Gophers Legend Sandy Stephens To Be Honored Saturday

Minnesota and The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame announced today that they will jointly honor the late Sandy Stephens with an NFF Hall of Fame On-Campus Salute Saturday during the game between the Gophers and Wisconsin. Coverage of the game will start at 2:30 p.m. CT on the Big Ten Network. Stephens, who passed away on June 6, 2000 at age 59, will be represented by his son Sandy Stephens III, his siblings – Barbara Stephens Foster, Ray Stephens and Joyce (Stephens) Bell – his nephew Lee Stephens, his niece Sharla Foster and long-time friend Otis Courtney.

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I sure hope Gray has a Stephens like inspired game Saturday!
I was young, but it always seemed to me that Stephens played with a “can do” attitude. It is nice watching Gray get some confidence the past couple of weeks and I hope this carries through for the rest of his career.