In case you missed last week's series debut, we had this idea: create a series of posts based on events in the past and imagine how they might have "blown up Twitter," as the kids like to say, if Twitter had been around then.
You gave us several very good suggestions for ground to cover. The next step was coming up with a format, and we decided on this: creating a cast of fictional mostly Minnesota-based Twitter characters, with fake tweets, to cover the event.
We decided a fun one would be the 1967 Vikings, who went 3-8-3 — yes three wins, eight losses, three ties — in Bud Grant's first season as head coach. This absolutely would have happened. Don't deny it:
Overreacting Vikings fan, Part I: Send this Grant guy back to Canada. #worthless
Overreacting Vikings fan, Part II: At least they got rid of Tarkenton before the year. That guy was a bum, too. #goodriddance
Jon Marthaler: This team is doomed. We'll never make it to the playoffs, let alone the Super Bowl. I'm finished.
Sarcastic Vikings fan: I'll always remember Nov. 5, 1967: I was at the only home game the Vikings won all season.
Guy who thinks he knows about football because he played in middle school: I don't like the tackling angles Eller and Marshall are taking. Not sure these guys are going to pan out. #busts
