Herb Pope back home in Pennsylvania

Don't you just hate the above type of headline? While accurate, it basically says nothing while simultaneously suggesting something.

Of course, the following article does just about the same thing because it is devoid of any words directly out of Herb Pope's mouth regarding his future intentions.

Boston believes Pope will play at New Mexico State
Teddy Feinberg
Las Cruces/Sun-News Sports Editor
12/14/2007

Herb Pope is back in Aliquippa, Pa., but New Mexico State Athletics Director McKinley Boston said he believes the standout forward will return to Las Cruces next semester.

Boston said that Pope went back home to attend the trial for the suspected attacker who shot Pope last spring at a party in Aliquippa. Twenty-year-old Marcus Longmire pleaded guilty to the attempted homicide of Pope and was sentenced to six to 16 years in prison.

Pope has sat out all season for the Aggies, for what has been called an investigation of his high school grades by the NCAA. His absence has caused a stir that has grown with each passing game, mainly pertaining to the question if Pope is, in fact, going to suit up for the Aggies at all, in 2007 and beyond. Boston said that he was confident that the forward will eventually be in an NMSU uniform...

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