"Is that my son?"

Austin American-Statesman:

Cindy Bailey stared at the television.

Ryan?

Steve Bailey stared at the television.

Ryan?

Millions of Americans stared at their televisions.

Who's Ryan?

Nearly no one watching Texas and Nebraska play football Saturday recognized Ryan Bailey, jogging into swift and surprising fame through a swirl of Midwestern snow.

But his parents knew their son, and when they witnessed Longhorns head coach Mack Brown pat Ryan's helmet on the sidelines, they began to accept the sudden and thrilling and agonizing truth.

Soon, everyone would remember Ryan.

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It is really a heart warming story about an event in a snow storm in Nebraska, a sports bar in New York and fajitas with a neighbor. Read it.

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