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FAN FORUM hour game! I am exhausted, so I don't know how the players lasted through three overtimes. When Everett Golson threw the pick in the end zone with 3:58 to go in the game and we are down 20-12, my Notre Dame and doctor friend got up and left my house to head back to his office. I was disconsolate. Then the miracles started. When I thought for sure that we would win, Cierre Wood fumbled going FROM THE WEBSITE Notre Dame's unbeaten season could have easily ended Nov. 3 when two players wearing the same jersey number — junior cornerback Bennett Jackson and freshman receiver Chris Brown — were on the field the same time. Both donned No. 2 on Pitt's game- winning field goal attempt from 33 yards out in the second overtime. Pitt missed the kick, but the officiating crew did not see the infraction. Otherwise, Pitt would have had ent. Imagine Stephon Tuitt wearing 93 and Louis Nix III wearing 99. ZWeisen: Numbers should be chosen every season through the seniority system. Therefore the fresh- a first down at the 11. It led to the natural inquiry about why players are wearing duplicate jerseys in the first place. Bumfuzzled: Isn't it time to stop issuing the same number to more than one player? Teo4heisman: No, it's on the coaches and the players for messing up. HamonWry22: Yes. There are more important matters for coaches to worry about in the heat of battle. Onewayjay: So many players want a single-digit number. It does make a player look completely differ- men will end up with goofy numbers for their position but they will have the opportunity to choose another as they progress each season. Last season, Georgia head coach Mark Richt had two guys that wore No. 1 — running back Isaiah into the end zone in OT. I thought "How can this happen — after such a great comeback?" (Shades of Boston College in 1993.) Then when Pitt missed its first field goal of the day, I took off my defibrilla- tor while screaming, knowing that now our victory had to be assured. I feel like I just dodged a speedy bus and landed in the clover. Via the Internet Steve Farley Crowell and cornerback Brandon Smith. Smith was a speed demon that was displayed in the kick and punt return and occasional trick play on offense. Neither player would change numbers when it was requested by the coaching staff — therefore Richt couldn't use the two players at the same time during the whole 2011 season. Brenner _f: If it gets people on campus and committed if they know they are going to get the number, so be it. Bumfuzzled: If getting a certain number gets a kid to commit, then I don't want him. Want to stay up-to-date with all the Irish news? Like Us On Facebook: www.facebook.com/blueandgoldillustrated Follow Us On Twitter: www.twitter.com/BGInews