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By all accounts, Jerry Kill is far too nice of a guy to say what must be said to those dunderheads in Minnesota who last year declared someone with an illness 

Kill, the coach of the University of Minnesota, has epilepsy and after he had a fourth seizure on the sidelines a year ago, the sportswriters who probably know nothing about epilepsy called for him to be fired.

Kill was getting additional treatment for his illness at the time Souhan, a handful of radio sports talk hosts, and the fan boys who support them were declaring he was a lost cause and had to go.

And there's Bob Kravitz of the Indianapolis Star, 

Yesterday, the University of Minnesota Gophers were rewarded for their outstanding season with 

Oh, by the way, that comes a week after Jerry Kill was named the Big Ten coach of the year.

Souhan, Doyel, Kravitz, the sports radio hosts, and most of the fanboys have had nothing to say since Kill proved them all wrong.

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By all accounts, Jerry Kill is far too nice of a guy to say what must be said to the dunderheads in Minnesota who last year declared someone with an illness can't be a college football coach.

Detractors stay silent as Jerry Kill proved them wrong

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