Mark Craig of the Star Tribune swung by the Blue Door Pub Studios to chat a little Minnesota Fightin' Vikings and discuss his new book 100 Things Vikings Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die. We dove into a few of those 100 items: What made Cris Carter great from a young age, how grizzled Bud Grant was to his players (even during leisure time), the 2009 Brett Favre Carnival, how Stan Kroenke was gracious enough to let Mark use the TCF Bank Stadium media bathroom, covering the Adrian 296 game, the fallout from the tragic passing of Korey Stringer, and much more.

Mark and I also got into how this 2016 Vikings team is different than other great Purple squads, if Sam Bradford can continue his high level of play, some Xavier Rhodes appreciate, a few anecdotes about Hall of Fame voting (Mark is one of the 46 voters), why Randy Moss was the best/worst interview, and stories about his days of covering the Cleveland Browns before -- you know -- moved.

All that and other "Belichick was WORSE with the media in Cleveland" chatter on this edition of the Purple FTW! Podcast!

An Andy Carlson Joint