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Hot, Steamy Minnesota Sports Action On This Site Tomorrow

Take a look at the rotating pictures up above there, where we highlight the bigger storylines of the day. Notice how there’s three of them?

Okay. . .now, you know how whenever there’s a game, we link those stories to the various SBNation sites around the network?

Well, it’s a darn good thing we have both of these technologies at our disposal, because they’re going to flat-out COLLIDE tomorrow.

(tractor pull announcer guy voice)

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, for the first time in SBNation Minnesota history, you will have the opportunity to witness three. . .three. . .THREE games going on AT THE SAME TIME!

(/tractor pull announcer guy voice)

So yes. . .by about 7 PM Central time tomorrow, the three main panels up there at the top will be bringing you action from three Minnesota sporting events simultaneously.

In one corner, you’ll get the Vikings’ final pre-season match-up against the Denver Broncos at the Metrodome. In another corner, the Twins will be hosting the Tigers at Target Field. In the third corner, the Golden Gophers will kick off their season against Middle Tennessee State.

And in the fourth corner. . .YOU, keeping track of it all, if you want to. Tell your family, tell your friends that SBNation Minnesota is the place to be tomorrow!

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by Christopher Gates • Sep 1, 2010 9:06 PM CDT

Big Ten To Announce Football Divisions

The Big Ten will announce its divisional alignment from 2011 forward at a press conference tonight at 6 p.m. ESPN's Andy Katz has reported that multiple sources have leaked the divisions:

• Michigan, Nebraska, Iowa, Michigan State, Northwestern and Minnesota

• Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin, Purdue, Indiana and Illinois

Each school would have a yearly rivalry game with a school from the other division, with Minnesota and Wisconsin meeting every year and Michigan and Ohio State doing the same.

No word on what the divisions will be called, though Minnesota athletics director Joel Maturi hinted in a Monday conference call with fans that the divisions would not have traditional geographic names.

If the reports are accurate, the Gophers would play all three of their long-running trophy games each year, as their schedule would include annual matchups with Wisconsin, Iowa, and Michigan. The trophy game with Penn State, which dates back to 1993, would be marginalized.

Minnesota would also renew its rivalry with Nebraska, a game that was played 51 times between 1900 and 1990, but never since. The Cornhuskers are by far the Gophers' most-often-played nonconference opponent; Minnesota has played Nebraska more times than it has played Michigan State, Penn State, or Ohio State.

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by Jon Marthaler • Sep 1, 2010 1:35 PM CDT

Morneau Told By Doctors To Stay Home Until Friday

The Minnesota Twins have been without one of baseball’s best hitters for nearly two months, and it doesn’t look like they’re any closer to getting him back.

ESPN 1500 reports that doctors have told Justin Morneau to stay home until at least Friday. Morneau himself last spoke to the media on 13 August, and says that he hasn’t gone a day without concussion symptoms since his injury against the Toronto Blue Jays on 7 July.

The Twins currently lead the Chicago White Sox in the AL Central by four games.

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by Christopher Gates • Aug 31, 2010 5:53 PM CDT

Chris Cook Tears Meniscus; Out For Opener

Vikings rookie CB Chris Cook, who had won the starting CB job opposite Antoine Winfield, will not make the start against New Orleans, as it was revealed he has a torn meniscus in his knee.

Now, a few days after a solid trade that brought wide receiver Greg Camarillo to Minnesota, CB has gone to a position perilously short on depth, as the VIkings traded veteran CB Benny Sapp to Miami to get Camarillo.

With Cedric Griffin still on the mend, it looks like veteran Lito Sheppard will get the start, with Asher Allen moving into the nickel back role.

Sheppard has not looked impressive during the pre-season, and with New Orleans looming on the horizon, he needs to step up his game, and fast.

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by Ted Glover • Aug 31, 2010 3:01 PM CDT