tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715668987464787448.post7383611813357679612..comments2023-11-02T08:53:49.631-07:00Comments on SportsRip: A TRIBUTE TO COLONEL TROUPPaul Devlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14579826854339170962noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715668987464787448.post-38914290476170771962012-11-14T14:52:12.181-08:002012-11-14T14:52:12.181-08:00You have perfectly and wonderfully captured the Bo...You have perfectly and wonderfully captured the Bob Troup that I knew. Thank you for taking the time to write this tribute to "Papa Blue". I am his son in law. My moniker in the colonel's world was "slick" as in how do you keep every hair on your head so perfectly in place? Of course there was a mischievous grin on his face when he would call me that. Everything had multiple meanings in his world. <br /><br />He was great at making you feel special and appreciated. He extended this kindness to strangers he would meet in casual encounters: the waitress, the check out clerk, the busboy, the ticket taker at the door. An interchange might go something like this, "Hey do not I know you from somewhere? Were not you in that Tom Cruise movie that just came out?" or "this is the best service I have ever received anywhere."<br /><br />Until the very last you could see him plastered two inches in front of the TV so that he could follow Sunday football or watch the live feed of a late night UCLA Bruin's basketball game. He supported us as fans of the Bruins. He would always have cogent comments about Howland should be doing this or what the heck is wrong with that football program.<br /><br />It is my great good fortune to be married to his delightful daughter, Gail, and to be the father of two of his precious grandchildren, Gabrielle and Daniel. They all have had the good fortune to inherit his kindness, warmth, sense of humor, affability, love of sports, athletic talent, and amazing gregariousness. I am grateful to the Colonel in so many ways. May he now rest in peace. David FogelsonAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01682365605472717916noreply@blogger.com