I haven't expected much from the Vikings all season, but it's been fun so far. That's the attitude I'm going into the game with.
36 thoughts on “January 13, 2025: Game Night”
New Glenn launch scrubbed. I hope they're successful because we want to sell stuff to them.
I wonder if the rocket mocked Bezos.
I liked space better before the billionaires bought it.
I am all in favor of sending billionaires into space. Mars, preferably. Or straight (you, know, efficiently, not literally) into the sun.
I'm fine with the Moon. Close enough that we can watch.
Launching something into the sun is extremely expensive; it's cheaper just to send them out of the solar system, FYI.
That seems really counterintuitive. What are the reasons for that?
It is, isn't it?! Don't want to step into Mike's arena here, but delta-v...
Yep, that explains it pretty well. In our orbit we are going very fast sideways relative to the Sun, and if you don’t slow down, you will keep going sideways and not be able to hit the Sun.
You need to get rid of a lot of angular momentum in order to hit the Sun, and that takes a lot of rocket fuel.
This is also why planets can exist, and therefore why we are here. If it was easy for orbiting material to fall into the Sun, the gas cloud that formed our solar system would have all collapsed into the Sun. Because of angular momentum, some material stayed in a disk around the forming Sun, and that disk eventually became the planets.
With the right kind of flattery, you might be able to convince Elmo that he should be the first human on Mars.
Twins are next for ZiPS but Dan gave a depth chart preview today.
Thrilling offseason to see absolutely nothing new but maybe Vázquez will get dealt.
I take more joy over Packers losing than Vikings winning so NFL playoffs already a net positive for me.
I had a real hard time with the Steelers v. Ravens game. I've hated the Steelers a lot longer, more than half a century, but I hate the Ravens with the wolverine intensity of a scorned woman.
I was hoping for the Packers to win if only because the Vikings would get them at home if they win tonight (I think that's how it works). I didn't feel good about it, but that was my hope.
If Packers had won yesterday, they'd play at Detroit next week. Vikes could've hosted Pack in the NFC championship game if both teams had won out.
Minnesota is a 2.5-point favorite in the latest Vikings vs. Rams odds from the SportsLine Consensus, up a half-point from the opener, while the over/under for total points scored is 47.5, also up a half-point from the opening line. The Vikings are -143 money-line favorites (risk $143 to win $100) after opening at -125, while the Rams are +120 underdogs (risk $100 to win $120) after opening at +105.
Yeah, I think we're done here.
Just as I thought I was out....
Sam Darnold is a yacht rock enthusiast passed on how much he loves sailing passes.
Coaches on both sides of the ball poor couple of weeks. Failure to adjust. Soft zone on defense. Bradford holds onto the ball waaaay too long.
I'm pretty okay with this loss. 14-3 was a great achievement for a 10-7 team.
Preach.
They at least made the playoffs rather than finish at 9-8.
Indeed. It was a fun season, and I'm not really complaining.
New Glenn launch scrubbed. I hope they're successful because we want to sell stuff to them.
I wonder if the rocket mocked Bezos.
I liked space better before the billionaires bought it.
I am all in favor of sending billionaires into space. Mars, preferably. Or straight (you, know, efficiently, not literally) into the sun.
I'm fine with the Moon. Close enough that we can watch.
Launching something into the sun is extremely expensive; it's cheaper just to send them out of the solar system, FYI.
That seems really counterintuitive. What are the reasons for that?
It is, isn't it?! Don't want to step into Mike's arena here, but delta-v...
Yep, that explains it pretty well. In our orbit we are going very fast sideways relative to the Sun, and if you don’t slow down, you will keep going sideways and not be able to hit the Sun.
You need to get rid of a lot of angular momentum in order to hit the Sun, and that takes a lot of rocket fuel.
This is also why planets can exist, and therefore why we are here. If it was easy for orbiting material to fall into the Sun, the gas cloud that formed our solar system would have all collapsed into the Sun. Because of angular momentum, some material stayed in a disk around the forming Sun, and that disk eventually became the planets.
With the right kind of flattery, you might be able to convince Elmo that he should be the first human on Mars.
Twins are next for ZiPS but Dan gave a depth chart preview today.
Thrilling offseason to see absolutely nothing new but maybe Vázquez will get dealt.
Addition by subtraction with Max?
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I take more joy over Packers losing than Vikings winning so NFL playoffs already a net positive for me.
I had a real hard time with the Steelers v. Ravens game. I've hated the Steelers a lot longer, more than half a century, but I hate the Ravens with the wolverine intensity of a scorned woman.
I was hoping for the Packers to win if only because the Vikings would get them at home if they win tonight (I think that's how it works). I didn't feel good about it, but that was my hope.
If Packers had won yesterday, they'd play at Detroit next week. Vikes could've hosted Pack in the NFC championship game if both teams had won out.
In news from the other side of downtown:
https://twitter.com/JonKrawczynski/status/1878915051853381652
Ha ha -- local sports news is hyping the Vikes; still lots of animosity towards the Rams here 😀
Also, I'm seeing video outside the stadium of a sea of purple
GOSO!
if this is how it's going to go, yeah.
Hey, it can't be 41-0.
Got 'em right where we want 'em.
At least it was a simple choice to stop watching at (just before) half.
I love how the Vikes always get screwed in novel ways that lead to rule changes later.
Also, how they completely crumble when heavy favorites.
Heavy favorites? I think they were 2 point favorites and they lost to the Rams in the regular season.
From CBS Sports:
Yeah, I think we're done here.
Just as I thought I was out....
Sam Darnold is a yacht rock enthusiast passed on how much he loves sailing passes.
Coaches on both sides of the ball poor couple of weeks. Failure to adjust. Soft zone on defense. Bradford holds onto the ball waaaay too long.
I'm pretty okay with this loss. 14-3 was a great achievement for a 10-7 team.
Preach.
They at least made the playoffs rather than finish at 9-8.
Indeed. It was a fun season, and I'm not really complaining.