GopherSports: My Hometown: Josh Campion

[BleedGopher]

per GopherSports:

GS: Fergus Falls has a lot of Scandinavian heritage. Do you see any signs of that, like lutefisk, or hear the classic “Minnesota accent” when you’re at home?

JC: I do hear an accent when I go up there, just because I’ve been in Minneapolis for so long. The Viking is a Scandinavian Café, and that’s huge up there. My best friend’s nickname is Wege because he’s Norwegian. That’s part of the Scandinavian descent. I’m actually 50 percent Irish, then 25 Slovak, and the rest is just a mixture of European. As far as lutefisk and stuff like that, some of the cafés have specials on that. I’ve seen it around. I’ve had neighbors that had lefse.

GS: Fergus is about 20 miles from the North Dakota border. Are there some rivalries among Gopher fans and fans of North Dakota and North Dakota State sports?

JC: One of my best friends plays for North Dakota State and I really respect him and I respect what they have going on up there.

http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/071014aac.html

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[Dr.Don]

Fungus Falls, as we call it, is really a cool town. I spent a week there one night. And all of the Scandinavian girls are above average.

 

[everybody knows my name]

Fungus Falls, as we call it, is really a cool town. I spent a week there one night. And all of the Scandinavian girls are above average.

That would be Fungus Flats, Don. And don't forget they have had a killer boxing program there - produced some really good professional boxers in the last fifteen years or so - Zach Walters, Andy Kolle, Tyler Hultin...