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Second time the charm

By Jack Magruder | Monday, January 5, 2009, 07:53 PM

Troy Graham mingled with Buckeye fans outside University of Phoenix Stadium 90 minutes before tonight’s Fiesta Bowl, traveling the 1,599 miles thanks to his brother-in-law and the Daily News.

Lewis, who lives in Topeka, Kan., won the Daily News’ online contest and received two free tickets to the game against Texas.

When Lewis could not use them, he called Graham, who lives in Dayton and was more than pleased to take the tickets off his hands.

“The paper Fed Exed the tickets to me, and we got out here yesterday,” said Graham, who brought Robert Jackson with him.

“We came out for the weekend. It’s great.”

A Buckeye fan, Graham watches the game on TV but has attended only one previous game in person, against Northwestern two years ago.

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