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Shatel: Jack Hoffman ran into lives, hearts of millions (and met Obama)
http://www.omaha.com/article/20131221/SPORTS/131229702/1685#shatel-jack-hoffman-ran-into-lives-hearts-of-millions
Column by Tom Shatel
1. Jack Hoffman Runs To Daylight
Jack Hoffman, left, accepts the award for best moment at the ESPY Awards.
A couple of days before the Nebraska spring game, Bo Pelini and his staff were kicking around ideas to juice up the experience. One assistant coach brought up a “Make A Wish” idea. Pelini took it a step further.
President Barack Obama greets Jack Hoffman in the Oval Office on April 29.
The result was a signature moment that was so perfect, so perfectly Nebraska. Husker football was the talk of the nation, and it had nothing to do with a score but everything to do with a touchdown.
When Jack Hoffman, the 7-year-old cancer patient from Atkinson, Neb., took the handoff from Taylor Martinez, he ran. As he weaved in and out of traffic, it became apparent what was happening. And there was a collective lump in the throat of fans at Memorial Stadium.
FULL story at link.