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Honor bittersweet for family of late U-M RB RB Rob Lytle

Kelly Lytle will soak in as much as he can about this weekend.

He loved and admired his father, former Michigan tailback Rob Lytle, from the time he was a young boy.

Rob had been a star at U-M and had seven-year NFL career, even scoring a touchdown in the Super Bowl.

But as Saturday approaches, when Rob will be honored at the Michigan-BYU game for his upcoming induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, Kelly says it's "bittersweet."

Rob died of a sudden heart attack in 2010 at 56.

For the past five years, strong emotions have pulsated through family members — Kelly, his sister, Erin, and their mother, Tracy, Rob's widow.