Next player to have their jersey retired?
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Don't know why he is not already there? Maybe like another great receiver, Mark Clayton, he is upset about something that happened while he was here. Or could be that he doesn't have a degree and that may be a requirement?
Im not sure honestly, but I guess that would be the place to start a consideration.
Does anyone know, or would it be in the manual media guide?
U of L has only retired one jersey and that is Johnny U. We may never see another one. However, if Teddy lights it up in the NFL I think he would be the next logical choice after helping bring us back from the brink of being a non-P5 school, possibly forever. We should all say a prayer to the football gods for saving us with Charlie and Teddy.
A better question is probably who will be the next player to be honored in the Ring? Clayton and Givens certainly seem to be good choices. Other notables are R Dawkins, B Brohm, Douglas, Carmody, Wood, Dumervil, D White, A Floyd and I Green.
Cardfanbudman....that is what I was meaning, as in who would be honored. I don't know who could get the Johnny U treatment at this point and that isn't what I meant.
Is there s Cardinal football HOF? I think there is one for all sports, but I think we have enough great players to establish one. If we had 10 in the inaugural class, who would be in it (same rules as Canton- they have to be 5 years out from the end of UL career)?
First year could be made up of players all prior to the post-modern era (which I'll arbitrarily define as beginning with PJCS in 1998):
Johnny Unitas
[pause 1 minute because greatness]
Ernest Givins
Howard Stevens
Otis Wilson
Ralph Dawkins
Tom Jackson
Ted Washington
Joe Jackson
Doug Buffone (RIP, Doug, you are remembered)
Sam Madison
hon. mention (and certain year 2 inductees): Tyrus McCloud, John Madeya. There are many other worthies.
List in honor of those of us (like mwatson on here) who "levitated" our football program to what it is today. God bless our 1980s era KFEC tailgates and our patient belief in the early CHS years. Go Cards!
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Every year I ask why Arnold Jackson does not have an honored jersey. The kid set the all time NCAA record for receptions while at Louisville.
Thank you. Great one and am embarassed I did not think of him. Just think where he would be on all time charts if he played 4 years and did not drop so many passes his first year. He was always looking to take off before he put the ball away because of his speed. Not a knock, loved AJ and he worked hard to get better. He did.
Oh, there they go, there they go, here comes the Ballard Mafia. I guess we should retire his number, along with Eisinger's.
