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ANNOUNCER: AND THE YOUNG MAN YOU SEE IN
THE NEBRASKA FOOTBALL HELMET IS JACK HOFFMAN.
BRI HOFFMAN: UNTIL YOU'RE A CANCER PARENT,
THAT'S KIND OF HOW YOU FEEL, YOU FEEL SORRY FOR THOSE PEOPLE,
BUT YOU DON'T EVER THINK THAT IS GOING TO BE YOU.
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU WAKE UP ONE MORNING AND IT IS.
IT WAS TOUGH TO WATCH HIM GO THROUGH THAT AND BE SICK,
YOU KNOW, IT'S MOTIVATING, YOU KNOW,
GOING TO THE INFUSION CENTER EVERY WEEK
AND NOT ONLY SEEING JACK, BUT ALL THESE OTHER KIDS.
ANDY HOFFMAN: ALL THE DOCTOR'S VISITS, APPOINTMENTS,
NEEDLE POKES, YOU KNOW, MORE NEEDLE POKES, SCANS,
IT JUST PISSES YOU OFF, ALMOST.
I MEAN, A KID SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT.
WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO, IS A GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT.
THE MESSAGE WAS CRITICAL.
THE MESSAGE WAS, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO RAISE AS MUCH MONEY
AS WE CAN AS FAST AS WE CAN AND
GET IT TO THE BEST RESEARCHERS IN THE WORLD.
AUCTIONEER: ITS A TEAM JACK FOUNDATION
PEDIATRIC BRAIN CANCER AWARENESS CELEBRATION
WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
[AUCTIONEERING]
ANDY HOFFMAN: OUR PLATFORM, FROM DAY ONE, WAS BLESSED,
BY HAVING THE PRESENCE OF A GUY LIKE REX BURKHEAD AND BO PELINI
AND THE FOOTBALL TEAM.
I MEAN WITHOUT THE NEBRASKA FOOTBALL TEAM, I'M NOT --
THERE'S NO WAY WE WOULD'VE HAD THE KIND OF SUCCESS
THAT WE'VE HAD.
BRI HOFFMAN: IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY.
THE RUN WAS A REALLY LAST-MINUTE DEAL.
THEY CALLED US, THEY CALLED ANDY LITERALLY THE NIGHT BEFORE
AND ASKED IF JACK WANTED TO SCORE A TOUCHDOWN
IN THE SPRING GAME.
ANDY HOFFMAN:I WAS WORRIED ABOUT HIM RUNNING OUT-OF-BOUNDS.
I WAS WORRIED ABOUT HIM TRIPPING OR FUMBLING.
BRI HOFFMAN: I WAS AFRAID OF HIM DROPPING THE BALL.
ANDY HOFFMAN: WE WERE NOT ENJOYING IT.
WE WERE SO NERVOUS.
ANNOUNCER: THAT RIGHT THERE, NUMBER 22,
ONE OF THE BIGGEST NEBRASKA FOOTBALL FANS.
ANDY HOFFMAN: AND WE WERE SAYING, JACK,
YOU SEE THAT WHITE LINE, YOU'VE GOT TO RUN PAST THAT,
AND HE SAID, DAD, ALL THE WHITE LINES LOOK THE SAME.
HOW DO I KNOW WHICH WHITE LINE IT IS FOR SURE,
FOR SURE, WHEN I GET DOWN THERE?
I SAID, JACK --
JACK HOFFMAN: MY DAD TOLD ME TO JUST RUN UNTIL I HIT THE FENCE.
(LAUGHING)
ANNOUNCER: IT IS HOFFMAN...
ANDY HOFFMAN: I GOT TO SAY, I WAS JUST THE PROUD FATHER,
BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT STADIUM IS INTIMIDATING TO BE OUT THERE.
I THINK IT TOOK GUTS FOR HIM, TO GO OUT THERE
IN FRONT OF ALL THOSE PEOPLE AND TO DO THAT.
ANNOUNCER:JACK HOFFMAN, TO THE END ZONE! HUSKER TOUCHDOWN!
ANDY HOFFMAN: WHEN I THINK ABOUT TEAM JACK,
IT'S NOT EVEN ABOUT JACK ANYMORE.
I MEAN, IT'S NAMED IN HIS HONOR, BUT THIS IS ZERO TO DO
ABOUT JACK AND ALL TO DO ABOUT PEDIATRIC BRAIN CANCER.
THE WAY I KIND OF LOOK AT IT,
I HOPE WE BUILT SOMETHING THAT'S LONG-TERM, SUSTAINABLE,
AND WE'RE JUST THE TRUSTEES OF THIS MOVEMENT.
ANNOUNCER: OH, THERE TRULY IS NO PLACE LIKE NEBRASKA!
THAT IS OUTSTANDING!