That was a good old fashioned butt whuppin! Ain’t no two ways about that. I have always felt that a team will get it’s arse handed to it at least once a year. This felt like that game. I could see how folks would feel that it could happen again especially against the Lions.

The Gophers' annual rivalry matchup against Iowa received the pick treatment on ESPN's weekly College GameDay show. Guest picker Nate Bargatze was the only person to pick Minnesota to pull of the upset. "I've got the Hawkeyes because they're going to play good defense and just enough offense," Nick Saban said.

Jalen Hurts willed the Philadelphia Eagles to a 28-22 victory over the Minnesota Vikings, as the Eagles quarterback finished 19 of 23 for 326 yards and three touchdowns in the victory -- arguably the best game of Hurts' career.

The Minnesota Vikings entered their week 8 matchup vs the LA Chargers beat up with injury issues, and they left even worse off.

A football injury doctor ripped the Minnesota Vikings over their decision on starting quarterback J.J. McCarthy.

The injuries have piled up, as we said, but some players are making progress in their return, or have returned altogether. Here is how the injuries and practice status shook down in the report the team released on Wednesday:

Former Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins is in line to start for the Falcons in Week 8 when they take on the Dolphins.