re: Retiring numbers is counter productive

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Well so did about 100 other Ole Miss players

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A player has a # from 1-5 yrs (sometimes 6). I don't know the avg length of time a player holds a #; but, including walk-ons, it is somewhere between 1-5 (sometimes 6) yrs. Call it conservatively 2 years as an avg, but I'd bet its closer to 2.75 yrs.

Ole Miss football has fielded a team every year since 1893, except for 1897 (due to a yellow fever epidemic) and 1943 (due to World War II). So, only 125 chances to wear a # (assuming they play this yr), which is probably a tops of (2 yr) 62 players to (2.75) 45 players wearing # 10.

I'd wager NONE of the other players were in the ballpark of Eli in college of the pros.

Bottom line, retiring 3 numbers in 125 years isn't very drastic. He earned it, and its pretty cool that 3 Mannings have their # retired... they are the first family of the SEC.