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per the AP:
When Minnesota coach Jerry Kill came back from a leave of absence sooner than expected, everyone took notice.
Last year, after a bout with epileptic seizures forced Kill to miss an entire game for the first time in his career, he appeared in the locker room at Northwestern to give the Gophers a surprise pep talk.
The speech was routine: He talked about playing hard, having fun. He was proud they'd handled the disruption of his absence. But what he said was secondary to the message Kill's presence sent to the team. His wife, Rebecca, drove him the six-plus hours to be there.
"That definitely showed his character and what kind of person he is, that no matter what he goes through he wants to be with his family," safety Cedric Thompson said. "That gave me more motivation to be a leader. Because if he can go through that kind of thing and still be here with his kids, so to speak, then hats off to him."
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/kill-back-leave-leads-gophers-bowl-27910468
Go Gophers!!
When Minnesota coach Jerry Kill came back from a leave of absence sooner than expected, everyone took notice.
Last year, after a bout with epileptic seizures forced Kill to miss an entire game for the first time in his career, he appeared in the locker room at Northwestern to give the Gophers a surprise pep talk.
The speech was routine: He talked about playing hard, having fun. He was proud they'd handled the disruption of his absence. But what he said was secondary to the message Kill's presence sent to the team. His wife, Rebecca, drove him the six-plus hours to be there.
"That definitely showed his character and what kind of person he is, that no matter what he goes through he wants to be with his family," safety Cedric Thompson said. "That gave me more motivation to be a leader. Because if he can go through that kind of thing and still be here with his kids, so to speak, then hats off to him."
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/kill-back-leave-leads-gophers-bowl-27910468
Go Gophers!!
