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Mis Direction

By Bruce Feldman

Monday, November 24, 2008

The story was going to start this way: You must understand that Brad is special, they explain. Not just great or terrific or dynamic. Special. The words, when they were written one year ago, were meant to illuminate the amazing world of Brad Smith, a humble kid who had become an almost mythic figure. If you believed those around him, he hadn't been delivered to Missouri just to resurrect its football program. His story was scheduled to run in the Sept. 27, 2004, issue of this magazine, right a ...

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