El Amin Fan
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The basketball program loosened up its jersey retirement standards and have added 4 or so new banners to The Barn over the last few years. The Gopher football program has much more history than the basketball program, yet the basketball program has more jersey's retired than football.
I'm sure there are some worthy candidates from the national title teams, but more recently, two guys that I think are worth strong consideration are Tyrone Carter and Greg Eslinger. Eslinger for sure, often regarded as one of the best at his position in the country in his generation, and he cleared the way for some ridiculously gaudy rushing numbers and won the Outland Award. TC was the corner stone of the program turning itself around in the late 90s, he set NCAA tackling records and won the Jim Thorpe Award.
I'm sure there are some worthy candidates from the national title teams, but more recently, two guys that I think are worth strong consideration are Tyrone Carter and Greg Eslinger. Eslinger for sure, often regarded as one of the best at his position in the country in his generation, and he cleared the way for some ridiculously gaudy rushing numbers and won the Outland Award. TC was the corner stone of the program turning itself around in the late 90s, he set NCAA tackling records and won the Jim Thorpe Award.