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Football season is less than three weeks away, and Georgia Southern Football is going to be missing a key player this year—Freedom the Bald Eagle mascot.

Freedom passed away back in March at 20-years-old.

In this week’s Asked & Answered, many of you have been wondering, who will follow in Freedom’s footsteps?

Founder of Georgia Southern’s Wildlife Center, Steve Hein, spoke about the emotional process to find Freedom’s successor in the latest podcast episode of Inside Eagle Nation with host Danny Reed.

Credit: Georgia Southern University Sports Network through Learfield

Hein commented on the outpouring of support he received after Freedom’s passing.

“I can’t hardly even talk about it right now. It was the first time in 21 years that I understood what Freedo

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