Patrick Reusse rips the stumbling Vikings and Gophers after inglorious weekend

Introduction: It was not a great weekend for Minnesota football
fans, but it was a fantastic Monday for content, as host Michael
Rand and Star Tribune columnist Patrick Reusse quickly concluded
while breaking down Saturday's Gophers loss and Sunday's Vikings
loss. They started with the Vikings, whose reality is calcifying
around them after a 28-24 loss to the Chargers dropped them to 0-3.
The Vikings are good enough to be in game, but they haven't been
good enough to finish them. More mistakes doomed them, including
goal-line blunders and communication breakdowns. The Gophers,
meanwhile, somehow lost a 31-10 lead to a terrible Northwestern
team and fell 37-34 in overtime. This was certainly the worse of
the two weekend losses. How bad? Time will tell. And oh, by the
way, the Twins clinched the AL Central. Maybe they can provide an
October jolt to take our minds off football.