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Praying for smiling faces & beautiful places of my 2nd home state of #SouthCarolina during flooding. #nothingfiner
5 Oct 2015 03:56

Praying for smiling faces & beautiful places of my 2nd home state of #SouthCarolina during flooding. #nothingfiner 



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Ben Goss

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Grateful to see @StetsonBaseball fall scrimmage v Team Canada jr nationals. I'll try to stay alive! 😂🚫❤️⚡️ Praying for smiling faces & beautiful places of my 2nd home state of #SouthCarolina during flooding. #nothingfiner After I discovered football as a boy, I wanted to be what you eventually became. I was a fan of your dad when I was growing up. I ached for him every time he got pounded into the Superdome turf. I hated the Saints for trading him to Houston. I was a huge Tennessee Vols fan when you were choosing schools and was ecstatic when you signed there. I ached every time your teams couldn't beat the Gators while you were there. I prayed you'd get drafted by an NFL team close to me, but that didn't happen. I nearly freaked out when I got a glimpse of you coming out of the back of St. Elmo's Steakhouse in Indianapolis in 2006. I almost jumped up and chased after you. I probably made enemies at the Super Bowl party I attended when you won your first Super Bowl. But I didn't care. I was elated when I heard you'd fathered a son, and I hope he can keep the legacy alive. I couldn't speak when you walked one foot away from me at the Manning Passing Academy in 2012. I did well just to breathe and not squeal like a middle school girl. I thought I'd pass out the next night after I shook your hand and talked to you for a while. I never got to watch you play live during your career, and I'll always regret it. As you finished your last rodeo tonight most deservedly and only fittingly as a champion, I had to shed a tear, because I don't want to imagine football without you. I'm just not ready for you to go. Why? Because I got to live my dream of being an NFL quarterback by watching you. You were an elite athletic version of me in a helmet and pads. I never cared who did or didn't like you, because you were the living embodiment of the football player I always dreamed of being, and you always did it with passion, skill, and class. So thank you, Number 18. I will always cherish your memory. No one else will ever eclipse you as my favorite football player of all time.
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