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It was a big day for Minnesota sports on Sunday. 4 major-market teams were in-action and Eric thought it would be fun to place wagers on said events......he finds out again the hard way that he should never bet on anything because the world is against him, and especially not on Minnesota teams. They are way too good at letting us down for free, to trust them with money on the line. He bet on all 4 teams and only got as good as a push on his betting ticket. We talk about that, along with all of the teams he bet on.- The Wolves fell back to reality after winning three-straight since shaking Jimmy Butler’s deep-dark shadow.- The Wild lost their 2nd-in-a-row, after being the hottest team in hockey over the last 10 games.- The Vikings are trying to throw this season away after losing to the Trubisky-led Chicago Bears. (This topic has Brandon ready to throw himself off of his 2nd story balcony.)- Finally, we get to some winning as Richard Pitino has his squad off to a 3-0 start as they knock on the door of the top-

On the latest episode of the Minnesota Sports Fan Podcast, we start with Joe Mauer’s retirement press conference where he thanked everyone in the state of Minnesota by name. Brandon can’t handle all of the Thank you’s and almost quits the podcast on the spot.Meanwhile, everyone in Minnesota is celebrating Jimmy Butler’s departure and thankful for the haul the Timberwolves received in return from Philly. However, little does everyone seem to know that this trade has cemented the Wolves foreseeable future in mediocrity, which will bring down any hope that we once had with Towns, Wiggins and LaVine.We find plenty of time to discuss everything else going on in Minnesota sports, including the Vikings mid-season playoff stretch they are about to face, along with the Wild’s hot streak and a little Gopher Basketball with them playing a HUGE game against Utah on Monday night.Take it in. This seems to be one of the only places you can find truth and honesty in Minnesota sports.

We are bringing heavy optimism for Episode 29!The Timberwolves have been losing and that’s something that we should be happy about. The NBA Draft is loaded at the front end and being there to snag a future star is the only hope the Wolves have at a future.We also may have found some inside-the-locker-room footage that shows how bad the dysfunction is and how badly Dwight.. I mean KAT.. wants “Jim” out of town.... We also find out something new about KAT and his obsession with Derrick Rose.We Segway to Gopher Basketball where we discuss how good that team is going to be and the surprise they are going to bring to the Big Ten.We come back in the second segment and we discuss how good the Vikings defense looked before getting sidetracked by the most classic Brandon sex story I have in the memory bank... there are too many to be comfortable with...Eventually, we get back to the Vikes before moving on to our newly found hockey expertise. Will the Wild make this a year to finally remember in the professional state

What a show! On episode 28 of the Minnesota Sports Fan Podcast, we were able to talk to Minnesota hockey legend Pat Micheletti about his fascinating career. From his LEGENDARY Gopher career to his time with the North Stars and pro time across the pond. It was absolutely incredible. It wasn’t just a trip down memory lane, however. He also talked with us about the state of SCSU hockey now that Bob Motzko is gone and gives us some in-depth analysis on the Minnesota Wild. The whole conversation was awesome.Outside of our chat with Mr. Micheletti, Brandon and I listen to a couple of videos that I found on the internet on Tuesday. Shaq reveals a major conspiracy that sent him to Orlando instead of the Timberwolves and the Vikings made a PC internet cartoon that almost makes us not want to be fans anymore... it’s really bad.After that, we dug into the Gopher basketball team, which tips off its season in a week. How big of a deal is Marcus Carr’s transfer waiver? Who else will lead the team? Eric believes the Gophers

On episode 27 of the Minnesota Sports Fan Podcast, we discuss another Vikings victory. Brandon is in the boat with one leg still out while Eric is driving. Also, why does the NFL hate Adam Thielen so much? It can’t be his skin color can it........... nah...Eric tries to talk about the other MN Sports and gets a little bit in on the Gopher Basketball and Football team but Brandon isn’t really having it. We have a new segment on Fantasy Football winners and losers called “Fuck You, Thank You and Thank GOD Players of the Week”. Who is happy they waited until the 11th round to draft a quarterback? Spoiler Alert: EVERYONEWe finish with more Vikings talk. What do the Vikings have to do to get Brandon and others fully on-board? ANSWER: Beat the Saints this weekend on Sunday Night Football.

The Minnesota Vikings get their second victory in a row and are giving us all hope again.Brandon and Eric host a postgame Sunday special where we look at what’s different about the Vikings the last couple of weeks. It was the tail of two halves as the Vikings prove that they need a running game and a functional offensive line if they are going to make hay this season and make the Super Bowl run we are all salivating over...We look at the schedule going forward too.We finish with more Jimmy Butler drama as more news dropped on Sunday. It looks like Jimmy will be playing this season... at least to start. Brandon comes out in favor of what Jimmy is doing while Eric argues that he is going about it the wrong way...What kind of team will we see this season... that’s where the truth will lie.Finally we finish with a Gopher Football team that actually looked really good against the 3rd ranked Ohio State team this weekend. There is hope on the horizon.

The title pretty much sums up this episode. Little Brother Caleb joins the show for the first time as he tries to prove his manhood.The Vikings have us back to feeling like it’s “Super Bowl Home-Boy” after Kirk Cousins and his receiving core led the team to victory last week over the reining Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles. With two bad teams on the schedule in back to back weeks, it’s time to make hay now. That shouldn’t be too difficult but the Bills loss still have us thinking cautiously...We tried to skip the Jimmy Butler topic but it’s hard to avoid since he continually tries to push the Timberwolves franchise even deeper into the oblivion it’s been in since the franchise was founded. Sadly, we are staring at another decade of bullshit for our favorite basketball team unless Thibs can somehow find a horseshoe up his ass and pull a miracle out behind it.Thibs, however, has shown 0 signs of being capable of such sorcery...We founds some time for Gopher football, who are 30 point underdogs in Ohio S

What a week it's been since episode 23... We're breaking it all down. And our new producer, Lance Bass-Wiczek adds a whole new dimension to the show!- How much trouble are the Vikings in as they enter Philadelphia this weekend? Is it a must-win game? We discuss our panic levels... let's just say that the Vikings REALLY need to win.- Jimmy Butler is whining and nobody cares. How should Thibs handle it? Unlike most, we discuss how incredibly well he's dealing with this situation so far. But, things could get awkward very quickly this week...- Does Joe Mauer retire? Should he? How does he not after game 162, where he had the best "going away" ceremony possibly in history?- Paul Molitor got the ax. Was it the right move? Did Falvine do it the right way? Who is on their list for new candidates? We break it all down.- Why some blockbuster moves this offseason could push the Twins into the upper-tier of the MLB very quickly but the Twins won't do it.- We finish the show with a quick roundup of everything else that's

In our 23rd installment, sports talk around town is slightly upsetting so we mix in some things that really matter. Do we live in the best generation ever for pizza lovers who don’t have any money? Have you ever gotten drunk and ran a 100 yard dash in your birthday suit on a D2 college football field?The answers are yes and....... Plus, if anyone has college stories that beat a nude 100 yard dash drunken escapade, it’s Brandon.We eventually turn to sports.....How nervous are we for the Vikings? Is this going to be a classic letdown year like we’ve seen so many times (most recently 2016 and 2010)? Or, are the Vikings going to be able to put all of the off-field distractions behind them and take care of business in LA? Speaking of the off-field situations surrounding the team, we do get serious as we talk about the scary status of Everson Griffen and we remind people that nobody is safe from mental health issues and those who struggle should not be ashamed to find help. People care about you.Then, we finish the

With a new football season upon us and a break to clear our minds, the old “No Shirts, Just Skins” hosts are back with a rebranded podcast name. The “Minnesota Sports Fan Podcast” is here. Eric and Brandon still host and episode one of the rebrand may show they are better than ever!We start with a quick recap from Brandon’s Las Vegas trip where Canadians and backside tattoos may or may not have happened... We quickly move onto the Vikings and continued kicking problems. We have some things to say for those feeling bad for Daniel. Eric strikes from even mentioning WR #11 by name....But, when it comes to Mike Zimmer’s clock management at the end of the game, things get a little heated between the two hosts.We move past that eventually and onto Gopher Football, in the second half of the show, where Eric is flexing his Zack Annexstad muscles. We also decide, after looking at the schedule, that the Gophers should finish the year with A LOT more wins than many will give them. It’s time to change our culture, as fan

We are talking a lot of Vikings football as we return to the studio better than ever!- Are we worried after an ugly showing by the Vikings offense this weekend?- We look at all the players drafted ahead of Stefon Diggs- Stop with the Strength of Schedule Nonsense- Where do Brandon and Eric stand on the new helmet and hit rules in the NFL?After quick-hitting all of the other Minnesota topics we move on to your fantasy football draft strategy and what it should look like.- Twins suck but the young players will be fun to watch as we finish off the year- We love PJ Fleck, especially with all of the coaching issues in the Big ten- Gopher Basketball for 2018 ALMOST set- Lyndsay Whalen is the Minnesota Women’s GOAT but not on our Mt. Rushmore for all of Minnesota sports figures.- Would you take Kevin Love over Andrew Wiggins on this Timberwolves team and why Wiggins and KAT need to become professionalsFantasy Football Draft Strategy:- RUNNING BACKS RUNNING BACKS RUNNING BACKS EARLY- QB’s aren’t important - More Runn

Now that the NBA and NHL seasons are over, we start episode 20 with some FANTASY FOOTBALL quick tips on your draft research as we creep toward August.We also argue about Terrell Owens vs. the NFL HOF. Is TO doing the right thing? Should he have been a 1st ballot guy?Then, we hit both Gopher and Vikings Football hard. Is P.J. Fleck the savior of what Gopher Football should have always been? Will he stay after success? Are we sure he will have success? How much will the Vikings pay Anthony Barr to keep him here? Does he deserve $10M like Kendricks? How big of an impact does Mike Hughes make right away in the secondary?Lastly, we touch on the top stories for the Twins (who may never be the team we once dreamed of), Wild (who we expect big moves from this offseason), the Timberwolves (and if Thibs is running this franchise into the ground to be buried for good), and Gopher Baseball (which will hopefully have games left after Saturday).It’s Minnesota sports at its best!

It’s the middle of the sports abyss but we still find some topics. Like, what are the Timberwolves going to do with Tom Thibodeau. Does he have to go if KAT is going to stay? If he goes, does Butler go too? It’s scary right now at the Mayo Center.We also discuss the disappointment so far in the Twins’ season and all of the injuries plaguing another promising Minnesota sports team. The Gophers also got their last basketball recruit for 2018. How good will they be? High expectations? Probably not.... thankfully.

We’re back and we are talking all things Minnesota sports but stop to take a hard look at what the hell is going on at the Mayo Center with the Timberwolves. Reports have him throwing computers through glass windows while arguing with Scott Layden. Is it time for Thibs to go? Richard Pitino needed a big month to make up for everything he lost after a disappointing season. He’s done just that as he has grabbed two huge transfers for 2019, picked up two assistant coaches that some say are upgrades to who left him. AND, Monday he will ink his last scholarship available for 2018.We also touch on Gopher football, softball, and the Twins of course!

We are just days away from Brandon’s favorite time of the year and if we wouldn’t have dedicated half the show to the NFL Draft, he might have exploded. So, we have your draft preview from a Vikings’ fan perspective right here (as always). Meanwhile, the Wild are out of the playoffs so we don’t need to pretend we know hockey anymore. The Timberwolves, however, have swung the momentum in their first round matchup against the Houston Rockets, after a big game 3 victory (HOU now leads 2-1), and now look to even things up on Monday night before heading back to Houston. We discuss whether they have a shot to make that happen. Follow us on social media. Minnesota Sports Fan can be found on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram: @RealMNSportsFanFind Brandon on Twitter (@BrandonStrack) and Instagram (@BStrack21). He’s new to both and needs all the help he can get!Enjoy #MinnesotaSportsFam

We are talking Timberwolves and whether they actually stand a chance vs the Rockets (p.s.: Eric thinks they do). We also discuss how good the Gopher Football team seems to be coming along as Fleck starts to fill the locker room with his guys.Meanwhile, Coach Pitino can’t keep assistant coaches around lately and that makes us REALLY nervous about what’s happening with the basketball team internally.We mix in some Wild, Twins and Brandon’s MANY complaints about the weather this wonderful April weekend.

What a show we have for you this week!Minnesota Timberwolves/Lynx Web Manager/Editor (more titles means more important) and my old friend, Kyle Ratke joins the show to talk about how successful he is. Just Kidding (he’s too nice for that). We get his inside knowledge on some of the big questions about the Timberwolves as the playoffs quickly approach. We’re asking all the tough questions and Ratke answers MOST of them...But first, we talk the Twins and the excitement around this season and some questionable decisions made by Paul Molitor in game 1 earlier this week.We also call Hockey-Guy, Zak Klosowski (after some technical difficulties), and he makes us a lot smarter about the current state of the Wild as we enter the playoffs, the Bob Motzko Moving trucks routing from St. Cloud to Minneapolis, and the game of hockey in general.It was jam-packed and we had fun!

The change in the sports culture around Minnesota is starting to blossom.The Vikings go all in with Kirk Cousins while solidifying the D-Line. They've also opened 2 national benchmark facilities in the last 3 years.The Twins are spending their most $$$ ever, while bringing in LEGIT free agents to bolster one of the best young offenses in the MLB.The Timberwolves and Wild are playoff bound, not to mention some of the recruiting that is happening at the college level.Oh, and Eric had a new baby last weekend. It's a boy.

PJ Fleck and The Ultimate Warrior have Brandon feeling ELITE... or ULTIMATE??? Might have to go to our YouTube page to WATCH the podcast for that!However, there isn't much going on in the Gopher Football world so we stick to what EVERYONE in Minnesota is talking about: THE VIKINGS QB SITUATION.We also do our first "Ice Cold Hockey Calls" Segment where we get Hunter on the second try and talk some PUCK with him!

"No Shirts, Just Skins" is LIVE to talk about ANOTHER huge offseason signing for the Twins and Jimmy Butler's secret meniscus injury/surgery! Send questions/comments via FB/Twitter/Spreaker and we'll address them during the show!