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Passing Down

By by Gene Wojciechowski

Monday, August 5, 2002

The proud father wears a Florida State cap, a Florida State golf shirt, a lug nut-sized Gator Bowl ring given to him by his famous son, the Florida State quarterback. He pulls a packet of photos from his back pants pocket. "I brought a couple of pictures," says Chris Rix Sr. He leans across the restaurant table, close enough that you can smell stale smoke breath, close enough that you can see his eyes misting up as he stares at the memories. There he is at a 1981 company picnic with his newborn ...

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