Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, October 9, 2013
Ohio State football is sacred to so many people. But, for 90-year-old hospice patients Richard Payne and Robert Evans, both 1949 Ohio State graduates, it has added value. These guys remember greats like Hopalong Cassady, after all.
"It's not just a team, it's 'The' team!" Payne said.
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Well, Payne and Evans recently got to get as close to "The" team as they've ever been. The two lifelong Ohio State fans were given an all-access tour of the program's football practice facility through their hospice program, Senior Independence Home and Health Hospice.
They touched Archie Griffin's Heisman Trophy, they visited the team's equipment room, they watched practice, and they even got to talk to Urban Meyer.
"Oh, hell, I'm happy as a lark." Payne said.
h/t: lostlettermen.com
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