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Speaker 1: Welcome back to another season of School Stories presented by

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Speaker 1: three M, the official science partner of the Minnesota Vikings. Tonight,

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Speaker 1: we're catching up with one of our favorite guests, the

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Speaker 1: one and O League quarterback Brad Johnson.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to Skull Stories presented by three M along

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Speaker 2: with Mark Rose and I'm Pete Person and we're excited

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Speaker 2: to be back with another season of Skull Stories, again

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Speaker 2: presented by three M. Tonight's guest is one of our

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Speaker 2: favorites on the show. Not only is he the father

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Speaker 2: of a couple of college football players in his social

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Speaker 2: media sensation, but he's one of the legendary quarterbacks in

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Speaker 2: Viking history. Further Ado, please enjoy tonight's conversation with Vikings

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Speaker 2: legend Brad Johnson.

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Speaker 1: Well, it's always great to catch up with our I

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Speaker 1: want to say old from it. You're not that old.

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Speaker 1: You're only double fives right now, right, Brad Johnson, longtime

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Speaker 1: Vikings quarterback, Super Bowl champion, Thanks again for joining us

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Speaker 1: here at School Stories. Brad. Great to hear your voice,

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Speaker 1: such a great relationship we had over the years of

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Speaker 1: Sports Sunday and and listen give us an update and

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Speaker 1: what you're doing where you're at where fans can find

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Speaker 1: you these days, because I know you're still pretty active

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Speaker 1: on social media.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Rosie Pete Man appreciate you guys, have me only

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Speaker 3: show and being back with you guys. So but yeah,

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Speaker 3: on social media, it's Instagram and Twitter, it's Brad Underscore,

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Speaker 3: Johnson Underscore fourteen and TikTok It's Big Bad Brad fourteen.

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Speaker 3: It's full of all kinds of tic shot videos and

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Speaker 3: funny stuff and I usually respond, especially on Twitter, so

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Speaker 3: it's all fun off for show and people still have

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Speaker 3: fun watching it. A lot of trick shots.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you say those trick shots. Our good friend Tom

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Speaker 1: West was just showing us an example where you threw

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Speaker 1: made a long basket, then you threw a football through

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Speaker 1: the same hoop. I'm going, come on, this has got

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Speaker 1: to be an optical illusion. How many takes did that take?

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Speaker 1: And how it's something to kind of scratch your head

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Speaker 1: and go, how did he do that?

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Speaker 3: I've had a lot of fun with these trick shots.

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Speaker 3: It's usually football and basketball. A lot of these videos.

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Speaker 3: There may be a sequence of four or five shots

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Speaker 3: of these things, I try to do is called second

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Speaker 3: but the second ball that I throw is the first

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Speaker 3: in that court. And I'll be honest with you it is.

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Speaker 3: I have three taglines. It's see the first time, first take,

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Speaker 3: which doesn't happen very often. It's a lifetime of practice,

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Speaker 3: which is I've been doing this thing for fifty five years,

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Speaker 3: So honestly, I've done it in five minutes and I've

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Speaker 3: It's crazy, but I try to do things that no

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Speaker 3: So it's a lot of fun to do and a

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Speaker 2: Ship Yeah, it's like it's the dude perfect of Brad Johnson, right,

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Speaker 2: how the boy's doing and give us kind of an

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Speaker 2: and what are you euro up man? What are you

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Speaker 3: Yeah, my wife thinking and that both our boys are

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Speaker 3: A to Z to you know, stuff that needs to

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Speaker 1: Well, Matt Max, where is your number number fourteen? Except

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Speaker 1: the only difference is he's a soft paw that he

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Speaker 1: is he is? Did he always have it in mind.

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Speaker 1: Did you see it early that he was going to

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Speaker 3: Well, when he was two years old, I still thought

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Speaker 3: He's left handed.

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Speaker 2: Football problem.

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Speaker 3: He can't throw a football. He was terrible at two

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Speaker 3: of cool. Coach. I've coached Max and you know, all

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Speaker 3: but it's been a blessing. Nick and I have been

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Speaker 3: So it's just kind of fun to watch them grow

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Speaker 3: awesome just to watch their two kids just grow up,

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Speaker 2: Know, they brad with your experiences as a professional athlete,

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Speaker 2: obviously you played football at every level. Now you have

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Speaker 2: two sons that are at the college level, Division one level.

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Speaker 2: What advice do you have for parents who have kids

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Speaker 2: for them? I mean, as far because there's so much

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Speaker 4: They grow up, got the books writ on it. You know,

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Speaker 4: it's really a lot. But I think let the kids

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Speaker 4: when they have something they like. Give them every opportunity

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Speaker 3: Let them make some mistakes early in their lives and

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Speaker 1: Well, and your personal story, I mean, you were a

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Speaker 3: Yeah, everybody has a story. I mean, how have you

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Speaker 3: And I remember my first few years coming out of

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Speaker 1: Yea, that's delve into Sam Donald just a little bit more.

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Speaker 1: By contrast, a third overall pick has not had success,

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Speaker 3: I think there have been so many great quarterbacks at

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Speaker 1: Again, we're talking to Brad Johnson, one of my all

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Speaker 3: of Minnesota is just incredible. He did it at LSU,

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Speaker 3: winning a national championship, and he's just fun to watch

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Speaker 3: every every week. And man, he's gonna be there a

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Speaker 3: long time. Got his contract, sound and all that kind

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Speaker 3: of stuff. So he's he's he's electrifiying. He can do.

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Speaker 3: He can run the whole route tree, and he's a great,

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Speaker 3: great competitor. So man, just excited to watch him play

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Speaker 3: and he makes every quarterback around him great.

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Speaker 2: All right, Brad, before we wrap it up, I only

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Speaker 2: give you no opportunity to talk about where we can

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Speaker 2: a little bit more of Brad Johnson these days.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, you'll find me. You'll find me on Instagram

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Speaker 3: and Twitter as Brad Underscore Johnson Underscore fourteen and then

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Speaker 3: TikTok it's Big Bad Brad fourteen. So it's fun. You'll

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Speaker 3: get posts, a lot of posts, especially on Twitter, a

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Speaker 1: Well, Brad, give give our best to your your wonderful

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Speaker 1: family had a nick you for us. Yeah, you all

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Speaker 1: kicked your coverage long time ago, my friend, I know

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Speaker 1: that for a fact with Nikki and you guys have

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Speaker 1: and you know, it's just uh nice to catch up

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Speaker 1: and we wish you nothing but the best.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I appreciate Rosie, Pete. Appreciate Pete man. We all

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Speaker 3: know each other here for almost good grave, you know,

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Speaker 3: for almost thirty five years.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's pretty all true.

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Speaker 3: Appreciate you guys.

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Speaker 2: Thanks Brad, thank you, thank you, Thanks again to Brad

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Speaker 2: for joining the show tonight. Always fun to reconnect with

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Speaker 2: him whenever we get the chance, no question about that. Now, fans,

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Speaker 2: the regular season is finally here. It's a new look roster,

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Speaker 2: especially on defense, and a chance to put your best

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Speaker 2: The season looks to be pretty challenging from a scheduling standpoint.

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Speaker 2: As we saw the beginning of last year, it was

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Speaker 2: critical to cut down on the mistakes, start fast, put

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Speaker 2: pressure on the Giants to figure out this new look

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Speaker 2: Vikings team. The games in noon kickoff from MetLife Stadium

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Speaker 2: live on your local Fox affiliate. You can also catch

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Speaker 2: us right here all across the Vikings radio network with

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Speaker 2: Paul Allen, Ben Leber, and yours truly on the call.

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Speaker 2: Viking Sunday pregame show starts at ten am on KFAN,

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Speaker 2: so check your local listings for details. Thank you, fans

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Speaker 2: We'll see you all again next week.