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Mike VI's first day on the job a roaring success

By Eric Adelson
ESPN The Magazine

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

BATON ROUGE, La. -- It's almost time. A rock band blares, and the brats brown, and the sun bakes, and a little boy waits. He stands patiently by a fence, peering through the links, waiting for a moment he will never forget. More than a dozen LSU officials wait, too, some with walkie-talkies, some with bugs in their ears, all with nervous looks on their faces. They all can feel the moment coming, along with thousands of LSU fans waiting just over a hill and out of sight. That moment will co ...

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