Who will wear "14"

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Who will wear "14"

Unread post by Appstate88 » Thu Jun 01, 2017 12:41 pm

Who will wear #14 jersey this year?
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Re: Who will wear "14"

Unread post by firemoose » Thu Jun 01, 2017 12:44 pm

Doesn't look like we'll know until everyone is here and the roster is updated. And I would hold my breath. I've been waiting for DL EJ Scott to be added for months. Maybe once they get the bugs out of the new site they will be more proactive in getting the updates done. Would love to put a post in the Roster Updates thread but have to actually see them added before I post them.

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Re: Who will wear "14"

Unread post by EastHallApp » Thu Jun 01, 2017 12:53 pm

Either retire it or make it an honorary number that goes to a star veteran player.

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Unread post by NattyBumppo'sRevenge » Thu Jun 01, 2017 1:11 pm

its been a QB, a WR and a RB, maybe a DB this time?

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Re: Who will wear "14"

Unread post by WVAPPeer » Thu Jun 01, 2017 1:34 pm

Retire it and honor both Armanti and Marcus ---
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Re: Who will wear "14"

Unread post by App91 » Thu Jun 01, 2017 1:45 pm

Make it a legacy number that the team votes on.

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Re: Who will wear "14"

Unread post by Appstate88 » Thu Jun 01, 2017 1:57 pm

I think it is always good for App State to have a #14 on the field. Would like to un-retire all jersey #s and honor the player names and the years they played not their numbers in the stadium. Anyway whoever get's #14 I believe will be special. "Legacy".
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Unread post by WVAPPeer » Thu Jun 01, 2017 2:24 pm

App91 wrote:Make it a legacy number that the team votes on.
Who would have voted for Armanti to wear 14 his freshman year? - or Marcus?
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Unread post by Rick83 » Thu Jun 01, 2017 2:35 pm

I'm not a superstitous guy or anything...but that #14 has some serious mojo so I say let's keep it on the field and figure out some other way to honor Armanti and Marcus...with patches on it or something.

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Unread post by /\PP ST/\TE GRAD 09 » Thu Jun 01, 2017 2:39 pm

Well...After Armanti we had Barnes and Price wear it, and that didn't pan out so well. Marcus Cox has returned the greatness associated with the number 14 (Armanti era and after). Hopefully whoever takes the number next will follow the path of the two greatest and not the other two.
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Unread post by Rick83 » Thu Jun 01, 2017 2:47 pm

/\PP ST/\TE GRAD 09 wrote:Well...After Armanti we had Barnes and Price wear it, and that didn't pan out so well. Marcus Cox has returned the greatness associated with the number 14 (Armanti era and after). Hopefully whoever takes the number next will follow the path of the two greatest and not the other two.
Price would've been a special player if he could've gotten the off-field stuff right...what a waste of talent.

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Re: Who will wear "14"

Unread post by EastHallApp » Thu Jun 01, 2017 2:52 pm

WVAPPeer wrote:
App91 wrote:Make it a legacy number that the team votes on.
Who would have voted for Armanti to wear 14 his freshman year? - or Marcus?
But that's kind of the point isn't it? It's special because of those guys.

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Unread post by WVAPPeer » Thu Jun 01, 2017 4:11 pm

Well I don't get your point - as a true freshman the rest of the team would never have voted Armanti to wear a legacy number - I don't understand what the philosophy is with "retired numbers" - It has been done and since it has been done I absolutely don't understand that the greatest player in history doesn't have his number retired and now the all-time leader rusher - Retire the number with both Armanti and Marcus ---
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Re: Who will wear "14"

Unread post by App91 » Thu Jun 01, 2017 4:56 pm

WVAPPeer wrote:Well I don't get your point - as a true freshman the rest of the team would never have voted Armanti to wear a legacy number - I don't understand what the philosophy is with "retired numbers" - It has been done and since it has been done I absolutely don't understand that the greatest player in history doesn't have his number retired and now the all-time leader rusher - Retire the number with both Armanti and Marcus ---
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Unread post by NoLongerLurking » Thu Jun 01, 2017 5:04 pm

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Unread post by WVAPPeer » Thu Jun 01, 2017 5:22 pm

What if the players think the legacy player should be someone say Beau Nunn? - he can't wear #14 - therefore it is limited to certain position players ---
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Re: Who will wear "14"

Unread post by bigdaddyg » Thu Jun 01, 2017 5:41 pm

Just put in a ring of honor. Look at the Yankees. No single digits are available anymore

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Unread post by WVAPPeer » Thu Jun 01, 2017 5:52 pm

bigdaddyg wrote:Just put in a ring of honor. Look at the Yankees. No single digits are available anymore
So what??? - they are only some of the very greatest to play the game ---
Bobby Richardson
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Babe Ruth
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Joe DiMaggio
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Unread post by firemoose » Thu Jun 01, 2017 6:17 pm

Kind of hard to compare MLB or NFL to college football. MLB has a 40 man roster (active even less), NFL is 53 come season. College football teams, especially FBS football teams, can have well over 100 players on the sidelines. We already have to double up on numbers on O and D that can't ever be on the field at the same time. If you start retiring numbers eventually you run out because there is or used to be an NCAA rule that you can't have triple digits (have to check to see if it's still there but I haven't heard otherwise). Some of the most storied programs have had to make changes because of this. A program like App can get away with it for a while be eventually we have to stop as well.

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Re: Who will wear "14"

Unread post by WVAPPeer » Thu Jun 01, 2017 6:54 pm

OK Moose - Quit after Armanti :D
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