MINNEAPOLIS -- As they've turned on the TV for the last four Super Bowls, Minnesota Vikings fans have watched, in order: Randy Moss trying to win a ring with the San Francisco 49ers, Percy Harvin stealing Super Bowl 48 in his cameo with the Seattle Seahawks, Kevin Williams falling just short of a championship with Seattle and Jared Allen renouncing some of his stats-infatuated ways to play in his lone Super Bowl with the Carolina Panthers.
There's nothing quite so juicy -- or possibly so conflicting -- for Vikings fans in this Super Bowl matchup between the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons, but keen observers of the game will notice a few Vikings connections, and even more to the college and high school programs in Minnesota.