Lions quarterback Jared Goff stood at the podium trying not to get emotional.
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"Sometimesspecial things happen in special circumstances and I think you saw yesterday what Michigan did against Iowa. And then us today getting our first win in what is it 12, 13 weeks," Goff said. "I hope they were all watching today and were able to enjoy that win and we could take their minds off
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Jared Goff wearing an Oxford hat at his postgame news conference, chokes back emotion when asked about it: Sometimes special things happen in special circumstances
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Lions coach Dan Campbell opened his pre s conference by dedicating the game ball to the Oxford community, and all those affected.
"I want us to not forget these names: Madisyn Baldwin,Hana St. Juliana,Justin Shilling, Tate Myre,John Asciutto, Riley Franz, Elijah
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Coach Campbell dedicated today's game ball to the Oxford community.
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On Tuesday, four students were killed
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Prior to the game, the Lions honored the victims, asking for a moment of silence before kickoff, and displaying the names and pictures of the four students killed Myre, Baldwin, St. Juliana and Shilling on the screens. The team wore Oxford hats and had decals on the back of their helmets during the game. Lions safety Jalen Elliott honored Myre, an Oxford football player, who reportedly attempted
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"We talked about this yesterday morning, I mean we just really kinda dove into it, kinda the depth of all this and just wanted them to know exactly what we were going to represent today," Campbell said. "The shirts, the hats, the decals, the people that are affected. And some of our players know of someone that was affected and so yeah I mean I think there was some of that
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