Toby Leads To Vikes

Vikings 17 Redskins 13

This was Leslie Frazier's first game as the interim head coach of the Vikes. I know that it it only one game, but the team sure did respond to Frazier being the HC now. It is going to be interesting to see if the team can continue this march.

On Sunday, the Vikes accomplished something that they have not been able to do in 9 games...that is win a game on the ROAD. I just cannot believe that it has been that long since that last victory in the opponents house.

The offense was also to run efficiently with Adrian Peterson going down early in the second quarter with an ankle injury.Before Peterson went down he had 36 yards on 6 carries with a TD.  Toby carried the load for the rest of the game after Peterson went down. Toby had a career game with 76 yards on 22 carries and his 1st career TD run. Congrats to Toby, I hope there are many more to come.

Favre managed the game and was good enough not to lose this game. 15-23 passing for 176 yards. Favre also ran for 10 yards that is correct a 10 yard game by grandpa. I thought he was going to die right there. I do not want to see to many of those plays.

The defense did a good job keeping the 'Skins in check in this game. Giving up 1 TD drive the other 2 were FGs. The defense sacked McNabb 4 times and intercepted him in the red zone.The defense for the most part shut down the 'Skins.The Redskins were not able to do much on the ground today due to the Viking front front dominating the "Skins line.  I am so happy to see the Vikes getting a WIN and the Packers getting a LOSE.

It sure is a great week to be a Vikings fan..SKOL VIKINGS!!!!!!

Gerhart Not Happy

Toby Gerhart has been a little unhappy. It is not the reason many people may think like practice or position on the depth chart. It is the fact the people continue to racial profile him. There are so many people that think that he may be a tight end or a fullback in the NFL. This is not going to be the case for Gerhart.

There were teams at the combine that even asked him if 'he felt entitled. What does that mean? Teams were wondering if Toby felt entitled to be a white running back. This is because many people know that the NFL is dominated by black running backs in for most of its history.

I think with these questions could give Gerhart so extra motivation as a running back. He will be able to show the league that he is more than just a running back, but a back to keep an eye on.

The reason that this was not in the headline was the Dez Bryant question about his mother possibility being a prostitute made it ahead of the Gerhart issue. So I now ask my readers to respond if you would like to an interesting question:

What would your response be if you were asked about if you felt entitled to do a certain job due to the color of your skin?


With the news of finding this out I hope that Toby runs through every team(as I would anyway) of thinking that he could not be a legit TAILBACK  in the NFL.
Here are Toby Gerhart's records he acculated at Stanford:

Here are some of Toby records in college:


Pac-10 records

• Most rushing touchdowns in a season (28) in 2009
• Most total touchdowns in a season (28) in 2009
• Most points scored in a season (172) in 2009

Stanford career records

• Most career touchdowns (44)
• Most career rushing touchdowns (44)
• Most career 100 yard rushing games (20)
• Most career 200 yard rushing games (3) (tied)

Stanford single season records (2009)

• Most rushing yards in a season (1,871)
• Most rushing touchdowns in a season (28)
• Most total touchdowns in a season (28)
• Most points scored in a season (172)
• Most yards from scrimmage in a season (2,028)
• Most 100 yard rushing games in a season (11)
• Most 200 yard rushing games in a season (3)
• Most consecutive 100 yard rushing games (7)

Stanford single game records

• Most rushing yards in a game (223)
• Most rushing touchdowns in a game (4) (twice) (tied)

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