‘“I have kids on the varsity team that have never met Joe, but they are really happy and really excited for him,” Rupp said. “This is a great moment for Western New York football. The coaches here have been talking about it and we’ve been saying, ‘Western New York has been under-recruited for a very long time,’ and this is a step in the right direction. Hopefully, it’ll get more people to notice what kind of football we have here.”’