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He wore No. 1 in high school. I wouldn't be surprised to see him go back to that.
We're not doing the single digit uniform thing again are we?
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We're not doing the single digit uniform thing again are we?
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Honestly I forgot Butler transferred and just assumed he’s working at a used car lot somewhere.
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Not sure why people are against this tradition. It basically gets rid of bum players wearing the best numbers. I remember not too long ago. We had walk-ons wearing #1
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Or ask any QB if he'd rather be sacked by some husky, double-chinned, sloth-footed DL wearing 93, or a face-melting, bicep bulging, gap busting tank wearing 4?
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That's part of the problem for me. I think we are artifically naming single digits as the "best numbers." To me there is nothing that makes a single digit cooler or more desirable than a double digit. I was number 11 throughout my football career and I would take it over any single digit.
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Yeah same. I am a big Rhule fan but the single digit thing is a swing and a miss for me. It just creates awkwardness. Player numbers are supposed to be "permanent," at the very least throughout a season, but also usually throughout a career. Imagine Ahman Green being #30 in 1995 and 1996 and then suddenly he's #2 in 1997? Suh being #93 and then oh, now he's #6?
It just rubs me the wrong way from a macro view like that, but then also there are situations like last year when Jimari Butler was #1 and then suddenly he didn't want to be anymore and went back to #10, and Vincent Shavers was #1... ? Did that mean Shavers took over the spot as one of the Tough Guys and Butler was demoted? Shavers may well have deserved it, but using uniform numbers for this type of "honor" just doesn't work for me. It's even more awkward than giving and taking away Blackshirts in the Bo years.
My suggestion which obviously carries zero weight, would be to use the early Frost thing of putting guys' area codes on their helmet, except it's just for the 10 toughest guys or whatever. Less distracting, less awkward, still a way to honor those guys by letting some of their individuality and hometown pride shine through.
I also just don't agree with the premise that single digit numbers are inherently cooler or "tougher" than double digits. haha
I wanted to use that space for the Blackshirts. A little skull and crossbones there for whoever has a blackshirt at the time.
Same or similar for the starting OLine, put a PIPELINE there for the Contributing OL. Other positions have enough glory thought that would be cool for the defense and the OL.
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For sure, if the guys like it keep doing it. It's not for the fans.
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