MOBILE – College football players from Northern Illinois and Arkansas State set aside their gridiron differences and came together at USA Children’s & Women’s Hospital on Jan. 5 to visit young patients on the hospital’s pediatric floors.  The players were participants in the annual GoDaddy.com Bowl held in Mobile on Jan. 8. 

            Handing out teddy bears and T-shirts to their newest fans, the players and patients alike thoroughly enjoyed the annual visit, which is part of the hospital’s ongoing “distraction therapy” for pediatric patients.