One of the big news items out of John’s coverage of John Wildhack and Dino Babers’s L.A. visit was the fact that the number 44 isn’t necessarily retired when it comes to Syracuse Orange football.
Wildhack doesn’t believe it should be permanently retired, but used with permission of previous 44s for a student-athlete that exemplifies characteristics of those that wore the number before.....
Not sure what this means for the vaunted “Council of 44,” but that sounds like it’s unretired — even if not in circulation right now. Making an assumption based on that, it also seems like it’s not a recruiting tool (or at least no freshman would get the number).