NEW SMYRNA BEACH — Her Ohio State Buckeyes are underdogs to Alabama by a touchdown or more, depending on the odds board. But Connie Cox isn’t flinching at the challenge. New Smyrna Beach’s Connie Cox is an ultimate Ohio State football fan What to watch next Click to expand Replay Video Nor is she backing off the challenge of completing missionary work far, far away, where the odds are also daunting. Piece of cake, both of them, compared to the hurdle recently thrown in front of her. On Dec. 26, the 57-year-old New Smyrna Beach resident was diagnosed with glioblastoma, the worst form of brain tumor and considered one of the worst cancers overall, if not the worst. Surgery was quickly scheduled for the next day at Jacksonville’s Mayo Clinic. © David Tucker/News Journal Connie Cox, perhaps the area’s biggest Ohio State fan, stands alongside an inflatable version of the Buckeyes’…
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