Eagles-Vikings: Did the NFL cave in to Mayor Nutter?

Ed Rendell, Pennsylvania Governor chastises "nation of wusses"
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell spoke out against the NFL's decision move the Minnesota Vikings - Philadelphia Eagles game to Tuesday night because of the blizzard. As Cindy Boren reported: After calling the postponement "a joke" and saying that "Vince Lombardi would be spinning in his grave," on Sunday, his anger was unabated Monday, when he made frequent use of the "w" word. "My biggest beef is that this is part of what's happened in this country," ...

Eagles-Vikings Tuesday night football to make history
Forget that the 5-9 Minnesota Vikings were pretty terrible even before Brett Favre began showing his age and before star running back Adrian Peterson banged up his legs. Forget that the 10-4 Philadelphia Eagles have been one of the most dominant teams all year, have already clinched a Playoff spot, and are Las Vegas' two-touchdown favorite in the game. Forget that the Eagles last year knocked the Vikes out of Playoff contention and that the Green Bay Packers have already handed the Eagles t...

Webb, Peterson help Vikings upset Eagles 24-14
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Joe Webb threw for 195 yards and ran for a touchdown in his first career start filling in for an injured Brett Favre, and the lowly Minnesota Vikings beat Michael Vick and the NFC East champion Philadelphia Eagles 24-14 in the NFL's first Tuesday game since 1946. Adrian Peterson ran for 117 yards and a score, helping the Vikings (6-9) knock Philadelphia out of contention for a first-round Playoff bye. The Eagles (10-5) could've secured a first-round bye with a victory over ...

Vick gives Eagles 7-0 lead over Vikings
Philadelphia Eagles' Michael Vick, left, is tackled by Minnesota Vikings' Antoine Winfield in the first half of an NFL football game, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010, in Philadelphia. Michael Vick threw a 3-yard TD pass shortly after he was selected as the NFC Pro Bowl starter to give the Philadelphia Eagles a 7-0 lead over the Minnesota Vikings after one quarter in the first Tuesday night NFL game in 46 years. Brett Favre was inactive for the Vikings because of a Concussion. Not even an extra 48 hours ...

Joe Webb Leads Vikings To 24-14 Victory Over Eagles
Philadelphia — The Philadelphia Eagles got their bye a week early – and not the way they wanted. Joe Webb threw for 195 yards and ran for a touchdown in his first career start filling in for an injured Brett Favre, and the lowly Minnesota Vikings stunned Michael Vick and the NFC East champion Eagles 24-14 in the NFL's first Tuesday game since 1946. Adrian Peterson ran for 118 yards and a score, helping the Vikings (6-9) knock Philadelphia out of contention for a first-round Playoff...

NFL: Minnesota 24, Philadelphia 14
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Unheralded rookie Quarterback Joe Webb threw for 195 yards in his first NFL start Tuesday, leading the Minnesota Vikings to a 24-14 win over Philadelphia. Webb went 17-of-26 through the air and rushed for a score in the game, which had been rescheduled from Sunday night due to last weekend's major East Coast snowstorm. Webb made the start for Brett Favre, who was held out the contest due to the lingering effects of a Concussion. Adrian Peterson returned after missi...

Vikings QB Favre inactive vs. Eagles
Brett Favre is inactive for the Minnesota Vikings' game Tuesday night with the Philadelphia Eagles because of a Concussion. Favre will not play for the second time in three weeks because of injury. He sat out a Dec. 13 game against the New York Giants because of an injured Right Shoulder, ending his record consecutive starts streak at 297, dating back to 1992. The 41-year-old Favre suffered a concussion last week against the Chicago Bears and was listed as doubtful. Joe Webb will make his first ...

Eagles Loss To Vikings Ends Chance For Bye Week
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Written off by nearly everyone, the Minnesota Vikings wouldn’t let two extra days sitting around a hotel bring them down. After all they’ve been through this season, it may have given them extra motivation. Rookie Joe Webb threw for 195 yards and ran for a touchdown in his first career start filling in for an injured Brett Favre, and the lowly Vikings stunned Michael Vick and the NFC East champion Philadelphia Eagles 24-14 in the NFL’s first Tuesday ga...

Eagles defend mayor on blizzard call
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The Philadelphia Eagles said Monday Mayor Michael Nutter is coming in for unfair criticism after the team's Sunday night game was postponed by a blizzard. Fans and local media blasted Nutter after the game was pushed back to Tuesday night because of a blizzard warning, citing his decision to call a snow emergency well before any snow actually hit the city -- about 6 hours before the contest between the Eagles and the Minnesota Vikings. Philadelphia eventually recei...

Ed Rendell: We're a 'nation of wusses'
It's worth noting that while Michael Bloomberg is chastising his constituents for not reacting well to the Northeast snowstorm, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell (D) has gone a step farther, railing against the whole country over the rescheduling of a football game. From the Early Lead: Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell really disliked the NFL's decision to move the Sunday night game between the Minnesota Vikings and Philadelphia Eagles to tonight because of a blizzard forecast. After calling the pos...

OReilly Factor Panel Debates: Are We A Nation Of Wusses?
Somehow, the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles find themselves at the center of the news cycle this week. If people aren’t talking about President Obama praising team owner Jeffrey Lurie for giving Quarterback Michael Vick a second chance after his Prison sentence, then they’re talking about the assertion of Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell that the postponing of Sunday night’s scheduled Eagles game to tonight (due to the blizzard that blitzed the Northeast) represents America’...

Business oversight board lists 186 actions
The state agency that acts as Watchdog over individuals and groups that do business or maintain practices in Pennsylvania has issued 186 disciplinary actions, the secretary of the commonwealth said Tuesday. Of the actions, all lodged in December, 26 target people or organizations in Philadelphia, 14 in Delaware County, 10 in Chester County, nine in Bucks County, and eight in Montgomery County, according to a statement issued by the Pennsylvania Department of State. The department presides over t...

Rendell declares Americans are wusses after Eagles game gets postponed
Stumble This! The Philadelphia Eagles had to cancel their football game Sunday because of snow and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell isn't happy "I think it's a joke," Rendell told the local Fox affiliate. "We cancel the game and there's less than 3 inches of snow … I think the fans can make their own decisions about their own safety." "This is football! Good lord, Vince Lombardi would be spinning in his grave that we canceled the football game for the snow." Fox 29’s weatherman John Bol...

Ed Rendell Not Happy With Eagles-Vikings Game Being Cancelled Because of Weather, "It's Ridiculous, This Is Football"
Rendell talks to Fox News and says the reason the game is not being played tonight is because of money, "As and eagle's fan, I am ticked off about this"...The country has become more and more "wussified" "Vince Lombardi would be laughing at us" ...

Was The NFL Wrong To Cancel The Vikings/Eagles Game?
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell was irate in a live interview Sunday night that the Philadelphia Eagles game was postponed by the NFL. The Guv was obviously upset during a phone interview with Fox 29 and at one point, he was arguing with Fox 29 chief Meteorologist John Bolaris about the details of snow amounts in the Philadelphia area. When Bolaris told Rendell that measurement was taken at 7 p.m., Rendell argued the point. He also said with only several inches on the ground in the Pennsylvania sub...

Wednesday Morning Coffee: Your Top Five Reads Of The Day.
Good Morning, Fellow Seekers. Here's what's brewing around Pennsylvania this morning: 1. The PA Turnpike Is Mulling ... ... whether to get rid of cash tolls entirely, the Bucks County Courier Times reports this morning. The agency has apparently hired a consulting firm to study the possibility of switching to a cashless tolling system. Two firms, McCormick Taylor Inc. , of Philadelphia, and Wilbur Smith Associates Inc. , of Columbia, S.C., will conduct the study. "But wait!&quo...;

PA Gov Ed Rendell on NFL and Snow: US Becoming a 'Nation of Wussies'
ABC's Z. Byron Wolf reports: Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell raised eyebrows Sunday when he complained that the NFL postponed the planned Philadelphia Eagles games against the Minnesota Vikings because of the snowstorm that crippled much of the East Coast. He quibbled Sunday with a Philadelphia Meteorologist Sunday about the severity of the storm . Rendell's anger at the postponed game carried into Tuesday, when he called into “The Fanatic” sports Talk Show on a Philadelphia radio st...

Webb and Vikings Upset Vick, Eagles 24-14
Joe Webb of the Minnesota Vikings runs off the field after defeating the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field on Dec. 28, 2010, in Philadelphia, Pa. The Vikings defeated the Eagles 24 - 14. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) (AP) PHILADELPHIA — Considering everything else the Minnesota Vikings have endured this season, it was silly to think two extra days sitting around a Hotel Room would bring 'em down. No way a determined rookie Quarterback named Joe Webb was going to let that happen. ...

Chinese would handle snow better: US governor
Stumble This! The Governor of Pennsylvania blasted the precautions over this week's blizzard as a sign of growing US feebleness, saying that the Chinese would not have flinched at the snow. "We've become a nation of wussies. The Chinese are kicking our butts in everything," Ed Rendell, the Governor of the eastern state, told a Philadelphia Radio Station on Monday. Rendell was upset about the National Football League's decision to postpone the Philadelphia Eagles' home game against the Minnesota...

Vikings-Eagles Moved to Tuesday Night
Source: Traverse City Record-Eagle NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL moved the Vikings at Eagles game from Sunday night to Tuesday because of an expected blizzard that could dump up to 20 inches snow on Philadelphia. The game will be played at 8 p.m. EST., and will be televised by NBC. Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter declared a snow emergency as of 2 p.m. EST Sunday. In announcing the postponement, NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said on Twitter that the league was wary of “Public Safety concerns” and the

Vikings at Eagles game postponed from tonight to Tuesday on account of up to 20 inches of global warming in Philly
As I keep mentioning, this whole Global Warming things sure feel... cold. And white. The viking have had enough of this Global Warming thing their home base being collapsed by many inches of it: Maybe we should rename this the Vikings effect because even their rivals are being pummeled by it. From the AP via The Detroit News: Vikings at Eagles game postponed from tonight to Tuesday The NFL moved the Vikings at Eagles game from Sunday night to Tuesday because of an expect...

NFL mulls snow postponement of Vikings-Eagles
NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL is discussing the possibility of postponing Sunday night’s Vikings-Eagles game because of an expected blizzard that could dump up to 20 inches snow on Philadelphia. League spokesman Greg Aiello confirmed the discussion in a Twitter post. Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter declared a snow emergency as of 2 p.m. EST Sunday. The game is at 8:20 p.m. The Vikings already have had two home games affected by the weather this season. Their game against the Giants on De...

Hey Gore, Eagles-Vikings Game Postponed Due to Snow
The NFL moved the Vikings at Eagles game from Sunday night to Tuesday because of an expected blizzard that could dump up to 20 inches snow on Philadelphia. The game will be played at 8 p.m. EST., and televised nationally by NBC. Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter declared a snow emergency as of 2 p.m. EST Sunday. You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize opinion or suppress freedom of though...

NFL mulls snow postponement of Vikings-Eagles
The NFL is discussing the possibility of postponing Sunday night's Vikings-Eagles game because of an expected blizzard that could dump up to 20 inches snow on Philadelphia. League spokesman Greg Aiello confirmed the discussion in a Twitter post. Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter declared a snow emergency as of 2 p.m. EST Sunday. The game is at 8:20 p.m. The Vikings already have had two home games affected by the weather this season. Their game against the Giants on Dec. 12 was postponed a day af...

NFL moving Vikings-Eagles to Tuesday night
(12-26) 09:36 PST New York (AP) -- The NFL has moved the Vikings at Eagles game from Sunday night to Tuesday because of an expected blizzard that could dump up to 20 inches snow on Philadelphia. The game will be played at 8 p.m. EST. Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter declared a snow emergency as of 2 p.m. EST Sunday. The Vikings already have had two home games affected by the weather this season. Their game against the Giants on Dec. 12 was postponed a day after Minneapolis got 15 inches of sn...