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BYU71 · 08-13-2007, 02:49 PM

is being retired the same day as Detmer's. I have mixed emotions on it. So much so that I am now thinking of the retirement of Jersey's at BYU as just a chance to say thanks to very good players. Thanks, for playing and thanks for not embarassing the University later.

Giff was and is great as a person and what he has done after playing for BYU.
However, his going in with Detmer and ahead of some others shows the retirement of Jersey's isn't about how good of a player you were.

MikeWaters · 08-13-2007, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by BYU71

is being retired the same day as Detmer's. I have mixed emotions on it. So much so that I am now thinking of the retirement of Jersey's at BYU as just a chance to say thanks to very good players. Thanks, for playing and thanks for not embarassing the University later.

Giff was and is great as a person and what he has done after playing for BYU.
However, his going in with Detmer and ahead of some others shows the retirement of Jersey's isn't about how good of a player you were.

I think it's because they had the same number. And they didn't want Giff to feel bad.

BYU71 · 08-13-2007, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

I think it's because they had the same number. And they didn't want Giff to feel bad.

More evidence of the two constituencies you have to play to at BYU. The we want to win crowd and the image crowd.

In order to have a program, bring in the money and pay the bills you have to have the want to win crowd. However, you have to please the image crowd or there will be a lot of verbal grief.

YOhio · 08-13-2007, 02:59 PM

Giff was a badass. I'm glad they're giving him his due. He helped build the foundation so BYU could get a player like Ty Detmer.

BYU71 · 08-13-2007, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by YOhio

Giff was a badass. I'm glad they're giving him his due. He helped build the foundation so BYU could get a player like Ty Detmer.

Giff. was the first QB I followed intently at BYU. However, if you are doing it for a foundation laid, I suggest Virgil Carter or Sheide.

YOhio · 08-13-2007, 03:09 PM

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Giff. was the first QB I followed intently at BYU. However, if you are doing it for a foundation laid, I suggest Virgil Carter or Sheide.

I would like to see both of them honored as well. Carter, Sheide, Nielson, Wilson, McMahon, Young, Bosco, Detmer, Doman and Beck should all be honored as BYU QB legends.

RockyBalboa · 08-13-2007, 06:30 PM

I think you should threaten to cancel your season tickets renewal in protest.

One of these days you'll eventually get around to something actually worth bitching about.

BYU71 · 08-13-2007, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by RockyBalboa

I think you should threaten to cancel your season tickets renewal in protest.

One of these days you'll eventually get around to something actually worth bitching about.

You think just because whenever you have made a threat the reply has been "go ahead, who gives a shit what you do", that is the response eveyone gets. It isn't.

SeattleUte · 08-13-2007, 07:45 PM

Yawn

DrumNFeather · 08-13-2007, 07:51 PM

I know of a certain CB poster that frequently talks with "Giff." I'm certain that he is reserving his seats for this monumentus occasion...Ty who? : )

08-13-2007, 02:49 PM	#1
BYU71 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,084	According to some posts, Giff's number is being retired the same day as Detmer's. I have mixed emotions on it. So much so that I am now thinking of the retirement of Jersey's at BYU as just a chance to say thanks to very good players. Thanks, for playing and thanks for not embarassing the University later. Giff was and is great as a person and what he has done after playing for BYU. However, his going in with Detmer and ahead of some others shows the retirement of Jersey's isn't about how good of a player you were.

08-13-2007, 06:30 PM	#7
RockyBalboa Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 7,297	I think you should threaten to cancel your season tickets renewal in protest. One of these days you'll eventually get around to something actually worth bitching about. __________________ Masquerading as Cougarguards very own genius dumbass since 05'.

08-13-2007, 07:45 PM	#9
SeattleUte fairlds.org Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 10,665	Yawn __________________ Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster

08-13-2007, 07:51 PM	#10
DrumNFeather Active LDS Ute Fan Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Nantucket : ) Posts: 2,566	I know of a certain CB poster that frequently talks with "Giff." I'm certain that he is reserving his seats for this monumentus occasion...Ty who? : ) __________________ "It's not like we played the school of the blind out there." - Brian Johnson.

08-13-2007, 02:59 PM	#4
YOhio AKA SeattleNewt Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 7,055	Giff was a badass. I'm glad they're giving him his due. He helped build the foundation so BYU could get a player like Ty Detmer.