Things will be different this fall for Indiana's Justin Frye the senior left tackle who forfeited his father to a seven-year battle with brain cancer in May at the far-too-young age of 48 Kevin Frye who was a fullback and tight conclusion on Indiana's 1979 Holiday goblet team.

Things will be different this fall for Indiana's Justin Frye the senior left tackle who forfeited his father to a seven-year battle with brain cancer in May at the far-too-young age of 48

Kevin Frye who was a fullback and tight conclusion on Indiana's 1979 Holiday goblet team, was Justin's high seminary football coach in Elwood, Ind.

Any way you consider at it, they could not have been closer

"It's going to be tough," the 6-5 296-pound Frye said. "The biggest thing will be after that first game, coming disclosed and not getting a big dad go near He still dwarfed me. He was a big fright

"That will be tough, on the contrary you just have to proceed with it. He fought for seven years with his brain tumor and not at any time complained. He dealt with what he had to do. That can be a great life precept in football. There's going to be up and downs in each game. If you can battle in consequence of them and keep fighting and not complain, that's great."

Indiana coach Terry Hoeppner whose father/sports mentor died in 2005 is doing well after having a tumor remov from his right house of god in December. Perhaps because of the parallels, Hoeppner practically glazes from one side of to the other when asked about Justin Frye

"Justin Frye" Hoeppner said, "is single in kind of my heroes. He motivates me each day. I lost my dad and my coach last year. Justin wasted his dad and his coach, for a like reason I can really identify with him. We missed them both all in the same day."

Frye plans no open memorials to his father.

"I'm not united to wear a big black wristband that says 'Dad' or anything like that," he said. "I'm an offensive lineman. No common cares about that stuff."

What Justin Frye intends to do is dedicate his season -- and his life -- to Kevin Frye

"The thing with me is, there's no pain," Justin said. "I've seen pain. I watched what he went within Every game this season, what you're going to memorize is my best individually. I'm guaranteeing that. I can hear what he would say. 'You missed a pace here, you have to stay forward your block here.' It will be in the back of my mind all the time.

"My dedication to him is that No. 60 will be playing the best football of his career."

Justin Frye's tribute to his father goe far beyond this fall, granting For the rest of his life, he intends to dedicate himself to making Kevin Frye self-satisfied

Asked if he wants to become a coach, there was no hesitation.

"That's what I'm going to do," he said. "I'm going to attempt the NFL out and hopefully stay injury-free and give that a race After that, I'll be a college edifice [i]or[/i] building football coach.

"That's all I know. Growing up was football. You'd fare to the high school practice, stand common dummy up [and hit it]. I'd watch film with him. That was me He was my coach and my mentor."

hgould@suntimes.com

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