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Week 8 of the college football season is here. Not sure why ESPN calls it week 8 but whatever. The BIG 10 is going to join the party too. This will give us some more games to watch. Here are some of the games this week that may have future Vikings ...
Friday, Oct. 23
Illinois at No. 14 Wisconsin | 8 p.m.
Blake Hayes Illinois P 6’6” 230 SR
Josh Imatorbhebhe Illinois WR 6’2” 215 RSR
Alex Palczewski Illinois OT 6’6’’ 300 SR
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Jack Sanborn Wisconsin OLB 6’1” 232 JR
Cole Van Lanen Wisconsin OT 6’5” 312 RSR
Rachad Wildgoose Wisconsin CB 5’11’’ 197 JR
Isaiahh Loudermilk Wisconsin DL5T 6’7” 306 JR
Jake Ferguson Wisconsin TE 6’5” 230 RJR
Logan Bruss Wisconsin OG 6’5’’ 310 RJR
Saturday, Oct. 24
No. 23 NC State at No. 14 North Carolina | 12 p.m.
Cary Angeline North Carolina State TE 6’7” 250 SR
Alim McNeill North Carolina State DL3T 6’2” 315 JR
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Chazz Surratt North Carolina OLB 6’3” 230 RSR
Dazz Newsome North Carolina WR 5’11” 175 SR
Dyami Brown North Carolina WR 6’1” 185 JR
Tomon Fox North Carolina EDGE 6’3” 260 SR
Michael Carter North Carolina RBC 5’9” 195 SR
Nebraska at No. 5 Ohio State | 12 p.m.
Dicaprio Bootle Nebraska CB 5’10” 180 RSR
Brenden Jaimes Nebraska OT 6’5’’ 300 SR
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Justin Fields Ohio State QB 6’2” 223 JR
Wyatt Davis Ohio State OG 6’4” 310 RJR
Shaun Wade Ohio State CB 6’1” 194 RJR
Josh Myers Ohio State OC 6’5’’ 305 RJR
Baron Browning Ohio State ILB 6’3” 248 SR
Chris Olave Ohio State WR 6’0” 185 JR
Thayer Munford Ohio State OT 6’6” 310 SR
Tyreke Johnson Ohio State CB 6’1’’ 195 RSO
Master Teague Ohio State RB 5’11” 220 SR
Luke Farrell Ohio State TE 6’6” 250 RSR
Trey Sermon Ohio State RB 6’0” 224 SR
Pete Werner Ohio State ILB 6’3’’ 239 SR
Tuf Borland Ohio State ILB 6’1” 230 RSR
Jonathon Cooper Ohio State EDGE 6’3” 250 RSR
Jeremy Ruckert Ohio State TE 6’5” 250 JR
Justin Hilliard Ohio State ILB 6’1” 235 RSR
Tyreke Smith Ohio State DL5T 6’4” 267 JR
Teradja Mitchell Ohio State ILB 6’2” 242 JR
Auburn at Ole Miss | 12 p.m.
Seth Williams Auburn WR 6’2” 224 JR
Anthony Schwartz Auburn WR 6’0” 197 JR
K.J. Britt Auburn ILB 6’0” 236 JR
Roger McCreary Auburn CB 6’0’’ 188 JR
Big Kat Bryant Auburn EDGE 6’5” 247 SR
JaTarvious Whitlow Auburn RB 6’0” 210 JR
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Elijah Moore Ole Miss WRS 5’9” 184 JR
Ben Brown Ole Miss OG 6’5’’ 315 RJR
Oklahoma at TCU | 12 p.m.
Creed Humphrey Oklahoma OC 6’5” 316 RJR
Caleb Kelly Oklahoma OLB 6’3” 225 SR
Ronnie Perkins Oklahoma EDGE 6’3’’ 248 JR
Jalen Redmond Oklahoma EDGE 6’3” 264 RSO
Charleston Rambo Oklahoma WR 6’1” 180 RJR
Delarrin Turner-Yell Oklahoma S 5’10’’ 193 JR
Adrian Ealy Oklahoma OT 6’6” 280 RJR
Marquis Hayes Oklahoma OG 6’5” 320 RJR
Brendon Radley-Hiles Oklahoma CB 5’9’’ 180 JR
Kennedy Brooks Oklahoma RB 5’11’’ 209 JR
DaShaun White Oklahoma OLB 6’0” 228 JR
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Ar’Darius Washington TCU S 5’8” 175 RSO
Trevon Moehrig TCU S 6’2” 202 JR
Corey Bethley TCU DL3T 6’2” 290 JR
Garret Wallow TCU OLB 6’2’’ 215 SR
Florida State at Louisville | 12 p.m.
Marvin Wilson Florida State DL3T 6’5” 311 SR
Hamsah Nasirildeen Florida State S 6’4” 215 SR
Asante Samuel Jr. Florida State CB 5’10” 180 JR
Cory Durden Florida State DL3T 6’5” 312 RJR
Tamorrion Terry Florida State WR 6’4” 203 RJR
Janarius Robinson Florida State EDGE 6’5” 261 RJR
Leonard Warner III Florida State ILB 6’4” 234 SR
Tre’ McKitty Florida State TE 6’5” 241 SR
Baveon Johnson Florida State OC 6’3’’ 310 RSR
Robert Cooper Florida State DL1T 6’2” 332 JR
Ronnie Rivers Fresno State RBC 5’8” 183 SR
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Elijah Mitchell Louisiana RB 5’11” 221 SR
Tutu Atwell Louisville WRS 5’9” 156 JR
Dez Fitzpatrick Louisville WR 6’2” 204 RSR
No. 2 Alabama at Tennessee | 3:30 p.m.
Patrick Surtain II Alabama CB 6’1” 203 JR
Alex Leatherwood Alabama OT 6’6” 310 SR
DeVonta Smith Alabama WR 6’1” 175 SR
Jaylen Waddle Alabama WRS 5’10” 182 JR
Dylan Moses Alabama OLB 6’3” 235 SR
Najee Harris Alabama RB 6’2” 230 SR
Christian Barmore Alabama DL3T 6’5” 310 RSO
Deonte Brown Alabama OG 6’4’’ 338 SR
Josh Jobe Alabama CB 6’1’’ 189 JR
Phidarian Mathis Alabama DL1T 6’4” 317 RJR
LaBryan Ray Alabama DL3T 6’5” 292 SR
Mac Jones Alabama QB 6’2’’ 205 JR
Landon Dickerson Alabama OC 6’6’’ 308 RSR
Joshua McMillon Alabama ILB 6’3” 237 RSR
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Trey Smith Tennessee OG 6’6” 325 SR
Cade Mays Tennessee OG 6’5” 318 JR
Brent Cimaglia Tennessee PK 6’0” 210 SR
Aubrey Solomon Tennessee DL3T 6’5” 315 SR
Greg Emerson Tennessee DL3T 6’3” 300 JR
Feleipe Franks Tennessee RBC 5’11” 201 SR
No. 3 Notre Dame at Pitt | 3:30 p.m.
Liam Eichenberg Notre Dame OT 6’6” 294 RSR
Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah Notre Dame OLB 6’1’’ 216 JR
Tommy Kraemer Notre Dame OG 6’6” 319 RSR
Jarrett Patterson Notre Dame OC 6’5’’ 300 JR
Aaron Banks Notre Dame OG 6’5” 325 SR
TaRiq Bracy Notre Dame S 5’10’’ 170 JR
Robert Hainsey Notre Dame OT 6’5” 295 SR
Jonathan Doerer Notre Dame PK 6’3” 203 SR
Daelin Hayes Notre Dame DL5T 6’4” 268 RSR
Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa Notre Dame DL5T 6’3” 285 SR
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Jaylen Twyman Pitt DL3T 6’2” 290 RJR
Patrick Jones II Pitt EDGE 6’5” 260 RSR
Jimmy Morrissey Pitt OC 6’3” 300 RSR
Deslin Alexandre Pitt DL5T 6’4” 265 RSO
Rashad Weaver Pitt EDGE 6’5” 270 RSR
Damar Hamlin Pitt S 6’1” 195 RSR
Kenny Pickett Pitt QB 6’2’’ 225 SR
Lucas Krull Pitt TE 6’6” 257 SR
Paris Ford Pitt S 6’0” 190 RJR
No. 17 Iowa State at No. 6 Oklahoma State | 3:30 p.m.
Greg Eisworth Iowa State S 6’0” 205 RSR
Charlie Kolar Iowa State TE 6’6” 245 RJR
Brock Purdy Iowa State QB 6’0” 202 JR
O’Rien Vance Iowa State OLB 6’1” 231 RJR
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Tylan Wallace Oklahoma State WR 6’0” 185 SR
Chuba Hubbard Oklahoma State RB 6’1” 207 RJR
Rodarius Williams Oklahoma State CB 6’0” 180 RSR
Kolby Harvell-Peel Oklahoma State S 6’0” 210 JR
Amen Ogbongbemiga Oklahoma State ILB 6’1” 231 RSR
Braydon Johnson Oklahoma State WR 6’1’’ 195 JR
Spencer Sanders Oklahoma State QB 6’2’’ 195 RSO
Josh Sills Oklahoma State OG 6’6’’ 326 RSR
No. 8 Penn State at Indiana | 3:30 p.m.
Micah Parsons Penn State ILB 6’2” 245 JR
Jayson Oweh Penn State EDGE 6’5” 257 JR
Pat Freiermuth Penn State TE 6’5” 250 JR
Journey Brown Penn State RB 5’11” 215 RJR
Shaka Toney Penn State EDGE 6’3” 243 RSR
Tariq Castro-Fields Penn State CB 6’0” 197 SR
Rasheed Walker Penn State OT 6’5’’ 320 RSO
Jahan Dotson Penn State WR 5’11’’ 175 JR
Michal Menet Penn State OC 6’4’’ 306 RSR
Sean Clifford Penn State QB 6’1’’ 211 RJR
Lamont Wade Penn State S 5’9’’ 199 SR
Will Fries Penn State OT 6’6’’ 313 RSR
P.J. Mustipher Penn State DL3T 6’4’’ 311 JR
Ellis Brooks Penn State OLB 6’1” 234 RJR
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Stevie Scott Indiana RB 6’2” 231 JR
No. 19 Virginia Tech at Wake Forest | 3:30 p.m.3
Caleb Farley Virginia Tech CB 6’2” 197 RJR
Rayshard Ashby Virginia Tech ILB 5’10” 230 JR
Christian Darrisaw Virginia Tech OT 6’5’’ 314 JR
Khalil Herbert Virginia Tech RBC 5’9” 205 RSR
Oscar Bradburn Virginia Tech P 6’1” 221 SR
Raheem Blackshear Virginia Tech RBC 5’9” 185 SR
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Carlos Basham Jr. Wake Forest DL5T 6’5” 275 JR
Sage Surratt Wake Forest WR 6’2” 215 RJR
Iowa at Purdue | 3:30 p.m.
Alaric Jackson Iowa OT 6’6” 320 RSR
Ihmir Smith-Marsette Iowa WR 6’2” 175 SR
Tyler Linderbaum Iowa OC 6’3’’ 286 RSO
Shaun Beyer Iowa TE 6’5” 222 RSR
Keith Duncan Iowa PK 5’10” 180 SR
Mekhi Sargent Iowa RB 5’9” 212 SR
Chauncey Golston Iowa EDGE 6’5” 270 RSR
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Rondale Moore Purdue WRS 5’9” 175 JR
Derrick Barnes Purdue ILB 6’1” 240 SR
Lorenzo Neal Purdue DL1T 6’3’’ 315 SR
South Carolina at LSU | 7 p.m.
Israel Mukuamu South Carolina CB 6’3” 205 JR
Jaycee Horn South Carolina CB 6’0” 200 JR
Sadarius Hutcherson South Carolina OG 6’4” 320 RSR
Dylan Wonnum South Carolina OT 6’5’’ 310 JR
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Ja’Marr Chase LSU WR 6’1” 200 JR
Terrace Marshall LSU WR 6’3” 200 JR
Tyler Shelvin LSU DL1T 6’3” 346 RJR
Jabril Cox LSU OLB 6’2” 233 RSR
Kary Vincent Jr. LSU CB 5’10” 182 SR
Damone Clark LSU ILB 6’3” 239 JR
Glen Logan LSU DL3T 6’4” 309 SR
JaCoby Stevens LSU S 6’1’’ 228 SR
Austin Deculus LSU OT 6’7’’ 322 SR
Todd Harris Jr. LSU S 5’11” 186 SR
Tory Carter LSU FB 6’1” 250 JR
No. 18 Michigan at No. 21 Minnesota | 7:30 p.m.
Jalen Mayfield Michigan OT 6’5” 319 RSO
Cameron McGrone Michigan OLB 6’1’’ 232 JR
Kwity Paye Michigan EDGE 6’4” 277 SR
Nico Collins Michigan WR 6’4” 222 SR
Ambry Thomas Michigan CB 5’11” 174 SR
Nick Eubanks Michigan TE 6’5” 236 RSR
Ronnie Bell Michigan WR 6’0” 185 JR
Aidan Hutchinson Michigan DL5T 6’6” 278 JR
Carlo Kemp Michigan DL3T 6’3” 280 SR
Ben Mason Michigan FB 6’3” 254 SR
Joshua Ross Michigan OLB 6’2” 225 JR
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Rashod Bateman Minnesota WR 6’1” 210 JR
Daniel Faalele Minnesota OT 6’8” 400 JR
Tanner Morgan Minnesota QB 6’2” 215 RJR
Brevyn Spann-Ford Minnesota TE 6’7” 270 RSO
Virginia at No. 11 Miami | 8 p.m.
Charles Snowden Virginia EDGE 6’7” 235 SR
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Brevin Jordan Miami TE 6’3” 245 JR
Gregory Rousseau Miami (FL) EDGE 6’5” 260 RSO
Quincy Roche Miami (FL) EDGE 6’4” 235 RSR
Cam’ron Harris Miami (FL) RB 5’10” 210 JR
Al Blades Jr. Miami (FL) CB 6’1’’ 185 SR
D’Eriq King Miami (FL) QB 5’11” 195 RSR
Tommy Doyle Miami (OH) OT 6’8’’ 318 RSR
No. 9 Cincinnati at No. 16 SMU | 9 p.m.
Desmond Ridder Cincinnati QB 6’4” 215 RJR
James Wiggins Cincinnati S 6’0” 202 RSR
Michael Pitts Cincinnati EDGE 6’4” 248 SR
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Shane Buechele SMU QB 6’1” 205 SR
Reggie Roberson SMU WR 6’0” 200 SR
Richard Moore SMU OLB 6’0” 230 RSR
As per my usual, I will provide a mock which always gets the most attention. The YOUTS nowadays! I tell ya.
The Vikings picked up an extra 3rd round pick with the Ngakoue trade. It could push defensive end up the draft needs list. I think they will extend Odenigbo and could do it before the season is over. They also have Wonnum, Holmes, and Willekes.
I still think QB has to be high on the list. If they wait until late then that all but signals they truly “have not lost faith” in Cousins.
Trade
Browns receive 1.8 & 4.8
Vikings receive 1.19, 2.19, & 3.18
Cowboys receive 1.19
Vikings receive 1.21 & 4.34
Jaguars receive 3.38
Vikings receive 4.3 & 7.3
49ers receive 4.24 & 7.3
Vikings receive 4.17
Broncos receive 6.8
Vikings receive 7.4 & 7.10
21: R1 P21 QB Trey Lance - North Dakota State 6’3” 221 RSO
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51: R2 P19 TE Pat Freiermuth - Penn State 6’5” 250 JR
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72: R3 P8 S Andre Cisco - Syracuse 6’0” 203 JR
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82: R3 P18 OT Alaric Jackson - Iowa 6’6” 320 RSR
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89: R3 P25 G Alijah Vera-Tucker - USC 6’4” 315 RJR
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105: R4 P3 LB Joseph Ossai - Texas 6’4” 253 JR
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119: R4 P17 WR Tamorrion Terry - Florida State
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129: R4 P27 DL Levi Onwuzurike - Washington 6’3” 293 RSR
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136: R4 P34 CB Elijah Molden - Washington 5’10” 186 SR
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149: R5 P8 LB Monty Rice - Georgia 6’1” 235 SR
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167: R5 P26 WR Kadarius Toney - Florida 5’11’’ 190 SR
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222: R6 P43 RB Master Teague - Ohio State 5’11” 220 SR
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227: R7 P4 S Ifeatu Melifonwu - Syracuse 6’3” 198 RJR
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233: R7 P10 DL Alim McNeill - North Carolina State 6’2” 315 JR
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Well, there you have it. Enjoy the games!