Courtesy image In this screen grab from a video provided by the Coeur d'Alene High football program, Viking players and coaches watch a good-luck video from Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins last week, the night before they played in the state championship in Pocatello.
November 23, 2023
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THE FRONT ROW with MARK NELKE: From one Viking to another: A good-luck video from Kirk Cousins to the Coeur d'Alene High football team
“It was probably the most inspiring thing I’ve ever seen,” Coeur d’Alene senior wide receiver Joe Hagel recalled the next day, after the Vikings fell 35-28 to the Rams at Holt Arena. “I saw that, and in my head, I was like, ‘We’ve got to go win this … put everything we have into it.’ Just seeing our coach having that connection, having Kirk Cousins telling your team good luck, was probably the most mind-boggling thing that’s ever happened to me.”