Help retire #8

[TheDayMan]

I'm sorry is there a different name you'd call him?

I thought of one! 'The cube car drivin' hawain.'

 

[7Samurai13]

Didn't Garner wear #98? And he sort of soiled that jersey.

They unretired the number but where a patch honoring the original player.

Tradition?

 

[trojanfan12]

which is part of why I say no. Dont wanna be like USC, be like Oregon do your own thing.

Like not win national championships.

 

[ElTexan]

Retire #11, Major Applewhite, why not?

He was only one half away from being in a national championship... Mariota was one half from winning one.

 

[OregonDucks]

Mariota won the schools first heisman trophy and what he did for the community is even greater than what he did on the field.

 

[Olyduck]

Like not win national championships.

Or win one that doesn't get taken away

 

[ElTexan]

Or win one that doesn't get taken away

 

[smilesid]

I'm not sure about retiring his number, yes, great player, maybe one of the greatest Ducks ever, but still, leaving a year early. You sure about thanking him for leaving early?

 

[Boise4Life]

I'm not sure about retiring his number, yes, great player, maybe one of the greatest Ducks ever, but still, leaving a year early. You sure about thanking him for leaving early?

He had to leave early. It was time. He had nothing left to prove. It's what's best for him. Oregon fans should feel fortunate to have him as long as they did and I'm sure they do. Stud athlete and class act. I wish him well at the next level.

 

[ElTexan]

He had to leave early. It was time. He had nothing left to prove..

 

[Boise4Life]

He could come back and try to win a national championship sure, but really what would that have done in terms of raising his draft stock? What if he got injured in the process? The kid went 36-5. He was a winner. It's his time to declare. He made the right decision.

 

[trojanfan12]

Or win one that doesn't get taken away

Touche'

 

[trojanfan12]

He could come back and try to win a national championship sure, but really what would that have done in terms of raising his draft stock? What if he got injured in the process? The kid went 36-5. He was a winner. It's his time to declare. He made the right decision.

Yeah, if a player, especially a qb, is considered a first round pick (especially high in the first round) the smart move is to leave early. If they don't, then the NFL starts questioning him and spending the next season picking his game apart.

Matt Leinart actually had better stats his senior year than he did his junior year when he won the Heisman and dropped from the probable #1 overall pick had he come out after his junior year to the #10 pick.

 

[Olyduck]

Touche'

haha

And thats how you have good clean rivalry banter boys and girls