MINNEAPOLIS — The Super Bowl in Minnesota? You betcha!

Also bet you’re wondering why Minnesota, where the average low temperature is a frigid 8 degrees in January, which is enough to make a walleye shiver.

Well, once Minneapolis, the state of Minnesota and the Vikings agreed on a financing formula for the $1.129 billion needed to build U.S. Bank Stadium, the NFL displayed their gratitude by awarding Super Bowl LII to the Bold North in 2014.

The stadium opened two years later and, in six days, the Patriots and NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles will meet at 6:30 p.m. for the Lombardi Trophy before 65,000 football fans inside the spectacular and super-loud domed stadium with its transparent roof and walls.

It’ll be the second Super Bowl the city has hosted. The Washington Redskins defeated the Buffalo Bills, 37-24, in XXVI at the Metrodome to cap the 1991 season.

Minneapolis in mid-winter is most certainly not Atlanta, South Florida, Tampa or Southern California — where the next four Super Bowls will be played — but the Patriots and Eagles aren’t there for the festivities, but the football.

They’re worthy participants, both having overcome numerous obstacles during a seven-month, 18-game trek to become the two of the league’s 32 teams who will play in February.

The Patriots, fresh off winning their fifth Super Bowl with an unbelievable and unforgettable comeback over the Atlanta Falcons, got off to a sluggish start as they lost two of their first four games, both setbacks coming at home.

They also had to handle losing star receiver Julian Edelman, All-Pro right tackle Marcus Cannon and defensive ringleader Dont’a Hightower to season-ending injuries, the talented trio playing a combined 12 games. All told, the Patriots have 11 players on injured reserve, all of whom would be on the 53-man roster where they healthy.

Then there was the commotion created by an ESPN story citing animosity between the power trio of owner Robert Kraft, coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady. And, as if we could forget, the hand injury to Brady that had New England in a pigskin panic leading up the AFC championship game.

But the Patriots deftly dealt with it all, winning 11 of their final 12 regular-season games to finish 13-3 and then rolling past the Tennessee Titans and slipping by the Jacksonville Jaguars to reach the Super Bowl for the eighth time in the past 17 seasons.

“Just put the hard work in and staying together throughout the season,” running back James White said. “We had some ups and downs but stuck through adversity. Everybody trusts each other. Everybody knows their role. I think it shows for itself.”

The Eagles went 7-9 a year ago, in coach Doug Pederson’s first season in Philadelphia. The forecast was for more of the same mediocrity this season.

But some astute offseason moves, including signing a pair of ex-Pats in running back LeGarrette Blount and defensive end Chris Long, and drafting edge rusher Derek Barnett 14th overall, combined with the accelerated development of quarterback Carson Wentz, paid immediate dividends.

The Eagles went 13-3, two of their losses coming at two of the league’s most inhospitable environments in Kansas City and Seattle, to win the NFC East a year after finishing last. Then they edged the Atlanta Falcons and destroyed the Minnesota Vikings — in each case as a home ’dog — to win the conference championship for the first time in 13 years.

And they did it all as nine-time Pro Bowl left tackle Jason Peters, versatile running back Darren Sproles, linebacker Jordan Hicks, kicker Caleb Sturgis and — ouch — Wentz landed on injured reserve, where 11 players currently reside.

“I mean, they really have played well all year, have dealt with some things that really haven’t gone their way injury-wise and had to make some adjustments,” Belichick said. “They’ve done a great job with that.”

The Patriots are attempting to become the first team to repeat as Super Bowl champions since the 2004 Patriots defeated the Eagles.

As for the Eagles, they’re one of 13 teams that have never won a Super Bowl. They did win three NFL championships, the last coming in 1960 when quarterback Norm Van Brocklin sported a single-bar facemask.