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First thread start ever for me. Jersey numbers are officially posted for the fall season. All of the single-digit numbers are duplicated. Including the magic number “0”. I don’t think we have a starter on defense with a number higher than 29. Does this bother anyone else, or is it just me?

I’ll hang up and listen. I need to go chase some kids off my lawn.
 
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Orange Navy said:
First thread start ever for me. Jersey numbers are officially posted for the fall season. All of the single-digit numbers are duplicated. Including the magic number “0”. I don’t think we have a starter on defense with a number higher than 29. Does this bother anyone else, or is it just me?

I’ll hang up and listen. I need to go chase some kids off my lawn.
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Doesn’t bother me
 
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Ok I’ll go in a different direction. Any cool numbers? That maybe remind you of any former Vols? I’m always excited when the jersey numbers come out because it means football season will be here soon!
 
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Orange Navy said:
Ok I’ll go in a different direction. Any cool numbers? That maybe remind you of any former Vols? I’m always excited when the jersey numbers come out because it means football season will be here soon!
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My favorites
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7 for Condredge Holloway
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21 for Larry Seivers & Stanley Morgan
 
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TNnative said:
This is why I was never in favor of retiring numbers.
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Good point. If Boo were to keep #23 for his entire career, that number could be retired. (I hope he plays well enough that it would be a consideration). But you could never retire a single-digit number. If you retired #1 it would kill recruiting, because every kid wants to be #1. Fortunately for UT #16 is the only desirable number that is retired. #91 and #92 are retired, but nobody wants them anyway.
 
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Im old school and can remember when single digit jersey numbers were reserved for kickers and punters. If I were making the rules, this is how numbers would be dispersed based on position...

QB - 10-19

RB - 30's

WR - 40's or 80's

TE - 80's

OL - 60's and 70's

DL - 70's and 90's

LB - 40's or 50's

DB - 20's

Kickers and Punters - 1-9

The number zero should be banned!
 
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Orange Navy said:
Good point. If Boo were to keep #23 for his entire career, that number could be retired. (I hope he plays well enough that it would be a consideration). But you could never retire a single-digit number. If you retired #1 it would kill recruiting, because every kid wants to be #1. Fortunately for UT #16 is the only desirable number that is retired. #91 and #92 are retired, but nobody wants them anyway.
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We shouldn’t retire numbers (other than the 4 killed in WWII). We should just retire/honor jerseys. Kinda like basketball does. Then we could open it up to more VFLs.
 
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Brave Volunteer said:
Im old school and can remember when single digit jersey numbers were reserved for kickers and punters. If I were making the rules, this is how numbers would be dispersed based on position...

QB - 10-19

RB - 30's

WR - 40's or 80's

TE - 80's

OL - 60's and 70's

DL - 70's and 90's

LB - 40's or 50's

DB - 20's

Kickers and Punters - 1-9

The number zero should be banned!
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Centers?
 
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Orange Navy said:
First thread start ever for me. Jersey numbers are officially posted for the fall season. All of the single-digit numbers are duplicated. Including the magic number “0”. I don’t think we have a starter on defense with a number higher than 29. Does this bother anyone else, or is it just me?

I’ll hang up and listen. I need to go chase some kids off my lawn.
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Decent First Thread Post, Squid...

NEXT TIME...ADD either The List or a LINK to the List...

CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE NEW FOOTBALL ROSTER JERSEY # LIST

Returning Players who Changed Their Number​

Peyton Lewis: No. 2
Mike Matthews: No. 4
Daevin Hobbs: No. 5
Kaleb Beasley: No. 10
Jordan Burns: No. 11
Emmanuel Okoye: No. 34
Carson Gentle: No. 35
Jeremias Heard: No. 51
Sham Umarov: No. 74
Tommy Winton: No. 84

Transfers and Incoming Freshmen who Changed Their Number​

Travis Smith: No. 1
Jack Van Dorselaer: No. 3
Tyler Redmond: No. 4
RaRa Jackson: No. 5
DaSaahn Brame: No. 7
Star Thomas: No. 9
Mariyon Dye: No. 9
Jaedon Harmon: No. 12
Ethan Utley: No. 17
Daune Morris: No. 19
Justin Baker: No. 20
Tre Poteat: No. 21
Dylan Lewis: No. 24
Tim Merritt: No. 25
Jadon Perlotte: No. 27
Christian Gass: No. 44
Nic Moore: No. 58
 
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I think we should do like license plates and make it a letter and a numeral.
OR, a sponsorship patch and a numeral.

"Weigel's-3 scoops up the Kentucky fumble and is immediately tackled by Kroger-7."
 
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A center with 00 would be okay.It would be kind of an honor for 00-Jim Otto Oakland Raiders center for several years.
 
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TAF said:
Decent First Thread Post, Squid...

NEXT TIME...ADD either The List or a LINK to the List...

CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE NEW FOOTBALL ROSTER JERSEY # LIST

Returning Players who Changed Their Number​

Peyton Lewis: No. 2
Mike Matthews: No. 4
Daevin Hobbs: No. 5
Kaleb Beasley: No. 10
Jordan Burns: No. 11
Emmanuel Okoye: No. 34
Carson Gentle: No. 35
Jeremias Heard: No. 51
Sham Umarov: No. 74
Tommy Winton: No. 84

Transfers and Incoming Freshmen who Changed Their Number​

Travis Smith: No. 1
Jack Van Dorselaer: No. 3
Tyler Redmond: No. 4
RaRa Jackson: No. 5
DaSaahn Brame: No. 7
Star Thomas: No. 9
Mariyon Dye: No. 9
Jaedon Harmon: No. 12
Ethan Utley: No. 17
Daune Morris: No. 19
Justin Baker: No. 20
Tre Poteat: No. 21
Dylan Lewis: No. 24
Tim Merritt: No. 25
Jadon Perlotte: No. 27
Christian Gass: No. 44
Nic Moore: No. 58
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Didn’t see Joey Aguilar on there. He’s gonna be 6 instead of the 4 he wore at Appy.
 
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MAD said:
When I was a kid it seemed like a lot were #50
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I think your right. Used to be:
Center 50
Guard 60
Tackle 70
End 80
Since players played both sides of the ball that translated to defense. DT's were 70's, DE's were 80's. The Guards tended to be smaller because they pulled alot in those days, so they would be Line Backers on defense.
 
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I remember in the 70s-80s when I watched the NFL a lot.
OLine was 50s-60s w/ odd numbers
LBs 50s with even #
Dline 70s
DBs 20s, 30s (odd numbers)
RBs 30s
QBs 10-19, then some QBs had the #7 in the 80s

CFB was the wild west for numbers.
 
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SpookyAction said:
I remember in the 70s-80s when I watched the NFL a lot.
OLine was 50s-60s w/ odd numbers
LBs 50s with even #
Dline 70s
DBs 20s, 30s (odd numbers)
RBs 30s
QBs 10-19, then some QBs had the #7 in the 80s

CFB was the wild west for numbers.
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Lamonica was #3 in the 70's.
 
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