Stories and story lines have a strange way of popping up. The story of whether or not Keffer McGee’s number staying retired is one such story.
On Saturday, former Mississippi State Head Coach Jackie Sherrill posted something that I was unaware of. When Keffer McGee passed away before the start of the 1997 football season, his number was retired. Stephen Agostonelli who runs Six Pack Speak tweeted out a picture of a statement Sherril made on his Facebook page.
Retiring numbers, especially on a football team, is a tricky proposition. There are 85 scholarship players, and due to the sheer size of the team, you need as many numbers 0-99 as you can get.