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Ben Roethlisberger, Eli Manning do the Class of '04 proud

Bob Glauber

Bob Glauber has been Newsday's national football columnist since 1992. He was Newsday's football writer covering the Jets

As the minutes ticked down to the Giants making their first-round pick in the 2004 NFL Draft, Ben Roethlisberger sat at a table at Radio City Music Hall alongside Terry Hoeppner, his coach at Miami of Ohio, awaiting the selection.

Hoeppner thought he had an inkling the Giants would take Roethlisberger at No. 4 overall. Actually, it was more than an inkling; Hoeppner was convinced Giants general manager Ernie Accorsi was taking Roethlisberger.

“[Hoeppner] was with me and I think he was having talks with Mr.