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Golden Moment for Urlacher

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CANTON, Ohio. --- Golden moments. Going for the gold. Gold medal. A gold mine of information. The golden rule. Gold. It's the color that signifies the very best. The ultimate. The reality is, to reach the pinnacle of something, the pinnacle of everything, is to have reached the gold standard. The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. A golden anniversary.

For former Lobo and native New Mexican Brian Urlacher, Saturday, August 4 is day he reached the pinnacle of a football career. A career that began on a small field in Lovington, New Mexico, crossed over in front of tens of thousands of fans at the state's premier football program, The University of New Mexico, and ended up on the biggest stage in the NFL with the Chicago Bears, Urlacher was formerly inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.