Jeff is quick to credit Debbie for the idea of bringing the famous Crookston treat to the big shindig. Before leaving Crookston, they popped into Widman’s Candy to buy some Chippers and turtles from George Widman. Party-goers were told not to bring anything, but Jeff and Debbie couldn’t resist. Most of it was typical Super Bowl Sunday fare, Jeff says, like wings, pulled pork, shrimp, lots of chips and salsa and crackers and cheese, and some Asian cuisine. They went to the kitchen to chat with the women preparing the food, and also to the three-stall garage, where all of the food was spread out. “He said that after the game there were 11 guys in line to get MRIs.”Īs more people started to arrive, Jeff says that he and Debbie, with the pandemic in mind, agreed that things were getting a “little too busy,” so they found more spacious areas of Kramer’s home to occupy. “We talked about his ACL injury and all the injuries the Vikings suffered leading up to the game, and during the game,” Jeff recalled. The Dufaults were among the sold-out crowd packed inside the Metrodome that fateful Sunday.
One of the ex-Vikings greats he chatted with the most at Kramer’s Twin Cities-area home was middle linebacker Eddie McDaniel, who was named to the Pro Bowl after the 1998 season, but tore the ACL in his knee in the first quarter of the NFC Championship game against the Falcons and, obviously, didn’t play the rest of the game. 7) spent at former Vikings quarterback Tommy Kramer’s house along with other Vikings greats from the past, one of the first stories out of his mouth looked back in time to the Vikings’ magical 15-1 season in 1998 – Randy Moss’ record-breaking rookie year – that ended in tragic fashion for fans of the Purple in January 1999, when the heavy underdog Atlanta Falcons shocked the Vikings with a 30-27 overtime victory. So it’s hardly a surprise that Jeff, when talking to the Times the other day about his and Debbie’s unforgettable 2021 Super Bowl Sunday (Feb. Without a doubt, being a diehard Vikings fan can be particularly agonizing, not too mention heartbreaking.
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