Gophers football team's F.A.M.I.L.Y. Day activities and open practice canceled because of weather

The team instead will hold an open practice at 7 p.m. Thursday at Huntington Bank Stadium.

August 7, 2021 at 2:22PM
FILE - TCF Bank Stadium is shown during a media tour in Minneapolis, in this Tuesday, June 16, 2009, file photo. The home for Minnesota's football games has a new name: Huntington Bank Stadium. The university's board of regents approved the change at a meeting on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, by a 9-2 vote. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)
Huntington Bank Stadium (Jim Mone, Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Saturday afternoon's F.A.M.I.L.Y Day activities and open practice for the Gophers football team at Huntington Bank Stadium have been canceled because of the threat of inclement weather. Instead, the team will hold an open practice at 7 p.m. Thursday at the stadium.

Fans who attend the Thursday practice are encouraged to bring school supplies and decorated oars. The team originally planned on hosting a school supply drive and an oar collection at Saturday's practice. The school supplies will be donated locally, while the oars will be displayed in Huntington Bank Stadium.

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Randy Johnson

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Randy Johnson covers University of Minnesota football and college football for the Minnesota Star Tribune, along with Gophers hockey and the Wild.

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