Old School Tailgating: I am going through the content on Vikingstailgate.com with intents to scale it back and eventually rebuild. As I do this, I am finding lots of cool stories from the old days of Washington Avenue. These features and pictures will be shared for historic perspective. I dedicate all these stories to our Varsity tailgate founders; Stier, Saueey, Rocky, Chester, Hagen, Farrell, the Schmidty's, Notre Dame Dan, O.J., Bill, Cindy, Barnie, Lil Buddy, Stripper Skipper, Tammy, Face Paint Gal, CC Gal, Steve and the hundreds who followed....
This is one is from 2000, MNF Football vs. the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
A Marathon Weekend with Nude Showgirls, Tarzans, The Commish and Monday Night Football
By Marcus "Mookie Vike" Anderson
They promised they would get naked and provide discount lap dances after the game. They were the Showgirls from a local Twin Cities Night Club, and for every Vikings tailgate they stop by and drop off coupons for their place of business. The Berserkers have yet to patronize their place of business, but that's not say that their tantalizing presence has had no effect on the gang of Viking tailgaters. As a matter of fact on this particular Monday Night in October the Showgirls set the tone and one stripping Berserker almost went to jail because of it.
It was the 2nd Quarter of Monday Night game when Little Buddy had seen enough. All game long, a female Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan had been standing and taunting nearby Vikings fans with her pewter and orange pompoms and flashing neon Bucs hat. Unable to entice her to sit down and shut-up with persuasive catcalls, Little Buddy decided to perform his own hafltime striptease show and shock her with his version of a Berserker Birthday Dance. He walked down in front of her, pulled up his Tarkenton jersey and squeezed his breasts and showed her his tongue in a teasing fashion. Most of the people who witnessed the incident laughed riotously, and took it for the humor it was intended.
Little Buddy returned to his seat and laughed at his lap dance's shocky tactics. Within minutes, the Metrodome security, along with the Buc's fan walked up the aisle and pointed a lazer flashlight in Little Buddy's face to summon him down for questioning. The Buccaneers chick was giddy with the revenge she was about to impose. The Busted Berserker walked down the stairs to the sound of thunderous applause, laughter and "Let him Stay!" chants. It was the 3rd quarter of the game, and the momentum had been taken away from the Berserkers."If they arrest him for that, there is something seriously wrong with this place!" commented Notre Dame Dan, "They have people fighting all over this place and haul away a guy who hasn't physically touched anyone?" It was almost ironic that after the "bust" the Metrodome screen played a video clip of a bare chested Tarzan figure who was thumping on his chest and screaming to motivate the fans at the game.
Fortunately both Little Buddy and the Buc's Chick came back to their seats laughing. "All she wanted was an apology," said Little Buddy, "I had to apologize, or I was going to Jail, so I bought her a beer and we made up."Pregame Tailgate:
It was a Marathon weekend of tailgating for the Berserkers, starting on Saturday Morning with the Penn State Nittany Lions vs. Minnesota Gophers Big 10 match-up. The Gophers won that game 25-16 with a great call when Thomas Tapeh threw a halfback option pass to Ron Johnson on a 3rd and short. Rocky. Mook, Stier, Brian, Julie and Marilyn attended the Gophers football game. Then on Sunday, the Twin Cities Marathon was held with Berserker Jeremy finishing the race in 4 hours and 12 minutes. Stier, Brian and Julie went to the event and cheered him on, returning to Eagan in time to meet up with Mook and Rocky for a full day of the NFL ticket. We watched every single NFL game on TV that day, and made plans for the Monday Night tailgate. Chester and Strawjamms found their way to Eagan from Watertown, SD in time for the second half of the late games.
On Monday, we headed down to Washington Avenue and started the tailgate at 2:00. Just like last years Monday Night game with the Cowboys, the weather was gorgeous and many Vikings fans were wearing shorts. One of the biggest problems with a Monday Night game at Washington Avenue is that we have to share the lot with many downtown white collar workers who use the lot for work parking. It is impossible to set up a multiple vehicle tailgate lot, so Saueey and Mook put up the goalposts and the other Berserkers sought out the main camp using the neon posts as their guide.
The Commissioner of taligating, Uncle Joe Kahn showed up and talked to us for awhile. He took some video footage of Rocky kicking field goals for his tailgaing.com web page. It must be noted that Rocky missed his first 2 attempts and drilled his third one, ending the long streak of kicking successfully on TV. The Commish chatted with us about future stadium proposals for Minnesota and complimented Vikings fans for their ability to party hardy in a small confined tailgate lot, commenting that we just might be award winners for a new category "Best Tailgate in a confined area" The Commish also said that he has plans for a future TV segment called "Men throwing Badly" which would feature tailgaters throwing footballs with poor accuracy.
Tailgate Notes: Congratulations to Berserker Mook, Strawjamms and Rocky's sister Teresa and new brother-in-law Tony who were married on Friday Night. When asking the new couple what they wanted for a wedding gift, they requested matching Daunte Culpepper jerseys! The jerseys were purchased at Dome's Plus and will be shipped to the happy couple promptly!
Baooh showed up with his wife and friends and brought a kick ass cheese, fruit, and jerky snack plate to share. The main dish of the Berserkers consisted of the traditional Monday Night menu of steak and potatoes. It always gets quiet when the food is served, especially if the food is good food.
Thumbs Down: It is really getting annoying in the tailgate lots port-o-pottys lines! It seems like every week the wait in line gets worse and it ruins the event. This week I saw more pissing in the parking lot then ever before! Here's a solution: ADD MORE PORT-O-POTTY'S! It can't be that tough!
Game Notes:
The game couldn't of started out any better. Randall McDaniel in his return to the Metrodome, was penalized for a false start right out of the gate. Then Keyshawn "SHUT UP ALREADY" Johnson fumbled the ball after Robert Tate stripped it away and Orlando Thomas jumped on it. The next play Daunte Culpepper scored a Touchdown on a 27-yard run and pointed down the crowd! The dome was as loud as I have ever heard it! ACDC's Hell's bells--- played alot
Thumbs Down: The Burns Security Nazi's- confiscating beer cans, not once, but twice.
The long ass lines in the dome. I missed the entire first 10 minutes of 3rd quarter, waiting in line in the damn men's room. That is so sad. Hey Minnesota, let's build us a new stadium and include more restrooms that are HUGE and include TV's, or at least live radio feeds so we can hear what's going on as we wait in line. The TV's could be added now. In the short term why don't they put up some port o pottys inside the dome?
The Nipple dance
Favorite Plays
Going for it on 4th Down and inches in the first quarter, giving the ball to Robert Smith and getting 6 yards to boot!
Cris Carter continues to make the angles catches, proving he is the best wide receiver with a niche in NFL history. NOBODY else can make the catches on the sidelines that he can!
Orlando Thomas played a great game, he was actually hitting people hard
John Randle's first sack
Game Thoughts:
I like the Field Goal at the end of the game, but really thought we should have punted when we tried that 52-yard field goal that turned out to be a blocked kick touchown for the Bucs.
Daunte might be drawing a lot of blitzes in the weeks to come, as the Bucs really took advantage of his youth and inexperience. The cool thing is that we are watching a novice play like a veteran, and soon we will see a savy Daunte using hard counts to draw the blitzing opposition off-sides.
I really can't wait to see the continued improvement in the D-line. Tony Williams is a runstopping freak! Big Dog got his first sack! Talance Sawyer is just turning the corner and Chris Hovan is starting to become the Viking we all wanted to see. Holy cow, I saw him waste a few offensive lineman during this game, and battled old man McDaniel pretty well.
Post Game Tailgate:
As we left the dome, chants of "Five and OH" and "Packers Suck" echoed in the hallways. It was a sweet traffic jam party that lasted well pat midnight. As it as Lil Buddy's birthday when the clock struck midnight, the kid partied extra hard, chanting "Who let the Dogs out!" into every car window he passed on the way back to the Berserker main camp. It was beautiful.
We cranked up the grille and froze our ass off in the chilly October sky. Of course the Vikes perfect record of 5-0 was the main topic of the night. Of the 14 teams that started 5-0 in the 1990s, 13 went to the playoffs, 11 won division titles, seven reached the Super Bowl and five won it.
Roll Call & Game Day Grades:
Stier, Marathon Man Stier, Lil Schmidty, Strawjamms, Chester, Hagen, Rocky, Baooh, Mrs. Baooh, Mookie, Lil Buddy, Notre Dame Dan, and Saueey
Grades: A+
MVP: Strawjamms- The purple wig was great, and he lead the charge across the street in the middle of traffic as the early faction went in to the MetrodomeQuotes:
"Thre's a new category for ya" Mook to the Commish who commented that we are the Vikings tailgaters do the most partying in a confined area in the NFL
"What the hell is that thing?" Stier to Rocky when the mini-ship powered by a Polaris snowmobile lead the Vikings out of the tunnel for the opening of the game
"Aloha, we're Hawaii 5-0 MOFO!" Strawjamms
"I wish people would be more responsible in picking up after themselves." Saueey as we drove through the Washington Avenue Tailgate which was scattered with refuse and beer cans all over.
"Please give me a new Head Coach!" Some dumb ass chick, sitting behind us, screaming at the top of her lungs for Denny's head after the blocked field goal led to a Tampa 23-20 lead.
"I am an equal opportunity field goal kicker. I missed one wide right, and one wide left, and drilled the third one right down the middle." Rocky on kicking field goals for the Commissioner of tailgating
"I am eating other people's food this year, after all, I am the Commish!" Joe Kahn, the tailgating guru when asked if he would be serving up Jambalaya at his RV again this year.
"It reminds of home." LA resident Baooh , who spottedseveral police choppers in the sky with spotlights flashing on the crowds below.
"You guys wouldn't happen to have an extra beer or anything would ya?" A bum walking by at approzimatley 1:15 am when the entire Berserker camp was packed and mobilizing towards home
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