Hoopa
2007-06-23 · Original WordPress address
The Hoopa Indians are profiled on Wikipedia today as the picture of the day (look at the bottom of the page before 5pm Pacific).
I grew up playing football against these guys. We usually beat them, but they were our hardest hitting opponents. I hated having to block one of their defensive linemen or linebackers... They were big and usually short so it was hard to get the necessary leverage to move them.
The one thing I always wondered about was the the fact that 50% or more of their players were blond haired and blue eyed. Were these guys Indians or were they mountain folks that came into the Hoopa Valley to go to school?