He tried his best to keep everyone in the fold, a family a breath away at a moment’s notice because of that hollow, haunting feeling of five years ago.

Then Smacker left to swim at Texas. Two years later, Manny left to play quarterback at North Carolina. And just before the start of this season—his most important in 12 years as coach at LSU—Ben committed to play fullback for Nebraska.

Les Miles, heartbroken from the loss of his sister Ann in a car accident four years earlier, finally had to let go.
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