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Article: Postgame smiles are forced but deserved.(SPORTS)(Jim Souhan)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- November 27, 2006
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Byline: Jim Souhan; Staff Writer
There were strange expressions on display inside the Vikings locker room Sunday afternoon.
The civilian term for them is "smiles," although in the Vikings organization anyone wishing to flash a molar in public must get prior approval in triplicate from the Trapezoid of Authority, which usually recommends growing a push-broom mustache to disguise displays of emotion.
And yet here was tackle Mike Rosenthal, a former starter previously relegated to oblivion by new coach Brad Childress, grinning over playing in the first technicolor shootout of Chili's monochromatic tenure. Sensing an opportunity to get him into trouble with Big ...