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Message: [QUOTE="Pyle, post: 237863, member: 137"] Fine un-retire it. Just don't give it anyone please. Brown, Little, and Davis were extraordinary athletes who not only had to excel on the field, but off it as well. They excelled during a time where they had to break through a lot more than just LBs and DL. What those 3 achieved at Syracuse is very historically significant and because of that the number deservers a very special place in history and in the rafters, not on some kid who wouldn't understand what he is signifying. Think of Delone Carter. Would his junior performance been enough to warrant giving him the number? If you say yes, and he was a perfect role model for 3 years, how would you feel if the latest recipient punched some kid over a snowball throwing incident. That isn't the kind of men that legendary 3 were. The game has changed, today's youth has changed, and nobody will show the same respect those guys did. [/QUOTE]