Maybe you’re new to this whole football thing. Perhaps you’re a Browns fan ready for a new rodeo. Maybe you like trying new things, or maybe you’re just a masochist. For some reason I’ll never understand, you want to be a Minnesota Vikings fan. Okay then — there’s room on the bandwagon.

Honestly the bandwagon is actually just an old Amtrak engine and it breaks down pretty often in the freezing cold, and every now and then you’ll forgive it if it accidentally backs over a couple of our players too. Accidents happen.

The Vikings are this year’s early “it” team, 4–0 already with a stifling defense, a shiny new stadium our grandkids will be paying for, and a new QB we are slowly talking ourselves into. This is the most excited fans have been in almost a decade — never mind the fact that we already lost our franchise QB, our stud RB, and our left tackle for the season and mortgaged the future for a QB who will probably get a paper cut reading this article on his iPhone.

But anyways, you want in!! Feel the excitement. Here are ten things you’ll need to know as you jump aboard the Norse Express…