I read at the time that the first few weeks of the XFL broadcasts were packed with shots of cheerleaders who seemed to come straight out of the strip club, who answered the hosts’ questions with double entendres. So, someone scores a touchdown, the stripper / cheerleader smiles and says “He really knows how to score!”

So, um… with that in mind… I guess… The Minnesota Vikings… really know how to score?

Or do they? I think they pretty much bought the services of everyone they screwed on those little party boats of theirs.

The big news in the NFL this week was allegations that 17 Minnesota Vikings players chartered a pair of yachts, stocked it with call girls and strippers and had a sex party on Lake Minnetonka until the boats’ disgusted, fearful crews returned to shore early.

Crew members have said they had to step around people having sex and that they felt intimidated by football players demanding that the alcohol flow more quickly. Female crew members say they were propositioned aggressively. There are also charges that some of the players urinated on a nearby lawn.

Further reports indicate that the crew members have photographic proof… so look forward to that, I guess.

The NFL has a weird problem that they inflicted upon themselves when they divided their teams into 8 divisions (instead of the prior 6). The possibility of a losing team making the play-off increases, with the chances that there might be a poor division. With two weeks to go in the regular season last year, an Arizona Cardinals fan waved a sign saying “Do The Math! We’re Still In It!” for his 4-9 turned 5-9 team, as the team defeated either the Saint Louis Rams or the Seattle Seahawks.

With that in mind, a look at the standings for the NFC North, and a further obsevation:

Chicago 2 wins 3 losses
Detroit 2 wins 3 losses
Green Bay 1 win 4 losses
Minnesota 1 win 4 losses

If Minnesota were going into a “chip on our shoulders, me against the world” type mode, they would have won last week… as it is, the team’s owner is reportedly waiting around to figure out how he can fire everyone on the team. I dare say that I like Green Bay in this pathetic race. After losing their first four games and becoming the joke of the league, they are now coming off a 52 to 3 victory, and thus have more momentum than anyone else in this division. Which is comical, as Brett Farve became the dumping ground of criticism. It’s all ultimately meaningless, but I hope Green Bay wins the division with a 7 and 9 record.

The theme song for the Minnesota Vikings, as per The Dead Milkmen.

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