The Minnesota Vikings return to the stadium where they lost the NFC Championship Game. It’s going to be a very emotional season opener in the Big Easy. Seven and a half months ago, the Minnesota Vikings were in field goal range, tied at 28-apiece with the New Orleans Saints at the end of regulation in the NFC Championship Game.
Brett Favre had a sour taste in his mouth when the lasting memory of his decorated NFL career was an interception that handed the New York Giants the NFC Championship back in 2007. Now he’ll have a chance to make a new lasting memory as he’s back in the Championship game – this time with the Minnesota Vikings.
NFC Championship Game – Vikings vs. Saints
All right, it’s time to pick some nits and make the case against the Minnesota Vikings going to the Super Bowl in a few weeks. And it’s has nothing to do with any deal with the devil that the old-man quarterback might have made. It goes like this:
Super Bowl odds are giving the advantage in Sunday’s NFC championship game to New Orleans as Minnesota heads to the Superdome to face one of the few crowds in the NFL that may be louder than their own.
