As the Miss State coach met the media, he reminded all in attendance that Bulldog players take turns wearing the #36 as a sign of leadership in memory of Nick Bell. Said Mullen of the jersey assignment, "That's not finalized yet. I think they posted the numbers with some discussions we're going to have. That's something we're going to continue to look at. It was an idea that was brought up of -- one of the things -- I think with retire numbers sometimes, especially ones that have meaningful things to programs.I learned this as a young coach at Syracuse University where it's a very special honor to wear the number 44. And, you know, I think it -- the best way you can honor numbers is by having people wear them, but understand and respect what it takes to wear that number and what you're representing in wearing that number."