John Kreisel joins the guys to rip Sam Darnold's ugly performance against Denver, and Hawk digs into the archives for some unforgettable moments from 25 years of The Power Trip. Plus, the Brewers are headed to the World Series, Zach recaps the Wild's win over St. Louis, Mr. Z reviews the weekend's movies and the guys make their Power Trip Parlay picks.

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Hawk becomes obsessed with Troy Aikman's unusually veiny arms, while Mark Parrish breaks down the Wild's win and the controversial hit on Kirill Kaprizov. Plus, a Bigfoot documentary raises questions, Marney Gellner struggles with McDonald's Monopoly, the guys discuss the Timberwolves and Marney tries to convince everyone to learn a TikTok dance.

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The normal four with guest host Zach Halverson play the 653rd Initials Game!

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Hawk digs into the Power Trip archives for the 25th anniversary, including Frank Caliendo’s John Madden impression and Hawk’s legendary 2005 late-night voicemail involving way too much alcohol and an intense need for Reese’s Cups. Plus, the guys talk Wild, Vikings and a huge college football weekend before Tommy Olson and Fargo Flash arrive.

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Tommy Olson and Fargo Flash break down a loaded college football weekend before Ben Leber joins the show. The guys stumble into the insanity of bare-knuckle boxing, Brian Robison makes a surprise appearance to compare today’s Vikings defense to the defenses he and Ben played on, and Tom Pelissero joins with the latest on Minnesota.

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Ben shares memories of playing with Brian Robison and talks about preparing to call Cowboys-Packers, and the guys discuss Mike Tomlin’s interesting take on players-only meetings. Then things get considerably less serious with Super Bowl halftime speculation and a long run of ghost and haunted-house stories.

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Julia Daniels joins the guys to discuss Hawk's friend's appearance on NCIS, a professor with a disturbing bathroom habit and potential changes to the Vikings' receiving corps. Plus, the Wild fall to Winnipeg, Hawk tries to rescue a woolly worm, and Julia reveals a shocking number of classic movies she's never seen.

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Parker Fox joins the guys to talk Timberwolves basketball, a woman gets accidentally locked inside an urgent care, and a terrifying roller coaster accident sparks a bizarre conversation. Plus, Mike Grimm breaks down the Gophers' ugly loss to Purdue, discusses his upcoming college football road trip and the crew debates whether the 5-0 Vikings are finally getting enough respect.

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Parker Fox explains the complicated eligibility situation surrounding Gophers basketball's Cade Tyson, while Tommy Olson calls from work to hype up his birthday party and party bus. Plus, the guys discuss haunted houses, unusual eating habits, a bizarre Pringles promotion and classic movies that flopped at the box office.

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The guys respond to a company-wide dress code email with a fashion show that quickly gets out of hand, including questionable outfits, fake boobs and a few wardrobe malfunctions. Plus, John Bonnes talks playoff baseball, the Wild beat Vegas but suffer another frightening injury, and the guys discuss the Timberwolves' promising preseason.

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Hawk's increasingly ridiculous outfits and hairstyles leave Marney Gellner speechless, while the guys discover some surprising facts about the history of fashion. Plus, a terrifying airline incident, Shohei Ohtani's struggles, the future of baseball in Las Vegas and Kevin O'Connell's evolving offense with Kyler Murray

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The guys continue roasting Hawk's wardrobe, Marney talks about the Timberwolves' promising preseason and the Wild's latest injury raises questions about player safety. Plus, Marney remembers her early days covering Kevin Garnett and the Wolves, Sauce shares some bizarre headlines and the guys try to figure out how NASA gets rovers to Mars.

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The guys celebrate the Vikings improving to 5-0, break down Kyler Murray's impressive performance against the Saints and recap a wild weekend of football. Plus, Christian Bale's Toyota Tacoma raises some interesting questions, and Adam Thielen joins to discuss the Vikings' offensive improvement, the Odell Beckham Jr. signing and the importance of playing multiple sports.

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The guys make some questionable plans for their upcoming Las Vegas trip, Sauce devours Hawk's Bugles and the Gophers' disastrous loss to Purdue gets dissected. Plus, Ben Leber explains a controversial special teams penalty, the guys play Quick Twitch to predict the Vikings' final record and break down the wildest finishes from around the NFL.

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Ben Leber joins the guys to break down the Vikings' fifth straight win, Kyler Murray's growing confidence and Minnesota's dominant defense. Plus, stories from the team's trip to New Orleans, Sauce recaps a wedding, Aaron Jones continues to impress and Ben explains why the Vikings' chemistry could make them dangerous.

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John Kreisel and Mark Parrish join the guys to recap the Cowboys' embarrassing loss, preview the Vikings-Saints matchup and debate McDonald's Monopoly. Plus, Sauce has an iPhone conspiracy theory, Mr. Z reviews the latest movies and Parrish weighs in on the Wild's loss and Quinn Hughes' contract situation.

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Sauce attempts to explain a deadly disease, then gets into an argument with ChatGPT about whether it actually exists. Plus, the guys discuss haunted houses, Kreisel reacts to AI getting its feelings hurt, Parrish talks about the Wild's potential interest in Dylan Larkin and Marney Gellner joins the fun.

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The normal four battle it out in the 652nd Initials Game!

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The guys prepare for a potentially stormy trip to New Orleans, react to the Vikings signing Odell Beckham Jr. and ask whether there’s actually anything left in the tank. Ben Leber weighs in on what the OBJ move could mean, Fargo Flash breaks down the Gophers’ win over Michigan and previews Purdue, and Sauce asks the immortal question: “What does Purdue do good?”

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Hawk runs through a wild news segment involving an alleged Mall of America attack plot, an airport joyride and a satanic invocation at an Iowa city council meeting. Ben Leber gives his final thoughts on OBJ and why the Saints could be the perfect get-right matchup for the Vikings offense. Tom Pelissero joins with the latest on Odell Beckham Jr., Justin Jefferson, the Eagles and the NFL’s early Super Bowl contenders.

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The guys learn just how nomadic the Jaguars are about to become, revisit Glenn Mason’s Michigan weekend, completely fail to spell “profits,” discuss Ted Lasso and the latest movie releases, and discover a 67-year-old woman who is apparently elite at doing donuts. Plus, giraffe trivia, celebrity genealogy and Sauce develops an intense hatred for the baby name Mavery.

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Hawk’s failed attempt at abstinence gets a new euphemism, the guys revisit some absolutely insane 1970s commercials, preview Vikings-Saints, recap the Wild’s overtime loss in Buffalo and somehow learn far more than anyone needed to know about giraffe mating habits.

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Parker Fox joins the show as the guys dive into a botched execution, a fake substitute teacher and one Florida politician’s questionable photo collection. Darrell Thompson talks Gophers football after the Michigan win, P.J. Fleck’s growing momentum, Purdue and Ethan Kaliakmanis’ NFL future. Plus, the Vikings’ long-term quarterback situation starts getting uncomfortable.

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The Vikings’ quarterback debate continues, Will Reichard is apparently capable of kicking from another zip code, a Minnesota bear winds up in imaginary therapy, Mark Rosen joins, Sauce demonstrates his beatboxing skills and the crew debates self-aware performing snakes, Ted Lasso and a very unfortunate potential Coca-Cola flavor.

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John Bonnes returns after a sports-filled trip that included his 30th active MLB ballpark, Gophers football and a ten-mile race. The guys react to Brock Faber’s frightening skull fracture, preview Vikings-Saints and Wild-Sabres, revisit some questionable Mark Rosen movie analysis and discover Vincent van Gogh had an unfortunate romantic interest in his cousin. Plus, Chris Hawkey finds his new favorite store — and an unforgettable six-dollar Sasquatch painting.

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Marney Gellner joins the show after celebrating her birthday and talks about adjusting to an emptier house after her son heads back to Arizona. Hawk unveils the Sasquatch painting he bought at Unclaimed Freight, reveals he bought another one for Marney and gets some much-needed television fashion advice before his Twin Cities Live appearance. Plus, questionable birthday gifts, spray tans, Russian plague news and more.

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The guys remind Power Trip anniversary attendees to watch their spam folders, which naturally goes exactly where you’d expect. A Lamar Jackson injury leads to a debate about the uncomfortable side of sports betting, Cory explains why golf betting is perfect for people who enjoy watching dreams collapse and the crew learns what a “guy witch” is. Plus, Brian O’Neill joins to discuss the Vikings’ offensive line injuries, T.J. Hockenson’s decision to slide, Kyler Murray and Sunday’s matchup with New Orleans.

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Chris Hawkey returns from six days of medically mandated silence and explains what he learned from not speaking — before immediately beginning another questionable self-improvement challenge. The guys react to the Vikings improving to 4-0, the Gophers finally beating Michigan at home and Meatsauce getting destroyed online. Plus, Adam Thielen joins to discuss Kyler Murray, Justin Jefferson, Brian Flores and why the jury is still out on the Vikings offense.

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Ben Leber breaks down the Vikings’ ugly-but-effective win over Miami, including Kevin O’Connell’s offense, Brian Flores’ blitz packages, Dallas Turner, T.J. Hockenson’s decision to slide and what still needs to improve with Kyler Murray. Plus, the guys examine Miami’s split-safety approach, the Vikings rookie class, Harrison Smith and the upcoming trip to New Orleans.

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The guys celebrate the Gophers’ win over Michigan, debate P.J. Fleck’s decision not to go for two and look ahead at a suddenly interesting Minnesota schedule. Ben sticks around for a trip around the NFL, Sauce attempts to explain the difference between flora and fauna, Celtic trial marriages become a television pitch and the crew determines Chris is secretly a crazy old cat lady.

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John Kriesel joins the guys to preview Vikings-Dolphins, talk deer hunting and his daughter’s big weekend with the Vikings Junior Cheerleaders. Sauce recaps a day at Mall of America with Lou, Cory demands everyone start collecting pretzel points, the Wild open the season with a win and Mr. Z reviews Tom Cruise’s Digger, Verity and more. Plus, What Really Matters gets a heavy dose of Las Vegas.

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The guys get into driverless cars, Florida’s python problem and the possibility of simply pushing the entire state into the Atlantic before Marney Gellner and Gophers basketball coach Niko Medved join the show. Medved looks back on a wild first season, discusses Cade Tyson’s eligibility situation, explains why he thinks youth sports have gotten completely backwards, talks about the new St. Thomas rivalry and reveals Hakeem Olajuwon’s apparently ridiculous ping-pong skills.

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Gopher Men's Basketball Head Coach Niko Medved is back for another Initials Game!

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The guys preview Vikings-Dolphins, wonder whether Minnesota can actually be a bad 4-0 team and debate the proper size of a bag of Pirate’s Booty. Cory tells the story of playing poker with Michael Jordan, Sauce recalls accidentally making out in front of MJ, Tommy Olson and Fargo Flash preview Gophers-Michigan and weigh in on P.J. Fleck’s bloody celebration.

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Ben Leber joins Tommy Olson and Fargo Flash to debate how much the Gophers should celebrate big wins and whether Michigan is there for the taking. Cy Amundson stops by, the guys preview the Wild opener and Tom Pelissero joins to discuss the J.J. McCarthy trade, Justin Jefferson, Tyreek Hill, Kyler Murray and the NFL trade market.

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William Sawalich talks Starkey Day, meeting Peyton Manning, preparing for Las Vegas and what it’s like entering Turn 1 at nearly 200 mph. Cy Amundson and Ben Leber dissect the psychology surrounding the J.J. McCarthy trade before the conversation wanders through SNL, WNBA gambling, Henry Ford, Disney World, aging body parts and more.

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Julia Daniels joins the show as the guys react to the Lynx getting bounced by the Liberty, Brock Faber’s fractured skull and what his absence could mean for the Wild. Plus, the Vikings prepare for a bad Dolphins team, Julia ranks some of her favorite local athletes to interview, an Uber Eats driver pulls off an incredibly stupid food heist and an old reality show leads to some questionable television history.

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Parker Fox joins Julia Daniels as the crew talks Vegas, crying during movies, Chris Hawkey’s six days of silence, YouTube golf and the Power Trip’s potential future in competitive mini golf. Mike Grimm stops by to break down the Gophers’ huge win at Washington and preview Michigan before the guys get into Vikings news and Ben Leber’s ridiculous Auburn “Dunkaroo.”

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Julia Daniels, Parker Fox and Mike Grimm react to the Vikings moving on from J.J. McCarthy and debate what went wrong. Plus, the possibility of a new Wolves arena leads to St. Paul, Newport and Zach’s war against Coke Freestyle machines, the guys consider backup careers, learn far too much about mortgage interest and eventually discover that Sauce may have technically been a drug dealer.

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The guys react to the Vikings officially trading J.J. McCarthy to the Giants and debate whether McCarthy failed the Vikings, the Vikings failed McCarthy or both. With Kyler Murray on a one-year deal, the conversation quickly turns to an even bigger question: who in the world is Minnesota’s quarterback in 2027? Plus, Saved by the Bell memories, What Really Matters and Sauce learns about a particularly unconventional chess accusation.

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Marney Gellner joins the show as the guys wonder whether they could survive an entire week without speaking for $100,000 — and whether Sauce could avoid accidentally talking to himself. Plus, Hawk begins his medically mandated stretch of silence, the Vikings’ struggling offense comes under the microscope, Josh Oliver’s injury creates another problem and the crew continues breaking down the J.J. McCarthy trade.

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The guys debate the greatest fictional teachers and school administrators, announce Treasure Island Resort & Casino as the new title sponsor of The Initials Game and discover how intense competitive bingo can get. Plus, Marney talks Lynx, the crew gets creeped out by Instagram Plus, Brian O’Neill joins to discuss the Vikings offense, Justin Jefferson, Miami and saying goodbye to J.J. McCarthy.

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The Vikings improve to 3-0 after beating Tampa Bay, Myles Price takes a punt to the house after apparently dreaming it would happen and the guys wonder whether the offense can eventually catch up with Brian Flores’ dominant defense. Plus, the Gophers pull off a massive win at Washington, P.J. Fleck celebrates by rubbing a player’s blood on his face, Hawk prepares for nearly a week of complete silence and the crew reviews Prime Time.

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Ben Leber breaks down the Vikings’ win in Tampa, including Kyler Murray’s struggles against pressure, what made him successful in Arizona, the offensive line, Justin Jefferson’s injury and what losing Josh Oliver could mean. Adam Thielen joins to explain why the Vikings offense hasn’t found a rhythm, how Jefferson’s injury changes the receiver rotation and why Kyler may simply need more time to become comfortable in Kevin O’Connell’s offense.

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Hawk and Ben rave about Tampa before Ben explains the ridiculous “Dunkaroo” he participated in during his weekend at Auburn. The guys revisit P.J. Fleck’s bloody celebration, get into the latest on Justin Jefferson, go around the NFL and learn about everything from ancient Egyptian artifacts to Australian Brumbies and the extinction of the passenger pigeon. Plus, Hawk prepares to finally begin his six days of silence.

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The guys celebrate another rough night for Green Bay and try to decipher one of Meatsauce’s most incomprehensible tweets yet. Plus, they preview Vikings-Buccaneers, learn about an alarming number of snakebite deaths around the world, Mr. Z reviews Brad Pitt’s Heart of the Beast and the Power Trip Parlay returns

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The guys share some important home fire-safety reminders before Bill Guerin joins the show for an extended visit. Billy G talks growing up in the ’80s, old-school hockey toughness, NHL preseason, winning gold with Team USA, his new Wild contract and the time he learned he’d been traded from a random stranger at the mall. Plus, Bill explains why leadership matters more than the X’s and O’s when running a team.

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Wild GM and President of Hockey Ops Bill Guerin is the special guest on Initials Game 650!

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The guys get into Lizzie Borden and Aileen Wuornos, Sauce struggles with a picnic table and Tommy Olson recaps his glorious weekend home alone. Plus, Tommy gives Hawk some extremely specific Tampa recommendations, the crew reads brutal strip-club Yelp reviews and Fargo Flash previews Gophers-Washington and a loaded college football weekend.

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Fargo Flash finishes breaking down the biggest games in college football before Ben Leber joins Tommy for another round of questionable off-air confessions. Plus, Tommy explains how he’d distribute a massive Powerball jackpot, Ben weighs in on Caleb Williams’ injury reaction and Tom Pelissero joins to discuss the Vikings’ running-back depth, Brian Flores, Tampa Bay, J.J. McCarthy and Dallas Turner.

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