15 yards for ... wait, what?

An amusing screen grab from Sunday's Vikings/Lions game

November 16, 2009 at 8:43PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

A colleague sent along the screen grab you see from late in the first quarter of yesterday's Vikings/Lions game. The play-by-play sheet indicates this was a 15-yard penalty on Detroit's Brandon Pettigrew. Hopefully we're all mature enough to be amused but not carried away by what's going on in the background.

We noticed this while watching the game, too ...

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Michael Rand

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Michael Rand is the Minnesota Star Tribune's Digital Sports Senior Writer and host/creator of the Daily Delivery podcast. In 25 years covering Minnesota sports at the Minnesota Star Tribune, he has seen just about everything (except, of course, a Vikings Super Bowl).

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