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Vikings talking, thinking Super Bowl.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

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| August 01, 2004 | Williamson, Bill | COPYRIGHT 2004 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Bill Williamson

MANKATO, Minn. _ Super Bowl talk is going on in 32 training camps across the NFL this weekend.

Some of the chatter is legitimate. Some of it is simply rhetoric.

However, at the Vikings coach, coach Mike Tice has deemed it a worthy topic. For the first time in his three-season stint as the team's head coach, advancing to and winning the Super Bowl was the subject of his opening training camp speech, which he delivered to the team Friday night in anticipation of Saturday's first practice. He told his team the talk has to be legitimate, not rhetoric. There's no more waiting time in Year 3 of a three-year plan.

"In ...

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