Fran Tarkenton: What the hell is going on here?

Bittersweet day for us Vikings fans. We lost Denny Green this morning, and that's hit me hard. Denny was boisterous and sometimes he was his own worst enemy, but he took the Vikings to heights they have rarely seen in the post-Bud Grant era, and he wasn't afraid to be bold and audacious in the way he coached the team or called a game. I loved him for that. That's the bitter. The sweet? Well that's Fran Tarkenton who spoke last night at the RNC. Just hearing "Skol Vikings" at a Republican convention would have been more than enough for me, but he did not stop there. Tarkenton made good money in 18 years as an NFL quarterback, but he came before the really big money, so he's worked hard since his retirement as an entrepreneur, and he's still working hard today in his 70s.