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How would they rig alllll those turnovers? 

After the last review I thought something was not right. The second review was ridiculous but the 3rd...come on.

I'm so tired of Viking/Favre/Peterson apologists. You win the game in spite of the Refs if your that good. Favre deserved to lose entirely on that OT interception. They tell you not to make the throw from the second you strap on a helmet and play QB in midget. Throwing the ball across your body while running the other way = handing your Son of God to the opponent and saying "Please use this against me.".

IMHO, the Vikings lost the game because they made so many turnovers.  End of story.  I watched the entire game and I thought the calls were actually pretty accurate.  You must all be MN famboys.

But the calls we are talking about weren't questionable. They were clearly called wrong, even after a review. I'll say it again, bad calls didn't win the Saints the game; the Vikings' failure to protect the ball did. But, I restate, that doesn't change the fact that the refs were crooked.

All the calls in OT were pro-Saints.  Just awful, wrong calls.  They can deny it all they want, but it seems to me that the refs were just wanting to get out of there AND not have to deal with the home town fans.

THAT BEING SAID, most of the 1st half the calls were very pro-Favre.  I watched the game with my two buddies, one being a lifelong Vikings fan, and even HE said that it was starting to make him sick that the refs were calling everything Favre's way.

Do I think it was a conspiracy?  No.  I have umped many little league games and have always intended to judge calls impartially.  After games I sit and review the calls with the whole officiating crew.  There have been a few times that other officials have questioned a call of mine during our discussions.  The general consensus is that during the heat of a game, our subconscious can sometimes impact a call.

I believe the refs in the Vikings game made some subconsciously bad calls: early on it was pro-Favre and late in the game they appeared to be make-up calls and "let's get the heck out of Dodge" calls.

Yep I agree that the calls where pro Saints.  To bad that they made those calls but on the bright side next season the vikes might get home field advantage for the championship round and then our refs would call pro vikings.

Good luck getting there without Brett Favre... you'd better hope he comes back. 

It'll take more than luck it's gonna take a miracle with out him.

The Vikes proved that all they need is a good quarterback to go far. If Favre decides to be done/go to another team, then I'm sure that we can lure another good QB to come to MN. I'm thinking McNabb is a possibility. He'd be reunited with his former offensive coordinator (Childress) so that he'd be familiar with the offense, and he'd have a defense that can play consistently well.

Do you guys want McNabb? He's like the king of inconsistency... You can't rely on him... when he's good, he's good but sometimes he'll have a whole year that's just horrible.

Sadly, Brady would work great in that offense, as much as I hate him. He would throw screen passes and short passes to Peterson, Taylor and Harvin and they'd run the ball down the field; it's actually quite brilliant. 

Good luck getting there without Brett Favre... you'd better hope he comes back. 

Well if we get Tebow we might not need Favre..

Tebow will not be drafted before the third round. Have you seen him throw lately? He's got a worse pro throwing motion than JaMarcus Russel.

He'll go higher than the third round, just not as a QB. 

FWIW, Brett Favre has a horrible throwing motion, but it hasn't stopped him from being successful at the NFL level.