University of Georgia fans staged a 'pink out' versus Arkansas State, whose coach's wife just died of cancer

At a Georgia Football Game, the home crowd all wore pink to honor the death of the opposition coach's wife. He says he'll now be a 'Georgia fan the rest of my life.' Via CNN wearpinkforwendy notfightingalone

They were staging a"pink out" of the stadium in honor of Wendy Anderson, the wife of Arkansas State coach Blake Anderson.She died August 19 from breast cancer, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.Dwight Standridge, a UGA alum. tweeted out a rallying cry to Bulldog fans on Tuesday, calling for them to wear pink to the game."DawgNation let's get behind this on Saturday," he wrote."It's bigger than a football game.

— Bulldogs Battling Breast Cancer 🐶🎗 September 10, 2019 Standridge told CNN that he"didn't think it would gain the traction it did."He and a local charity, Bulldogs Battling Breast Cancer, had been plotting a"pink out" of Sanford Stadium later in the season, but chose to move up the date after hearing about Anderson's loss.He said he wanted to show Coach Anderson and the Arkansas State community what good sportsmanship looks like.

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