Grassroots effort to renew 44?

[ClkWrkOrange]

signed.

 

[Nick44]

Rob Konrad was a 5 star recruit, but turned out to be not program altering, so I guess he shouldn't have worn it either. Therefore by default his opinion doesn't matter

He was also a “5 star recruit” in 1994, years before the star system was even in place. His response was a cop out, he clearly didn’t give any intelligent thought to it otherwise he would’ve come to something more sensible. It’s a shame.

 

[mark79]

I sent an email to AD Wildhack last week and received a reply. In essence, they are going to consult with families, etc and nothing will be done mid-season. Nothing new but I appreciated the response.

It is kind of odd that a a number that we thought was made to be representative of our university as a whole...is actually not. Even more confusing were the comments made by Floyd's widow.

Now let me emphasize that, as a kid, Floyd was my second favorite sports hero behind Ernie Davis. I can still recall standing next to him for about 5 minutes when he visited my high school. Once I got to SU and came to view athletes as simply kids similar to everybody else, my days of having sports heroes ended.

That being said, Floyd's widow stating that whomever wore it should have the same character traits as Floyd, that it should go to his grandson and after that everything was fair game, etc...well, it left me with the feeling that The Legend of 44 had turned into The Legend of Floyd.

I'm kind of at the point where it wouldn't bother me if Sean kept his number and blazed his own trail. Joe Morris never wore 44, and although sadly his name is rarely really mentioned with Brown, Davis, and Little, he is our alltime leading rusher. Sean is on pace to better Joe's records so maybe he and his number should be the focus and not a number filled with politics. I hope he gets 44 but if he doesn't then #34 will become the new measuring stick for future Orange running backs.

I’m with you. If it was me, I would say thanks but I just want to make 34 great.

 

[Nahson]

I have nothing to add to this discussion but I did see this edit and it dopeeeeeee, so I figured I’d drop it here.

 

[DoubleDee]

After nearly a week of very weak activity, I submitted the petition to ADJW. I attached it to a very well thought out and polite letter explaining my stance on things. He responded in less than 50 minutes which was way quicker than I would have thought. A short, nice, and appreciative email. I’ll leave it at that.

I’m not sure it gets us anywhere, but hey, the fan-to-AD conversation is happening.