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Article: monday night football: VIKINGS AT NEW ORLEANS; THROW AND THROW AGAIN; With a strong Brees (that'd be Drew) blowing in New Orleans, the Monday forecast is stormy.(SPORTS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- October 6, 2008
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Byline: CHIP SCOGGINS; STAFF WRITER
NEW ORLEANS
Vikings coach Brad Childress was an assistant at Wisconsin in 1998 when Purdue quarterback Drew Brees attempted an NCAA record 83 passes, completed 55 of them and threw for nearly 500 yards.
"I will make a note that they didn't win the game," Childress said, referring to Wisconsin's 31-24 victory that day.
It's unlikely Brees will throw anywhere near 83 passes tonight when the New Orleans Saints play the Vikings at the Superdome. But the Vikings will face a red-hot Brees, who leads the NFL in several passing categories, is the reigning NFC offensive player of the month and is deftly guiding a passing attack that ...
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