Comments on: Syracuse To Crap On The Memory Of Its Legends? http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/syracuse-to-crap-on-the-memory-of-its-legends-21830 Celebrity sports gossip since 2001 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:11:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Anonymous http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/syracuse-to-crap-on-the-memory-of-its-legends-21830#comment-48742 Anonymous Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:47:01 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/syracuse-to-crap-on-the-memory-of-its-legends-21830#comment-48742 Team Record 2005 1-10 2006 4-8 2007 2-10 2008 3-9 Lets get that number unretired Team Record
2005 1-10
2006 4-8
2007 2-10
2008 3-9

Lets get that number unretired

]]> By: Tim http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/syracuse-to-crap-on-the-memory-of-its-legends-21830#comment-48519 Tim Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:20:02 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/syracuse-to-crap-on-the-memory-of-its-legends-21830#comment-48519 "If you can’t take 44 off the table, then you’re just never going to retire a jersey.” That's the point - Syracuse doesn't retire football jersey numbers. That's the reason why three greats were able to wear the number. It's called tradition and the author of this blog apparently has no sense of what it means to the Syracuse community. “If you can’t take 44 off the table, then you’re just never going to retire a jersey.”

That’s the point - Syracuse doesn’t retire football jersey numbers. That’s the reason why three greats were able to wear the number.

It’s called tradition and the author of this blog apparently has no sense of what it means to the Syracuse community.

]]> By: Chris http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/syracuse-to-crap-on-the-memory-of-its-legends-21830#comment-48489 Chris Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:40:00 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/syracuse-to-crap-on-the-memory-of-its-legends-21830#comment-48489 The thing is that if it had been JUST Jim Brown or Ernie Davis that had worn it, I'd have no problems retiring the number, however since so many greats at Cuse have worn it, it's not just attached to one player.  Imagine the outrage if Notre Dame tried to retire #3.  It'd never fly. Look the fact is that if you're not a Cuse fan then you can't understand what the number means to us. The thing is that if it had been JUST Jim Brown or Ernie Davis that had worn it, I'd have no problems retiring the number, however since so many greats at Cuse have worn it, it's not just attached to one player.  Imagine the outrage if Notre Dame tried to retire #3.  It'd never fly.

Look the fact is that if you're not a Cuse fan then you can't understand what the number means to us.

]]> By: Phil Bama Slamma http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/syracuse-to-crap-on-the-memory-of-its-legends-21830#comment-48144 Phil Bama Slamma Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:19:18 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/syracuse-to-crap-on-the-memory-of-its-legends-21830#comment-48144 Guess that Ernie Davis movie that came out last year didn't do so well. Guess that Ernie Davis movie that came out last year didn't do so well.

]]> By: Getta Grip http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/syracuse-to-crap-on-the-memory-of-its-legends-21830#comment-48125 Getta Grip Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:47:54 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/syracuse-to-crap-on-the-memory-of-its-legends-21830#comment-48125 It's a game people. Get a grip.  Better yet, get a life.  Even better, get your own life. It's a game people. Get a grip.  Better yet, get a life.  Even better, get your own life.

]]> By: BleedOrange http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/syracuse-to-crap-on-the-memory-of-its-legends-21830#comment-48012 BleedOrange Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:33:02 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/syracuse-to-crap-on-the-memory-of-its-legends-21830#comment-48012 Brooks, you couldn't be farther from the truth.  True Orange fans know that the legend of 44 is intended to be passed down selectively through time.  It is not intended to be "Slapped on the back of any old running back who joins the Orange" as you so arrogantly infer.  Learn your facts before spewing such garbage!  It might be 4-8 or 12 yrs before a back worthy of the number may have been given the opportunity to fulfill the legacy but we may now never know.  Our AD had good intentions but it clearly indicates that he (being new to the position and unaware of the number's tradition) did not truly understand the legacy of 44. Brooks, you couldn't be farther from the truth.  True Orange fans know that the legend of 44 is intended to be passed down selectively through time.  It is not intended to be "Slapped on the back of any old running back who joins the Orange" as you so arrogantly infer.  Learn your facts before spewing such garbage!  It might be 4-8 or 12 yrs before a back worthy of the number may have been given the opportunity to fulfill the legacy but we may now never know.  Our AD had good intentions but it clearly indicates that he (being new to the position and unaware of the number's tradition) did not truly understand the legacy of 44.

]]> By: Drew http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/syracuse-to-crap-on-the-memory-of-its-legends-21830#comment-47961 Drew Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:28:23 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/syracuse-to-crap-on-the-memory-of-its-legends-21830#comment-47961 Gross shouldn't have retired the number in the first place..just another example of him being clueless. Gross shouldn't have retired the number in the first place..just another example of him being clueless.

]]> By: Otto http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/syracuse-to-crap-on-the-memory-of-its-legends-21830#comment-47953 Otto Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:59:08 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/syracuse-to-crap-on-the-memory-of-its-legends-21830#comment-47953 "Just like MLB has retired Jackie Robinson's 42 for all of baseball, we have retired 44 out of respect for Ernie Davis the FIRST African American to win the Heisman trophy, as well as Jim Brown the greatest football player ever and Floyd Little our only 3 time All American. Out of respect to these men and their accomplishments 44 will remain retired. The 44 number will always be displayed prominently in the Dome so no one ever forgets the legacy. "   -AD Daryl Gross January 13, 2009. "Just like MLB has retired Jackie Robinson's 42 for all of baseball, we have retired 44 out of respect for Ernie Davis the FIRST African American to win the Heisman trophy, as well as Jim Brown the greatest football player ever and Floyd Little our only 3 time All American. Out of respect to these men and their accomplishments 44 will remain retired. The 44 number will always be displayed prominently in the Dome so no one ever forgets the legacy. "
 
-AD Daryl Gross
January 13, 2009.

]]> By: Sour Orange http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/syracuse-to-crap-on-the-memory-of-its-legends-21830#comment-47951 Sour Orange Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:56:57 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/syracuse-to-crap-on-the-memory-of-its-legends-21830#comment-47951 As a Syracuse fan, I think this is a stupid idea, especially how the football team's been so lousy lately. Why diminish the great legacy of #44 by putting it on the jersey of player whose team can't even beat Akron at home? As a Syracuse fan, I think this is a stupid idea, especially how the football team's been so lousy lately. Why diminish the great legacy of #44 by putting it on the jersey of player whose team can't even beat Akron at home?

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