Every Monday at 8:30am StarTribune sports writer Michael Rand stops into the Morning Show to share the latest news in Sports.

1) A tale of two football games, much like last weekend. Suddenly the Gophers are the talk of the town after rallying to beat Purdue for their first 3-0 Big Ten start in almost a quarter century. The Vikings, meanwhile, lost in very Vikings fashion.

2) The World Series starts Tuesday, and it's the Royals vs the Giants -- a matchup pretty much nobody would have predicted when the season started.

Michael Rand writes about Sports for the StarTribune in his blog RandBall. You can also follow Michael on Twitter.