TAMPA, FLA. Jan. 2, 2019 – Players and coaches from the Auburn Tigers and Minnesota Golden Gophers football teams helped bring some holiday cheer to patients at Tampa General Hospital. In Tampa for the Outback Bowl, team members took a break from bowl practice and activities to spend time lifting spirits and talking sports.
“We love to see the kids’ faces light up as these incredible coaches and athletes come into the room,” said Jim McVay, the Outback Bowl’s President & CEO. “We’re proud that we can deliver these moments that make the Outback Bowl so much more than a game in our region.”
Players went room-to-room distributing posters, pennants, t-shirts and signing autographs.
Representing Auburn were Coach Gus Malzahn & Kristi Malzahn, Marlon Davidson, Derrick Brown, Eli Stove, Daniel Thomas, Jeremiah Dinson, Noah Igbinoghene K.J. Britt, Bo Nix, Kam Martin, Arryn Siposs, Mike Horton and Marquel Harrell. Minnesota representatives included Coach P.J.Fleck, Heather Fleck, Tanner Morgan, Casey O’Brien, Thomas Barber, Mohamed Ibrahim, Seth Green and Winston DeLattiboudere.