1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:05,280 Speaker 1: It's time for Vikings Country, brought to you by Miller Lyte. 2 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:09,800 Speaker 1: Now here's your host of Vikings Country from KFAN and 3 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:11,960 Speaker 1: the Vikings Radio Network. 4 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:16,119 Speaker 2: Muss. 5 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:19,920 Speaker 3: Champlain. How are we doing. We're here Broadway pizza. Look 6 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:22,440 Speaker 3: at all these Vikings fans we got over here. This 7 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 3: is our last Vikings Country of the season, sadly, but 8 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:29,640 Speaker 3: what's really cool about that is that these people are 9 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:33,559 Speaker 3: here to win tickets to go and see the Vikings 10 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:37,239 Speaker 3: take on the Packers at us Bank Stadium in the 11 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:39,280 Speaker 3: Miller Light Lounge. We had a couple of pairs of 12 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:41,239 Speaker 3: tickets to be given away. And we have a very 13 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 3: special guest that's here with us, and that he is 14 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:46,160 Speaker 3: number forty four, Chuck Forman. 15 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 4: How are you, buddy. 16 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:48,200 Speaker 2: I'm good, I'm good. 17 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:49,840 Speaker 4: Good to be here. How are the holidays? 18 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 5: Holidays were great. We had a great Christmas and looking 19 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 5: forward to the rest of it. Hopefully no drama though, 20 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 5: hopefully no holidays. I've always rama. Hopefully nothing that you started. Yeah, no, 21 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 5: I tried. I'm low key that way. It seems to 22 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:10,679 Speaker 5: follow right right, right, right right. 23 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:14,040 Speaker 3: I think everyone should know that Chuck is playing hurt 24 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 3: and you gotta love this. The guy showed up, and 25 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:20,040 Speaker 3: normally you got players that'll be like, Nope, can't do it. 26 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 4: I'm gonna be questionable. 27 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:25,960 Speaker 3: No, Chuck Foreman shows up on the depth chart, right 28 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 3: and uh, you just had surgery today. 29 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:31,399 Speaker 5: No, yesterday is yesterday, three forty five. I went in, 30 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 5: got out at five thirty five. First took me a 31 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 5: little bit to get myself together and went home, slept, 32 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 5: got up this morning. I felt good, So I wouldn't canceling, 33 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 5: you know, I mean, there's a difference between being hurt 34 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:50,639 Speaker 5: and being injured. You know, I wasn't going on injured reserve, right. 35 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 3: Right, right, right, Well, this season for the Vikings has 36 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 3: been a tough one, right, yeah, with the injury report 37 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 3: right almost every week it's a full sheet full of 38 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 3: guys that are having issues and that sometimes that just happens. 39 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 3: Do you guys remember back in the day, did you 40 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 3: guys have like that kind of injury report. 41 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 5: Well, the reports weren't reported, yeah, and back in those days, 42 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 5: you know what I mean, you could be hurt. Well, 43 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 5: there's a difference between being hurt and being injured. According 44 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:21,239 Speaker 5: to Bud Grant, you know, because he coming out you 45 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 5: heard or you injured. 46 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 2: You might be. 47 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 5: Limping around out there or something like that, and then 48 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 5: you had to start thinking, well, am I hurt or 49 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 5: am I injured? In other words, he was saying, get 50 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 5: yourself ready to go. But I think it's a whole 51 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 5: totally different game. Guys approach it different because the money's different. 52 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:41,919 Speaker 5: And so when it comes to am I gonna play? 53 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:44,359 Speaker 5: And if I'm not gonna play, I guess it would 54 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 5: depend on the importance of the game of what situation 55 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 5: your team is at sure time. 56 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:53,359 Speaker 3: Sure that makes sense, all right, So nineteen seventy three 57 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:56,359 Speaker 3: to nineteen seventy nine played with the Minnesota Vikings NFL 58 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 3: Offensive Rookie of the Year in nineteen seventy three. You've 59 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 3: got so many, like five Pro Bowls, You've been a 60 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 3: part of so much with the Minnesota Vikings first round 61 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:11,399 Speaker 3: draft pick of course, with the Vikings here, and what 62 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:15,239 Speaker 3: I think is interesting is that you played all of 63 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:19,919 Speaker 3: your seasons with the Vikings except for one except for one, right, 64 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:23,119 Speaker 3: and that doesn't really happen. And you've got a guy 65 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 3: like Harrison Smith twenty two, right, who is going to 66 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 3: play his entire career as a Minnesota Vikings. 67 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 2: Right. 68 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 5: But Harrison is a different, unique dude. You know, he's 69 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 5: a great leader within the franchise. Outside of the franchise, 70 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 5: his interests are varied, and he's just the kind of 71 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 5: guy you want to have around. And he's always ready 72 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 5: to play, so you know, he's consistent. You know, he's 73 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 5: a good, good man. And I'm happy to see all 74 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 5: the great things that are happening on. 75 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 3: He had such a great game against the Lions and 76 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 3: the white Out. Were you there, yes, for the Winter Whiteout? 77 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 3: So you got to see Snoop Dogg. I say, you 78 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 3: know all the words. 79 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 2: No. The only reason I got to be straight with you. 80 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 5: You know, I took my daughter to with me down 81 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 5: there because she kept I was thinking about not going 82 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:19,840 Speaker 5: right because I wanted to watch it on my screen 83 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:23,280 Speaker 5: big treen at home. But she you know, Dad, it's 84 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 5: Snoop Dogg. I'm glad I went to. It was a 85 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 5: good show, no doubt about it. You know it. It 86 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 5: was a fantastic show. He did a great job, and 87 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 5: I'm glad I was able to share it. But no, 88 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 5: I didn't. I didn't even know the word. I mean, 89 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 5: I know the beat, I could go with the beat, 90 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 5: you know the words. 91 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 2: I didn't know anything about. 92 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 4: But you know how how amazing is that. 93 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:47,600 Speaker 3: I mean, we all know where we are as Minnesota 94 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 3: Vikings in this season and how it's gone so far, 95 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 3: and you're taking on the Lions. 96 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's the division game. You got the winter white out. 97 00:04:54,120 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 3: It's on Christmas and that place packed and just white everyone. 98 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 5: And it certainly was and the defense play lights out. 99 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 5: We won the game. It's uh the kind of environment 100 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 5: you want to be around. But it was even extra 101 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 5: special because it's Christmas, right, Yeah, and the guys you know, 102 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 5: you know, they're they're playing football and the kids who 103 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:21,039 Speaker 5: I don't know if they were there at the game 104 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 5: or what, but I'm sure there was always issues those 105 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 5: Christmas games. Well I don't want to play football on Christmas, 106 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 5: but it's like the game, yeah, to play on Christmas. 107 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 3: So now you're talking about that defense and how well 108 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 3: the defense played, and it was one of the best 109 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:39,600 Speaker 3: defensive games I've ever watched. 110 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 4: You got six turnovers, there was five sacks. 111 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:43,840 Speaker 2: Uh. 112 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 4: They did everything to win that game. 113 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:49,159 Speaker 3: And they've done that here for the last couple of 114 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 3: weeks with the defense just being so dominant, and you 115 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 3: ended up playing with a pretty good defense too. 116 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:58,160 Speaker 5: Oh. No doubt, probably the greatest to ever play here. 117 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 5: And we had some great defensive players understanding, but I'm 118 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 5: talking about the overall defensive team. You know, Carl Eli, 119 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 5: Jim Marsha, Allen Page, you can go, Gary Larson Man, 120 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,719 Speaker 5: I can just name Wally Hilgenbury, Paul Krause, I can. 121 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 2: Go on and on and on. Yeah, you know, on 122 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 2: that defense. 123 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 5: But they had, you know, it was a very mature 124 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 5: team when I got here. That's where I was lucky 125 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:22,839 Speaker 5: because I was a rookie coming in and those guys 126 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:25,359 Speaker 5: were like I was watching them when I was in 127 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 5: the eighth grade. 128 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 2: Can you imagine walking in that huddle that day that 129 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 2: first day. 130 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:33,480 Speaker 5: Yeah, and now walk in that huddle and I got 131 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 5: got home and I called my mother and father said, Mom, 132 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 5: you're not gonna beleeve it. I was in the huddle 133 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 5: with these guys, you know, Jim Off, all of them, 134 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:43,600 Speaker 5: and it was. 135 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:44,479 Speaker 2: A great experience. 136 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 5: And then come here to Minnesota and those in that 137 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 5: time in that area of football with a great organization 138 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 5: that was run. They did a great job and how 139 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:58,679 Speaker 5: they handled the players and everything else. 140 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 3: Nick names spin doctor, right, Yeah, So that was your 141 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 3: that was your big move. 142 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:07,160 Speaker 5: That was my high school basketball move and then somebody 143 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:11,000 Speaker 5: called it the spin doctor. One day, I'm like, no, man, 144 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 5: I was trying to get to some open space. So 145 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 5: I just fun out of that and get one over there. 146 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:18,679 Speaker 5: And so that's how that happened. And we were playing 147 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 5: against when we're playing against the Houston. 148 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 2: Orlers my rookie year. 149 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 5: Yeah, and I I was in a place, you know, 150 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:29,920 Speaker 5: from what I could see, and then I saw opening 151 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 5: and I knew I could get there, but I'd had 152 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 5: to do something crazy to do it. So I just 153 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 5: I broke it down and that's fun. Back behind the 154 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 5: guy and I found myself with I was wide open 155 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 5: and wide open space. 156 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 2: And I was like, wow, that worked. You know. Chuck 157 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 2: Forman old the pearl Mont role move. 158 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 3: By the way, Chuck Forman is our gas hanging out 159 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 3: here Vikings Country. 160 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 4: As we mentioned spin doctor on this one. Nicknames they we. 161 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 3: Have the Old Trapper of course, it was Bud Purple 162 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 3: people leaders, as we mentioned Moose was Heller right, yep, yep, yep, 163 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 3: two minute Tommy yep also yeah, great nicknames. Now we 164 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 3: got like Jets and the hit Man, koc B Flow, 165 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 3: but ultimately there's not enough really good nicknames out there anymore. 166 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 2: No, they're not. 167 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 5: They've got to be catchy, you know, and there's not 168 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 5: always a real catchy one. 169 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:30,680 Speaker 3: But is there, like your favorite nickname of anybody that 170 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:34,560 Speaker 3: you ever played against or watched over the years, Like 171 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 3: even if it wasn't like the best player on the planet, 172 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:39,079 Speaker 3: but there's also just a great nickname. 173 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:42,840 Speaker 2: I don't know, not right off hand, yep, that I 174 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 2: can think of. 175 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:46,840 Speaker 4: So you got Brian Flores in this defense. 176 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:50,200 Speaker 3: As we've talked about with Grenard and Ryan Ginkel and 177 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 3: Harrison Smith. Eric Wilson has been outstanding this year. I 178 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 3: think he has more TFLs than anybody in the league 179 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 3: right now. Blake Cashman has more tackles. I think he 180 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 3: actually broke Chad Greenway's record for consecutive games or not 181 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 3: consecutive games. Most games with ten plus are tackles. This defense, 182 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 3: it's crazy when you look at it. 183 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:18,439 Speaker 4: What is it to you that you're. 184 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:21,840 Speaker 3: Like, Okay, I'm trying to understand how this looks and 185 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 3: why it works. 186 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:26,520 Speaker 4: And then also, man, this is why it works well. 187 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 5: First of all, they got the right defensive coordinating him. 188 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 5: When he got here, he saw the talent that he 189 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 5: had right, And who was the first person he went 190 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 5: and got Damn Ginkle because he played for him in Miami. Yes, yes, sir, 191 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:42,600 Speaker 5: and so he knew what he was getting to implement 192 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 5: that defense. And then he went and got the cash 193 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:48,319 Speaker 5: m game and played way above what everybody expected. 194 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 2: And he's an exceptional player. 195 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:51,959 Speaker 5: And then you got all the rest of the guys 196 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:56,679 Speaker 5: in there, and he puts them in position to make plays, 197 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 5: and they come to play every play. 198 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 4: You know. 199 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 5: Those guys are like you know, they ready every game. 200 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 5: So I don't know how long we'll have Brian Flord. 201 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:09,440 Speaker 5: In fact, he should have been a head coach again 202 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:14,320 Speaker 5: long ago. I might be a little selfish. Maybe I 203 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 5: would say to the Viking's going pay him like ten 204 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:17,439 Speaker 5: million a year. 205 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 4: Yeah, it doesn't go against captain. 206 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 5: You're going paying his money and keep him here. He 207 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:24,959 Speaker 5: might hang around, you know, for that kind of money, 208 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 5: but somebody don't. 209 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 2: Don't let him go. 210 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 3: B Flows couldn't need you as his agent, right, you're 211 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 3: gonna get him ten milk? All right, Vikings Country hanging 212 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 3: out here. We're in Champlain. We're here at Broadway Pizza stop. 213 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:38,200 Speaker 4: On out here. 214 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 3: We're giving away tickets to go see your Minnesota Vikings 215 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 3: in the very last game of this season in the 216 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:46,680 Speaker 3: Miller Lite Lounge taking on the Packers. I'm gonna ask 217 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 3: you in the next segment about Packer like memories and 218 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:52,559 Speaker 3: stuff like that, but first I want to go with 219 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:58,320 Speaker 3: friand Tarkenton. Right, So, Francis, did you see that's incredible? 220 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:01,800 Speaker 3: He was on Hill Street Blues. Did you see that 221 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 3: Hollywood in him when you were playing with him? 222 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 2: No, I saw Hollywood and ed Marinaro. 223 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:11,240 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, Hill Street Blue, Yes, yes, yes. 224 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:12,719 Speaker 2: Sprid was on it too. 225 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 5: He just did a couple of But Eddie, that was 226 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:19,960 Speaker 5: his thing, and then he went on to do that 227 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:22,240 Speaker 5: that high school thing, some kind of blue wherever. 228 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 2: I just talked to Eddie the other day. But Eddie's 229 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 2: always been by praying. I didn't I didn't see him 230 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 2: being that guy. 231 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:32,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, did you ever think about acting? 232 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 2: No? 233 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 4: No, that was never a thing for you. 234 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 5: No, I got to remember that's a different time. Those 235 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:41,439 Speaker 5: those opportunities weren't really readily available. 236 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know back then. 237 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:47,400 Speaker 5: But you know, but my experience, from overall football experience, 238 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 5: especially being here in Minnesota, I'm very lucky to be 239 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:54,320 Speaker 5: here because I came here from Miami. And you know, 240 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 5: in Miami book, you gotta have a If you don't 241 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:00,440 Speaker 5: have that little thing, a little swagger, if you don't 242 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 5: have this way when you first come to Miami, you 243 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:06,000 Speaker 5: definitely have it when you leave. And I kind of 244 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:08,719 Speaker 5: brought someone that Minnesota had to kind of put it 245 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 5: on a hole for a minute, because Miami is a 246 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 5: whole different thing. 247 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:16,560 Speaker 2: But I really enjoyed, you know, being here. 248 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:20,200 Speaker 5: My kids went to school here and everything, and it's 249 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:21,600 Speaker 5: a great it's a great place to be. 250 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 2: And he's still here. Yeah. 251 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:26,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, as old as this, I don't understand that part. 252 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:29,760 Speaker 3: Everybody else in Minnesota is trying to go to get 253 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:30,840 Speaker 3: a place down to Miami. 254 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:34,640 Speaker 5: So yeah, the only thing about going to Miami now 255 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 5: going south now you want to go get a place. 256 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 5: It's like, you can't even get insurance on those places. Man, 257 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 5: you got if you got to have a lot of money. 258 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 5: Because it burns now or a flood comes or whatever, 259 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 5: it is, a big hurricane come to you, you gotta 260 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 5: come out. 261 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:48,839 Speaker 2: You're talking. 262 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:52,320 Speaker 3: Chuck Forman is our guest hanging out here. Hey, By 263 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 3: the way, Minnesota needed a go to source for everything 264 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 3: high school sports, and that's why the Minnesota starts for 265 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 3: being created strip. You can sign up now at strib 266 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:07,440 Speaker 3: dot com, Star Tribune dot com slash Strib Varsity. We 267 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:09,839 Speaker 3: got more coming up on the way. We're hanging out 268 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 3: here and Champlain. We're hanging out with Miller Lite Vikings 269 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 3: fans that are hanging out here waiting to get some tickets, 270 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:17,520 Speaker 3: and we're having a great time as this is our 271 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:20,120 Speaker 3: last Vikings Country here on the Fan. 272 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 1: It's time for Vikings Country, brought to you by Miller Lyte. 273 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 1: Now here's your host of Vikings Country from Kfan and 274 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:33,080 Speaker 1: the Vikings Radio Network, Muss. 275 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:37,360 Speaker 3: Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen. We're hanging out here and Champlain. 276 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 3: We're at Broadway Pete with our Minnesota Vikings fans. They're 277 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 3: trying to win tickets to go see your Vikings take 278 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 3: on the Packers. We're gonna get into that in just 279 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 3: a little bit with my special guests, and you can 280 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 3: join Pa Nordo and Alec Lewis Friday, December twelfth at 281 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 3: the Buffalo Wild Wings in. 282 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 4: Egan, December twelfth. 283 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 3: That's a little bit, you know, yeah, the twenty two 284 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:04,040 Speaker 3: what yeah, all right, the next one that's coming up here, 285 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 3: Friday Football Feast is coming up. It's going to be 286 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 3: an Egan January two. Thank you JW. By the way, 287 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:13,680 Speaker 3: Jared wells helping me with that. 288 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 4: The read was written wrong and it's. 289 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:18,960 Speaker 3: Brought you by Corps Light and the Vikings dot Com 290 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:22,280 Speaker 3: slash BWW for the full the tails. 291 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:25,160 Speaker 4: At least we got that in jan two. That's going 292 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:27,120 Speaker 4: to be happening in Egan. 293 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 3: And I'm hanging out here with Chuck Foreman, number forty four, 294 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 3: ladies and gentlemen, one of the greatest of all time. 295 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 3: For your Minnesota Vikings and Vikings legend, I mean, seriously, 296 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 3: your rushing stats. First, Vikings running back to rush for 297 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 3: two hundred plus yards in a game at Philly in. 298 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 4: Nineteen seventy six. 299 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:47,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, that was a long time ago. 300 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:50,840 Speaker 4: Right, but two hundred yards that's a hell of a game. 301 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 5: Okay, remember this back in that era, if you rushed 302 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 5: for one thousand yards, you were top you were a 303 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 5: top dog. Yeah know, because you know, we had what 304 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 5: fourteen games back then? Yes, okay, so it's a whole 305 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 5: lot of you know, land down. 306 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 2: But the seventeen games. 307 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 4: Yes, or were at seventeen yep? 308 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 5: Regular season, yeah, regular season, but I'm just saying a 309 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:19,680 Speaker 5: thousand yards back then was was the ticket, you know, 310 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 5: and then with us, but the way we did things 311 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 5: the runner receiver, we changed everything because nobody else is 312 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 5: doing it like that. 313 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, because Jerry Burns. 314 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:31,320 Speaker 2: Jared Burns created that offense. 315 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 4: For right for me. Yeah. Yeah. 316 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 3: And you're looking at like McCaffrey and all these other 317 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 3: guys nowadays where yeah. 318 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 5: No, I appreciate you, but I was doing that long ago, 319 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 5: a long time ago. 320 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 3: Jerry Burns shot you out, and he taught you probably 321 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:49,280 Speaker 3: a couple of really nice curse words. 322 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 4: Please don't say him loud. 323 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 2: I won't do that. 324 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 5: Oh, just imagine some of those meetings. 325 00:15:57,360 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 2: I can just o a wow wow. 326 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 5: I remember the first one that I was in and 327 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 5: I was coming from the college All Star game from 328 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:07,640 Speaker 5: Chicago when we used to play against the. 329 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 2: You know, the world champion NFL team. 330 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 5: I think we were playing against the Dolph We played 331 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 5: against the Dolphins, and I just got there and I. 332 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 2: Don't know who. I walked in the dog. 333 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 5: On meeting and he just went off, you know, I 334 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 5: can't say what he said. 335 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:27,640 Speaker 4: And then we get these such and such. Yeah, oh yeah, 336 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:29,520 Speaker 4: oh yeah, Flip coming in here and. 337 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 2: You're gonna take over. I'm like, what the. 338 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:37,640 Speaker 5: Oh yeah he did that intentionally, so he's afterwards he says, 339 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 5: I was just losing. 340 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 2: He was unique. 341 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 4: Yeah. 342 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:46,120 Speaker 3: Character, I've had a couple of times that a chance 343 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 3: to hang out with him, you know, and and we 344 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:54,480 Speaker 3: we missed. Yeah, he's such a funny guy. Aside from yourself, 345 00:16:55,960 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 3: who is the best most complete running back NFL history? 346 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 2: In your Ope, Man, I can't go there. 347 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 4: Why not. 348 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:06,199 Speaker 2: Besides myself? 349 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:07,639 Speaker 4: He said, yes, Yeah, I did say that. 350 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 5: Yeah, Okay, I'm gonna just run some names by it 351 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:13,399 Speaker 5: because they were before me. 352 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 2: Okay. 353 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:18,879 Speaker 5: I grew up right between Baltimore and Washington, d C. 354 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 5: A place called Frederick, Maryland. There was a guy by 355 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:24,719 Speaker 5: the name of Lenny Moore. There was a guy by 356 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:27,080 Speaker 5: the name of Tom Maddy played with the They both 357 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:30,960 Speaker 5: played together on the Baltimore coach at the time. When 358 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 5: I was in college. There was a guy named Jim Kick. 359 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 5: He could do it all. All those guys that could 360 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:42,200 Speaker 5: do everything were the guys I kind of followed because 361 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:46,199 Speaker 5: my my coach always be a football player, don't just 362 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:49,359 Speaker 5: be a running back, be a player. So if I 363 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:51,160 Speaker 5: would have put they would have put me at cornerback. 364 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:53,560 Speaker 5: I probably have been pretty good at that too. If 365 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:55,480 Speaker 5: I was that wide receiver, I know I would have 366 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 5: been good at that. But you know, in my time, 367 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 5: in my era and where I came from, and the 368 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 5: coaches that coached me, whether it was a basketball track 369 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:09,480 Speaker 5: or anything, they always you know. 370 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 2: Said be able to do everything. 371 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:14,160 Speaker 5: Yeah, and so like you know, like when I went 372 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:16,879 Speaker 5: to college, you know, I was I was like state 373 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 5: champion in the hurdles two years in the row going 374 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:21,520 Speaker 5: down to Miami, and I don't think they any of 375 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 5: them knew that. So what I ended up doing was 376 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:27,919 Speaker 5: like they recruited this guy's name was Bruce Bishop. He 377 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 5: was from Maslin, Ohio, I think back in those days 378 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:34,720 Speaker 5: that's where great football was in Ohio. And he was 379 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:37,800 Speaker 5: supposed to be the fastest guy on the on the team. 380 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:41,119 Speaker 5: And I was recruited at Miami as a defensive tackle 381 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:44,040 Speaker 5: tight end, and I just said, okay, let me just 382 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:47,720 Speaker 5: put this. So I jumped on him real quick and 383 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:52,120 Speaker 5: I beat him in the forty you know, and then 384 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 5: you know, from that point on, I was no longer 385 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 5: a tight end defensive tackle, yeah right, I was a 386 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:01,960 Speaker 5: wiree receiver running cornerback kind of guy like that. 387 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:07,160 Speaker 3: Speaking of that kind of talent, Justin Jefferson just passed 388 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:10,440 Speaker 3: Randy Moss as a wide receiver with the most receiving 389 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 3: yards in his first six seasons in their NFL career. 390 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:17,120 Speaker 3: He's got nine hundred and forty seven yards so far 391 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:21,000 Speaker 3: this year. He's fifty three yards away from one thousand yards. 392 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 4: I think I did the math right there, and. 393 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:26,359 Speaker 3: There has not been a season so far in his 394 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:31,200 Speaker 3: career that he hasn't hit one thousand yards. Justin Jefferson, 395 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 3: your thoughts. 396 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:35,680 Speaker 2: One of the best I've ever seen, is no doubt 397 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:36,399 Speaker 2: about it is. 398 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 5: You know what when you see it when you meet 399 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:43,679 Speaker 5: a guy that's a great athlete, but then when you 400 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 5: meet him, he's a kind of a great guy too, 401 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:48,640 Speaker 5: you know what I mean, that makes it even more special. 402 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:52,480 Speaker 2: So I know this year hasn't been what he wants. 403 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:54,399 Speaker 5: It to be towards the end here, sure, but I 404 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 5: think he'll get another thousand yards. But I think for 405 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:02,480 Speaker 5: the Vikings and all the great receivers we've had here, well, 406 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 5: he he might. 407 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 2: He might be the Beth. 408 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, I totally agree, and I think all of our 409 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 3: Vikings fans might there's gonna be there's gonna be something 410 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:16,159 Speaker 3: dispective about that, oh for sure. Yeah, absolutely goes. But 411 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 3: I mean, when you're breaking Randy Moss wreck, yeah you're 412 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 3: doing something right. 413 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:21,440 Speaker 2: Yeah. 414 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:21,760 Speaker 4: All right. 415 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 3: So we're talking about this fact that it's the last 416 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 3: game of the regular season for the Minnesota Vikings, Spikings 417 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:31,400 Speaker 3: eliminated from the playoffs, taking on the Packers at home 418 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 3: US Bank Stadium. We're giving away tickets here tonight, uh 419 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:39,639 Speaker 3: here at Broadway Pizza and Champlain. But the Packers, no 420 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:44,440 Speaker 3: love Willis is probably gonna be in again once again. 421 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:48,440 Speaker 3: Jacobs Parsons not gonna be playing at all. 422 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:48,800 Speaker 4: There. 423 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 3: What I really want to know, though, is I got 424 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 3: I got to think that you have some Green Bay 425 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:59,880 Speaker 3: Packers stories, Vikings versus Packer and stories over the years. 426 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 5: Those were I mean, when you come into the Viking organization, 427 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 5: that's the first thing you know. You know that's your border. 428 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 5: You know it's your border enemy right there. So whenever 429 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:12,480 Speaker 5: we played the Packers, regardless of what your record was, 430 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:15,000 Speaker 5: you knew it was going to be a tough game 431 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 5: and you really didn't know who was gonna win until 432 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 5: it was all pretty much over because it was like 433 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:23,880 Speaker 5: it was just like a fight, a heavyweight fight, and 434 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:27,960 Speaker 5: everybody got up a little bit more for that game 435 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 5: because it was you know, the Green Bay Packers and 436 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:35,240 Speaker 5: it's historic, you know, I mean historic franchise. Vikings you 437 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:38,920 Speaker 5: know weren't quite you know, on the same level as 438 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 5: Green Bay, but wanted that, you know, so we were 439 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 5: fighting to get him. I thought we got there. 440 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 3: And uh for Brett blakemore who's running the board back 441 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 3: at the station, who's a big packer. 442 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:53,280 Speaker 4: Uh back in your day, you guys used. 443 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 2: To be the Blake. Sorry to tell you that. 444 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 3: Well, Thank you so much. Thank you guys all so 445 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:04,760 Speaker 3: much for coming out here. We totally appreciate it. Chuck 446 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:07,200 Speaker 3: Foreman hanging out with us and Vikings fans right now. 447 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 3: You can pick up a commemorative Pepsi Vikings Cup at 448 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 3: us Bank Stadium or participating High v Fasts and Fresh 449 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 3: and Buffalo Wild Wings locations for your chance to win 450 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:23,960 Speaker 3: Victor's Ride. You find out more at Vikings dot com. Otherwise, 451 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 3: thank you guys so much for coming out. We totally 452 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:29,280 Speaker 3: appreciate our Viking Street teamers, our Miller Lite ladies. Thank 453 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:32,119 Speaker 3: you guys so much for coming out. Skull Vikes. We 454 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:35,719 Speaker 3: got one more to go. Let's go kick the pats ass.