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Titancub
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Posted on Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 11:32 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

UD Jesuit grad Geoff Pope ('02) is playing for the Giants in today's Super Bowl. Some good links here on his path to the NFL. Good kid, making UD and the city proud.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01 /18/sports/football/18giants.h tml?_r=3&ref=sports&oref=slogi n&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01 /23/AR2008012303259.html?refer rer=emailarticle

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs .dll/article?AID=/20080130/SPO RTS01/801300393/1048/SPORTS

Ringing bell at NYSE...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =uty32-IhUGE
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Detx
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Posted on Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 12:22 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

"I'm coming back home to Detroit as soon as the Super Bowl is over," Pope said. "I'm going to do a big party. ... I'm going to go home after this opportunity and share everything with everybody."

Sounds like a class guy. What perseverance! Good luck to the Giants today... they are gonna need it!
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Mbr
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Posted on Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 12:23 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

"Tattoos now cover his arms. One shows a football, laced with a “313,” Detroit’s area code."

Nice
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Mackinaw
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Posted on Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 12:48 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

That's cool. I really liked the Giants already, now even more. But they have Eli and the Pats have Brady, so I'll take the Pats.
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Ray1936
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Posted on Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 1:37 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I'm still cryin' over the Pack losing the playoff game. Nuts.
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Wschnitt
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Posted on Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 3:29 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

U of D Jesuit is one of the most over looked bright spots in all of Detroit. This is the first thread on U of D I have seen.
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Smogboy
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Posted on Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 3:54 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Wschnitt, I started a thread on UDM's Ask the Professor radio program ages ago. And yes, UDM is a quiet city jewel.

Nice to see Geoff Pope get some local props too.
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Mwilbert
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Posted on Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 7:40 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

U of D Jesuit and UDM are two separate institutions.
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Illmatic774
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Posted on Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 11:12 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Go on with your bad selves, Geoff Pope and the New York Giants.
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Detroitej72
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Posted on Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 11:28 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

My father teaches at U of D and has been proudly telling me all week about their homegrown son in the Super Bowl.
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Wschnitt
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Posted on Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 11:51 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Who is your father Detroitej72?
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Detroitej72
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Posted on Monday, February 04, 2008 - 12:07 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I'll give you a hint, he teaches social studies at the academy, and psych at the high school.
The boys call him Mr. Syd. I'm not sure if he would approve of me giving his name over the internet.

Perhaps you know him?
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14andhayes
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Posted on Monday, February 04, 2008 - 12:13 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

He's not the only local boy in the Super Bowl.

Bill Sheridan, De La Salle Class of 1977, is the linebackers coach for the Giants.
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Wschnitt
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Posted on Monday, February 04, 2008 - 12:15 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yeah, I recognize the name, but I only went to the high school, not the academy. Too bad.

(Message edited by wschnitt on February 04, 2008)

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