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Article: Digi making name for himself
Digi aka The Italian Wrecking Ball is making a splash.......
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) -- Bills defensive coordinator Perry Fewell and his staff were brainstorming recently, when they decided to name a play in honor of middle linebacker John DiGiorgio.
Traditionally, the name is drawn from the player's college program, which is when Fewell ran into a roadblock: No one knew Saginaw Valley State's nickname. And by the time someone got around to checking the school's Web site, it was too late.
"Now, I keep asking him, 'What's your mascot?"' Fewell said, with a big laugh this week.
For the record, the Division II Michigan-based program is called the Cardinals, a little-known school that's suddenly on the NFL map because of DiGiorgio.
He's the undrafted free agent who, in his second season, has capably taken over as the Bills starter after rookie second-round draft pick Paul Posluszny from Penn State -- broke his left forearm in Week 3.
"My hat's off to (DiGiorgio) because I've put more on him this season than I did on 'Poz' or London Fletcher," Fewell said, referring to Fletcher, the Bills former starter who signed with Washington last spring. "We expanded when John came in, and I knew that we could do that because John would do exactly what you said. ... So he's enabled us to be able to do what we're doing right now."
DiGiorgio has been on a roll since stepping in.....................................
~The Answer
| Bills LB DiGiorgio making name for himself and Saginaw Valley State |
| By JOHN WAWROW, AP Sports Writer November 1, 2007 |
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) -- Bills defensive coordinator Perry Fewell and his staff were brainstorming recently, when they decided to name a play in honor of middle linebacker John DiGiorgio.
Traditionally, the name is drawn from the player's college program, which is when Fewell ran into a roadblock: No one knew Saginaw Valley State's nickname. And by the time someone got around to checking the school's Web site, it was too late.
"Now, I keep asking him, 'What's your mascot?"' Fewell said, with a big laugh this week.
For the record, the Division II Michigan-based program is called the Cardinals, a little-known school that's suddenly on the NFL map because of DiGiorgio.
He's the undrafted free agent who, in his second season, has capably taken over as the Bills starter after rookie second-round draft pick Paul Posluszny from Penn State -- broke his left forearm in Week 3.
"My hat's off to (DiGiorgio) because I've put more on him this season than I did on 'Poz' or London Fletcher," Fewell said, referring to Fletcher, the Bills former starter who signed with Washington last spring. "We expanded when John came in, and I knew that we could do that because John would do exactly what you said. ... So he's enabled us to be able to do what we're doing right now."
DiGiorgio has been on a roll since stepping in.....................................
~The Answer
"Expect rejection, but expect more to overcome it." 
that's my boy!!!! Go DiGio, Go Bills!!!!!!!!!! 
& 
too!!
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