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Pat Dye Field => War Damn Eagle => Topic started by: AUChizad on September 08, 2010, 03:23:22 PM
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http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2010/09/you_cant_tell_a_player_without.html
You can't tell a player without a program...or maybe even with one at Auburn
Published: Wednesday, September 08, 2010, 12:14 PM
Charles Goldberg -- The Birmingham News Charles Goldberg -- The Birmingham News
Somebody called the Tiger Talk radio call-in show wanting to know what so many players wear the same numbers.
The quick answer: Recruiting.
Auburn has 23 cases of duplicate numbers on this season's roster, including 11 instances in which players on scholarship are wearing the same number.
"It is kind of a trend,'' coach Gene Chizik said. "It's really important to these guys when they come out of high school. Part of the recruiting is `Hey, can I have No. 8? Can I have No. 10? Or 12?'
"You can't say no. You try to hold true to your word, and they're really good about it. They understand if they can't get it, or they have to wait a year or two. In a lot of cases we feel it isn't an issue because there's no special teams crossover where it's going to be an issue.
"Hey, if it makes them play better, let them wear it."
Players can wear the same number -- as long as they're not on the field at the same time.
Notable Auburn duplicate numbers
2 Cam Newton
2 Aairon Savage
3 DeAngelo Benton
3 Chris Davis
4 Zac Etheridge
4 Shaun Kitchens
5 Mike Dyer
5 Jake Holland
6 Antonio Goodwin
6 Jonathon Mincy
9 Quindarius Carr
9 Ryan White
14 Demond Washington
14 Barrett Trotter
15 Neiko Thorpe
15 Clint Moseley
17 Josh Bynes
17 Ryan Shoemaker
18 Kodi Burns
18 Wes Byrum
36 Cody Parkey
36 Wade Christopher
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I will admit that I got freaked at one point when I saw #2 make a tackle... on defense...
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I will admit that I got freaked at one point when I saw #2 make a tackle... on defense...
Savage begged and pleaded on bended knee to please, please, pleeeeeeaasse let him wear #2.
Cam deemed it so.
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I will admit that I got freaked at one point when I saw #2 make a tackle... on defense...
No one ever made that mistake with number 17
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No one ever made that mistake with number 17
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