Halftime: Raiders 24, Vikings 7
By Steve Corkran
Sunday, November 20th, 2011 at 11:27 am in Oakland Raiders.
Safety Matt Giordano changed the complexion of the game with an interception of Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder on a third-down pass near the Raiders goal line.
The Vikings seemed poised to build upon their 7-3 lead when Giordano stepped in front of the receiver, intercepted the pass and returned it 42 yards.
That set up the Raiders’ first touchdown of the day, an 11-yard pass from Carson Palmer to wide receiver Chaz Schilens on a third-and-eight play.
Schilens caught the ball despite double coverage, and he held on as he was upended and landed hard in the end zone. A review of the play confirmed the initial ruling: touchdown, Raiders.
The Raiders also seemed energized by the departure of Vikings running back Adrian Peterson because of an ankle injury at the end of a 12-yard rush.
Peterson had rushed for 12 yards on each of his final two carries before he suffered the injury. He was looked at by trainers on the sideline before being carted off the field and into the locker room. His return is questionable.
A botched hold by Chris Kluwe on a 49-yard field-goal attempt by the Vikings late in the second quarter resulted in an aborted attempt and the Raiders taking over at their own 43.
Back-to-back rushes by Michael Bush got the Raiders to the Vikings 26 and within striking distance once again. He capped the drive with a 2-yard run to give the Raiders a 17-7 lead.
The Raiders were right back in business a few seconds later when they recovered a fumbled kick return at the Vikings 16 with 1 minute, 14 seconds left.
Palmer capped the short drive with a 1-yard sneak to boost the advantage to 24-7.\
It’s not difficult pointing to where this game turned. The Raiders scored three straight touchdowns after Giordano’s interception and Peterson’s departure.
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November 20th, 2011 at 11:28 am
1.st
November 20th, 2011 at 11:28 am
GAme changed on the GIO INT, when we decided to not blitz and let the rookie be a rookie.
November 20th, 2011 at 11:28 am
Smells like a blow out!
November 20th, 2011 at 11:28 am
2nd.
November 20th, 2011 at 11:29 am
ok 1st and 4th nd 5th i’ll take it
November 20th, 2011 at 11:29 am
i’ll take 6th too
November 20th, 2011 at 11:30 am
Dont rest now. These are the raiders. Anything is possible.
November 20th, 2011 at 11:30 am
Carson Palmer is light years better than any Raider QB I ever seen in my lifetime.
Sky is the limit for this team the next 4-5 years.
We will laugh at the day when we praised QB’s for going 11-7 here.
November 20th, 2011 at 11:30 am
Bills getting torched by matt moore, oh how wonderful
November 20th, 2011 at 11:30 am
Olinesux Says:
November 20th, 2011 at 11:23 am
i cant believe anyone ever doubted palmer
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Some of these goons still doubt him, or are quick to criticize. Just watch. When Palmer throws his next pick (and he will, all QBs do), pay attention to the goons in here that are all too happy to celebrate it.
November 20th, 2011 at 11:31 am
Yeah weve been here before, come out strong and keep putting points on the board, and someone slam pondor so he stops scrambling
November 20th, 2011 at 11:31 am
Aig-Raiders Says:
Dont rest now. These are the raiders. Anything is possible
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A long scoring drive to open the second half will go a long ways to calm those “anything is possible” worries.
November 20th, 2011 at 11:31 am
Hue better keep em playing hard in the 2nd half. We all know – the Raiders could easily blow this game. Pound the rock with Bush and run the clock.
November 20th, 2011 at 11:32 am
haha Raiders are winning and sully is no where to be seen.
November 20th, 2011 at 11:33 am
Palmer QB rating: 122.9
Any questions?
November 20th, 2011 at 11:34 am
Satele is out. We should run better now.
November 20th, 2011 at 11:34 am
CP3 is the REAL DEAL!
If ANYONE isn’t on board w/ him,
they are not a fam of this team…
November 20th, 2011 at 11:34 am
Pitos
November 20th, 2011 at 11:36 am
One more TD to start the second half and I will feel relaxed.
November 20th, 2011 at 11:36 am
Boss bossing , and meyers wtf son he balling too
November 20th, 2011 at 11:37 am
Palmer is not yet 100% in this offense or with his WR’s! We only getting better the next 4 weeks.
FYI
November 20th, 2011 at 11:37 am
Blount…check out his run today against GB if you haven’t. WOW!
November 20th, 2011 at 11:37 am
It’s funny that the best thing that could happen to the raiders is losing their startinging quarterback mid season. Who would’ve thunk it
November 20th, 2011 at 11:38 am
Lions probably looking ahead to Packer game
November 20th, 2011 at 11:38 am
Bully Ball in the 3rd quarter.
November 20th, 2011 at 11:38 am
Meyers flat out leveled that guy on the kick off. He is playing out of his head.
November 20th, 2011 at 11:38 am
Meyers is keeping his place on the 53 Man roster…
the catch for a first was NOICE!
November 20th, 2011 at 11:40 am
Adrian Foster has #Swag
November 20th, 2011 at 11:41 am
Arian
November 20th, 2011 at 11:41 am
What a crazy season so far. We got a top 5 qb in the league.
November 20th, 2011 at 11:41 am
wow did yall see that Blount TD run? unreal
i will never curse at trhe Madden game again lol
November 20th, 2011 at 11:41 am
Cervantes Says:
November 20th, 2011 at 11:37 am
Blount…check out his run today against GB if you haven’t. WOW!
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Was pretty awesome
November 20th, 2011 at 11:41 am
25.MistaBrown Says:
November 20th, 2011 at 10:58 am
Every single zebra on the field looks like he has down syndrome.
WTH
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That was very funny. Mostly cuz it’s true. Haha. Good stuff.
November 20th, 2011 at 11:42 am
Foster looks like Waldo.
November 20th, 2011 at 11:42 am
Metrodome is quiet..
November 20th, 2011 at 11:43 am
So, does Myers look like a keeper now?
November 20th, 2011 at 11:43 am
Reece is straight up Killa
November 20th, 2011 at 11:44 am
yeah start myers in ur fantasy team..
November 20th, 2011 at 11:44 am
bush went the wrong way
November 20th, 2011 at 11:45 am
my laptop corrected that name to “adrian”
November 20th, 2011 at 11:45 am
Satele out again?
November 20th, 2011 at 11:46 am
Hope we’re not gonna get a Willis Reed-like entrance by AP.
November 20th, 2011 at 11:46 am
Satele is only good for 1 half every game..
November 20th, 2011 at 11:47 am
So much for the long scoring drive to open the second half. The penetration on that Bush run was killer.
November 20th, 2011 at 11:47 am
aiderDebo Says:
November 20th, 2011 at 11:46 am
Hope we’re not gonna get a Willis Reed-like entrance by AP.
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Wont matter if we keep scoring TDS
November 20th, 2011 at 11:49 am
Why the penalties? Stop and play some defense!
November 20th, 2011 at 11:50 am
Raiders always look flat after the half…
November 20th, 2011 at 11:50 am
I don’t want to let these guys back in it! Come on, defense!
November 20th, 2011 at 11:50 am
Come on D, no more second half meltdowns.
November 20th, 2011 at 11:50 am
Do they EVER cover anyone out of the backfield
November 20th, 2011 at 11:50 am
litto!
November 20th, 2011 at 11:50 am
Lito is better than Nnamdi
November 20th, 2011 at 11:51 am
come on Lito. strip that ball son!
November 20th, 2011 at 11:51 am
Rain is killing my satelite. Dammit!!
November 20th, 2011 at 11:51 am
Why are you alive using our oxygen?
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wasbanned Says:
November 20th, 2011 at 11:50 am
Raiders always look flat after the half…
November 20th, 2011 at 11:52 am
Did any of guys see Hue screaming his head of at one of the coaches during the last 2min of the 2nd quarter????
November 20th, 2011 at 11:52 am
Nice to see Nnamdi make a sack, maybe he met some of those contract milestones.
….Oh wait….
November 20th, 2011 at 11:52 am
Rain has no affect on your satellite but wind does.
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RaiderDebo Says:
November 20th, 2011 at 11:51 am
Rain is killing my satelite. Dammit!!
November 20th, 2011 at 11:52 am
nice!
November 20th, 2011 at 11:52 am
Don’t give up the 1st down. It’s 3rd and 16, come on!
November 20th, 2011 at 11:53 am
why is the guy wide open?!
November 20th, 2011 at 11:53 am
Penalty bails out the soft defense. Nice to see that go our way for once.
November 20th, 2011 at 11:53 am
Give us the ball back vandamit.
November 20th, 2011 at 11:53 am
It really helps that Hue Jackson’s brother is the
referee for this game.
November 20th, 2011 at 11:54 am
95 yard TD pass coming up soon
November 20th, 2011 at 11:54 am
DMoore on punt returns scare the hell out of anyone else here?
November 20th, 2011 at 11:54 am
Plunk-It Says:
November 20th, 2011 at 11:53 am
It really helps that Hue Jackson’s brother is the
referee for this game.
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funny
November 20th, 2011 at 11:54 am
JL Higgins would have grabbed that ball and ran back into the end zone for a safety.
November 20th, 2011 at 11:55 am
When oh when will we find a legitimate punt returner?
November 20th, 2011 at 11:55 am
Post of the Day!
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wasbanned Says:
November 20th, 2011 at 10:28 am
Raiders should just pack it up and head home.
November 20th, 2011 at 11:55 am
Bad blitz. Good thing for the bad pass from Ponder.
November 20th, 2011 at 11:55 am
These guys are terrible in a zone principal. Next year maybe different but…..
November 20th, 2011 at 11:56 am
That said 24-7 Raiders
November 20th, 2011 at 11:57 am
WTF Hue!
November 20th, 2011 at 11:57 am
You got Carson..too conservative on 3rd
November 20th, 2011 at 11:57 am
A little conservative but
November 20th, 2011 at 11:57 am
Offensive line stinking it up on that 3 & out
November 20th, 2011 at 11:57 am
Wasbanned = Chicken Little
November 20th, 2011 at 11:58 am
raiding texas,
there was NOTHING wrong with that punt return. Punt bounced at the 2 yard line and hopped back towards the 5 where Moore was standing.
He caught it and ran, so what?
November 20th, 2011 at 11:58 am
The Raiders will pull what has become to be known as “Typical Raiders”, a second half collapse. It’s kind of like what some of you do, which is leave your balls in your boyfriends purse. It is what it is.
November 20th, 2011 at 11:58 am
Mista,
I agree. I wish we’d score again so I can just relax.
November 20th, 2011 at 11:58 am
I just call it like I see it.
November 20th, 2011 at 11:58 am
Hue is so confusing. One minute he does crazy sh*t and the next he is too conservative
November 20th, 2011 at 11:59 am
He ran sideways,not up the field.
November 20th, 2011 at 11:59 am
Hey Sullivan, go blow your loser, Alex Smith, you worthless bum.
November 20th, 2011 at 11:59 am
I was pissed over the Refs. Not the Raiders
November 20th, 2011 at 11:59 am
Somehow we make even sorry teams look good. Even the sorry Vikings will get their chance to shine, even with JP gone.
November 20th, 2011 at 11:59 am
petersons painkillers starting to take effect….
November 20th, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Shane Lechler is a bad mutha shut yo mouth.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Sullivan44 Says:
November 20th, 2011 at 11:59 am
Somehow we make even sorry teams look good. Even the sorry Vikings will get their chance to shine, even with JP gone.
—-Who is JP?
November 20th, 2011 at 12:00 pm
I hate Solomon Wilcox
November 20th, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Bad net connection here
November 20th, 2011 at 12:01 pm
Alex7 Says:
November 20th, 2011 at 11:58 am
raiding texas,
there was NOTHING wrong with that punt return. Punt bounced at the 2 yard line and hopped back towards the 5 where Moore was standing.
He caught it and ran, so what?
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I don’t know. Maybe let it keep bouncing forward? It probably would’ve netted more yards.
Are you saying that we’ve found our punt return solution? Because it’s been awful for awhile now. I have yet to see anything to make me think otherwise.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:01 pm
Harvard football!!!!
November 20th, 2011 at 12:01 pm
R Seymour has not been missed.
Thank you Bryant!
November 20th, 2011 at 12:01 pm
D bryant is a beast..
November 20th, 2011 at 12:02 pm
Desmond has had a really good year. Like this kid like I like Matt Shonasty.
Lito..almost with the pick.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:02 pm
Lito was 2 inches away from a pick 6 right there
November 20th, 2011 at 12:02 pm
Texas, come on, that ball MIGHT have bounced forward 2 or 3 more yards.
Anyone would take a chance on Moore returning it further than that.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:02 pm
Raiders For Life Says:
Shane Lechler is a bad mutha shut yo mouth.
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I’m talking about Lech!
November 20th, 2011 at 12:02 pm
Bryant > Seymour
Lito > Nnamdi
November 20th, 2011 at 12:02 pm
ha, on cue! Yes, we have a fine punt returner.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:02 pm
Be OK DMoore. Be OK.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:02 pm
Great now Moore is hurt
November 20th, 2011 at 12:03 pm
Moore came up limping on that return
November 20th, 2011 at 12:03 pm
Thank you Donnavan for not wanting to come to Oakland you blow goats.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:03 pm
RaidingTexas Says:
November 20th, 2011 at 11:55 am
When oh when will we find a legitimate punt returner?
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We have one, my friend!
November 20th, 2011 at 12:03 pm
If we have the game in hand lets puts that recent CB/RS into the game to return punts.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:03 pm
Texas, come on, that ball MIGHT have bounced forward 2 or 3 more yards.
Anyone would take a chance on Moore returning it further than that.
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2 minutes later Moore takes it 35 yards
November 20th, 2011 at 12:04 pm
Let Murphy field punts..at least it won’t matter if he gets injured
November 20th, 2011 at 12:04 pm
Punt returners aren’t the problem, it’s the blocking by the special teams.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:04 pm
Alex7,
LMAO! And now Moore makes me look stupid. Figures.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:04 pm
Murphy will cost us the game with his gator arms
November 20th, 2011 at 12:05 pm
A fine punt returner realizes that the play was set up for him to go left. Had he not been spun around he would have went right. Did you realize that on cue!
And he’s now to valuable to be on PR unless he starts fair catching the ball more.
My big problem is that DMoore often is out of position to properly field punts and almost without exception fields punts inside of the 10. That’s a big time no no.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:05 pm
Why are they running that play with Reece?
November 20th, 2011 at 12:05 pm
screen
November 20th, 2011 at 12:06 pm
Hand it off here.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:06 pm
That’s a play that needs to be removed from coach’s brain. Never seen the end around to the TE or FB work.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:06 pm
What happens to our offense in the 2nd half?
November 20th, 2011 at 12:06 pm
Vikes getting a lot more penetration now. Are we really missing Satele that much?
November 20th, 2011 at 12:06 pm
Great catch bush
November 20th, 2011 at 12:06 pm
letting them stay in the game….
November 20th, 2011 at 12:06 pm
I bet the Raiders don’t score again in the second half.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:06 pm
Another wasted series. The last 2 are on Hue. How bout a screen buddy. How bout a screen?
November 20th, 2011 at 12:06 pm
Offensive line looking very offensive
November 20th, 2011 at 12:07 pm
O-line looks drastically worse without Satele in the game.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:07 pm
Catch the ball, DVD….
November 20th, 2011 at 12:07 pm
DVD dropping the pop up in center field
November 20th, 2011 at 12:07 pm
Van Dyke owes Lechler a beer.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:07 pm
Nothing like a bad play call to act like a sack. Where’s the Bully?
November 20th, 2011 at 12:07 pm
I take back everything i said about bush and apologize if i pissed anybody off with my bush bashing. i can now say im sold on him. he has made me look like a hater and i apologize for that. I LOVE BUSH!!!!!
November 20th, 2011 at 12:07 pm
Satele is very good. Who is the clown that keeps wanting him out of the game?
November 20th, 2011 at 12:07 pm
An end around to Allen’s side?Cmon on man.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:08 pm
Keep it simple Hue. KISH????
November 20th, 2011 at 12:08 pm
lol cervantes.
You design a punt return left, right, or middle. However, as a punt returner, you go wherever the opening is, because the 11 guys coming your way don’t always align themselves with your blocking.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:09 pm
I hate the second halves , wish the game was only 30 min we would have been perfect 9-0 now
November 20th, 2011 at 12:09 pm
Yes
November 20th, 2011 at 12:09 pm
lefty12 Says:
November 20th, 2011 at 12:07 pm
An end around to Allen’s side?Cmon on man.
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PICK! But Yes You R Correct Sir!
November 20th, 2011 at 12:09 pm
Yeah baby!!
November 20th, 2011 at 12:09 pm
Lito starting to jump routes
November 20th, 2011 at 12:09 pm
Lito dropped another INT
November 20th, 2011 at 12:10 pm
LITO!
November 20th, 2011 at 12:10 pm
Lito made it happen.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:10 pm
Kelley with the fat boy play.
rumblin, bumblin, stumblin
November 20th, 2011 at 12:10 pm
That’s what we needed!
November 20th, 2011 at 12:10 pm
look what a zone defense does for you.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:10 pm
Lito is hella smart..
November 20th, 2011 at 12:10 pm
Looking like Eric Allen. LITO..WHOAOOOOOOOO
November 20th, 2011 at 12:10 pm
We have 2 solid TE’s and they are both white, go figure!
2 TE sets!!!
November 20th, 2011 at 12:10 pm
stop it alex..
November 20th, 2011 at 12:11 pm
glad DWow is back..
November 20th, 2011 at 12:11 pm
Lito is way better than Chris Toast Johnson.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:11 pm
Shut up A – hole you packed it in the 1st quarter.
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wasbanned Says:
November 20th, 2011 at 12:10 pm
Kelley with the fat boy play.
rumblin, bumblin, stumblin
November 20th, 2011 at 12:11 pm
We know why Lito was not a receiver, haha
November 20th, 2011 at 12:12 pm
Not a satele fan here. He gets owned by bigger dts.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:12 pm
I like Bush.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:12 pm
thats whats up bush
November 20th, 2011 at 12:12 pm
most centers get owned by bigger DTs
November 20th, 2011 at 12:12 pm
Bully Ball!
November 20th, 2011 at 12:12 pm
Good running Bush
November 20th, 2011 at 12:13 pm
thats a good run..
November 20th, 2011 at 12:13 pm
announcer giving no love to Veldheer.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:13 pm
Bush will see a big Contract in the offseason hope he gives us hometown discount and comes back.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:13 pm
this should be a shut out thanks to the down syndrome zebra posse Min has 7 answered points.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:13 pm
barnes! surprised he hasn’t done that more often.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:13 pm
Barnes…I thought that was out of your system man. COMEON!
November 20th, 2011 at 12:13 pm
Lions take the lead. whoever said a team led by Stafford and Calvin was “toast” knows little.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:13 pm
Reguired false start by Barnes. I think it may be in his contract.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:14 pm
hope we still score.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:14 pm
They were ready for that
November 20th, 2011 at 12:14 pm
Delay was too predictable
November 20th, 2011 at 12:15 pm
ok we got a fg
November 20th, 2011 at 12:15 pm
MistaBrown Says:
November 20th, 2011 at 12:11 pm
Shut up A – hole you packed it in the 1st quarter
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f’ck you.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:15 pm
Nobody helping Palmer
November 20th, 2011 at 12:15 pm
Barnes needs an evaluation. I think he has ADD. When he lines up I think he is looking up in the stands, thinking about flowers, wondering what that soft stuff is touching his hand….
Wait, what did Carson say?
November 20th, 2011 at 12:15 pm
Sh!tsaClown can go f’ck himself
November 20th, 2011 at 12:16 pm
Could have finished them off there.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:16 pm
Looked like Murphy was standing still
November 20th, 2011 at 12:16 pm
murphy with a poor job of reading the defense there
November 20th, 2011 at 12:16 pm
It’s ok to talk football instead of insulting people tough guys.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:16 pm
thug lyfe..
November 20th, 2011 at 12:16 pm
Well, a 20 point lead is better than a 17 point lead. Forces Minny to score three TDs. Almost ran out the 3rd quarter, too. The Raiders are sitting pretty here.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:17 pm
TJ must be in the doghouse after his swing and miss last Thursday.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:17 pm
Good contain MM34
November 20th, 2011 at 12:17 pm
Wiz have been doing well at center. Williams owned satele and carlile.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:17 pm
poor service men being teased by the cheerleaders 2 feet away
November 20th, 2011 at 12:17 pm
Does Jano get fined for wearing a black shoe?
November 20th, 2011 at 12:17 pm
yes lets get another TD or Fg and game over…
November 20th, 2011 at 12:18 pm
Okay Viqueens, put AP back in, time to start worrying about my FF team….
November 20th, 2011 at 12:18 pm
Alex7 Says:
November 20th, 2011 at 12:17 pm
poor service men being teased by the cheerleaders 2 feet away
——-Cheerleaders should give it up for their country
November 20th, 2011 at 12:18 pm
Pick 6 Time.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:18 pm
Wasbanned Says:
Sh!tsaClown can go f’ck himself
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Easier to just ignore him. He clearly focuses most of his energy on hating other Raider fans.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:18 pm
Ponder is running for his life.. now thats the way, uh , uh I like it..
thats the way uh uh i like it
November 20th, 2011 at 12:19 pm
Ha, there’s Joe Webb, athletic twin of Terrel Pryor.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:19 pm
new post
November 20th, 2011 at 12:19 pm
I think consevative is good now. Prevent turn overs and force rookie qb to beat you.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:19 pm
I’m concerned now. Come on defense!
November 20th, 2011 at 12:19 pm
keeping them in the game…
November 20th, 2011 at 12:19 pm
That one pisses me off.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:20 pm
The Real Albert Bigelow Paine Says:
November 20th, 2011 at 12:18 pm
Alex7 Says:
November 20th, 2011 at 12:17 pm
poor service men being teased by the cheerleaders 2 feet away
——-Cheerleaders should give it up for their country
—-Ever Dated a cheerleader…they do…they really do.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:22 pm
Anyone think that we might want to pay attention to Percy Harvin. He’s there only stud remaining.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:22 pm
Man I can’t believe Im missing this game too.
Who said it would be nice to have a covincing win?
November 20th, 2011 at 12:22 pm
cmon def
November 20th, 2011 at 12:25 pm
What happened?
November 20th, 2011 at 12:27 pm
Wow, what a pass by Palmer!