The Bo You Don't Know

The Bo You Don't Know

The Bo You Don't Know

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The Bo You Don't Know

2015

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Overview

Robert "Bo" Rein's football pedigree included playing under Woody Hayes; coaching under Lou Holtz and Frank Broyles; and bringing innovation, youthful exuberance, and an ACC title to NC State before LSU hired him after the 1979 season. But Rein met an untimely death in a plane crash before ever coaching the Tigers, a tragedy that devastated his family and friends and left so many wondering, "What might have been?"

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4 members

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Bo Rein

Self (archive footage)

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Lou Holtz

Self

Lou Holtz

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Bill Cowher

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Bill Cowher

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Jimmy Johnson

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Jimmy Johnson

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