When the term 17 started coming around a few years ago - it was said that a great quarterback would rise to the maroon, and would wear 17. That quarterback would be so great that he would change the perception of the quarterback position and that a new leader would abolish the MState tradition of not retiring numbers and the number 17 would hang at Davis Wade Stadium forever, and that SixPackers would snicker at the big *** 17 banner.</p>