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Tom Sakal fought back tears when speaking to the Gophers football team last Saturday.
“I’m not an emotional person, but it really hit the core of me,” said Sakal, the sole captain of the last Minnesota team to win a share of the Big Ten championship in 1967.
Sakal addressed the Gophers as part of the team’s Captains Breakfast, the first invitation he had received from the program in the 50 years since he played linebacker for co-conference champions.
“It was wonderful,” Sakal, 71, said this week from his home in Florida. “I enjoyed every minute of it.”
It was part of new Gophers coach P.J. Fleck’s budding tradition of asking significant alumni to speak to current players on game days. Players from four different decades, all of whom played in the NFL, have spoken to the team so far.
Sakal spoke before the Gophers’ 31-24 loss to Maryland. His message: “Championships aren’t won on Saturdays” but through hard work and teamwork the rest of the week.
http://www.twincities.com/2017/10/0...s-breakfast-unite-alums-with-current-players/
Go Gophers!!
Tom Sakal fought back tears when speaking to the Gophers football team last Saturday.
“I’m not an emotional person, but it really hit the core of me,” said Sakal, the sole captain of the last Minnesota team to win a share of the Big Ten championship in 1967.
Sakal addressed the Gophers as part of the team’s Captains Breakfast, the first invitation he had received from the program in the 50 years since he played linebacker for co-conference champions.
“It was wonderful,” Sakal, 71, said this week from his home in Florida. “I enjoyed every minute of it.”
It was part of new Gophers coach P.J. Fleck’s budding tradition of asking significant alumni to speak to current players on game days. Players from four different decades, all of whom played in the NFL, have spoken to the team so far.
Sakal spoke before the Gophers’ 31-24 loss to Maryland. His message: “Championships aren’t won on Saturdays” but through hard work and teamwork the rest of the week.
http://www.twincities.com/2017/10/0...s-breakfast-unite-alums-with-current-players/
Go Gophers!!