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'I just lost it:' Breiden Fehoko explains the haka and what it means to him

The moment wasn't planned. Vili Fehoko started doing the haka, and Breiden Fehoko couldn't control himself.

The LSU defensive lineman made his way down Victory Hill for LSU's "Tiger Walk," like the team does before every game, while his father waited behind the gate near the Tiger Stadium locker room.

Fehoko hugged his mother and father before walking in, but then Vili -- who was "Vili the Warrior" at University of Hawaii football games for 11 years -- started doing a haka right in front of him.

"I just lost it," Fehoko said. "I had to do it too.