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per Jeff Strickler:
For Andy Dyrdal, going to the Citrus Bowl is more than a chance to watch his beloved Minnesota Gophers football team. It’s his duty.
The last time the Gophers played in one of the New Year’s Day games was in 1962. Dyrdal, 91, was there for that game. Now, 53 years later, he’s going to be there for this one. “Wouldn’t think of missing it,” he said, as he sat next to a framed pennant and game program from the ’62 Rose Bowl, which is displayed on the living room wall of his Albert Lea home.
Will he frame a pennant from the Citrus Bowl? “Sure — if we win.”
Dyrdal never played football. “I was too small,” he said. “And I was a wimp.”
Still, his fascination with the game — and the Gophers — goes back at least 80 years.
“I remember being 11 and listening to the Gophers games on the radio,” he said. “I grew up on a farm outside of town, and sometimes I had to hold the radio up to my ear to hear it.”
http://www.startribune.com/287173491.html
Go Gophers!!
For Andy Dyrdal, going to the Citrus Bowl is more than a chance to watch his beloved Minnesota Gophers football team. It’s his duty.
The last time the Gophers played in one of the New Year’s Day games was in 1962. Dyrdal, 91, was there for that game. Now, 53 years later, he’s going to be there for this one. “Wouldn’t think of missing it,” he said, as he sat next to a framed pennant and game program from the ’62 Rose Bowl, which is displayed on the living room wall of his Albert Lea home.
Will he frame a pennant from the Citrus Bowl? “Sure — if we win.”
Dyrdal never played football. “I was too small,” he said. “And I was a wimp.”
Still, his fascination with the game — and the Gophers — goes back at least 80 years.
“I remember being 11 and listening to the Gophers games on the radio,” he said. “I grew up on a farm outside of town, and sometimes I had to hold the radio up to my ear to hear it.”
http://www.startribune.com/287173491.html
Go Gophers!!