MAHONING VALLEY, Ohio - Most sports fans will tell you that a game is better with friends. One fan club is pushing that theory to the limit.

The Mahoning Valley Minnesota Vikings Fan Club, based out of Youngstown, invited both Vikings and Steelers fans to come together for a massive watch party as the two teams went head-to-head on Sunday.

The organizer, Kevin Blackann, anticipated between 70 and 80 attendees, and while no headcount was taken, the party was packed with excited sports fans.

Originally, the plan was to take the group to see two games in person due to Youngstown being almost directly between Cleveland and Pittsburgh, where they were expected to take place. But after the schedule was released, they realized that those games had been selected to play overseas in London and

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