Football
“We have been preparing for Minnesota since March,” Patterson said. “It’s hard going into a situation where the game is at 8 p.m. It’s state fair week so the town is going to be buzzing. We really have to get ready. We know we’re going to get their best shot.”
"A year ago, you had to prove people wrong. This year, you have to prove people right," Patterson said Monday when he was the first coach to take the podium at the league's football media days. "As a football team, that's really, from my approach on down, how we've tried to handle it.