Anyone notice the different lettering on the jerseys?

I understand your point, but could you imiagne Notre Dame or Penn St. with names on the back? Could you imiagne the Yankees with names on the back? I can't. I know it's a little detail, but it's tradition way older than you or me.

 

Football players don't need their names on their jerseys.
Football is played to a universal language in every stadium across the country.
Let some opposing player break away for a couple of big plays... and I'm sure you'll hear, "Hey, anybody wanna try to tackle that *********".

 

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

 

No, I'm 143 years old.


Actually, I'm not a big baseball fan, so I really don't care what they do. Even so, it would be much easier to keep up with the starting players for a baseball team than a college football team.

I understand that there's tradition in some of that, but I also know that some traditions are outdated and need to be changed, in my humble opinion.

 

I agree--somewhat. I think SOME teams with names on the back would just look odd (notre dame for example.) But some smaller schools without the names really erk me... I used to hate it when LSU's baseball uni's didn't have them cuz my mom and sister were forever asking me....."Who's number 4?" "who's number 10," etc.

 

And Southern Cal with their friggin Uni's.... Ugghhh!

 

buy a friggin' program.

100+ players? there were 200 in the bear bryant era.