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View Poll Results: Honor the University Legends with a Patch Like Michigan Does? | |||
I would like to see this |
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41 | 42.71% |
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43 | 44.79% |
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12 | 12.50% |
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America is Great.
Male Join Date: Apr 2009
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![]() Our Outback Bowl opponents have a great system when it comes to honoring their former greats:
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http://www.annarbor.com/sports/um-fo...otball-legend/ I say recognize the legend that is Lattimore with a similar patch. You can do the same for #7 when he goes. #40 on defense should have a patch in honor of Norwood. In fact, what other patches would you see right now and would you support this idea?
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Banneded
Male Join Date: Apr 2007
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![]() You would end up with a "patchwork looking" jersey.
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America is Great.
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![]() How many patches would you have on one jersey? Three? I am counting the SEC patch and the NCAA patch. We have had three or more patches on the jerseys before when we have had anniversary years or special games. Just work with UA.
![]() It doesn't have to be a huge patch
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Blue Chip
Male Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Charleston
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![]() What happens when you have more than one "great" with the same #? If we are truly a program on the rise these types of players will be more frequent and the risk goes up of this happening
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1st Team All-American
Male Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Aldie, Va
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![]() I prefer ring of honor ideas. Another thing that some schools do, like Notre Dame, they put in the players locker all the greatest that came before him that wore his number. It is more of a you have this legacy to live up to. Fans usually remember the greats that came before, the players new to the program don't always.
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Grumpy Old Fart
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Bowl MVP
Male Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: back in the saddle again
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4-Star
Male Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Earth
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![]() I don't likw patches
.I prefer names in lockers & around the stadium
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Official Baseball Chick
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![]() Ring of Honor is better. This is more in line with the notion of retiring the jersey, not the number.
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4EVER CROWING!
Male Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Spartanburg, SC
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1st Team All-SEC
Male Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Irmo, SC
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![]() No, I don't want to see patches like this on the jerseys. What happens when there are 5 greats who have worn that jersey and deserve a patch? It would border on ridiculous then.
I'm not against retiring numbers, but I think that should happen rarely and only for the greatest of the great. I know Marcus is one of the greats, but I think all of the talk about retiring his number is knee-jerk reaction to him leaving. If we wait 5 years or so to truly be able to look back on his career, I'm not sure if a lot of people would still be calling for this to happen. |
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Starter
Male Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Greer
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![]() Don't like the patch idea too much.
What would be a better idea is retiring jerseys. Find a place in the stadium to hang up replica jerseys with the players name on it, but the number stays available. Kinda like UNC does for basketball.
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Two Deep
Male Join Date: May 2005
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The negative about jersey retiring to me is this...While Marcus has done tremendous things here, he has only really played two seasons for us over a three season period. DeVonte Holloman wears the same jersey number for us and has played pretty well for four seasons for us. There you are weighing impact vs longevity between two guys from the same time period wearing the same number. Do we retire the # 21 on offense for Marcus? What about the #7 next season? I like honoring our guys, but we have to come up with something better than this.
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![]() In 20-30 years the jerseys might start looking like NASCAR. Retiring the jersey is the most appropriate and sensible gesture. I'd hate to lose a recruit because he was hellbent on wearing 21.
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Banned
Male Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Nohio
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![]() I thought a fu manchu would be a good way to honor Kenny Miles... ..Maybe we could have some Latti cornrows for the player who works hardest on and off the field to wear. Hell..we could turn our current players into Mr. Potato heads and start dressing them up as our favorite players from the past..opposing defenses wouldn't know what hit em |
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2nd Team All-American
Male Join Date: May 2007
Location: Anderson, SC
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People can still wear the number, just know the people before you that have worn it, and the expectations that particular number carries if you pick it.
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IT'S MY GAMEFACE !
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Marcus was an outstanding individual without a doubt, but his total numbers were cut short by the injuries, and to me, to have a jersy retired would mean having set some lofty numbers on the way to breaking some lofty numbers by other players. ..... However, I recognize the "other" things Marcus brought to this team that went way beyond stats, and for that, if the university decided it worthy to retire #21 in honor of Marcus Lattimore, I'd certainly not be a person who would question it or find fault with it. In terms of the intangibles outside the numbers he did put up, he was probably the greatest to ever wear a Gamecock uniform. Definitely by the way he represented the program while wearing it, and his actions both on and off the field. ...He was absolutely right. He will forever and always be a Gamecock.
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The Paradigm Shift
Male Join Date: Dec 2008
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![]() I changed my mind. Do what we are doing now. The names on the ramp rings. Can't switch my vote but count one less for and one more against.
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Two Deep
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![]() Here's an idea...What about a 'Walk of Heroes' or greats/whatever outside of the stadium when renovated?
It could be kinda like that Chinese thing in Hollywood, or be lined with pedestals/plaques/and statues...or a combination of both. Everyone it seems has a 'ring of honor' inside the stadium...this, I think, would be a little different and serve the purpose. Some could get their names in the sidewalk...those deserving a little more acclaim could get the pedestals w/ plaques...and Heisman Trophy winners and Championship coaches could get statues. How's that? EDIT: Of course, keep doing what we are doing inside the stadium on the ramps with record holders...
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I drink your milkshake
Male Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: United Kingdom
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![]() I think it would be cool to have a place for a patch with Lattimore and other great's names, but looking at our uniforms, I don't see a non-awkward or clunky spot for it.
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