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Excerpts from: Purple People The Crazy Culture and Customs of Minnesota Vikings Fans, the Best Fans in the NFL |
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Kickoff 11
Insider—Stu Voigt 13
Insider—Stu Voigt’s Characteristics of Vikings Fans 15
Insider—Stu Voigt’s Career Self Assessment 17
Observations On the Insiders 18
Testimonial—All the NFL Coaches 21
Insider Story—The National Anthem 22
Insider—Stu Voigt’s Fan Friend 23
Insider—Stu Voigt’s Favorite Broadcasting Memory 24
Insider—Joe Kapp 25
Insider—Joe Kapp Calling Signals 28
Jerseys Show the Real Fan 28
Testimonial—the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 32
Fanatical—The Licensed Fan 32
Insider—Cheerleaders 37
Fanatical—Dave Garrett 39
Insider—Joe Juranitch 42
Ragnar’s Favorite Fan Encounters 45
Ragnar Nearly Gets Pummeled. 46
The End of the Met 48
Fanatical—Kansas Viking 51
Insider—Bob Lurtsema 54
Testimonial—Can You Hear Me Now? 57
Testimonial—I said: "CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?" 58
Fanatical--MookieVike 59
The Names Have Been Changed to Protect the Innocent...and the Cheeseheads. 62
Fanatical—Phil Pusateri 67
The Eskimo Story 70
Insiders—Stories from the Southern California Vikings Fan Club 73
Fanatical—Steve Bayles 76
Fanatical—Kelley Bayles 79
The Family of Fans 82
Party Time! 85
Historic Viking Watering Holes 86
Bars for Viking Fans 87
The Left Guard 89
Left Guard’s Little Mexican Restaurant: 90
Vikings Bars 91
Fanatical—Syd Davy, a.k.a. 100% Cheese Free Fan 91
How Syd Became Fan of the Year 95
Exclusive: Why Randy Moss REALLY Left the Vikings 97
An Expert’s View on the Greatness of Vikings Fans 98
I Bleed Light Purple and Dark Purple! 105
Fanatical—Mr. Cheer or Die 106
Maas and John Randle 110
The Team Logo 110
Identity Crisis 111
Testimonial—Peter King 118
Vikings Origin 118
Insider—Wally Hilgenberg 122
A Very Memorable Tailgating Party 125
A House Divided 125
Fanatical—Super V Man 129
Testimonial—Bud Grant and the Old Met 132
December 28th and The "C" Word 133
Insider—Brad Madsen and Vikings’ Charity 136
One Vikings’ Charity Fans Hope Never to See Again 142
Nicknames 143
Home at Away Games 143
Fanatical—Spiking Viking 147
Fantasy Football for the Vikings Fan 150
A Short History of Fantasy Football 153
Naming Your Fantasy Team: 153
Testimonial—Have You Met Noise Today? 154
Insider Story—Players Remember Jim Finks 155
Fanatical—Jay Carey 156
Testimonial—Phil Simms 158
Testimonial—Wisconsinites 158
Money, Threats, Politics and Billionaires: Minnesota’s Sick Stadium Shenanigans 160
The Forgotten Vikings Stadium 165
Can You Say, "Inflation"? 166
Fanatical—Donna Bailey 167
Trading Area—a not so subtle argument for a new stadium 169
Insider—Mick Tinglehoff 171
Insider—Phyliss Tinglehoff 174
Testimonial—The CC Cheer 175
The Birth of the CC Cheer 176
Testimonial—Television Ratings 177
Fanatical—Steinarr, The Crazy Viking 180
Real Viking History 183
The Crazy Viking’s Cheer Idea: The Blizzard 184
The Irony of the Vikings 185
Fanatical—Terri Schuver 188
Testimonial—Noisiest or "One of the Noisiest"? 189
Female Fans 191
"The Wife" 192
"The Mom" 194
Testimonial—Relocation and the Indianapolis Colts 195
Fanatical—Purple Army 197
Insider—Red McCombs 199
Exclusive: The Uneven Legacy of Red McCombs 207
Money 208
Red Versus Red: A Fan Alternative 209
Greatest Memories 211
Worst Memories: 215
Fanatical—Bill Townsend 216
We Wish You a Purple Christmas! 219
Fanatical—Hub Meeds 223
Ball Boys 226
Insider—Bill Brown 228
Church 231
Vikings Rooms 234
Testimonial—Ed White 237
Fanatical—Todd Frankenhoff 237
Lessons from "Pro!" Magazine 239
Finding the Front Door 241
Fanatical—Battle Wagon Boys 241
Vikings Tailgating Vehicles 244
Insider—Jeff Siemon 248
Testimonial—Hart Research Poll 251
One Very Memorable Halftime Show 252
Fanatical—Steve Rost 253
Dennis in the Front Row 255
The Trade 257
Fanatical—Paul Linduska 260
Testimonial—ESPN.com 262
Alter Ego 263
Insider—Chad Ostlund 264
Testimonial—the New York Giants 267
Yeah, But Who’s Won the Super Bowl? Expose the Stupidity! 268
Testimonial—Letters from Everywhere 269
Snow Day 270
Post Mortem, January, 1999...And...A Look into the Future 272