YOUR GUIDE TO THE TWIN CITIES
Before joining our Access Vikings team, Dan Wiederer covered Atlantic Coast Conference basketball for the Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer and was named North Carolina's top sports columnist in 2010. His previous reporting experience includes covering the Chicago Bears. Follow him on Twitter @StribDW.
Mark Craig has covered football and the NFL the past 20 years, including the Browns from 1991-95 and the Vikings and the NFL since 2003. Since 2008, Craig has served as one of the 44 Pro Football Hall of Fame selectors. He can be followed on Twitter at @markcraignfl.
NEW ORLEANS -- Finally, it's here.
Gameday.
The Vikings open their season tonight against the Super Bowl champion Saints and the atmosphere around the city is electric. But the buildup will give way to some actual football in just a few hours.
There has been plenty of analysis leading up the rematch of the NFC Championship game, but ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert provided one additional nugget today. Seifert reports that, according to Elias Sports Bureau, the defending Super Bowl champion has won its season opener for 10 consecutive years.
We'll have plenty of updates throughout the day and once we arrive at the Superdome. (Hopefully we don't get stuck in the parade in the French Quarter.)
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