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[QUOTE="kingtidge, post: 4867268, member: 994"]
1. LaQuint stays...

2. A special, do-not-miss-pregame announcement before the first home game next year is blasted to all media outlets and social media 5 days or so before the game, asking people to be in their seats 15 minutes early.

3.  15 minutes before the start of the game, the lights go out in the dome, except for a spotlight that shines on the 44 retired jersey in the rafters...

3. 2001 Space Odyssey theme blasts over the loudspeakers as the shirt slowly descends on a zipline to the center of the field with spotlight following it... the jumbotron flashes a collage of names and images of past 44 players...

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4. Then a spotlight flashes on to the center of the field as smoke machine puffs smoke about... LaQuint is standing there in his game-day gear (sans a jersey) and the announcer states "Ladies and Gentlemen, # 44 is officially un-retired... Congratulations to LeQuint Allen, Syracuse's NEW # 44!"

5. LaQuint takes jersey from zipline and puts it on.

6. Rest of the team bursts out of lockeroom straight to midfield for 2 minutes of congratulations.

7. I well-up ap and tear in my beer... others do the same...

8. Coach Brown hits the mic for a couple minutes congratulating LaQuint and firmly announcing that 44 is back and how he and his coaches are actively looking for its next potential wearer on the recruiting trail now...  and how 44 is a great recruiting tool for RB's, yadayada...
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