Purple FTW! Podcast

The Minnesota Fightin' Vikings have invaded their August home as the eyes of the Purple Faithful all shift towards Mankato, the Crown Jewel of South Central Minnesota. We talk about the major early storylines from Training Camp and get Arif Hasan on the horn from Mankato to fill us in with some updates. Can't wait to get down there on August 4th-6th and setup base camp at Boulder Tap House again!

Today's Talking Points Include:
• Mike Zimmer Extended
• Harrison Smith Rode the Bus
• Alex Boone Still Wants to Punch Clay Matthews in the Face
• Alex Boone Relays a Great Kevin Williams Story
• Taylor Heinicke Hurt Himself in a Dumb Way
• Treadwell First to Arrive and with a Great Mentor
• 1st Team/2nd Team Reps (Not that it matters at 1st walkthrough)
• Arif Checks In From Mankato

All that and other "MOBO!!!!" chatter on this edition of the Purple FTW! Podcast!

An Andy Carlson Joint

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Direct download: Episode_283_-_Mankato_Love.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:12pm CDT

I got Chris Tomasson (@ChrisTomasson) of the Pioneer Press to sit still for a conversation about his extensive world travels and the upcoming season of Minnesota Fightin' Viking football.

We chatted about his memories of the late-Denny Green (Chris was a student at Northwestern when Denny became their head coach), what Phil Loadholt's retirement means for the embattled Vikings offensive line, how he met Adrian's dad, why he thinks Mortiz Boehringer has a legit shot of making the 53-man roster, the favorite story he's ever written, and "How's Teddy look?"

All that and other "You actually crossed into North Korea?" chatter on this edition of the Purple FTW! Podcast!

An Andy Carlson Joint

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Direct download: Episode_282_-_Vikings_and_Wanderlust_with_Chris_Tomasson.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:34pm CDT

Former Vikings head coach Denny Green passed away this week at the young age of 67. Denny coached the Vikes from 1992 to 2001, was the 2nd winningest coach in franchise history (behind only Bud Grant), and was a pioneer in the African-American head coaching world. Both in the NFL and in college football. We take time to look back and remember the life of Coach Green and the legacy he leaves behind.

Also in lieu of flowers, Denny's family requests donations to the Boys and Girls Club of San Diego. Here's the Link. http://bgcsandieguito.org/give/donatenow/

An Andy Carlson Joint

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Direct download: Episode_281_-_Rememberin_Denny_Green.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:51pm CDT

Head coach Mike Zimmer met with a herd of Vikings fans Thursday night at the Fan HQ Eden Prairie. Coach signed autographs and took photos as part of the #MoreThanWords campaign benefiting the Mike Zimmer Foundation. Happy to say that this event helped smash MTW's original $10,000 fundraising goal and we're currently over $12k. Still plenty of time to donate before the August 9th deadline. Let's run up the score on this mother!

In the podcast I recap the event and playback the chats I had with Coach Zimmer, his daughter and MZ Foundation Director Corri Zimmer, Fan HQ's Shaun Hagglund, and a few Purple People Fans that made the trek -- including Vikings luminary 100% Cheese Free (sans outfit). Photos and video below.

All that and other "It's Herbie Hancock" chatter on this edition of the Purple FTW! Podcast!

An Andy Carlson Joint

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Direct download: Epsiode_280_-_Scenes_From_Mike_Zimmer_HQ.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:54pm CDT

Pokémon GO has taken the world by storm. And as we've seen, I never let a pop culture phenomenon go by unincorporated into Purple FTW's sphere for both the LOLs and for SEO purposes. So there's the Pokémon GO one. (Damn we need football back.)

Today's Talking Points Include:
• Which Pokémon Are The Vikings?
• 3-Year $300,000 Bird Death Study Commissioned for US Bank Stadium
• Jared Allen Told Brett Favre to Stay Retired
• Joe Berger Adopts Daughter
• Teddy Working Out With.....
• Adrian Sees Greatness in Teddy's Eyes
• Interactive “Vikings Voyage” Announced for US Bank Stadium
• Food and Drink Unveiled for US Bank Stadium
• Evan Marcus Came Here to Tear Pecs & Chew Bubble Gum. And He's All Out of Bubble Gum.
• Twitter Qs

All that and other "Squirtle Sounds Like the Most Fun" chatter on this edition of the Purple FTW! Podcast!

An Andy Carlson Joint

Follow us on Twitter: @PurpleForTheWin - http://twitter.com/purpleforthewin
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Producer Credit: Daniel Paluch @DanielPaluch - http://twitter.com/DanielPaluch
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Direct download: Episode_279_-_The_Pokmon_GO_Vikings_Episode.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:07pm CDT

[Editor's Note: Taking the week off to head down to Podcast Movement! But I wanted to leave you guys with some content to get you through this desert of football news with one of our most downloaded episodes ever. Please enjoy and I'll catch you next week. -Andy]

Hindsight is 20/20. That's why we jumped in our DeLorean and went back to save the Vikings from themselves in 2011. There was a run on quarterbacks early in the first round and de facto GM Rick Spielman panicked and overdrafted Christian Ponder at #12. He did hit on Kyle Rudolph in the 2nd and Brandon Fusco in the 6th, but I think we can do a touch better with hindsight and our time machine.

Come along with Purple FTW! as we redo the Vikings 2011 Draft!

Other 1.21 Gigawatts Talking Points Include:
• The Rules of Time Travel
• Remembering the 2010 Vikings (For some reason)
• 2011 Refresher: Frazier, Musgrave, Pagac... LET'S GO!
• The Original 2011 Draft Picks
1 (12) – Christian Ponder – QB – Florida State
2 (43) – Kyle Rudolph – TE – Notre Dame
3rd Round Pick went to New England in the Moss Trade (They Took Mallett) #74
4 (106) – Christian Ballard – DE/DT - Iowa
5 (139) – Brandon Burton – CB - Utah
6 (168) – DeMarcus Love – OT – Arkansas
6 (170) – Mistral Raymond – S – USF
6 (172) – Brandon Fusco – C – Slippery Rock
6 (200) – Ross Homan – LB – Ohio State
7 (215) – D'Aundre Reed – DE – Arizona
7 (236) – Stephen Burton – WR – West Texas A&M
• Who I picked instead (Spicy one inthe 5th round)
• The real-vs-Andy 2011 Vikings Depth Chart
• The Andy 2015 Vikings Depth Chart (The Secondary is STACKED)

All that and other "Joe Webb signs a big time free agent deal so we can still draft Teddy!" chatter on this edition of the Purple FTW! Podcast!

An Andy Carlson Joint

Follow us on Twitter: @PurpleForTheWin - http://twitter.com/purpleforthewin
Visit the Website: http://purpleftw.com
Producer Credit: Daniel Paluch @DanielPaluch - http://twitter.com/DanielPaluch
Subscribe to Podcast on iTunes: http://purpleftw.com/itunes
We're also on Stitcher! http://purpleftw.com/stitcher
Bookmark us on Amazon & show some love! http://purpleftw.com/amazon

Music for the Purple FTW! podcast is
   created by & produced by deeB.
To hear more of his tracks, check out http://soundcloud.com/deeb

Direct download: Episode_279_-_Redoing_the_Vikings_2011_Draft_Rebroadcast.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:03pm CDT

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