At the halfway point in the season, the once high-flying 49ers have a passing offense that's ranked 24th in the league. They have produced just six touchdown passes in eight games and none since Oct. 17. Seems they all were smarter when Young and Montana had the ball. It happened early in the fourth quarter of Minnesota's victory over Dallas. The Vikings have pyrotechnics that are ignited after every Minnesota touchdown.
Cannons go off, along with fireworks.
But on the touchdown to Carter, the explosions went off just after George let go of the ball and just before Carter caught it. So now, according to Terri Huml, the Vikings' sales and marketing director, there will be no more sound effects to accompany the fireworks after touchdowns. We just decided that we can't have something have the opportunity, through human error, to affect the outcome of the game. That's not something we would want to go forward with in the future. After being forced to move from his usual spot for the game by an NFL Films crew, Mageske was stationed atop a Metrodome tunnel in the north stands near where Carter eventually scored.