re: 11th year of "18"

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Nobody cares what you think about the passing of the number dude. No person ever asked your opinion in that perspective. Its a honor for the player to get it. Scouts in yhe NFL see that it is a sign of maturity and leadership.

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Congrats on missing my entire fricking point.

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OceanMan

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My point is that we (LSU) have now made the #18 some iconic number at LSU. I actually enjoy the idea of handing down a special number for all the reasons you suggest...just disagree that number should have been #18.

Mauck was a solid player and a good guy. So was Hester. But does that suddenly make that number so iconic that it deserves to be preserved above all other in terms of relating it to leadership?

I get that there are a TON of LSU fans that seem to think the sun rose and set on Jacob Hester, so I'm sure that is part of the lore for them. I'm just not one of them. Good player, seemingly a good guy. Fun to watch in 2007.

I'm of the mind that when you choose a number to hand down like this, the player should have done something extraordinary or the player is associated with some tragedy and handing the number down to a deserving player is a way to honor the former player.

The mileage of others clearly varies...

And your point has nothing to do with the original post of the thread. As said before, its a symbol of leadership and hard workmanship.

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And your point has nothing to do with the original post of the thread. As said before, its a symbol of leadership and hard workmanship.

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WTF? His point has everything to do with the original post of the thread. You just don't agree with his opinion.

This thread is about the number 18. He doesn’t have a problem with the tradition of awarding a player with a number that holds special significance. He merely questions the choice of the number: 18. Why 18?

I actually think it was one of the more brilliant moves by Miles. The “tradition” could have caused serious problems until Miles co-opted the whole thing. Honestly, it was a brilliant move by Miles to appropriate an idea that could have sowed dissension and turn it to his advantage.

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Salviati

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Sorry dude but if you could read it says state what you think magee will put up and who next years prediction for 18 will be.

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Sorry dude but if you could read it says state what you think magee will put up

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Sorry dude if you could read it has about ten pictures and two dozens lines of text about #18. There is only one line of text which asks what we think Magee will put up. And why are we asked? Because he's #18 this year.

You don't think this thread is about the tradition of #18? Hell, look at the title.

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and who next years prediction for 18 will be.

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So this thread is not about the tradition of #18?

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100 threads a day are started over this?

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learn how to count you maroon