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HOW MUCH DO YOU NEE ABOUT
VIKING ?
NOT THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS,
BUT OUR IN ORDERRIC EXPLORERS,
CENTURIES BEFORE OUR TEAM
ROAMED THE FIELD.
THE VIKINGS SET SALE ACROSS THE
GLOBE.
AS WE EXPLAIN, WHAT PLAYS WELL
ON A FOOTBALL FIELD MAYBE
STRETCHING THE TRUTH.
Reporter: FOR # 5 SEASONS,
MINNESOTA'S MEN IN PURPLE HAVE
ROAMED THE GRIDIRON, AND LIKE
THEIR NAMESAKE, WAGED BATTLES,
VANQUISHED ENEMIES, BUT WITH
HORNED HELMETS AND BLOND
BRAIDS, IT CAN BE MORE HYPE
THAN HERITAGE AND THEY SAW AN
OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH TRUE
VIKING HISTORY.
AND OUR BRAND IS A TEAM AS
AN ORGANIZATION ISN'T GOING TO
CHANGE, IT WILL BE ENRICHED.
THE YOUTH MARKETING DIRECTOR
WENT IN SEARCH OF AN EXPERT.
I WAS INSIDE WHEN IT WAS
NEARLY COMPLETED AND IT JUST
BLEW ME AWAY.
HE FOUND THIS MATCH, THE
PROFESSOR WILLIAMS.
AND THE VIKINGS, IT WAS A
VERY RICH ONE, COMPLICATED.
YOU KEVELS -- DELVE AS DEEP AS
YOU WANT.
AND HE IS WITH THE
UNIVERSITY.
AND A NOTED VIKING EXPERT.
HIS JOB IS TO SEPARATE FACT
FROM FICTION.
AND I CAN ACTUALLY EVEN DATE
WHEN IN PARTICULAR DESIGN.
IT WOULD BE FROM 1050 TO 1080.
THE TEAM'S NEW HOME IS MUCH
MORE THAN A FOOTBALL STADIUM.
IT IS A LIVING GALLERY TO OUR
SCANNED NAVIAN HERITAGE.
-- SCAN NAVYIAN REAR TAHJ.
AND THERE IS --
AND CHANT THAT AT THE NEXT
GAME.
IT MEANS HONOR YOUR LEGACY,
DEFEND THE NO, SIR.
IT WAS PROFESSOR WILLIAMS
WHO GAVE THE TEAM'S MOTTO A
TRANSLATION.
IT IS NOT A LANGUAGE.
IT IS JUST A SYSTEM OF LETTERS,
AND THEY'RE MUCH LIKE OURS.
ONLY THEY HAD FEWER.
AND THEY WERE VITAL TO THE
VIKINGS, TELLING STORIES IN
STONE WITH AN ALPHABET OF JUST
16 LETTERS.
THEY WERE HUGE EXPLORERS.
THEY DISCOVERED FROM THE
EUROPEAN SIDE NEW CONTINENTS.
NO SURPRISE THE SYMBOLIC
RUINS ARE PROMINENT AS THE
PLAYERS RUSH THE STADIUM THE A
SHIPLESS BATTLEFIELD AND FIRE
BELTING STONES.
ENGRAVED ARE THE WORDS.
THEY WANTED THE PROPER
TRANSLATION FOR THAT.
THE LEGEND HAS THE VIKINGS
TURNED ENEMY SKULLS INTO
DRINKING VESSELS.
TOAST.
IT IS NOT THE WORD SKULL AT
ALL.
BOLD.
AND SKULL, OF COURSE, IS
WHAT WE SING AFTER A TOUCHDOWN,
BUT IT IS THE WORD FOR BOWL,
NOT BLOOD.
AND THERE ARE SOME THAT THEY
DID TURN SKULLS INTO DRINKING
CUP, U BUT WE DON'T KNOW THAT
THE VIKINGS DID IT.
AND THEY TOOK A LOT INTO THEIR
OWN ART.
PROFESSOR WILLIAMS IS TAPING
SEGMENTS FOR "BEYOND THE
GRIDIRON" AND HE ALSO WRITES
SEGMENTS FOR "THE TRUTH
BEHIND."
AND WHAT I THINK IS SO GET
TO THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS IS
THEY'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THE
MYTHS BEHIND THINK OWN TEAM, --
BEHIND THEIR OWN TEAM.
IT IS NO MYTH THAT VIKINGS'
HAVE BEEN MORE FIDDABLE OVER
THE YEARS, -- FORMIDABLE OVER
THE YEARS.
TRUTH.
CRAFTED OF STEEL AND WOOD,
THEY WERE EVEN HIGHLY
DECORATED, BUT TODAY HANG ON A
WALL, SYMBOLS OF WEEKLY BATTLES
ON TURF TRENCHES.
THIS WAS CERTAINLY AN
OFFENSIVE WEAPON AS WELL.
AND THERE'S NO LARGER MYTH
THAN THE ONE PERPETRATED ON OUR
HELMETS.
IT MIGHT BE A GREAT LOGO, BUT
IT IS PURE FICTION.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
IT.
BLAME A GERMAN ART DESIGNER
WHO DESIGNED IT FOR AN OPERA
WITH FUR AND TRIM.
THE ICONIC IMAGE IS TOO GOOD
TO BE TRUE.
TOO GOOD TO PASS UP.
UP.
FICTION OR NOT, HORNS WILL
STAY.
THE WORD MEANS A YELLING
HORN.
AND THIS IGNITER OF FAN FURY
HAD ROOTS IN NORSE MYTHOLOGY, A
WAY TO SUMMON THE GODS.
THIS IS SORT OF HOW THEY
WAKE UP THE GOD.
THIS IS HOW THEY GET PEOPLE TO
REACT.
WITH A LITTLE BIT OF LUCK,
THOSE GODS COULD LOOK DOWN WITH
KINDNESS GIVING VIKINGS FANS
THEIR OWN PLACE IN HISTORY.
AND THIS IS JUST ONE MORE
WAY TO REACH OUT AND ENRICH THE
FAN EXPERIENCE INSIDE THE
STADIUM AND WITHOUT.
BILL HUDSON, WCCO 4 NEWS.
INTERESTING STUFF.
SO PROFESSOR WILLIAMS IS
GOING TO PLAN ON DOING MORE
INSTALLMENTS IN THE "TRUTH
BEHIND" SERIES, INCLUDING DOING
ONE ON THE BEDEREKS WHICH WERE
THE WILD -- BEDEREKS WHICH WERE
THE WILD.
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