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Per Randy:
Vince and Ramona Settergren of Edina attended the Gophers’ upset of No. 11 Southern California last Saturday. After Koi Perich’s interception sealed the victory, fans poured from the seats down to the field at Huntington Bank Stadium to celebrate.
“We were there,” Vince said, “but we did not go out on the field. The drop to the field from our seats is about 6 or 7 feet.”
Their decision is understandable. Vince is 89, Ramona 87, and they didn’t want to jeopardize an important trip they’re taking:
The Settergrens are going to Pasadena, Calif., to see the Gophers play UCLA on Saturday night in Rose Bowl Stadium.
They’re not the only ones.
Mike Wierzbicki, Gophers senior associate athletic director for external affairs, estimates that 12,000 to 15,000 Minnesota fans will attend the game. “Our feeling is that this will be the largest-attended road regular-season game during Coach [P.J.] Fleck’s tenure as head coach and Mark Coyle’s time as AD,” Wierzbicki said.
The game will be Minnesota’s first at the storied venue since Jan. 1, 1962, when the Gophers beat UCLA 21-3 in the second of back-to-back appearances in the Rose Bowl game. The year before, they lost 17-7 to Washington but already had been crowned national champions.
“This game is not the Rose Bowl,” Vince said of Saturday’s matchup of Big Ten newcomer UCLA and Minnesota, “but it’s in the Rose Bowl, so it’s kind of the same.”
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Go Gophers!!
Vince and Ramona Settergren of Edina attended the Gophers’ upset of No. 11 Southern California last Saturday. After Koi Perich’s interception sealed the victory, fans poured from the seats down to the field at Huntington Bank Stadium to celebrate.
“We were there,” Vince said, “but we did not go out on the field. The drop to the field from our seats is about 6 or 7 feet.”
Their decision is understandable. Vince is 89, Ramona 87, and they didn’t want to jeopardize an important trip they’re taking:
The Settergrens are going to Pasadena, Calif., to see the Gophers play UCLA on Saturday night in Rose Bowl Stadium.
They’re not the only ones.
Mike Wierzbicki, Gophers senior associate athletic director for external affairs, estimates that 12,000 to 15,000 Minnesota fans will attend the game. “Our feeling is that this will be the largest-attended road regular-season game during Coach [P.J.] Fleck’s tenure as head coach and Mark Coyle’s time as AD,” Wierzbicki said.
The game will be Minnesota’s first at the storied venue since Jan. 1, 1962, when the Gophers beat UCLA 21-3 in the second of back-to-back appearances in the Rose Bowl game. The year before, they lost 17-7 to Washington but already had been crowned national champions.
“This game is not the Rose Bowl,” Vince said of Saturday’s matchup of Big Ten newcomer UCLA and Minnesota, “but it’s in the Rose Bowl, so it’s kind of the same.”
Gophers fans flock to Pasadena after six decades waiting to play at Rose Bowl Stadium
The Gophers estimate 12,000-15,000 of their fans will be there Saturday when they play UCLA in Minnesota’s first game in Pasadena since the 1961 and 1962 Rose Bowls.
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Go Gophers!!