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Sutton asked where Frank was. The grandkids all call him "Da." So Cheryl went to get Frank in the other room, where he was watching television.
When they returned, Shane was standing there holding his son, Hunter, with a grinning Sutton standing right beside him.
Shane's younger daughter, Olivia, was with her mother, Emily, as she filmed the whole scene.
"You're looking at the new coach at the University of South Carolina," Shane told his parents.
Immediately, Frank and Cheryl both burst into tears.
"We both were crying, just seeing the joy in his face," Cheryl said.
She lost it again the next day when she saw the picture of an emotional Shane gazing out into Williams-Brice Stadium after flying in Sunday.
"He loves the place, loved his time there, he and Emily both," Cheryl said. "Shane was born in Charleston, and both of their girls were born in Columbia. It's such a blessing."
Frank, who had just two winning seasons in his first six years at Virginia Tech, had only one bit of advice for his son.
"Just be exactly who you are," Frank recounted.
The Gamecocks are betting that will be good enough.