Remember these days?!

Been there done that for years down in Mankato.

Dayum it got hot in those stands!

AT always giving back to his community...

Jeebus, I thought I had chicken legs!

Not sure how far that bike would take all 6'8 , 340 lbs of ole Phil Loadholt.

Say what u want about his ceiling, but Teddy was one hella nice guy...What a brave and resilient man bouncing back like he did.

Old Skule Rules...

Let's hope for a great 26 season for the franchise and fans!

purplefaithful wrote:

Quoting Jerry Burns "@%#@ !&*($ &#$^!! &^&#@ #%! @!#!&*"...

Anyone actually been to training camp? I went the summer of '94, Warren Moon's first season. My wife was from Owatonna, just a stone's throw from Mankato so we spent a few days there. The thing I remember most was talking to Terry Allen at the Albatross. He was far more interested in my wife than anything I had to say (lol), but when the conversation ended, I thanked him, shook his hand and then patted him on the upper arm. It was the size of my thigh and it was like touching granite. I'd been lifting since middle school and been around football all my life, but I'd never seen anything like that. And this was a "smallish" running back? All NFL players are super human.

MaroonBells wrote:

Anyone actually been to training camp? I went the summer of '94, Warren Moon's first season. My wife was from Owatonna, just a stone's throw from Mankato so we spent a few days there. The thing I remember most was talking to Terry Allen at the Albatross. He was far more interested in my wife than anything I had to say (lol), but when the conversation ended, I thanked him, shook his hand and then patted him on the upper arm. It was the size of my thigh and it was like touching granite. I'd been lifting since middle school and been around football all my life, but I'd never seen anything like that. And this was a "smallish" running back? All NFL players are super human.

Even the coaches take up a lot of space, let alone the players.

Luved Terry Allen, dude was full of heart and a tough sob of a runner. Very sad what happened with him injury wise.

Been to more camps than I can remember...My uncle used to take me when I was a kid - those were the SB years. I blame him for my Viking affliction.

Great memories and yah, have been at that Albatross many times lol!

My last years down there (b4 Eagan) got to spend quality time with lots of posters from here...great times!

purplefaithful wrote:

Viking superstar...A future brass bust awaits the man.

First Ballot HOFer no doubt.

That was awesome for you to do, PF! A lot of old picks I was never even close to be around for, but the pictures were really fun to go through!

Love these pics. Thanks for posting PF

Canthony wrote:

That was awesome for you to do, PF! A lot of old picks I was never even close to be around for, but the pictures were really fun to go through!

1VikesFan wrote:

Love these pics. Thanks for posting PF

That was fun for me...

Gotta say, it got me in a TC sort of mood doing it ✌️

Wow , what a trip down memory lane !!! Korey Stringer broke my heart , so tragic . He didn’t die in vain though , the league were dicks back then and ran people down without getting sufficient water breaks. At least the league let up a little bit but that was rough. You’d hope the worst thing at practice would be hurting yourself. Other than that lots of cool memories !

I never made it to camp , I’ve been to about ten games though . I remember reading the Viking update every week. I’ve never not loved these Vikings ! We better win a bowl !

purplefaithful wrote:

Can anyone guess who?

Reggie