Article: UW HONOR 'AMAZING' TO DAYNE.(SPORTS)

Byline: MICHAEL POPPY The Capital Times

When Ron Dayne was first told his number would be retired by the University of Wisconsin this weekend, he thought it was some kind of joke.

"I kind of knew that my jersey was already retired," Dayne said in a teleconference Wednesday. "So at first I was like, 'Yeah, OK, whatever. It's already retired. Don't nobody wear it and it's been up in the stadium.'"

But once Dayne realized it wasn't a prank of any sorts and had time to think about it, he realized how great the honor actually would be.

"That's like something you never really think about," Dayne said of Wisconsin officially retiring his jersey at halftime of ...

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