Oracle: Time to retire Numbers

[NewEnglandBull]

37 minutes ago, bowman1 said:

When I think of retired numbers in college football, the main one that comes to mind is #44 at Syracuse, worn by Jim Brown (All American, CFB HoF and NFL HoF), Ernie Davis (2 x AA, Heisman Trophy Winner and CFB HoF) and Floyd Little (3 x AA, CFB HoF and NFL HoF)

Incidentally, #44 was retired by Syracuse during our game against them in 2005 

Yep I was at that game. Great tribute to Ernie Davis. His story is so underrated and the movie on him was no where near capturing what he went through. 

[TyBull]

Just hang their numbers in the USF Football Facility. Do not retire numbers.

[Buller64]

Instead of retiring numbers, retire the jersey. This is what the Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers,  and San Francisco 49ers do. The Bears have more HOFers than any other team (been around longer too) and the only number they have ever retired is #40 for Brian Piccolo. They honor their greats by retiring the jerseys, which means that no one can use that number on that jersey. So when the jerseys change they can use the number again. Honors the great players but doesn't cause number issues in the future. Since NFL trams can change jerseys every 5 years keeps things fresh.

The standard needs to be pretty high. For most professional teams having a great career and winning isn't enough. It pretty much needs to be indisputable and frankly USF hasn't had that type of player in football yet. In women's basketball you do have Wanda Guyton who won the Division 1 National Player of the Year (85-86, I think). 

[Bullschmutz]

On 2/23/2020 at 7:45 AM, Brad said:

@Bullschmutz, you messing with the wrong guy....   

 

That has to count as 31.5 downvotes.