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Tice is having a meltdown over the amount of Steeler fans at the game.

When are people going to learn......as a fan base, there is none more loyal. Our fans travel and there is not a damn thing......not *****ing at your fans, not trying to coax people not to sell their tickets, not trying to package Steeler tickets with 2-3 other games........nothing can be done to keep us from coming.

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Vikings coach Mike Tice blamed his team's 18-3 loss to Pittsburgh on its sputtering offense and frazzled special teams. But make no mistake: Tice wasn't happy with video workers at the Metrodome, nor the fans that filled it Sunday.

Tice said Monday he was really bothered by the number of Steelers fans that procured tickets and attended the game. He also suggested the Dome's JumboTron operators could do a better job favoring the home team.

First things first: Tice estimated 15,000 to 20,000 Steelers fans were at the game, curtailing the Metrodome's home-field advantage. If Tice's figures are accurate, that means at least 10,000 of the Vikings' season-ticket base sold their tickets.

"It confuses me, I guess," Tice said. "Maybe they're not really diehard season-ticket holders or maybe they needed the money for Christmas presents. I don't know. One of the two."

Asked if the situation impacted the game, Tice said: "Look, when you go to some stadiums, it's so deafening that you can't hear. When you have 15 to 20 thousand of the opponent's fans in there, it's not deafening. There is a difference. The fans that were there were great. But it wasn't like a big game when it's just your guys in there.

"Maybe, in their defense, they sold the tickets when ... we were 2-5. Maybe they said, 'The heck with it, I'm not going to that.' Maybe that's the case. Or maybe Pittsburgh fans are just a little more diehard than our fans are."

Meanwhile, Tice was disappointed that Pittsburgh coach Bill Cowher was able to watch a replay of a third-quarter catch by receiver Cedrick Wilson before deciding whether to challenge the spot. Cowher eventually challenged and the Steelers were awarded a first down.

The Metrodome's game-day operations staff handles video replays on the big screen. In many NFL stadiums, home teams control what replays are shown.

"We don't get any help at home on the video board at all," Tice said. "It's been something that I've been complaining about since I've been the head coach. ... Our marketing department has been working diligently. We tried to make it so simple to give them instruction: 'Look, if you think it's going to help us, show it. If you think it's going to hurt us, don't show it.' That's kind of how we've simplified it to."

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SteelerfanstuckinVa

Tice is a meathead. He can't count past 20 naked let alone to 10-20 thousand.

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Hordak

Don't blame the Vikes fans. They were all busy with Al & Alma's Boat Cruises. Priorities, you know.

dabayrz

I am not sure there is none more loyal....

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Alter Ego

I said none MORE loyal. I never said there were not fans of storied franchises that were close or even as loyal.....although I don't personally believe there are fans as loyal.

Comprehension is your friend.

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imported_greenandgold

My boys fans don't do too bad either. Maybe even better.

Alter Ego

That's why we owned your house this year?

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dabayrz

what is this comprehension you speak of...

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