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Clayton to wear Wizzer White‘s #24, Salaam‘s number retired for 19 years

Guess the players Mel Tucker are bringing in are good enough to wear those numbers.
 
Long time lurker, first time poster.

Tucker/ George are bringing these numbers back into circulation perfectly. It's thoughtful and rewards the past players that earned the accolade. It embraces tradition and moves the program forward. Remember when the bricks got painted over?

Sandwiches in 5 downstairs...
 
I'm ok with retiring numbers for a limited time period, say 10-20 years. It can get ridiculous. I checked and found that the Chicago Bears have retired 13 numbers. Some of those have been out of circulation for almost a century. That seems crazy.
 
There was a good point made that this change likely means those retired greats will be discussed more. It will be a talking point in games and the patches will show up in pictures and videos. Pretty cool I think.
 
I like the Salaam 19 is retired for 19 seasons (at least). It creates a great conversation starter about him as a player and the mental health issues he dealt with.
 
NewportBuff said:
www.espn.com

Colorado unretires 3 numbers for football recruits

Colorado will bring three hallowed football numbers out of retirement in response to growing requests from recruits. Byron "Whizzer" White's No. 24, Joe Romig's No. 67 and Bobby Anderson's No. 11 will all be worn again.
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If the families (in Whizzer's case) and players themselves (in the case of Bobby Anderson and Joe Romig) are good with this, so am I.
 
NewportBuff said:
www.espn.com

Colorado unretires 3 numbers for football recruits

Colorado will bring three hallowed football numbers out of retirement in response to growing requests from recruits. Byron "Whizzer" White's No. 24, Joe Romig's No. 67 and Bobby Anderson's No. 11 will all be worn again.
www.espn.com www.espn.com
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No issues with this at all-and Mel and Rick have handled this the right way. This can send the perfect signal to recruits too-We're allowing you to wear these numbers because we think you've got the talent to be worthy of the honor of doing so.
 
If they do patches like that, I hope they sell just the patch - I don't need 3 jerseys, but i'd certainly buy the patches
 
Duck Dog said:
I'm ok with retiring numbers for a limited time period, say 10-20 years. It can get ridiculous. I checked and found that the Chicago Bears have retired 13 numbers. Some of those have been out of circulation for almost a century. That seems crazy.
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Ultimately, with the roster sizes you have in football, i think you need to be careful with the whole number retirement thing.
 
I am in the camp - that does not believe in retiring #'s.

If they didn't retire Dale Earnhardt's 3 in Nascar then no # should be retired in any sport.

PS - This was handled great by the Administration and I like the move of un-retiring these #'s.
 
BuffUp said:
I am in the camp - that does not believe in retiring #'s.

If they didn't retire Dale Earnhardt's 3 in Nascar then no # should be retired in any sport.

PS - This was handled great by the Administration and I like the move of un-retiring these #'s.
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That is like saying if they didn't retire the cue stick after Efren Manalang Reyes stopped playing, then they shouldn't ever retire anything.
 
Wonder when this discussion was had and decision made. And how much it played a role for Clayton in choosing CU. Not suggesting at all it was a make or break thing, but it does show a real belief in the kid.
 
rodrigo said:
Wonder when this discussion was had and decision made. And how much it played a role for Clayton in choosing CU. Not suggesting at all it was a make or break thing, but it does show a real belief in the kid.
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It’s a testimony to our coaches voracious recruiting efforts
 
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