[FarmBoy]

How common is it for schools to retire football jersey numbers? It seems like you would quickly run out of numbers if you do that, considering you have 85 players and only 100 numbers to choose from (101 if '0' is different from '00'). Duke has retired half the numbers under 50 it seems and the roster is full of odd numbers now.

When 7 was retired, I was under the impression it was partly because of how many great players had worn it, but a google search reveals it was indeed for Elway specifically. Kind of tough on a guy like Toby to learn they'll never have "their number" retired, though I guess they could always do a cheesy ceremony to add Toby as an asterisk to #7 or something.

Raises the question though, does CMAC deserve to have his number retired?

[FarmBoy]

How common is it for schools to retire football jersey numbers? It seems like you would quickly run out of numbers if you do that, considering you have 85 players and only 100 numbers to choose from (101 if '0' is different from '00'). Duke has retired half the numbers under 50 it seems and the roster is full of odd numbers now.

When 7 was retired, I was under the impression it was partly because of how many great players had worn it, but a google search reveals it was indeed for Elway specifically. Kind of tough on a guy like Toby to learn they'll never have "their number" retired, though I guess they could always do a cheesy ceremony to add Toby as an asterisk to #7 or something.

Raises the question though, does CMAC deserve to have his number retired?