I mentioned just a mere few weeks ago, what a growing fan of the Vikings Cole was becoming. Needless to say, I have watched more football this fall than I have since my college or Boston days. Cole has re-educated me on the finer points of the various plays. He consumes highlight trailers and spits back out statistics with what seems to be a photographic memory. It has been unbelievable to see him learn so much about the game in just a few short months. He follows the plays with extreme precision, can "read" the scores of all the NFL teams as they scroll at the bottom of the TV screen just by the quick flash of the team symbols and intuitively seems to understand the multiple strategies used that are so dependent on time left, location of ball et al. When there are not games on he wants to know when they will be on. He likes to cut out the pictures from the newspaper when they show his favorite players and has begun posting them on his bedroom wall. He drew pictures of Christian Ponder and Adrian Peterson and want to send them to them. :-) He knows how many weeks are left in the regular season and that the Vikings need to win the remainder of their games to make it to the playoffs. It would be comical to some if it weren't actually truly spectacular to observe.
Cole had been asking to go to a game and Dave had only been hesitating with the concern of the raucous crowds. But, he caved after Cole requested for the 999th time and crossed his fingers that the rowdy fans would be sitting elsewhere. The Vikings were playing the Detroit Lions. Cole was more excited than I could ever describe. Wearing his new Vikings sweatshirt and visor, he and Dave headed to the Metro dome last Sunday. Great seats surrounded by great fans thankfully. And the Vikings WON! He hasn't stopped talking about it since.
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