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Message: [QUOTE="tep624, post: 238005, member: 430"] Offering a number based upon a player's quality on/off the field and forcing someone to wear a number are two different things. I truly find it hard to believe that an upperclassmen wouldn't be honored to be offered to wear the number, whether or not they ultimately decided to wear it. Secondly, the whole mystique about the 44 was the fact that it was a living legend, handed on to the next great back...not that it was supposed to be a number noone could ever wear again hanging up on a pedestal. The greatness in the 44 is not only who wore it, but who can continue the legacy in the future. [/QUOTE]