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{{EpisodeInfobox<br />
| number = 403<br />
| title = Vikings lose the super bowl<br />
| hosts = Arif Hasan, James Pogatshnik<br />
| guests = None<br />
| type = Game Review<br />
}}<br />
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'''Norse Code Episode 403: Vikings lose the super bowl''' is a game review episode following the Vikings' loss to the San Francisco 49ers.<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
The hosts review the Vikings' latest one-score loss to the 49ers, discuss Dalvin Cook's injury situation, and field extensive mailbag questions about the team's frustrating pattern of close losses and playoff implications.<br />
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== Segments ==<br />
; Opening : Episode setup and initial reactions<br />
; Dalvin Cook Injury : Discussion of Cook's injury status<br />
; 49ers Game Review : Analysis of the loss, including the two-minute drill<br />
; Mailbag : Extensive listener questions covering various topics<br />
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== Mailbag Questions ==<br />
* ZenCupid - About Super Bowl hangovers and what the 49ers can learn from Vikings and Packers losses<br />
* Ollie Hanie - Whether Kene Nwangwu should start writing his Hall of Fame speech now<br />
* Tommy Gunn - How the Vikings could have made this loss even more "Vikings-esque" <br />
* Nolan Kehler - Jeremy Camp songs Kirk Cousins might be listening to, and who is TJ Smith<br />
* Jack Rackham - When we'll hear from Jefferson's and Thielen's dads<br />
* Damian Barrett - Whether any team has made harder work getting to .500 and which game will tie to knock them out of playoffs<br />
* Dr. Aron Matson - NFL record for one-score losses and how far Vikings will surpass it<br />
* Bishop Sycamore Alumnist - Whether this was the most "Kirk game" ever seen<br />
* Arif's Neglected Resistance Bands - Case Cookus reference<br />
* Professor poop - Defensive line issues and potential solutions<br />
* Le Couvesior - Referring to Vikings secondary as "4.6 Mafia"<br />
* Kenneth Allen - Defensive line performance given circumstances and Kirk Cousins NVP potential<br />
* The NUFC Podcast - Whether they'll have to watch Zimmer-Cousins in 2022<br />
* Alex - Comparing sadness of playoff obliteration vs missing playoffs entirely<br />
* Logan - Whether NFL needs to pay players when content creators work for less<br />
* Kyle Slaybee - Will Vikings lose by more than one score and Christmas office decoration strategies<br />
* Devin Rubink - Direct snap play with Kirk under right guard<br />
* Unimportant - Completing every possible one-score loss margin<br />
* Jesse from NYC - USFL team preferences and Bar None IRS seizure blame on passive aggressive DJ<br />
* Don from Ohio - Cousins as Right Guard deodorant type and Ohio State's loss to Michigan<br />
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== Key Bits & Lore ==<br />
* Case Cookus mentioned multiple times in mailbag<br />
* Don from Ohio contributes his regular question<br />
* References to Kirk Cousins' Christian music preferences<br />
* Discussion of the team's pattern of one-score losses<br />
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== Production Notes ==<br />
* Timestamps: 4257 cleanup, 6109, 8514, 9034 muted zen, 10935, 14150, 15738<br />
* Patreon supporter Evan Meyer asks about drum recording equipment<br />
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─</div>Damian