The Minnesota Vikings played their first preseason game Friday at the bank vs the Oakland (for now) Raiders. I recapped and gave some Andy's Sizzlin', Bacon Grease, Incendiary, Napalm, Anna Kendrick, Hot Fire Preseason Takes.Hotness Like:-The Bank as an NFL Stadium-Why This Preseason is Important-Cassel Will Start Week 1-Teddy's Not Ready, But Will Be Eventually-Ponder Not Making the 53?-Anthony Barr is a Man-Adam Thielen is a Stone Cold Lock to Make the Roster-Jerrick McKinnon is Fun to Watch-Defense of 2014-Captain = Antoine Winfield 2.0?-Jeff Locke-Not Linval's Fault-Cordarrelle & Rudy Hotness-Shaun Prater & Jabari Price: A Tale of Two CBs-Retire #93-All in with Zim-Stop Booing Christian Ponder-Kory Kalani Kahaunaele SperryAn Andy Carlson Joint.Follow us on Twitter @PurpleForTheWinVisit the Website: http://purpleftw.com/Subscribe to Podcast on iTunes: http://bit.ly/Q6EKaNMusic for the Purple FTW! podcast is created by & produced by deeB.To hear more of his tracks, check out: https://soundcloud.com/deeb

Eric Thompson (@eric_j_thompson) of The Daily Norseman stopped by to talk some Minnesota Vikings Training Camp, preview the first preseason game vs the Oakland (San Antonio?) Raiders, and offer some of his Hot Fire Taeks on our favorite football team.Nuggets of Knowledge Nectar Include:-AC Leonard. Yee Gon-Mankato Diaries: Painting the Town Off-White-King of Mankato-New Media vs Old Media-First Depth Chart Reactions & Overreactions-Jamarca Sanford is indeed immortal. And The Highlander.-McKinnon over Asiata-The much vaunted FB Battle: Felton vs Line-Tiny Richardson Love-Jeff Baca & Mike Mauti: WTH Happened?-Charlie Johnson. Still... Starting...-Sharrif Floyd-Linval Joseph: Not Williams Wall 2.0, but good enough.-Chad Greeenway: Bounceback-Greg Jennings: The Ponder Mulligan-Teddy Bridgewater Gushing! (Cue Harp Music)-Anthony Barr Can Be a Full Back if All Else Fails-Preseason Game 1 vs the Raiders-Heh. Matt Schaub.-The Comment Section... Yeah-Kluwe-Kevin Love-NBA Jam Love-The Daily Norseman LoveAn Andy Carlson Joint.Follow us on Twitter @PurpleForTheWinVisit the Website: http://purpleftw.com/Subscribe to Podcast on iTunes: http://bit.ly/Q6EKaNMusic for the Purple FTW! podcast is created by & produced by deeB.To hear more of his tracks, check out: https://soundcloud.com/deeb

The Minnesota Vikings have a fresh start with new head coach Mike Zimmer and future franchise QB Teddy Bridgewater.I believe the Vikings have a 4-year window to win a Super Bowl.

Listen in and find out why.An Andy Carlson Joint.Follow us on Twitter @PurpleForTheWinVisit the Website: http://purpleftw.com/Subscribe to Podcast on iTunes: http://bit.ly/Q6EKaNMusic for the Purple FTW! podcast is created by & produced by deeB.To hear more of his tracks, check out: https://soundcloud.com/deeb

Uncle Nick (@Nickasun) dropped in to drop some Minnesota Vikings trivia on us. Are we Ken Jennings or the dude who got the 1st question wrong on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Tune in to find out, yo.The questions break down into three categories:-2013 Vikings Jersey #s-The 20 QBs That Have Thrown Randy Moss an NFL Pass-Starting Vikings QBs Through the YearsPlay along yourself! (Or click on the above links to cheat... If you're -- you know -- that type of person)An Andy Carlson Joint.Follow us on Twitter @PurpleForTheWinVisit the Website: http://purpleftw.com/Subscribe to Podcast on iTunes: http://bit.ly/Q6EKaNMusic for the Purple FTW! podcast is created by & produced by deeB.To hear more of his tracks, check out: https://soundcloud.com/deeb

Arif Hasan (@ArifHasanNFL) of Vikings Territory joins us from Mankato to talk about the Ted Bear parody Twitter account...But we also talk Minnesota Vikings Training Camp (for some reason):-Chad Greenway & Arif Share a Bro-Ment. Discuss a future sit down interview.-Kyle Rudolph Contract Extension: Great value or overpaid?-Takeaways from Camp's First Padded Practice-Anthony Barr Love-Camp Stars: Adam Thielen, Kain Colter, AC Leonard-Chase Ford: Yeeeee Gon.-RB2 Competition: Matt Asiata vs Jerrick McKinnon-Teddy Bridgewater vs Matt Cassel-Who starts first: Teddy or Johnny?-Cleveland is basically North Korea-Differnces Between Zimmer's 1st Camp and Previous Camps-Mankato: The Crown Jewel of South-Central Minnesota-Excellent Adventures with Di & TedThe Purple FTW! Podcast is also available on iTunes. Get some.An Andy Carlson Joint.Follow us on Twitter @PurpleForTheWinVisit the Website: http://purpleftw.com/Subscribe to Podcast on iTunes: http://bit.ly/Q6EKaNMusic for the Purple FTW! podcast is created by & produced by deeB.To hear more of his tracks, check out: https://soundcloud.com/deeb

Di Murphy (@DiMurphyMN) and Ted Glover (@purplebuckeye) of the Daily Norseman call in and tell us what we need to know about the first 1.5 Days of Minnesota Vikings Training Camp in Mankato.The Purple FTW! Podcast is also available on iTunes. Get some.An Andy Carlson Joint.Follow us on Twitter @PurpleForTheWinVisit the Website: http://purpleftw.com/Subscribe to Podcast on iTunes: http://bit.ly/Q6EKaNMusic for the Purple FTW! podcast is created by & produced by deeB.To hear more of his tracks, check out: https://soundcloud.com/deeb

The Minnesota Vikings are back in Mankato for Training Camp. We follow their progress with our daily (or quasi daily) Training Camp Shawtys.Listen up.Follow us on Twitter @PurpleForTheWinVisit the Website: http://purpleftw.com/Subscribe to Podcast on iTunes: http://bit.ly/Q6EKaNMusic for the Purple FTW! podcast is created by & produced by deeB.To hear more of his tracks, check out: https://soundcloud.com/deeb

FOOTBALL. ACTUAL FOOTBALL on this episode of the Purple FTW! Podcast. Our friends Di Murphy (@DiMurphyMN) and Ted Glover (@purplebuckeye) will both be cover Vikings Training Camp for The Daily Norseman and they stopped by for a preview of the Mankato goodness.Goodness Includes:-Training Camp as Part of the Media. BIG TIME!-Zimmer's 1st Camp Expectations-QB Battle: Teddy Bridgewater vs Matt Cassel vs........... Christian Ponder-Left Guard: Papa Yank, Baca, DuCasse, or.... Charlie Johnson?-RB2: McKinnon, Asiata, or Line?-Defensive Makeover - Zimmer vs Frazier-Who's starting at the other Safety spot?-Crowded CB room. Who makes it through?-Is Marcus Sherels a lock to make the roster?-Step It UP: Cordarrelle. Patterson.-Underdogs you're rooting for in camp-Surprise name that doesn't make the 53-Surprise name that makes the 53-Adrian Peterson Trade Value?-The Future of Adrian Peterson-Di's Thoughts on Chris Kluwe-Mike Priefer-Adrian Wedding Present-Ponder Baby Gifts-Predictions for the 2014 Minnesota Vikings Season-How old is Ted?All that and a lot of fun football talk & shenanigans. The Purple FTW! Podcast is also available on iTunes. Get some.An Andy Carlson Joint.Follow us on Twitter @PurpleForTheWinVisit the Website: http://purpleftw.com/Subscribe to Podcast on iTunes: http://bit.ly/Q6EKaNMusic for the Purple FTW! podcast is created by & produced by deeB.To hear more of his tracks, check out: https://soundcloud.com/deeb

The Minnesota Vikings have released the report that investigated Chris Kluwe's allegations that Special Teams Coordinator made homophobic remarks and that Kluwe was wrongfully terminated for his advocacy for LGBT Rights & Gay Marriage.We discuss the findings of the report.The Purple FTW! Podcast is also available on iTunes. Get some.An Andy Carlson Joint.Follow us on Twitter @PurpleForTheWinVisit the Website: http://purpleftw.com/Subscribe to Podcast on iTunes: http://bit.ly/Q6EKaNMusic for the Purple FTW! podcast is created by & produced by deeB.To hear more of his tracks, check out: https://soundcloud.com/deeb

Chris Kluwe announced Tuesday that he intends to sue the Minnesota Vikings if they do not publicly release the findings of the 6-month independent investigation of the allegations Kluwe made about homophobic remarks by special teams coach Mike Priefer.We had Arif Hasan of Vikings Territory and Di Murphy of the Daily Norseman on to get their takes.

Follow us on Twitter @PurpleForTheWinVisit the Website: http://purpleftw.com/Subscribe to Podcast on iTunes: http://bit.ly/Q6EKaNMusic for the Purple FTW! podcast is created by & produced by deeB.To hear more of his tracks, check out: https://soundcloud.com/deeb