Ben Leber breaks down the Vikings’ ugly-but-effective win over Miami, including Kevin O’Connell’s offense, Brian Flores’ blitz packages, Dallas Turner, T.J. Hockenson’s decision to slide and what still needs to improve with Kyler Murray. Plus, the guys examine Miami’s split-safety approach, the Vikings rookie class, Harrison Smith and the upcoming trip to New Orleans.

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The guys celebrate the Gophers’ win over Michigan, debate P.J. Fleck’s decision not to go for two and look ahead at a suddenly interesting Minnesota schedule. Ben sticks around for a trip around the NFL, Sauce attempts to explain the difference between flora and fauna, Celtic trial marriages become a television pitch and the crew determines Chris is secretly a crazy old cat lady.

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John Kriesel joins the guys to preview Vikings-Dolphins, talk deer hunting and his daughter’s big weekend with the Vikings Junior Cheerleaders. Sauce recaps a day at Mall of America with Lou, Cory demands everyone start collecting pretzel points, the Wild open the season with a win and Mr. Z reviews Tom Cruise’s Digger, Verity and more. Plus, What Really Matters gets a heavy dose of Las Vegas.

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The guys get into driverless cars, Florida’s python problem and the possibility of simply pushing the entire state into the Atlantic before Marney Gellner and Gophers basketball coach Niko Medved join the show. Medved looks back on a wild first season, discusses Cade Tyson’s eligibility situation, explains why he thinks youth sports have gotten completely backwards, talks about the new St. Thomas rivalry and reveals Hakeem Olajuwon’s apparently ridiculous ping-pong skills.

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Gopher Men's Basketball Head Coach Niko Medved is back for another Initials Game!

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The guys preview Vikings-Dolphins, wonder whether Minnesota can actually be a bad 4-0 team and debate the proper size of a bag of Pirate’s Booty. Cory tells the story of playing poker with Michael Jordan, Sauce recalls accidentally making out in front of MJ, Tommy Olson and Fargo Flash preview Gophers-Michigan and weigh in on P.J. Fleck’s bloody celebration.

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Ben Leber joins Tommy Olson and Fargo Flash to debate how much the Gophers should celebrate big wins and whether Michigan is there for the taking. Cy Amundson stops by, the guys preview the Wild opener and Tom Pelissero joins to discuss the J.J. McCarthy trade, Justin Jefferson, Tyreek Hill, Kyler Murray and the NFL trade market.

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William Sawalich talks Starkey Day, meeting Peyton Manning, preparing for Las Vegas and what it’s like entering Turn 1 at nearly 200 mph. Cy Amundson and Ben Leber dissect the psychology surrounding the J.J. McCarthy trade before the conversation wanders through SNL, WNBA gambling, Henry Ford, Disney World, aging body parts and more.

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Julia Daniels joins the show as the guys react to the Lynx getting bounced by the Liberty, Brock Faber’s fractured skull and what his absence could mean for the Wild. Plus, the Vikings prepare for a bad Dolphins team, Julia ranks some of her favorite local athletes to interview, an Uber Eats driver pulls off an incredibly stupid food heist and an old reality show leads to some questionable television history.

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