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Despite a loss to Northwestern on Saturday, on Sunday Gophers coach Tim Brewster came up the big winner when he received an oral commitment from five-star WR Hayo Carpenter, currently a sophomore for College of the Canyons in California; he turned down Arizona State, Boise State and Nevada to wear the maroon and gold.

That’s a bigger deal than landing a good price on cell phone amplifiers, that’s for sure.

The Minnesota Vikings enjoyed a post-bye-week victory over the Houston Texans and gained a game on Green Bay in the NFC North race today, with a 28-21 win.

After a win streak apparently on a diet pill this season, the Nordic warriors needed a “W” after a disappointing but hard-fought loss to Chicago going into the bye.

The Vikings D came up big, knocking Matt Schaub out of the game with a bad knee and forcing the Texans to turn to Sage Rosenfels instead. For their part, the Vikings eked a solid offensive performance out of their signal-caller as Gus Frerotte threw for just under 200 yards, but earned three touchdowns off 11 completions.

But the highlight of the day was Adrian Peterson, who scored the first touchdown of the day and ran for 139 yards off 25 carries.