... I would like to say that I almost lost my father this week.

He's battling many illnesses and blood clots in his leg almost spelled the end. Though other battles still rage, the blood clot crisis is over for now.

In my time spent with him this week two things helped develop this story, my father's love for sports and his keen insight that perhaps age helps you develop.

For the record, I am a die hard Alabama fan, while my father is an Auburn fan.

I read the sports section to him at the hospital and he was happy to hear that Gene Chizik had gotten Spanish Fort's Reese Dismukes, one of the nation's best centers, to sign with Auburn over Alabama and many other schools.

What made it worse was that he was from the Mobi...

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