DALLAS -- A belated happy Groundhog's day from the literally frozen tundra of North Texas, folks. I didn't watch yesterday, but I heard Punxsutawney Phil came out of his hole, saw his shadow and said, 'Yo, Roger, move the Super Bowl to Hawaii, dump the Pro Bowl and, oh yeah, fahgeddabout playing 18 games."

Out of the mouths of rodents, I suppose.

I don't know about you, but if I were a Vikings fan, I'd start to get a little nervous, if I haven't done so already, which, by the way, I would have.

The $700 million naming rights for the proposed "Farmers" stadium in downtown Los Angeles is yet another signal that the league is indeed likely to end up back in LA for the first time since the Rams and Raiders bolted in the early 1990s.

Asked if he envisioned a return to Los Angeles by 2016, Steelers President Art Rooney II said, "Yeah, I do. I think Los Angeles is in the picture by then. It's a great football town. They've supported a few franchises over the years, and hopefully we'll get another one back there by at least 2016.

I can't see the NFL expanding, which leaves the usual handful of suspects to relocate.

In other words, it's not good that the Vikings have: A, No lease with the city beyond 2011; B, No movement whatsoever toward resolving their messy sitution and, C, a stadium with its roof still lying on the playing field.

AEG CEO Tim Leiweke, a key figure in the Los Angeles' attempts to secure an NFL franchise in the near future, will be in Dallas this weekend. An AEG representative has reached out to the Star Tribune to see if we'd like to talk to Tim.

Minnesota, the buzzards are circling your fallen Metrodome and your favorite team.