  Titancub Member Username: Titancub Post Number: 102 Registered: 08-2006 |
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 | ||
Detx Member Username: Detx Post Number: 84 Registered: 07-2007 |
"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! | ||
Mbr Member Username: Mbr Post Number: 292 Registered: 03-2005 |
"Tattoos now cover his arms. One shows a football, laced with a “313,” Detroit’s area code." Nice | ||
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw Post Number: 4392 Registered: 02-2005 |
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. | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 2658 Registered: 01-2005 |
I'm still cryin' over the Pack losing the playoff game. Nuts. | ||
Wschnitt Member Username: Wschnitt Post Number: 54 Registered: 07-2007 |
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. | ||
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy Post Number: 7045 Registered: 11-2004 |
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. | ||
Mwilbert Member Username: Mwilbert Post Number: 84 Registered: 11-2007 |
U of D Jesuit and UDM are two separate institutions. | ||
Illmatic774 Member Username: Illmatic774 Post Number: 97 Registered: 02-2006 |
Go on with your bad selves, Geoff Pope and the New York Giants. | ||
Detroitej72 Member Username: Detroitej72 Post Number: 648 Registered: 05-2006 |
My father teaches at U of D and has been proudly telling me all week about their homegrown son in the Super Bowl. | ||
Wschnitt Member Username: Wschnitt Post Number: 55 Registered: 07-2007 |
Who is your father Detroitej72? | ||
Detroitej72 Member Username: Detroitej72 Post Number: 649 Registered: 05-2006 |
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? | ||
14andhayes Member Username: 14andhayes Post Number: 16 Registered: 06-2007 |
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. | ||
Wschnitt Member Username: Wschnitt Post Number: 56 Registered: 07-2007 |
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) |
