Bob Suffridge

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I was listening on the radio , they were talking about the retirement of jerseys. They mentioned Al Wilson , Eric Berry , John Henderson . Does nobody really think the Vols ONLY three time all-american worthy. Has a national championship and member of the last undefeated unscored upon team in the ncaa. I mean these other guys were great but this guy was on another level . Before all of the "UT football didn't begin until the 90's" group chimes in look this guy up.
 
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nc vol fan said:
I was listening on the radio , they were talking about the retirement of jerseys. They mentioned Al Wilson , Eric Berry , John Henderson . Does nobody really think the Vols ONLY three time all-american worthy. Has a national championship and member of the last undefeated unscored upon team in the ncaa. I mean these other guys were great but this guy was on another level . Before all of the "UT football didn't begin until the 90's" group chimes in look this guy up.
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I agree & UT has been good at FB since the 1920s. We're no Johnny-come-lately!
 
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The Vols had 3 All-Americans in one year. I doubt anyone has repeated that.
 
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Making all American as a sophomore is a feat for sure. If I remember correctly, at that time freshmen couldn't play so he may have made AA his first year playing. Bad dude.
 
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i said this in a thread a few days ago and it got trashed as folks said they shouldn't retire jerseys.
 
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govols105 said:
i said this in a thread a few days ago and it got trashed as folks said they shouldn't retire jerseys.
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I'm fine with retiring jerseys, I'm fine if they don't retire them. The main thing for me is that they find a way to recognize certain guys in a consistent fashion. Anyone trashing you for wanting Suffrage honored...is trash.
 
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I think if ANYBODY should be honored its Suffrage. To me he falls in the same category as Peyton, White, and actually above Majors, Berry, Wilson , and those guys. And that is taking Nothing and I mean NOTHING away from those guys. UT needs to make it happen. To retire others with nowhere near the resume is a slap in the face. I am also in the crowd that says we shouldn't have a stadium with a ridiculous amount of retired jerseys. You should have to have done some unheard of things to earn that honor(" and I know I am going to get slaughtered for this") and not just donate lots of money to get it done.
 
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TVA said:
The Vols had 3 All-Americans in one year. I doubt anyone has repeated that.
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Alabama had 4 1st team AA's this past year and 4 in 2011. Bama had 6 in 2009.

LSU had 3 1st team AA's in 2011 as well.
 
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govols105 said:
i said this in a thread a few days ago and it got trashed as folks said they shouldn't retire jerseys.
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The current policy is to retire jerseys but not the numbers. It makes sense to avoid having 3 and 4 digit numbers on the field.
 
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He has all the objective credentials and was the best player on the top team in the nation during years when he played. He absolutely dominated his era. Played 3 years at Tennessee and was ALL-AMERICAN EVERY YEAR AND TENNESSEE WAS UNDEFEATED all 3 YEARS. So, on teams he played on, he had an undefeated record of 30-0 and the General said he was the best lineman that he ever coached.....If judging by what he did at TENNESSEE, nobody is more deserving except General Robert Neyland.
 
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