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The Minnesota Fightin' Vikings are your NFC North Champions after defeating the hated Green Bay Packers 20-13 Sunday Night at Lambeau Field. Everson Griffen and the Vikings defense kept Aaron Rodgers and Eddie "Slim" Lacy in check to bring home the Purple's first division title since 2009. The Vikes square off against the Seattle Seahawks (revenge game, son) in the Wild Card Round at noon Sunday at The Bank. But before we look ahead, let's look back at the Vikings shaking off the "You can't beat Green Bay/You can't win big games in prime time" narratives.Other "This is Our Damn Division" Talking Points Include• The Idea of Losing Intentionally Was Moronic• Defense Take a Bow• We Don't Win Without Everson Griffen. Period.• Teddy Was Okay When Throwing Right-Handed....• Adrian Got His Rushing Title• FREE McKinnon• Adam Thielen: NFC Title Game MVP• Vikings Got the Calls?• Zimmer Farmer Blow = Elite• Zimmer End of Half/Game Management...• Twitter Qs• Charting Out the Vikings Revenge Tour All this and other "Home " nonsense on this edition of the Purple FTW! Podcast!An Andy Carlson JointFollow us on Twitter: @PurpleForTheWin - http://twitter.com/purpleforthewinVisit the Website: http://purpleftw.comSubscribe to Podcast on iTunes: http://purpleftw.com/itunesWe're also on Stitcher! http://purpleftw.com/stitcherBookmark us on Amazon & show some love! http://purpleftw.com/amazonMusic for the Purple FTW! podcast is created by & produced by deeB.To hear more of his tracks, check out http://soundcloud.com/deeb

The Minnesota Fightin' Vikings and the Green Bay Packers are setup for a shootout at the Lambeau Corral Sunday Night to determine the NFC North Champion. Fortunately we have Teddy Earp, Zimmer Earp, Blair Earp and Doc Harrison Holiday in our posse. The Packers have Ike and Billy Clanton. (Excuse me while I go watch Tombstone. It's a phenomenal movie.)Arif Hasan (@ArifHasanNFL) swings by to preview Border Battle 2.0. We chat about how Green Bay can get got, why Vikings fans should want the damn home playoff game and not try to be cute, how far this team can realistically go in the playoffs and if Teddy Bridgewater's resurgence can be enough to take us on a magic carpet ride. Also we determine that I make more references to the movie Looper more than any other human on planet Earth.All this and other "The Vikings aren't your Huckleberry" nonsense on this edition of the Purple FTW! Podcast!Read all of Arif’s stuff at The Daily Norseman and Vikings Journal as well as listen to his podcast Norse Code.An Andy Carlson JointFollow us on Twitter: @PurpleForTheWin - http://twitter.com/purpleforthewinVisit the Website: http://purpleftw.comSubscribe to Podcast on iTunes: http://purpleftw.com/itunesWe're also on Stitcher! http://purpleftw.com/stitcherBookmark us on Amazon & show some love! http://purpleftw.com/amazonMusic for the Purple FTW! podcast is created by & produced by deeB.To hear more of his tracks, check out http://soundcloud.com/deeb

2015 is almost in the books, so why not close out in the most cliche way possible by doing a "The Best of 2015" episode! (I..... I'm lazy and not creative.) It's been a extremely fun year with you the listeners here at the Purple FTW! Podcast. From the end of the 2014 7-9 season, the 5-Hour NFL Draft Live Stream, doing shows from Mankato and all of the insightful guests we've had -- especially the regular contributors Di Murphy, Luke Inman, Lindsey Young and Arif Hasan. Hopefully we cranked out some quasi-quality and quasi-coherent Minnesota Fightin' Vikings audio action and gave you a few chuckles along the way. Let's look back before we dive forward into 2016.The Best of 2015 Clips Include• Jenna-King Shepherd - Austin Shepherd's Wife (Episode 172)• Todd Steussie - Former Viking Left Tackle (Episode 108)• Matt Waldman - Rookie Scouting Portfolio (Episode 110)• Paul Allen - KFAN/Radio Voice of the Vikings (Episode 111)• Redoing the 2011 Vikings Draft (Episode 123)• Every Vikings Starting QB Ever. Ranked. (Episode 128)• Dave Schwartz - Kare 11 (Episode 130)• Matt Vensel - Star Tribune (Episode 132)• Chad Greenway - Vikings Linebacker (Episode 133)• Andy Talks Vikings with Uncle Nick while Cooking General Tso's Chicken (Episode 135)• Andrew Krammer - 1500 ESPN (Episode 137)• Luke Inman, Sam Ekstrom, Arif Hasan (Episode 145)• Arif Hasan - Daily Norseman/Vikings Journal (Episode 227)• Michael Grey - WBBL Grand Rapids (Episode 166)• Ron Johnson - Former Gophers/Ravens Wide Receiver (Episode 180)All this and other "You ain't seen nothing yet. Wait until 2016." nonsense on this edition of the Purple FTW! Podcast!An Andy Carlson JointFollow us on Twitter: @PurpleForTheWin - http://twitter.com/purpleforthewinVisit the Website: http://purpleftw.comSubscribe to Podcast on iTunes: http://purpleftw.com/itunesWe're also on Stitcher! http://purpleftw.com/stitcherBookmark us on Amazon & show some love! http://purpleftw.com/amazonMusic for the Purple FTW! podcast is created by & produced by deeB.To hear more of his tracks, check out http://soundcloud.com/deeb

The Minnesota Fightin' Vikings have been perpetually searching for a big-bodied, go up and get it type wide receiver ever since Sidney Rice left. Here we are again. We were fortunate to find the electric Stefon Diggs late in the draft (5th round) and past two drafts have been prodigious in terms of wide receivers available with no sign of slowing down. Could the Vikes find another stud late to pair with Diggs? Luke Inman (@Luke_Spinman) drops some knowledge on us about some late round sleeper wideouts Vikings fans should keep their eye on.Today's Roster Includes• Corey Davis, Western Michigan • De’Runnya Wilson, Miss State • Rashard Higgins, Colorado State • Leonte Carroo, Rutgers • Devon Cajuste, Stanford • Malcolm Mitchell, Georgia • Braxton Miller, Ohio State • Ricky Seals-Jones, Texas A&MAll this and other "Let's find on the field Josh Gordon 2.0" nonsense on this edition of the Purple FTW! Podcast!An Andy Carlson JointHit up all of Luke's stuff at eDraft and Cold Omaha.Follow us on Twitter: @PurpleForTheWin - http://twitter.com/purpleforthewinVisit the Website: http://purpleftw.comSubscribe to Podcast on iTunes: http://purpleftw.com/itunesWe're also on Stitcher! http://purpleftw.com/stitcherBookmark us on Amazon & show some love! http://purpleftw.com/amazonMusic for the Purple FTW! podcast is created by & produced by deeB.To hear more of his tracks, check out http://soundcloud.com/deeb

Our Minnesota Fightin' Vikings secured their spot in the playoffs tonight with an emphatic win 49-17 over the New York Giants. The Vikes defense feasted on Eli Manning while Teddy Bridgewater continued his high level of play. The Purple's task is clear: Win next Sunday in Lambeau and win the division and a home Wild Card round playoff game. Let's. Go.We In Da Tourney Talking Points Include• Playoffs, Homeboy• The Non-Existent Primetime Curse• The Zimmer Hellfire Defense is Healthy• The Giants DGAF• Teddy Continues to Roll• Adrian's Gonna Win the Rushing Title• #FreeMcKinnon• Props to Kyle Rudolph• Offensive Line Hodge Podge• Danielle Hunter is Ahead of Schedule• Blair Walsh if Redic• Mission: Win The North• Flex Appeal - Vikings/Packers on SNF• I Love Nick Swardson• Listener MailbagAll this and other "You hear that? We just picked Eli again." nonsense on this edition of the Purple FTW! Podcast!An Andy Carlson JointFollow us on Twitter: @PurpleForTheWin - http://twitter.com/purpleforthewinVisit the Website: http://purpleftw.comSubscribe to Podcast on iTunes: http://purpleftw.com/itunesWe're also on Stitcher! http://purpleftw.com/stitcherBookmark us on Amazon & show some love! http://purpleftw.com/amazonMusic for the Purple FTW! podcast is created by & produced by deeB.To hear more of his tracks, check out http://soundcloud.com/deeb