Exploring Minnesota's Sports Heartache & Fan Loyalty

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:02 - You know, the Minnesota Wild, there was the North Stars.

00:05 The North Stars never won.

00:07 The Minnesota Wild have never won.

00:09 They've come back and they're just mediocre.

00:11 The Minnesota Vikings, passionate fans.

00:14 Minnesota are a lot like Buffalo.

00:16 Buffalo, of course, lost the four Super Bowls.

00:20 The Vikings were the bills of the seventies.

00:22 The Vikings used to get to the Super Bowl

00:24 like almost every second year in the seventies

00:26 and lose in the Frank Tarkenton era, right?

00:29 And when the Dolphins were good and the Steelers were good

00:32 and the Raiders were good in the seventies.

00:34 And so, like I said, the Minnesota teams,

00:38 the Vikings have been nothing but disappointment

00:40 throughout their entire history

00:41 and frustration for their fans.

00:43 And we all know the Vikings have hardcore fans, right?

00:46 So they've been frustrated.

00:48 The T-Wolves have never done anything.

00:50 The hockey team sucks and they love hockey there.

00:54 And the Minnesota Twins, the Twins won, what?

00:57 30 years ago, you know what I'm saying?

01:00 20, 27 years ago, whatever the hell it was.

01:03 So we're talking about a city that starved, right?

01:06 Like people talk a lot about Buffalo.

01:08 People talk about Cleveland and sort of like some cities

01:11 that are known for heartbreak and losing.

01:14 But Minneapolis-St. Paul has been right there.

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