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[QUOTE="NECuse, post: 1742428, member: 5789"]
Exceptionally well said.  It's funny.  I am from syracuse (went to one of the old 4 city schools) and spent my formative years enjoying all that the are and the Hill had to offer. Went off, got a law degree, and now work with a bunch of guys that all attnended big time D-I schools (Duke, MD, UCLA, etc.).  To a man, they cannot understand why I care as much as I do about the school.  In their minds, if you don't have the degree from the place, it doesn't count.  Maybe in LA or College Park or Durham.  But, Cuse is an entirely different animal.  I am generations deep from syracuse.  The hoops (and sometimes, football) teams are communal.  They bind the region together.  And everyone that attends the university becomes part of the fabric of the area.  Always welcome.  Always Syracuse.

Pearl was so much a part of that.  The fact that he came back after is pro career and became a spokesperson for the local parks and recs administration is a testament to how much the region took him him and how much he took in the region.  When I hear stories about this "local boy" ... because that is dam* well what he was at the end ... it makes me appreciate the love we have for one another and for the family.

God Bless you, Pearl.
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