How long until Randy Moss’ number is retired?
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Hamrick will probably ask him to pay for the spot on the press box where they put the number.
Seriously though, hope they do it ASAP.
Seriously though, hope they do it ASAP.
Man, it was fun watching that guy play at Marshall!!! And in the NFL. Well deserved.
Randy Moss' number should have been retired already IMO... But hopefully our administration can work out a weekend this fall where Randy can come back for a pregame celebration and see his name and number go up on the press box opposite Frank Gatski.
That will be awesome!! NC State game would be off .....the.......hook.
I think we could have two huge attendance games if, for example, we host NC State (which I assume will be a sellout since their fans always travel well, its still warm weather, and its not that far) and then do Moss' number retirement against either MTSU or FAU.
Time to fire up the marketing department!
Time to fire up the marketing department!
We will do it the week of the South Carolina game knowing the Marshall athletic dept
SLUGGO72.....not sure why you posted a comment about Step Curry? Step was inducted into the Charlotte Christian HS...HOF one night last basketball season (2017) and two days later Curry was inducted in Davidson's HOF. His jersey (#30) adorns walls at both arenas.
You are one year late with your false statement.
HerdZilla22 (baseball coach at Charlotte Christian) in Charlotte
maybe he went back and got his degree, but until he did, see below..
or perhaps Davidson College hasn't updated their website to reflect his induction...
http://www.davidsonwildcats.com/hof.aspx?type=alpha
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- Cameron Ayars '79, Kirk
- Carnegie '50, Prosser
- Cheek '49, George
- Clark '98, Allie Noznesky
- Cobb '50, P. Whitlock
- Cobb '56, Hollis
- Cook '70, Douglas
- Corbin '37, Thomas
- Craig '54, Ben
- Crawford '01, Ryan
- Crawford '23, Clifford
Davidson won't make graduation exception to honor Steph Curry
N.C. --Davidsond does not make exceptions to its rules for honoring former athletes. Not even for favorite sonStephen Curry.
The school retires only the jerseys of players who graduated. And Curry, the most recognized and accomplished player in school history, has not completed his degree requirements after going to the NBA a year early in 2009.
So arguably the new face of the league, whose profile only increased after leading theGolden State Warriorsto the 2015 NBA title, will not be formally recognized on his former campus until he finishes his courses.
Steph Curry starred at Davidson under coach Bob McKillop but won't have his jersey retired until he graduates. AP Photo/Chuck Burton
"I knew what I signed up for when I went to Davidson," Curry said. "I made a promise to coach [Bob] McKillop and my family that when I left school back in '09 that that would be accomplished -- and it will be soon. Hopefully sooner than later."
McKillop called Curry "the biggest catalyst for Davidson basketball that Davidson College has ever had." Despite Curry's popularity, Davidson athletic director Jim Murphy said there hasn't been any movement to make an exception and allow him the recognition.
"It's one of those things where, I'm not even sure who would make that decision to be honest with you, just because it's never come up before," Murphy said. "I assume it would be the board of trustees."
Murphy said a similar debate has happened in the past at Davidson surrounding a Hall of Fame candidacy. Mike Maloy, another former basketball standout, left school a year early in 1970 to play in the ABA. Entrance into the school's Hall of Fame also requires the inductee have graduated. Maloy, who still holds the school record for rebounding, has not been inducted.
"There has not been an exemption for it, to my understanding, for anyone," said Murphy, a 1978 Davidson graduate who has served his current role since 1995. "The policy itself speaks a lot to what Davidson is all about. It'd be an interesting discussion, but it hasn't been started yet."
Myriad obstacles have hindered Curry's process. Davidson does not offer classes in the summer, when it might have been easier for him to take his remaining courses.
Do you know what IIRC stands for?? Let me help you out it stands for If I Remember Correctly. That means hes not stating a fact and there is room for him being wrong. No matter what you think you dont have the pulse of everything charlotte.
According to davidsons own athletic hall of fame webpage Curry isnt listed.
http://www.davidsonwildcats.com/hof.aspx
I am completely fine with retiring Randy, Chad and Byron's numbers. I could easily be swayed on Troy Brown and Cato...
Cato really? I would think he is simply the standard as to what we should expect.
But where do you stop for retiring jerseys in college? We have lots of great players in our past that could warrant retiring a jersey. I think you stick with just NFL Hall of Famers. I know that will few and far between but retiring one guy like Chad and not Byron or Cato is not a good idea.
You don't have to retire the jersey just honor them as some of the greats with their name on the stadium press box. Something similar to the ring of honor. Jmo.
Maybe NFL HOF just get their numbers retired?
Maybe NFL HOF just get their numbers retired?
