John Wesley Battle, 89, will sit in front of his television set in his Miami home — wearing a half-Hurricanes, half-Tigers T-shirt — and watch his great grandson carry the family name to heights it hasn’t yet seen.
No one else in the direct family has played for or against Miami other than John Battle IV, a fifth-year senior who is listed as LSU’s starting free safety in the season opener against the No. 8 Hurricanes.
The event has stirred a multitude of Battle family members to take the thousand-mile flight from South Florida to see the game 6:30 p.m. Sunday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
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