After a disappointing football weekend...

I thought we Gopher and Vikings fans could use a little pick-me-up after such a dreadful weekend.

Top 10 reasons to be a Minnesota football fan:

10. Constant disappointments on Saturdays and Sundays always make other little achievements (like remembering to take both the garbage AND recycling out on Monday mornings or successfully getting all of the lint out of the screen in the dryer before each load) more significant.

9. "Wait until next year!" is much easier to get excited about after each season than "Can we repeat?"

8. Those of us with allergies to the material they use in the covers of the Sports Illustrated "championship" special issues never have to worry about an embarassing rash.

7. Both teams give us something other than the weather to bitch about during the winter months.

6. New Year's Day and Super Bowl Sunday parties are so much better here than elsewhere because we can focus all of our time and energy on food/drink preparation instead of worrying about the game.

5. We never have to experience the "dark period" that comes the week after losing a New Year's Day bowl game or the Super Bowl.

4. We never have to listen to that annoying "Queen" song over and over.

3. Don't have to worry about dangers of contracting frostbite during Rose Bowl or Super Bowl victory parades or, should we ever win either, from hell actually freezing over.

2. Ice fishing house owners on Lake Mille Lacs never have to worry about getting them tipped over during post-Rose Bowl/Super Bowl riots.

1. No worries about a horde of pasty white Minnesotans in a warm-weather climate -- it's never a good sight.