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Posted on Nov 10, 2009 by Mike Hlas . There is a 9-1 record in football, and then there's a 9-1. There's losing a game early in the season before opening up the engines, letting them roar and tearing up the highway like a big old dinosaur.

The Vikings are off to their best start since the 2000 season, when they reached the NFC championship game.

Growth Energy, the coalition of American ethanol supporters, is promoting green fuels in several ways, including on Youtube and during this Saturday's Iowa Hawkeye's football game.

If only running backs not named Adrian Peterson stood perfectly still and acted like a tackling dummy.A Then life would be easier on Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway who supposedly leads the league in missed tackles.

Football is a game of emotion--no two ways about it. One play in your favor can change the momentum of a game.

Last week a legend passed away: Dr. Harry B. Neel. My first Rotary Club meeting was when I moved to town more than five years ago and Dr.

Viking defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier Four days after a 33-31 victory over the Baltimore Ravens, Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier recounted his emotions during a fourth quarter in which his defense blew a 17-point lead.

Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert PITTSBURGH -- We'll know in a few hours if we just saw a significant play in a close game or a blip on the way to an otherwise inevitable outcome.

We've seen this before. A Vikings team that seemingly has a game won and then goes into full or partial meltdown mode is nothing new.

There comes a time when you just have to pass out the asbestos helmets and hope no one's hair catches fire.

Vikings players react after Jared Allen recovers a fumble by the Rams in the first quarter in St.

I was one of the big no T.J., we need a real QB people. Now we have one... 5-0 Baby! Go VIKES! More from Access Vikings When Brad Childress sits down to analyze the voluminous amount of statistics compiled by the NFL each week, the Vikings coach invariably looks first at turnover margin.

Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall runs against the Detroit Lions during the first quarter of an NFL football game in Detroit, Sunday, Oct.

That's what Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier believes, anyway. "He'd get my vote for sure," Frazier said Sunday.

Spry and efficient, Favre showed no signs of a letdown after beating the Packers, his former team, last week, dodging defenders and winging passes in every direction to give Minnesota its first 5-0 start in six years.

Monday night, the Vikings became just the 9th team in NFL history to start the year 4-0 after beginning 1-3 or 0-4 the previous year.

Jared Allen of the Vikings brought down Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers in the endzone in the fourth quarter for a safety.

The Vikings have a defensive identity that they'll fight an opponent for every inch, especially when it matters most near the goal line.

Brett Favre, Vikings: He downplayed the game all week but threw three touchdown passes against his former team.

Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando The 49ers' ill-fated decision to run the ball on third-and-6 while attempting to run out the clock against the Vikings in Week 3 invited criticism.