The Sports Huddle

For today’s Fast Breaks Josh brings the questions from the playoff contenders in college to the Wild continuing their winning ways and more!

Just how flawed are the Minnesota Vikings despite having a 9-2 record, I think we have learned a lot despite some close losses - we discuss and preview the Vikings-Cardinals home game coming up today and what lies ahead for Sam Darnold!

Recapping a Gophers win, broke down Daniel Jones addition and previewed Vikings-Cardinals with Dane Mizutani, Andy Greder recaps the big win in Madison and more!

Well, that's a wrap on the 2024 regular season for the Gophers and they now await a bowl game this month - which bowl is it? Andy Greder of the Pioneer Press joins to preview that, the offseason needs of this team, and more as this season wraps up!

The Minnesota Vikings are returning home to face Kyler Murray and the Cardinals, Dane Mizutani of the Pioneer Press joins to talk about that, Daniel Jones as the new addition to the team and what it means for the future quarterback situation and is this team legit being 9-2 and winning some close games against bad teams!

On the heels of a dominant win over Wisconsin in Madison we recapped the highs and lows of this season and try to give this team a letter grade on how well this team has fared heading into bowl season!

It is a cloudy day in the Windy City but things could look bright for the Vikings, we chat about today's game, Chris Hine of the Star Tribune joins to break down just what exactly is wrong with the Wolves, and more NFL chat with the possibility of Aaron Rodgers being done for good!

It has been a long first 15 games for the Timberwolves and Chris Hine of the Star Tribune to break down what has been going wrong with this team, did the KAT trade happen too late, what Naz Reid brings to the floor and more!

Kicking things off this hour we recapped a tough loss for the Gophers at home against Penn State, we also talked to Steve Hamilton, head coach of the now 5A State Champions Elk River football team. Josh brought the Fast Breaks and then we talked Minnesota Gophers Gymnastics with Mike Burns!

It has not been an easy place to play for the Vikings, and this has been a rather unusual season for the Vikings so anything could happen when the Vikings visit Caleb Williams and the Bears Sunday - Pete and Steve break down the ins and outs of this matchup and how Darnold could fair!

A storied program at the University fresh off of a National Championship and Mike Burns who is the coach for the University of Minnesota Men’s Gymnastics program joins to recap an amazing story for sports fans in general and provides any update on a space to occupy their craft on campus and where they could end up!

Well after 3 losses on the season the Crimson Tide are all but out of the College Football Playoff conversation! Josh Wheeler brought us the Fast Breaks also chatting about the MLB dishing out their awards in the cold of winter, more football questions as well!

It was a busy couple of days for prep football over at U.S. Bank Stadium and we talked to one of the head coaches who was able to hoist a trophy this weekend - Steve Hamilton leading is Elk River Elks to the State 5A Championship!

Pete Najarian and Steve Thomson recap the scores and highlights from a busy Saturday in Division I, Division II and Division III in football including a crushing loss for the Gophers at home against No. 4 Penn State!

Another hour of the Sports Huddle on a Sunday - we talked to the Purple Insider himself Matthew Coller previewing Vikings-Titans, another surgery for JJ McCarthy and more! Then there seems to be trouble with the Timberwolves start to the season but why? Also, Josh has the Fast Breaks!

Is luck running out for the undefeated Chiefs? NBA on TNT is now on ESPN and much more as Josh brings the Fast Breaks!

It is a wake up call situation for the Minnesota Vikings - and there is a standard set for this Titans game today and we talked to Matthew Coller of Purple Insider about what Sam Darnold needs to do to keep Vikings fans hopes high, an update on a second surgery from JJ McCarthy and we preview Titans-Vikings at noon!

From previewing Penn State as the Gophers are out of the bye week, to chatting boxing with Caleb Truax after Friday’s Jake Paul - Mike Tyson fight - also we react to Deion Sanders commenting on some of the hate towards Travis Hunter as a top Heisman contender.

It was the biggest event of the night on Friday and Netflix dropped the ball - but we did not drop the ball on WCCO Radio - we in fact had Caleb Truax join us to recap the fight, why Jake Paul has not faced his biggest challenge, the legacy of Mike Tyson and would he unretire to answer the bell from Jake Paul if called upon!

It was a bye week but we take the temperature of the Gophers heading out of a bye week and their toughest test yet - Penn State next week and we also react to comments Deion Sanders made regarding Heisman conversations and criticisms about Travis Hunter.

We began this second hour chatting about Sam Darnold playing a huge part for the Vikings at such a small price - but where does he sit among other back ups. Also Twins and Timberwolves facing ownership inquiries so we talked to Pat Borzi of MinnPost and the New York Times as well as Chris Hine, who covers the Timberwolves for the Star Tribune!

Well, the time has come for the Marc Lore-Alex Rodruiguez partnership to face off against Glen Taylor for who will own the Minnesota Timberwolves so Chris Hine of the Star Tribune joined us to recap the week that was included on the court where we saw Anthony Edwards put up 37 points!

It has been a few weeks since the Pohlads announced they are seeking new ownership for the Minnesota Twins - so we talked to Pat Borzi of MinnPost and the New York Times about the latest of what he has heard regarding the team’s future and a possible timetable on when we could expect new ownership!

With so many back up quarterbacks out there in the NFL it is safe to say that the Vikings grabbing Sam Darnold has paid huge dividends to this point and we chatted about who as a back up in the NFL right now would you take instead?

This hour we break down a tough loss for the Gophers as they fell to Athan Kaliakmanis and Rutgers. Where did PJ Fleck go wrong in his coaching yesterday and what adjustments need to be made? We discussed and also talked to Andy Greder of the Pioneer Press about what he took away from this loss. Also Josh has our Fast Breaks featuring some NHL history, football and more football!