Hoke: Peppers has to earn #2 jersey
Although he will likely wear the #2 before he leaves Ann Arbor, it doesnt' appear that it will be this season as was widely speculated yesterday.
Woodson wore No. 2 at Michigan, and while it has not been given special designation, Hoke believes it is a number that should be earned.
What number will the 6-foot-1, 205-pound Peppers wear this fall?
“We’re not sure yet,” Hoke said after speaking to the Sound Mind Sound Body football campers about the value of education
Friday at Chandler Park Academy. “He may be wearing (No.) 5.”
Yeah, could be possible. The only thing this really confirms is that Peppers is not currently assigned the #2 and the photo that was circulating yesterday was indeed from a recruiting visit as some speculated.
because when I see 87 all I can think of is tight end.
That's the point OP was trying to make. 87 isn't unique to tight ends, a bunch of them wear it. 19 is much more unique, Funchess wore it.
has not given much thought to Jabrill wearing the #2 jersey (serious, decision-making thought, anyway).
I could certainly be wrong, but I hope he is concentrating on other things football. The DB in me thinks it would be great PR for the program (and C-Dub) if Jabrill wears 2.
I wonder if they will turn the #2 into an offical legends number with a Woodson patch. Obviously, that ceremony wouldn't happen for the first game (Penn St. would probably be the only game that's worthy of such a ceremony). I guess Peppers could already be wearing #2, but in my scenario it seems logical that he would wear something else until that ceremony.
I guess such a ceremony would also depend on Woodson's playing schedule.
I think it's just one of those "you know it when you see it" kind of things. Manningham and Hemmingway probably should've gotten it, though.
I think that's what sent us down this awful, awful road to begin with. Manningham didn't get it, which led to everyone thinking, "Well if he doesn't deserve it, then this guy doesn't deserve it," etc. etc. Manningham should have gotten it, Hemmingway probably should have gotten it, and Gallon definitely should have gotten it. Gallon probably would have gotten it if he hadn't already been given the 21, which was probably poor foresight by the coaches. They probably want to get the frickin number on the field as badly as anyone so they can stop answering questions about it. Now Funch can't get it either. If someone besides Funchess (who already has a legends jersey) goes off this year, just give it to them next year and be done with it. Every year give it to someone unless the whole team sucks. If Jabrill is the best corner after fall practice, just give it to him so he doesn't have to switch numbers and be done with it. I'm so sick of this bullshit. It's absurd that people get so offended by this nonsense. I'm offended by our lack of championships. Period.
It's rather well known Manningham would have worn #1 if he had been able to get a handle on his rather out-in-the-open weed habit. He wasn't the only one, that's for sure, but he was the only one who had such an obvious issue that Lloyd had no choice but to suspend him.
I think he should have worn the 1 his senior year coupled with Devin wearing 98.
That won the game for us.
So Vincent Smith and Justin Turner came in and "earned" it? I realize they were before Hoke, but give me a break. #2 is #2. Woodson has not been retired yet.
That is where the word 'if' to start my statement is important.
Shawn Crable
Sam McGuffie
Vincent Smith
"rocket appliances"
the results can be good. See Jeremy Gallon's TD catch @Minnesota in 2012.
I don't understand why we don't give the guy below a scholarship. I mean, he can go up and get balls that even Charles Woodson & Taco Pants couldn't reach.
Auction off the numbers, like we do with the coaches.
For a suitable donation, number thirty-four could be the "Mack and Mary Smith #34".
Number thirty-five could be the "Bill and Betty Jones #35". And so on.
Since it's my idea, I get 10% of the proceeds. Hey, I'll use the money to buy a number.
I suggest some kind of round robin competition amongst the players for number assignment. Win the sack race? #1. Eat the most pies? #2. Solve a Rubick's cube the quickest? #100.
Now you've gone and done it, you jerk.
Introducing the J. Ira and Nicki We're so Fucking Rich You Don't Have the Balls to Say No to Us Harris #1, #2, #11, #21, #87, and #98 jerseys.
They'll have to use an ultra-condensed typeface to get it all to fit, but even then it will wrap around front to back.
As long as it's a Michigan jersey, I don't care.
You know what will really right the ship with the football program? Really setting serious priorities, like who gets assigned what number. That's a good thing for everyone to really focus in on.
Seriously, everyone was pretty much in agreement that Braylon was being ridiculous about giving a player the #1 jersey. Just give the players their numbers and let that be it.
Seriously. Just assign the numbers and be done with it.
I like the legends jerseys. I'm not sure how ignoring our tradition and history is going to make the team better. Us, Kentucky, and Louisville all have bball jerseys retired and are fine. What's going to get us back on top isn't ignoring tradition but recruiting blue chip players and attracting the best coaches and cordinators. I do agree that there are too many of them though. Just have 4 for the three heisman winners and # 1 jersey.
I'd like to see him wear the cardinality of the continuum, as a representation of how many points on the field he is going to lock down.
God who gives a crap anymore?