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The combination of Syd’s terrific pension and Susan’s knowledge on what to do with their finances allowed the Davys to purchase a retirement condo in
White Rock is 35 miles south of
Being married to a wise financial investor can be beneficial, right Susan? “Yes … we’re living the dream,” she said. “I should point out we did not have children. That also helps the finances.”
Syd was looking at the Pacific while engaged in a phone conversation this week and said:
“I have received so much heartbreak in my life. And now this. This has been my favorite week of the year. We get to see all our friends.
“And now we can’t. It’s depressing.”
OK, Syd might be living the retirement dream daily, but as the founder of the Viking World Order, the first Vikings fan to advertise himself as “100% Cheese-Free” and the notorious catcher of
Depressing, for sure.
“We were married at the end of December in 1985,” Davy said. “Susan told me, ‘Your passion is the Vikings. Let’s go to some games. We can afford it.’
“The first game we attended was on
The Davys rode Vikings fan buses (tickets included) from
“It was cheaper and we started getting better seats,” Syd said.
Susan and Syd have been to over 400 Vikings games, counting road games. Syd went to every home game for over two decades, and “Susan missed only two,” he said.
Syd confesses to passing on the 1,000-mile drive for some exhibitions in their later years living in
“For Sunday games, we drive to
“Playing the
Green Bay’s last visit to
Truth: Syd went silent for 20 seconds and finally said, “I don’t know what happened to our offense that night.”
This was not the longest stretch of silence experience by Syd -- and Susan -- when it came to reflecting on a Vikings defeat. The upset loss to Atlanta in the NFC Championship Game on
“Absolutely, the worst,” Syd said. “Gary [Anderson] hadn’t missed anything, not a single kick [all season].”
And then he did. Overtime.
“We drove home Sunday night,” Syd said. “Five hundred miles and I don’t think either Susan or I said a word. We cried, but we couldn’t talk.”
The Davys wiped away the tears and returned for another two decades-plus of Vikings zealotry. Not everyone did.
“A man who owned radio stations -- I think in
“And this is a fact: Gary missed, we lost, and I never saw the guy at another Vikings game. He disappeared.”
Don’t worry about the Davys. They’ll always be back, and ever suspicious of
“What worries me is we don’t get to have fans in our stadium for Sunday’s game against the
That would be just like the
Plus, they proudly eat cheese.
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