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[QUOTE="Dick_in_MI, post: 4051927, member: 225"]
I totally get that and it has always bothered me that Joe Morris doesn't get the acclaim of the players of my youth simply because we have made such a big thing out of #44. It really sucks.

But the people of my generation will be gone before long...I'm checking my watch and it says "don't make any short term plans"...and with them will go the legend. Maybe a young kid coming up will idolize Sean and maybe he will want to wear his number. Maybe Floyd's grandson will wear 44 but all the future good RB's will want to wear 34. Maybe. Probably not, but maybe.

I completely admit that this scenario is far-fetched but for current fans who weren't around 55 years ago to see the last great 44, someday they will be telling younger fans about Sean and not about the 44's. When I was a kid I heard a lot about Vic Hanson from older folks who had watched him in both sports. He was a big deal. Now? The average SU fan has never heard of him.

Even if nobody ends up remembering #34, they will remember Sean Tucker. Maybe the player will become more important than a number that some guys wore when I was a kid and then was sealed in a display case.
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