Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Willie’s numbers game easy as U-S-C - Boston Herald
Maybe the passive-aggressive snipes from Willie McGinest this week seem a little childish.

Until you consider why that number, 55, means so much to him - because it means that much to all USC linebackers.

Seau was the one that hatched the tradition in the late 1980s and, ever since, one of the highest honors a Trojan can receive is to have the No. 55 jersey bestowed upon him. It’s so sacred, in fact, that it’s been left open at times because coaches deemed no player on the roster worthy of the honor...

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