MANKATO — The best nights of training camp, for Adam Thielen, were always the Saturday practices: The ones where fans packed the hill in the southeast end zone of Blakeslee Stadium as the sun descended behind the west bleachers.
These were the nights when the air crackled with possibility, when Thielen could again race down the field that made him — indeed, the one that's been there for him long after college.
"Every time we play out here, it reminds me of the homecoming games we played in that stadium," Thielen said. "How many memories we had and how many games we won in that stadium.