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 -- If anyone is wondering, the Vikings are wearing their normal home purple uniforms tonight because the Saints elected to wear white. It's the home team's call.
The Vikings beat the Saints on a Monday night two years ago wearing their purple uniforms in the Superdome. The Vikings were in their normal road white uniforms for last season's NFC title game.
Also, the referee for this game is Terry McAulay. McAulay and his crew will be watching and calling this one closely to make sure it doesn't get chippy.
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