Around the Big Ten

[whodean]

If your school could only sell one jersey number, which one would it be?

[Mike]

Probably #1 for us.

[lineygoblue]

That seems to be the one that is the most noticeable

[Rob F]

Back to that expansion speculation....

I really have no idea where it will all end up in the end, other than to be firmly convinced that expansion is not over, and that it will include at least a school or two that will leave us scratching our heads in disbelief. And though I somewhat understand the supposed plus factors that grabbing Rutgers and Maryland bring, I still think we could have done much better, especially as far as the Terps are concerned. I would have preferred that we had stopped at 12 teams, but what do I know?

ACC locked down? Maybe, but I'm sure the lawyers for Delaney will be closely watching the legal stuff going on with Maryland and their exit from the ACC. The ACC may think that they have the rest of their teams locked down, but keep in mind, $$$ can make a lot of things happen and the B1G has lots of it.

[WM Wolverine]

Maryland was a uppercut to the ACC. They along with Rutgers took most the northeast away from the ACC.

[*JD*]

LOL. Not that I'm arguing. That very well could be. I'm no fan of Texas in any way save for its ability to produce Willie Nelson, and that might have been a one-time thing.

No love for Stevie Ray Vaughn, Buddy Holly, Janice Joplin, Alejandro Escovedo, etc.?

[*JD*]

Michigan put the #1 jersey on the map for WR's. That's the iconic jersey to me. 21, 2 & 16 are behind that.

Tom Harmon's should be up there but Moe's didn't sell that one, AFAICR.

[whodean]

Definitely #1 for UM, was hoping to get conversation from other schools going.

[hack]

Bah. Janis of San Francisco. Escovedo is fine. Whatever.

[Tony G]

University of Michigan Football All-Americans by Jersey Number

(Through 2012 Season; first team selections only)

No. Name

1 Paul Goebel, Anthony Carter, Derrick Alexander, David Terrell, Braylon Edwards
2 Jack Blott, Charles Woodson
3 Tripp Welborne, Marlin Jackson
4 Jim Harbaugh, Marquise Walker
6 Harry Kipke, Dave Brown
7 Rick Leach
11 Francis Wistert, Albert Wistert, Alvin Wistert
13 Garland Rivers
15 Frank Culver
16 Denard Robinson
17 Ted Petoskey, Larry Foote
18 Chalmers Elliott
19 Robert Brown, Remy Hamilton
21 Desmond Howard
22 Ty Law
23 Chris Perry
24 Jack Clancy, Butch Woolfolk
25 Tom Edwards, Tom Curtis, Ernest Shazor
27 Benny Friedman, Charles Bernard
28 Robert Timberlake
29 Leon Hall
30 Harry Hawkins, Brad Cochran
32 Edliff Slaughter
33 Mike Taylor
35 Thom Darden, Don Dufek
36 Ralph Heikkinen
37 Jim Smith, Erick Anderson, Jarrett Irons
39 Henry Hill
40 Ron Johnson, Ron Simpkins
41 Randy Logan, Rob Lytle
42 Billy Taylor
43 James Pace
45 William Daley, Pete Elliott
46 Harry Newman
47 Bennie Oosterbaan
49 Robert Chappuis, Richard Volk
50 Otto Pommerening, David Molk
52 Rod Payne
56 LaMarr Woodley
57 Maynard Morrison
58 Rob Renes
59 George Lilja
60 Mark Donahue, Mark Messner
63 Julius Franks
65 Reggie McKenzie, Kurt Becker
66 Mike Hammerstein
67 Mervin Pregulman, John Vitale
68 Joe Cocozzo
69 Tom Dixon, Matt Elliott, Jon Runyan
70 Marty Huff
71 Dave Gallagher
72 Allen Wahl, Dan Dierdorf, Walt Downing, Ed Muransky, John Elliott
73 Bill Dufek
75 William Yearby, William Paris, Greg Skrepenak, David Baas
76 Stefan Humphries, Steve Hutchinson
77 Arthur Walker, Paul Seymour, Jon Jansen, Jake Long, Taylor Lewan
78 Dean Dingman
80 Jerame Tuman
81 Glen Steele
83 Bennie Joppru
85 Lowell Perry
86 Robert Westfall, John Anderson
87 Edward Frutig, Ronald Kramer
88 Elmer Madar, Jim Mandich
89 Richard Rifenburg
94 Jason Horn
95 Curtis Greer
96 Calvin O'Neal, William Carr
97 Chris Hutchinson
98 Tom Harmon

[Tony G]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USC_Trojans_football#Heisman_Trophy_winners_and_retired_numbers

Retired USC numbers

[Tony G]

Retired Ohio State Football Numbers

Posted on August 31, 2011 by house141
Here are all the retired Ohio State football jersey numbers and the dates in which they were retired. Ohio State has since announced there will not be any additional numbers retired. Hence the reason #10 has not been retired for the only Heisman Trophy winner not to have his number retired, Troy Smith.
#45 Archie Griffin (10/30/99)
#31 Vic Janowicz (9/23/00)
#40 Howard “Hopalong” Cassady (11/18/00)
#22 Leslie “Les” Horvath (10/6/01)
#27 Eddie George (11/10/01)
#47 “Chic” Harley (10/30/04)
WH Woody Hayes (9/10/05)
#99 Bill Willis (11/03/07)

[Wild Hoss]

Probably #7 for us....Scott Frost and Eric Crouch. After that, maybe 21....Roger Craig and Mike Brown. Frazier put 15 in the running.

[Tony G]

17 Players in Nebraska Cornhusker Football History Have Had Their Jerseys Retired

By Kevin Gaines | Yahoo! Contributor Network ? Sat, Aug 4, 2012 3:57 PM EDT

In the storied history of the Nebraska Cornhuskers football program, they have retired 17 jerseys of former players. These 17 players combined for 23 All-America awards and 6 of them are in the College Football Hall of Fame. The first jersey was retired following the 1949 season when the "N" club voted to retire jersey #60 to honor the career of Tom "Train Wreck" Novak. Novak was a 1949 All-American as well as a four time All-Conference selection. Most recently was the retirement of #93 of Ndamukong Suh. Suh could very well be one of the most decorated players in Husker history. Suh won the Outland, Lombardi, Bednarik and Nagurski awards following his senior season. Here is a list, including the ones I mentioned previously, of all retired jerseys in the history of the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

1949 - #60 Tom Novak, center - 4 time all conference player
1972 - #20 Johnny Rodgers, wingback - 1972 Heisman Trophy, Walter Camp Award, & a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.
1972 - #79 Rich Glover, middle guard (defense) - Outland, Lombardi & a member of the College Football Hall of Fame
1982 - #50 Dave Rimington, center - 2 time Lombardi Award winner, Outland Award & a member of the College Football Hall of Fame
1983 - #30 Mike Rozier, running back - 1983 Heisman Trophy, Maxwell, Walter Camp & a member of the College Football Hall of Fame
1983 - #71 Dean Steinkuhler, guard - Outland & Lombardi winner
1994 - #75 Larry Jacobson, defensive tackle - Outland winner
1994 - #75 Will Shields, guard - Outland winner
1994 - #34 Trev Alberts, linebacker - Butkus winner
1995 - #74 Zach Wiegert, offensive tackle - Outland winner
1996 - #15 Tommie Frazier, quarterback - Johnny Unitas Award
1998 - #67 Aaron Taylor, guard/center - Outland winner
1998 - #98 Grant Wistrom, defensive end - Lombardi winner and a member of the College Football Hall of Fame
2002 - #54 Dominic Raiola, center - Rimington winner
2002 - #7 Eric Crouch, quarterback - 2001 Heisman Trophy, Walter Camp winner
2004 - #64 Bob Brown, guard - College and Pro Football Hall of Fame Member
2010 - #93 Ndamukong Suh, defensive tackle - Outland, Lombardi, Bednarik and Nagurski winner

[CGVT]

Johnny Rogers is the only one that strikes me as having any national buzz

If I had to name an all-time great Nebraska football player, he is first one that comes to mind.