Acting, Bodybuilding/personal fitness, Music (classic rock)

Favorite current Vike player: Antoine Winfield

Favorite all-time Vike: Cris Carter

How many Viking games have you attended: Too many to count at the moment, season ticket holder for a long while.

What one current player from any team would you like on the Vikings right now: LaDainian Tomlinson

What one player from all time from any team would you like on the team right now: Jim Brown
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tdub · Joined: 05 Mar 2005 Posts: 14802 Location: Buckhead, GA

Name: taylor

Age: 21

Family: one younger sis

State you were born in/state you live in now: MN, now in Vegas

Occupation or area of study: Film/Television

Interests besides football: film/television, snowboarding, meeting new ppl (Vegas is great for this), partying, playing sports in real life for fun

Favorite current Vike player: Phat Pat

Favorite all-time Vike: Randy Moss

How many Viking games have you attended: three. last one Vikes/Pack on xmas eve two years ago

What one current player from any team would you like on the Vikings right now: Hmm...marvin harrison or LT

What one player from all time from any team would you like on the team right now: either Moss in his prime, or Barry
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Jayme96 · Joined: 18 Mar 2006 Posts: 10418

Name: Jayme

Age: 28

Family: 2 sisters

State you were born in/state you live in now: Born in SD, lived in the Twin Cities for about a year, back in SD again now.

Occupation or area of study: Family business, went to school for Bus Mgmt and Finance

Interests besides football: Chicago Bulls, Sports cars(GM), Crotch Rockets, girls, singing, track, etc

Favorite current Vike player: Greenway..gotta cheer for the fellow small-town SD farmboy

Favorite all-time Vike: Hmm, Robert Griffith, Robert Smith, Randall Cunningham are all about tied

How many Viking games have you attended: Chargers pre-season last year and Steelers reg season last year.

What one current player from any team would you like on the Vikings right now: That's tough...LT is the best player, but QB is more important. Ben Roethlisberger is the QB I'd take to build a team around. One of those.

What one player from all time from any team would you like on the team right now: Rod Woodson (if he couldn't be on the Steelers lol)
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VikesGuy07 · Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 4450 Location: Chicago

Name: VikesGuy07/Shaymus

Age:18

Family:Mom, Dad, 3 sisters, 2 brothers (I'm the 2nd oldest)

State you were born in/state you live in now: Minnesota/Minnesota

Occupation or area of study: Senior in HS, planning in doing Journalisn next year

Interests besides football: Music (playing and listening, also music theory), lacrosse/baseball/hockey/basketball, my girlfriend, good movies

Favorite current Vike player: Tough, but I'll go with Winfield.

Favorite all-time Vike: Only been a Vike fan for about 8 years now, so I'm gonna stay with Winfield. He hits like a truck.

How many Viking games have you attended: 3 - Pats this year (ouch), 2 Lions games a little while back (seperate season, 2 nice wins).

What one current player from any team would you like on the Vikings right now: Larry Fitzgerald, maybe Marcus McNeill

What one player from all time from any team would you like on the team right now: Lawrence Taylor (even though he's crazy).
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Barnett56 · Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 12626 Location: Gone

I'm in these forums a lot, you guys might as well know who I am too.

Name: Barnett56

Age: 19

State you were born in/state you live in now: Born in ND, live in AZ

Occupation or area of study: Film, writing.

Interests besides football: Film, literature, psychological profiling

Favorite current Vike player: Darren Sharper

Favorite all-time Vike: Paul Krause

How many Viking games have you attended: Just one.

What one current player from any team would you like on the Vikings right now: Maurice Clarett

What one player from all time from any team would you like on the team right now: George Blanda Laughing

disaacs · Joined: 13 Dec 2005 Posts: 19967 Location: Brownbackistan

Name: disaacs/David

Age: 33

Family: Wife, 2 brats (Daughter 8, Son 6)

State you were born in/state you live in now: Born in the great state of Minnesota / Now live in the wasteland of Kansas

Occupation or area of study: State Government - Insurance Department

Interests besides football: Politics, Kids, Home Business, Investing

Favorite current Vike player: Kevin Williams (Gotta have the love for the DT)

Favorite all-time Vike: John Randle

How many Viking games have you attended: 2 (a preseason game vs Cincinnati at the Metrodome many years ago and vs. the Seahawks on a Sunday night game at then-called Seahawks Stadium when I lived in Seattle)

What one current player from any team would you like on the Vikings right now: Marvin Harrison/Torry Holt

What one player from all time from any team would you like on the team right now: Howie Long (He would have been an awesome DE in the Cover-2 defense. He was very, very quick)
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Thx to Uncle Buck!

Enrage · Joined: 14 Dec 2005 Posts: 15186 Location: Seoul Searchin'

Name: Enrage

Age: 19

Family: Mom and Dad, 1 Brother and no kids that I know of...

State you were born in/state you live in now: MN, living in Grand Forks, ND

Occupation or area of study: National Guard (Tanker) / Student (Political science)

Interests besides football: US Army Armor, online games, Ghost Hunters.

Favorite current Vike player: Tarvaris Jackson

Favorite all-time Vike: Fran Tarkenton

How many Viking games have you attended: (edit: doh forgot this!) 2 games. Cincy in 98 and the Raiders this preseason.

What one current player from any team would you like on the Vikings right now: Torry Holt. An awesome receiver and a great guy. Just the kind of person we need.

What one player from all time from any team would you like on the team right now: Barry Sanders. The best the is, was, and possibly ever will be.
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vike daddy · Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 66599

it's intersting that a lot of guys are listing politics, political science, journalism, and law as interests.

me too. i don't know why i didn't mention it.
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disaacs · Joined: 13 Dec 2005 Posts: 19967 Location: Brownbackistan