#20 Jersey Number Question

[BornRedCornFed]

I think it's just retired jersey vs retired numbers. Very few retired numbers, but a lot of retired jerseys. The same name may have to do with why the jersey was temporarily unretired.

yeah zoogie's right. as long as the jerseys are different, numbers of retired players are allowed to be recycled. retired numbers are a whole different thing

 

[druski_2k5]

Now I know Billy C basically stomped all over tradition, and may not have cared that Lucky was wearing a permanently retired jersey, which would not surprise me, but I was wondering if that was the real reason Lucky was able to wear #20 or not?

Actually TO hated Husker tradition. That's why Michael Booker wore #20 in the '90s. Solich and Pelini, too with Josh Bullocks.

C'mon folks i know Callahan=the devil for a lot of fans but deliberately un-retiring numbers?

Good point, I forgot about Bullocks [one of my favorites] and Booker having #20, I got too caught up in the anti-Callahan to remember those.

 

[walksalone]

Now I know Billy C basically stomped all over tradition, and may not have cared that Lucky was wearing a permanently retired jersey, which would not surprise me, but I was wondering if that was the real reason Lucky was able to wear #20 or not?

Actually TO hated Husker tradition. That's why Michael Booker wore #20 in the '90s. Solich and Pelini, too with Josh Bullocks.

C'mon folks i know Callahan=the devil for a lot of fans but deliberately un-retiring numbers?

I'm pretty sure the school no longee retires numbers, just jerseys.

don't know. Boomer Brown's number was only retired in 2004, not all that long ago. It was the same year he went into the NFL Hall of fame and that had a lot to do with it. maybe if that is some kind of standard, Will Shields would be a consideration soon.

Certainly there are guys that would be deserving of the honor (Frazier?, Suh?, Rimmington?, even Berringer?) but once you start down that path, where do you stop? there are only so many numbers.

BTW, I still think Berringer's number should be given to special players, kind of like #12 for A&M. It seemed like 18 was used like that for a few years after '96.

I'm constantly trying to get Jets tickets just so I can yell at him personally for what he did not only to my Huskers, but also to my Raiders.

 

[Roark]

I can't remember what game I was watching, but I do remember one of the dudes calling the game mentioning that Lucky switched numbers because he didn't want to wear Johnny Rodgers' number anymore.