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Article: Flynn Finally Gets His Chance; After Four Years On Bench, QB Starts for LSU
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- The Washington Post
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- September 7, 2007
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Matt Flynn and Jordan Owens have been best friends since they
first became football teammates in seventh grade, Flynn the
quarterback, Owens the center. Their lives diverged once they left
for college, but Owens and Flynn make it a point to reunite each
summer, when they return home to Tyler, Tex.
Owens admired Flynn because he was always the same, even after he
became one of the nation's best prep quarterbacks at Robert E. Lee
High four years ago and headed to Louisiana State. This summer,
though, Owens noticed Flynn had changed.
"For a brief moment, you could tell something was a little
different about him," said Owens, whose football career didn't