44 IS RESTORED

[jekelish]

http://.com/restored/

Hell. Yes.

 

[Jeremy L.]

 

[cuseguy]

Just watched the announcement.

Excellent.

 

[TheCusian]

Thank you to jekelish and countless others who worked hard on this.

First Washington, now 44. I said it in RW44's thread - but I will cry when he runs out of the tunnel with that number on. And I won't be ashamed.

Gross is gone, time to right the ship.

 

[Toga]

http://.com/restored/

Hell. Yes.

Well done sir. Well done.

 

[Frozen]

 

[texascpa]

Wait! What? Why did SU keep this so quiet?

 

[CTMick]

 

[VictorJ24]

Great news.

 

[Trueblue25]

Thank god.

 

[crales44]

It's about flipping time.

 

[Scooch]

Good.

Shows it's never too late to fix an idiotic decision.

 

[OrangeViking]

Hallelujah!

 

[jr4750]

 

[jkm54]

My second kid was born today, on the day that SU finally restores #44. The hospital ID tag #, and I you not, is 84444.

 

[sutomcat]

http://.com/restored/

Hell. Yes.

Nice. Good to see an awful mistake finally remedied.

Look forward to the day a promising young RB takes a pitch and runs wide, looking for daylight...

 

[Scooch]

Admittedly I'm not particularly bright, but I never knew that there were players who wore #44 in between Brown and Davis, and Davis and Little.

http://cuse.com/news/2015/5/19/FB_0519150447.aspx?path=football

Kind of makes all the handwringing some expressed about "dishonoring" the number even more ridiculous. #44 has always ping-ponged between being worn by legends and worn by "just another guy". The tradition was that it was in circulation.

Glad we're honoring that tradition.

 

[Tobias Funke]

Wait! What? Why did SU keep this so quiet?

They announced it in conjunction with the new plaza. Seems like this is the first time in history something was announced in its intended fashion rather than being leaked ahead of time.

 

[elimunelson]

Good.

Shows it's never too late to fix an idiotic decision.

Never too late to get good again either. Let's hope this turns around the ship as well.

44 is one of the most "college football" tradition-y thing we have. It's something ESPN Game Day eats up, recruits eat up and the students eat up.

A very good day indeed.

 

[CaliCuse]

Just one reason why Gross should have been dumped sooner.TGIB "Thank god its back."Shafer must put together an Oline to give Rob Washingtonthe opportunity to build on the culture of #44.

 

[cuseguy]

Admittedly I'm not particularly bright, but I never knew that there were players who wore #44 in between Brown and Davis, and Davis and Little. http://cuse.com/news/2015/5/19/FB_0519150447.aspx?path=football Kind of makes all the handwringing some expressed about "dishonoring" the number even more ridiculous. #44 has always ping-ponged between being worn by legends and worn by "just another guy".

True.

But they're finally doing something right, creating the 44 Plaza and unretiring the number to use as a recruiting tool.

Should have done this years ago.

 

[texascpa]

They announced it in conjunction with the new plaza. Seems like this is the first time in history something was announced in its intended fashion rather than being leaked ahead of time.

Who announced it? Syverud? Sala?

 

[Frozen]

Just one reason why Gross should have been dumped sooner.TGIB "Thank god its back."Shafer must put together an Oline to give Rob Washingtonthe opportunity to build on the culture of #44.

44 was coming back, even with Gross at the helm.

 

[jr4750]

Who announced it? Syverud? Sala?

Sala

 

[OrangeXtreme]