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Let me tell you about the pride and joy of the Vaughan family. My nephew Jason just finished his season as starting offensive guard for the 10-2 Kearney Bulldogs. He also ended as the 2nd team All-Conference Offensive Guard.
But more than that he drew me and my brother closer than we had been in years. Every Friday night, we made the trek, either up north or down south, to watch this kid play. I don’t know if i’ve ever enjoyed football so much or ever will again.
He routinely kicked the ass of the guy on the other side of him, play after play, week-in and week-out. Sure I’m proud of the knucklehead lombano. This experience has given him many lessons to learn from.
The most important lesson to me, though, was that he was part of something that was extremely successful. We don’t get many opportunities in life to be part of something like that. Usually we are willing cogs in the modicum of mediocrity. We need people in life who have tasted success so that they can show us just how cool success can be. And the challenge is to be able to do that long after those Friday Night Lights go dim.