Can you imagine living in Minnesota without the Vikings? It's might become reality sooner than you think. Now imagine if Vikings country were really Packer land. That could happen too. That's the message one YouTube video is getting across.

Vikings defensive end Jared Allen is sticking his neck out on the stadium issue. He says fans deserve a new place to cheer the Purple simply because the addition of tailgating would create a better game-day atmosphere for the paying customers. He also says the Metrodome is beyond outdated, joking that the Vikings' locker room has four showers with hot water

When was the last time the Vikings and Gophers won on the same weekend? Two weeks ago! It's sudden fortune for two football teams mired in misery the past few years, and fans can't get enough...

The Vikings are changing the way it checks fans coming into Mall of America Field. Instead of getting a patdown, ticket holders will now be checked with a metal-detecting wand. The change starts this Sunday before the Oakland Raiders game, and will be fully implemented before the Dec. 4 home game against the Denver Broncos.

So what did bored Vikings fans do while Oakland Raiders reciever Darrius Heyward-Bey was being put on a stretcher -- the extent of his injury unknown? The wave, naturally. The Daily Norseman puts it like this: "Dumb move, folks."

Gov. Mark Dayton along with Vikings owners Zygi and Mark Wilf are at the Capitol to announce an agreement to construct a new stadium.

Litchfield Minnesota native John Carlson is doing everything he can to make sure he's able to play in the Vikings' season opener against the Jaguars on Sunday. Carlson missed most of training camp with a sprained knee, but head coach Leslie Frazier says the tight end mentally prepared to play in the game.

Pioneer Press writer Bob Sansevere is sharing stale Vikings jokes e-mailed to him during this so-far miserable season. Yes, you've heard them all million times ... but, they're still kind of funny.