Good morning, all. I was going to write a Thank You Note to our local football coaches this morning, then realized that Jimmy Fallon has made a great bit out of doing that.

So, apoogies to Jimmy:

1. Thank you to Mike Zimmer, for losing perhaps his two best offensive players, revamping an entire defensive scheme, and positioning the Vikings to play a meaningful game in mid-November.

IF the Vikings beat the Bears, they'll be at .500 and in some sort of contention. If they could win eight or nine games under these circumstances, I'd nominate Zimmer for some kind of award.

2. Thank you to Jerry Kill, who for the second season in a row has the Gophers playing big games in November. He's remade the Gopher football team into a physical beast well-suited for playing cold-weather games. Will he beat Ohio State? Probably not. But if he wins one of his last three games this will be a highly successful season in my view.

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My first podcast is up at souhanunfiltered.com. Paul Molitor came on and told some great stories. Local author Ross Bernstein, who is friends with and has done a book with Marc Trestman, got inside Trestman's head as he deals with anarchy in Chicago. And we did Set Pieces - song of the day, broadcast review of the day, and Stuff People Yell at Me on the Internet.

Tonight we're live at the Devil's Advocate Bar in Minneapolis with Star Trib NFL writer Mark Craig, who will tell many stories about going to Pittsburgh as a Browns fan and getting punched in the face, and the Vikings are going to provide a player guest, I believe.

Plus: More Stuff People Yell at Me on the Internet, and I Was Wrong About...(long list).

Bonuses (or not): I"ll be on Rusty Gatenby's podcat on the @aliveandsocial network at 5:30 from Devil's Advocate, and after my podcast, Strib photog Carlos Gonzlez and I will play a few acoustic songs. We prefer playing with our full band and playing rock and roll, but we'll assault your ears with just acoustics tonight.

Thanks for reading, listening and screaming.