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>>>>>>>31 Always<<<<<<<<
Posted on 7/24/10 at 11:44 am
Posted on 7/24/10 at 11:44 am
Hard to believe it's been 8 years. :(
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Posted on 7/24/10 at 11:46 am to TailgatinTigers
Also free lsu31always
Posted on 7/24/10 at 12:00 pm to TailgatinTigers
Wally 
Posted on 7/24/10 at 12:56 pm to TailgatinTigers
R.I.P. Wally
31 Always
31 Always
Posted on 7/24/10 at 2:53 pm to TailgatinTigers
Posted on 7/24/10 at 3:32 pm to Weaver
forever 31
# should be retired at LSU
I wore 31 for him when i was young and wanted to ask the family if i could wear his number at LSU out of respect then injuries blah blah blah anyways 31 always have the painting of him above my computer so i see it everyday
# should be retired at LSU
I wore 31 for him when i was young and wanted to ask the family if i could wear his number at LSU out of respect then injuries blah blah blah anyways 31 always have the painting of him above my computer so i see it everyday
This post was edited on 7/24/10 at 3:34 pm
Posted on 7/25/10 at 12:58 am to wish i was tebow
quote:Really? Why, becuase he died? Nothing Wally did on the field warrants his number being retired at LSU. Walker, Furniss, etc. etc. etc. don't have their numbers retired. They are all time greats with record after record. Why retire Wally's number but not tons of other players who were much better? Wally was a good player. Thats it. You shouldn't just retire somebody's number just because they happen to tragically die young.
# should be retired at LSU
Posted on 7/25/10 at 1:25 am to jlsutiger
Not JUST because he tragically died young, but because he passed while still playing for LSU.
Posted on 7/25/10 at 1:36 am to Jack Burton
quote:Ok, so your standard would be if a player dies while at LSU, he gets his number retired? So I guess you would support the retirement of Naeshall Menard's number? He was the LSU football player who killed himself his junior year in 1998.
Not JUST because he tragically died young, but because he passed while still playing for LSU.
You can't just retire someone's number just because they died young while playing at LSU. You can certainly honor that person in other ways, but number retirement is the ultimate honor saved only for the greatest players in their sport who have very special accomplishments. Wally has not earned that honor.
This post was edited on 7/25/10 at 1:39 am
Posted on 7/25/10 at 1:43 am to jlsutiger
This isn't the thread for this. Knock it off.
Posted on 7/25/10 at 1:43 am to jlsutiger
You're a dickhead. It's an ultimate honor? I bet if you ask any LSU baseball legend, they'd have no problem with Wally Pontiff's number being retired.
Posted on 7/25/10 at 1:45 am to jlsutiger
skip bertman didnt do anything "on the field" and his number is retired.
Posted on 7/25/10 at 1:48 am to Lester Earl
quote:that's such a retarded comparison. a coach to a player and talking about "on the field" comparisons.
skip bertman didnt do anything "on the field" and his number is retired.
lulz
Posted on 7/25/10 at 1:53 am to jlsutiger
quote:
You can't just retire someone's number just because they died young while playing at LSU. You can certainly honor that person in other ways, but number retirement is the ultimate honor saved only for the greatest players in their sport who have very special accomplishments. Wally has not earned that honor.
Alex Box is named after a LSU letterman who died in WWII. No, it isn't his jersey number, but I'd say having his name on the building is nice.
Also, I'd say that it's unfortunate that we never got a chance to see if Wally could have, in your words, "earned" the right to have his number retired.
Posted on 7/25/10 at 2:01 am to Acreboy
quote:
that's such a retarded comparison. a coach to a player and talking about "on the field" comparisons.
point is, retiring numbers isnt just for All American players.
Pontiff may not have been an all american like eddy furniss, but i guarantee he touched more lives.
Posted on 7/25/10 at 2:02 am to TailgatinTigers
Posted on 7/25/10 at 2:03 am to Lester Earl
quote:and im not here denying that point. in fact i think Wally deserves all the praise he gets. it's just a really bad comparison. Skip is arguably the best CB Coach of all time.
Pontiff may not have been an all american like eddy furniss, but i guarantee he touched more lives.
Posted on 7/25/10 at 2:10 am to Acreboy
quote:
t's just a really bad comparison. Skip is arguably the best CB Coach of all time.
read the fricking thread. He mentioned because Pontiff wasnt great on the field as a player, he shouldnt have his number retired.
Skip wasn't a fricking player either. HIs number is retired. Its a perfect comparison.
Posted on 7/25/10 at 2:22 am to Lester Earl
Geez can we stop the BS and just pay respect to Wally and remember him for not only being a Tiger, but for being a good person and someone who had a heart to help other people. The fact that he died so young is too tragic beyond words. Just pay respect to the man, and leave it at that.
Posted on 7/25/10 at 2:23 am to Lester Earl
WOW really? Are we really going to argue about this? The kids dead, this is a remembrance thread... We don't need to be arguing about how good or bad he was.
Wally is and will always be my favorite Tiger, even before he died... If his number gets retired that would be awesome and I'd have no problem with that, if it doesn't I wouldnt be upset and I'd have no problem with that... I think LSU has done a real nice job remembering him thus far.
Wally is and will always be my favorite Tiger, even before he died... If his number gets retired that would be awesome and I'd have no problem with that, if it doesn't I wouldnt be upset and I'd have no problem with that... I think LSU has done a real nice job remembering him thus far.
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