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TexanJeff
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One trend I was hoping would end when Sumlin left was the Double Numbers.

105 kids on the roster, should only have like 5 players who have the numbers as another player.

Looked at the roster and the first 8 all are given to two players. Don't have to finish scrolling to know there are a ton of double numbers.

I guess it really only impacts on the rare play where Kenric McNeal is given temporary credit for Coryell Judie's touchdown return but i guess it is here to stay.

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Mule_lx
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In the modern era, there has always been double numbers.
aggiedent
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Huge issue to worry about. Deep implications.
Fredd
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Why don't we just go all the way to 105 so we don't have any
Definitely Not A Cop
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This isn't quite a fashion police thread yet. But I am fully confident that we can get there.
Win At Life
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Let's learn a little something about football. There is one offensive squad and one defensive squad. Let's stop right there and take a recess break, because it sounds like you're exhausted.
TexanJeff
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Oh man.

Looks like I started a Vader Thread...
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Dale Gribble
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TexanJeff said:

One trend I was hoping would end when Sumlin left was the Double Numbers


Have you watched college football before? Every team in college football does this. Of all the things I've seen blamed on Sumlin, this has to take the cake.
MaxPower
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Well they have to fit in the number ranges for designated position groups. I'd speculate we have a disproportionate number in that 105 going to the skill positions.
Aggie Joe 93
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A&M should be a leader in this space. Replace numbers with emoticons!
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this is something that can be 100% blamed on the t-sips. It started with Applewhite and Derrick Johnson both wearing #11
Triple-T
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There always seems to be a duplication of the number "12" at TAMU games.
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We can solve this by going for the 01, 02, 03 etc. as well as the 1, 2, and 3. Not that I think it's a good idea, I'm just looking for a solution since we are searching for a problem... Still offseason.
Lateralus Ag
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I think you mean duplicated numbers.
TexanJeff
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Lateralus Ag said:

I think you mean duplicated numbers.


I think you meant "meant" because my post is a day old at this point so it should be in the past tense and your damn right I did!
Lateralus Ag
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TexanJeff said:

Lateralus Ag said:

I think you mean duplicated numbers.


I think you meant "meant" because my post is a day old at this point so it should be in the past tense and your damn right I did!



Point taken, Jeff.
Lateralus Ag
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I just had a mental image of Jack in A Few Good Men.

"You're *********right I did!"
DD88
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Switching to hexadecimal will give us plenty and even some creative ones.
TexanJeff
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Lateralus Ag said:

I just had a mental image of Jack in A Few Good Men.

"You're *********right I did!"


Good, because that's exactly what I was going for... just didn't think the blaspheme was necessary for this particular occasion.

Uniform numbers and code reds are not equal in terms of weighty decision making.
TexanJeff
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DD88 said:

Switching to hexadecimal will give us plenty and even some creative ones.



Oh hell yeah.
Meximan
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Time to switch to Wingdings for player ID.

greg.w.h
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There are some rules especially on the offensive line for specific numbers. I don't know if restrictions like that necessarily exhaust the available numbers. But I think most of us do okay at differentiating between O and D players with doubled numbers.

It's a bit more confusing when a player's number changes due to things like jersey getting torn or not available. Right person with wrong number hurts the whole game. Imagine JFF all of the sudden coming on Kyle Field wearing a "3".
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Lets use Roman numerals.
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Champ Bailey said:

This isn't quite a fashion police thread yet. But I am fully confident that we can get there.
If you bevel them, does it help or hinder?
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Sq 17
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not totally a fashion thread because if a player has to change jerseys because he also has Special teams duties in some small way that coukd affect his play on ST
while we are on the topic we need somebody (yes i am too lazy to do it ) to do a compkete 2 deep with numbers I am curious how many on the 2 deep have #s 30-70 i am guessing not that many.

there are some numbers in the 40-70 range that are unused
5 DL players with numbers between 1-9
Double Diamond
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Double numbers isn't a Sumlin thing. Sherman had them. Jimbo had them. Saban has them. Everyone has them.
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