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Retire #16 & #17?
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Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:56 pmby PerunaPunch
After seeing Justin Willis' video the other day and now looking at Emmanual Sander's accomplishments to see how many records he'd break in '09, I was amazed by the number of times Justin Willis has carved his name into the record books. Among the superlatives:
#5 Career Attempts
#3 Career Attempts
#5 Career Completions
#4 Season Completions
#5 Career Passing Yardage
#3 Season Passing Yardage
#1, #2, & #3 Single Game Completion Percentage
#2T Consecutive Completions
#1 Career TD Passes (well ahead of Hixon, Romo and Ford)
#1 & #2 Season TD Passes
Freshman and Sophomore TD passing records
#2T Single Game TD Passes
I think the argument could be made that Willis is the most successful SMU QB of all time. In any event, #s 16 & 17 had a hellova run. Looking forward to an outstanding Sr. season.
Re: Retire #16 & #17?
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Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:01 pmby GOSFAGO
Successful? He's 2-22 in the last 2 seasons. Is that the SMU standard now? Not even close to being retired.
Re: Retire #16 & #17?
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Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:04 pmby kull
If you reaelly want to retire JW's number, it will have to be quick. Every SMU QB record will move down the board now that Jones is here. With that said, no conference titles and bowl wins makes this nearly impossible.
Re: Retire #16 & #17?
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Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:06 pmby kull
I just added GOSFAGO as a foe and he was ignored, priceless.
Re: Retire #16 & #17?
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Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:10 pmby PerunaPunch
True dat.
But to be fair, he didn't exactly have many opportunities to throw the ball last year.
It would've been interesting to see how '08 would've unfolded without a freshman QB.
Re: Retire #16 & #17?
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Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:20 pmby indianmustang
we will never know the answer to it
PerunaPunch wrote:True dat.
But to be fair, he didn't exactly have many opportunities to throw the ball last year.
It would've been interesting to see how '08 would've unfolded without a freshman QB.
Re: Retire #16 & #17?
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Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:55 pmby ontheedgeofmyseat
oh boy......I've seen it all now. Stats are for _________ !
Re: Retire #16 & #17?
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Mon Aug 17, 2009 7:25 pmby Treadway21
#17 is already retired for Dandy Don? Right?
Re: Retire #16 & #17?
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Mon Aug 17, 2009 7:37 pmby Pony4Life
Treadway21 wrote:#17 is already retired for Dandy Don? Right?
Yes, I believe so.
Re: Retire #16 & #17?
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Mon Aug 17, 2009 7:37 pmby Insane_Pony_Posse
"It would've been interesting to see how '08 would've unfolded without a freshman QB"It may be more interesting to watch Bo in year 3 & 4 after being the starter from day one!
Re: Retire #16 & #17?
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Mon Aug 17, 2009 7:39 pmby Pony4Life
What a fantastic uniform we have!
Re: Retire #16 & #17?
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Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:32 pmby Stallion
NO! SMU has not had a great player deserving of even casual consideration of such an award in 25 years. There is not a player in the last 25 years that is one of the 25 Greatest Players in SMU History-and that's a charitable statement of what I believe to be true-more like Top 35-40. SMU has had 28 different All-Americans-27 of which were before 1985. The only All-American since was a Kicker.
Re: Retire #16 & #17?
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Tue Aug 18, 2009 12:35 pmby smuuth
Stallion is right again! Should Jesse Henderson have his number retired since he broke the all-time record in kickoff returns. Stats are deceiving, especially when you compare the different eras. Did Doak Walker break 1000 yards rushing in a season?
Re: Retire #16 & #17?
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Tue Aug 18, 2009 12:53 pmby KnuckleStang
Pony4Life wrote:Treadway21 wrote:#17 is already retired for Dandy Don? Right?
Yes, I believe so.
If Don's # is retired, somebody ought to tell Sanders.
Re: Retire #16 & #17?
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Tue Aug 18, 2009 6:21 pmby kull
KnuckleStang wrote:Pony4Life wrote:Treadway21 wrote:#17 is already retired for Dandy Don? Right?
Yes, I believe so.
If Don's # is retired, somebody ought to tell Sanders.
did they retire the number, or the jersey?