The Fans Boo Moss! What the Hell Were they Thinking? It was December 9, 2001 after the Vikings vs. Titans game at the Metrodome. Before the game, fans were in the tailgating lots wearing lots of negative t-shirts and #84 jerseys with “blocked out” red tape to show their disgust with a recent arrest for possession of drugs after Super Freak had hit a parking ticket police officer.
In short it was the beginning of end and WCCO TV broadcasted the day events in an “ANTI-MOSS REPORT ” The sort news report interviewed several Washington Avenue Tailgaters, including one of our lot friends, the Purple Pimp.
Back then there was only one Purple Pimp and he was a regular with the Vikings Tailgate.com spot in the lots. Like everyone, he was always welcome to come party, many of us did not endorse this type of opinion about Moss!
In the report, Purple Pimp and other Vikings fans were calling for Moss’s head, and a Twin Cities radio station even had a contest for people wearing anti-moss Vikings attire. It’s comments and behavior like this that pretty much demonstrate why Vikes fans are known as being fickle.
Never one to shy away from expressing my opinion, (I believe in the First Amendment) I wrote on the old web site at that time:
GET REAL PEOPLE! Moss is the only NFL player in history to catch for over 1,000 yards in his first 4 years. Stats don’t lie, and Moss has the best in history at this stage in his career. Why diss the kid? With all due resect, Vikings fans can be some of the stupidest fans in the NFL!
Years later, after being traded to the Raiders and playing with the almost-perfect Patriots in a Super Bowl, Moss was traded back to Minnesota. We were very excited to see him comeback, and especially enjoyed this cool YouTube video tribute called “One Clap.” This where you can find video of the Randy Moss classic One Clap mix, created in 2010 when the Freak came home for 3 games.
