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Pink fills stadium as ASU, Georgia game gets underway; color to honor late wife of Red Wolves coach

Trenton Daeschner

ATHENS, Ga. -- Sanford Stadium was filled with pink during Saturday’s game between Arkansas State University and No. 3 Georgia in honor of Wendy Anderson.

Wendy Anderson, the late wife of ASU Coach Blake Anderson, died Aug. 19 after a battle with breast cancer.

Earlier this week, an Athens, Ga., nonprofit, Bulldogs Battling Breast Cancer, which has raised $750,000 to help fight the disease, organized an initiative encouraging Georgia fans attending’s Saturday’s game against the Red Wolves to wear pink to show support for Anderson.

“It’s a completely genuine, classy gesture from people that don’t know you.