'GO COOP': Watch Iowa school district's hype video cheering on alum Cooper DeJean
Students and staff and Odebolt–Arthur–Battle Creek–Ida Grove Community School District aren't shy about who they're rooting for in Super Bowl 59.
"E-A-G-L-E-S ... Eagles!" OABCIG chant several times, along with "COOOOOP!" in a and the Eagles ahead of Super Bowl Sunday.
DeJean, a defensive rookie of the year finalist for Philadelphia and starting defensive back, was a multi-sport star for the OABCIG Falcons before becoming an All-American at Iowa.
On Sunday many residents of the four towns that make up the school district will gather in the Odebolt Community Building for a Super Bowl watch party they’re calling the “Cooper Bowl.” Many plan to wear special Eagles green T-shirts printed up for the occasion that feature DeJean’s No. 33. It's also a birthday party for DeJean, who turns 22 on Super Bowl Sunday.
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“The whole town is just ecstatic,” said Cory Duff, who owns The Bolt Drive-In, an Odebolt restaurant.
“I would say it has brought a renewed energy back to the community,” he said. “It has definitely uplifted everybody around here.”
Duff said he’s a die-hard Denver Broncos fan “and I even bought his jersey.”
“Everybody around here has their own team, but whenever the Eagles are playing, everyone’s watching,” Duff said.
DeJean’s father, Jason, said he was touched by the district's hype video.
“They all got on the playground and spelled out ‘Cooper,’” Jason DeJean said. The is infused with cuteness, with one scene showing elementary school students making hand motions to imitate birds as they sing the team's fight song, “Fly Eagles Fly.”
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