Thread: Wow Here's a shocker! Packers to retire #4

Oh goodie, now I can take a picture of it when I go to Lameboo for a game.. :

[size=12pt]Mathematics To Retire Favre's Number[/size]
March 27, 2008

CAMBRIDGE, MA�Mathematicians, statisticians, number theorists, and members of numeral-oriented professions held a press conference at MIT Tuesday to announce plans to honor quarterback Brett Favre's stellar 17-year career by retiring the number four. "After careful consideration, we came to our conclusion based on the following factors: one, Favre's passion for the game; two, his unmatched ability to win; three, his resilience and sheer toughness in the face of adversity on and off the field; and five, the fact that he holds every significant passing record," professor Jeffery Hamilton said. "No person will be permitted to ever use the number again, though it may be necessary to create a new integer to place between three and five." Favre's number will be retired sometime during the 2008 NFL season and will join the other numbers retired from mathematics, including 23, 42, and 1,003,256.

"Prophet" wrote:

[size=12pt]Mathematics To Retire Favre's Number[/size]
March 27, 2008

CAMBRIDGE, MA�Mathematicians, statisticians, number theorists, and members of numeral-oriented professions held a press conference at MIT Tuesday to announce plans to honor quarterback Brett Favre's stellar 17-year career by retiring the number four. "After careful consideration, we came to our conclusion based on the following factors: one, Favre's passion for the game; two, his unmatched ability to win; three, his resilience and sheer toughness in the face of adversity on and off the field; and five, the fact that he holds every significant passing record," professor Jeffery Hamilton said. "No person will be permitted to ever use the number again, though it may be necessary to create a new integer to place between three and five." Favre's number will be retired sometime during the 2008 NFL season and will join the other numbers retired from mathematics, including 23, 42, and 1,003,256.

That is some brilliant stuff right there.

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[size=12pt]PACKERS TO RETIRE FAVRE’S NUMBER IN WEEK ONE[/size]

"PFT" wrote:

The Green Bay Packers have announced that quarterback Brett Favre’s jersey number, 4, will be retired during Week One’s Monday nighter against the Minnesota Vikings.

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The bigger question is whether the frame will come with one of those “break glass in case of emergency� hammers, so that Favre can retrieve the jersey and play, if/when Aaron Rodgers (who couldn’t stay healthy as the backup) goes down.

"josdin00" wrote:

[size=12pt]PACKERS TO RETIRE FAVRE’S NUMBER IN WEEK ONE[/size]

"PFT" wrote:

The Green Bay Packers have announced that quarterback Brett Favre’s jersey number, 4, will be retired during Week One’s Monday nighter against the Minnesota Vikings.

...

The bigger question is whether the frame will come with one of those “break glass in case of emergency� hammers, so that Favre can retrieve the jersey and play, if/when Aaron Rodgers (who couldn’t stay healthy as the backup) goes down.

Beat me by a few minutes lol..

"josdin00" wrote:

[size=12pt]PACKERS TO RETIRE FAVRE’S NUMBER IN WEEK ONE[/size]

"PFT" wrote:

The Green Bay Packers have announced that quarterback Brett Favre’s jersey number, 4, will be retired during Week One’s Monday nighter against the Minnesota Vikings.

...

The bigger question is whether the frame will come with one of those “break glass in case of emergency� hammers, so that Favre can retrieve the jersey and play, if/when Aaron Rodgers (who couldn’t stay healthy as the backup) goes down.

Great now I have to pay a fortune for tickets to that game.

How about, in keeping with todays technology, we switch to hexdecimal notation?
Then we can have 4A, 4B, etc..

"Zeus" wrote:

"Prophet" wrote:

[size=12pt]Mathematics To Retire Favre's Number[/size]
March 27, 2008

CAMBRIDGE, MA�Mathematicians, statisticians, number theorists, and members of numeral-oriented professions held a press conference at MIT Tuesday to announce plans to honor quarterback Brett Favre's stellar 17-year career by retiring the number four. "After careful consideration, we came to our conclusion based on the following factors: one, Favre's passion for the game; two, his unmatched ability to win; three, his resilience and sheer toughness in the face of adversity on and off the field; and five, the fact that he holds every significant passing record," professor Jeffery Hamilton said. "No person will be permitted to ever use the number again, though it may be necessary to create a new integer to place between three and five." Favre's number will be retired sometime during the 2008 NFL season and will join the other numbers retired from mathematics, including 23, 42, and 1,003,256.

That is some brilliant stuff right there.

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WHAT???
They didn't retire No. 99???
Shows how little esteem hockey is held in here in the US.

Favre's No. 4 to be retired during Packers-Vikings opener
http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings/17855979.html

The Vikings already know they face a tough assignment, opening the season on a Monday night (Sept. 8) against the arch-rival Packers at Lambeau Field.

But coach Brad Childress and Co. learned today the intensity level that night at Lambeau will be increased even more. The Packers announced they will retire Brett Favre's No. 4 that evening. The game will be televised nationally by ESPN

If they are retiring #4 then what number will Favre wear when he plays in the opener?