Alberts & Crouch on 2014 Hall of Fame Ballot

[Mavric]

Nebraska Huskers ‏@Huskers 4m

#Huskers greats Trev Alberts and Eric Crouch (@croucheric) among 75 FBS players on 2014 College Hall of Fame ballot: http://www.footballfoundation.org/News/NewsDetail/tabid/567/Article/54671/2014-college-football-hall-of-fame-ballot-released.aspx…

The National Football Foundation (NFF) announced today the names on the 2014 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, including 75 players and six coaches from the Football Bowl Subdivision and 87 players and 26 coaches from the divisional ranks.- See more at: http://www.footballf...h.JsMb5Ntp.dpuf

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The 2014 College Football Hall of Fame Class will be announced in May from Irving, Texas, and they will be inducted at the 57th NFF Annual Awards Dinner Dec. 9, 2014 at the landmark Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. The inductees will be permanently enshrined in the new College Football Hall of Fame at a date to be determined in 2015. The new Hall, currently under construction, will open in Atlanta in time for the 2014 college football season.

- See more at: http://www.footballf...h.JsMb5Ntp.dpuf

Trev Alberts, Nebraska-Linebacker-Named unanimous First Team All-American and BIG-8 Defensive Player of the Year in 1993…Recipient of the 1993 Butkus Award and two-time First Team All-Conference pick…1993 NFF National Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-American.

Eric Crouch, Nebraska-Quarterback-2001 Heisman, Walter Camp, and Davey O’Brien Award winner who led Huskers to 2001 national title game…Holds NCAA record for career rushing TDs by a quarterback (59)…Led team to 42-9 record and four bowl berths.

 

[Landlord]

You know Crouch is an automatic shoe-in. Will be interesting to see if Trev makes it or not.

 

[Branno]

You know Crouch is an automatic shoe-in. Will be interesting to see if Trev makes it or not.

Have they changed the rules about players from the same school getting in back to back years? I agree Crouch should be a shoe-in, but most likely for next year.

 

[darkhorse85]

You know Crouch is an automatic shoe-in. Will be interesting to see if Trev makes it or not.

Have they changed the rules about players from the same school getting in back to back years? I agree Crouch should be a shoe-in, but most likely for next year.

I don't think it's an actual rule but more of an unwritten one which I think is ridiculous. Please correct me if I'm wrong though.

 

[StPaulHusker]

You know Crouch is an automatic shoe-in. Will be interesting to see if Trev makes it or not.

Have they changed the rules about players from the same school getting in back to back years? I agree Crouch should be a shoe-in, but most likely for next year.

I don't think it's an actual rule but more of an unwritten one which I think is ridiculous. Please correct me if I'm wrong though.

From Wikipedia

Criteria for induction[edit]

The National Football Foundation outlines specific criteria that may be used for evaluating a possible candidate for induction into the Hall of Fame. NFF members and the coaches, athletic directors, and sports information officials representing member schools may submit nominations for consideration. Nominees with the highest votes received from one of the eight District Screening Committees (DSC) located closest to the nominee's college or university are included on that year's ballot, which is distributed to all NFF dues-paying members. The selection of Hall of Fame inductees, however, ultimately is determined by the Foundation's Honor Court.

Criteria for player nominees[edit]

1. A player must have received major first team All-America recognition.
   
2. A player becomes eligible for consideration by the Foundation's Honors Court 10 years after his last year of intercollegiate football played.
   
3. While each nominee's football achievements are of prime consideration, his post-football record as a citizen is also weighed. He must have proven himself worthy as a citizen, carrying the ideals of football forward into his relations with his community and his fellow man with love of his country. Consideration may also be given for academic honors and whether or not the candidate earned a college degree.
   
4. In accordance with the 50-year rule,† players must have played their last year of intercollegiate football within the last 50 years. For example, to be eligible for the 2005 ballot, the player must have played his last year in 1955 or thereafter.
   
5. The nominee must have ended his professional athletic career prior to the time of the nomination.
   

†Those players that do not comply with the 50-year rule and coaches who have not won 60% of their games may still be eligible for consideration by the Division I-A and Divisional Honors Review Committees, which examine unique cases.

 

[Mavric]

 

[Mavric]

Brian Christopherson ‏@HuskerExtraBC 1h
College Football Hall of Fame class being announced at 11:30. Trev Alberts and Eric Crouch are on the list of candidates. #Huskers

 

[Ulty]

You know Crouch is an automatic shoe-in. Will be interesting to see if Trev makes it or not.

I don't know if he'd be a shoe-in. He should be, but even Tommie Frazier had to wait several years before he finally got in. How the hell he got overlooked for so long, who knows, but if Tommie wasn't an automatic shoe-in, no one is.

 

[GSG]

Other than the Derrick Thomas reports earlier this week, this is the only other name I've seen so far:

Big Ten Network ‏@BTN_Penn_State 5m

Huge congrats to @PennStateFball legend Shane Conlan on making the College Football Hall of Fame! pic.twitter.com/Z8HYSD1bun

 

[GSG]

Brian Christopherson ‏@HuskerExtraBC 15s

According to @McMurphyESPN tweets, no #Huskers in this year's hall class. But former NU assistant Jerry Moore (App. State) is in.

 

[GSG]

Full list:

2014 COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME CLASS​

Players:

· DRE BLY – DB, North Carolina (1996-98)

· TONY BOSELLI – OT, Southern California (1991-94)

· DAVE BUTZ – DT, Purdue (1970-72)

· SHANE CONLAN – LB, Penn State (1983-86)

· JOE HAMILTON – QB, Georgia Tech (1996-99)

· JOHN HUARD – LB, Maine (1964-66)

· DARRIN NELSON – HB, Stanford (1977-78, 1980-81)

· WILLIE ROAF – OL, Louisiana Tech (1990-92)

· JOHN SCIARRA – QB, UCLA (1972-75)

· STERLING SHARPE – WR, South Carolina (1983, 1985-87)

· LEONARD SMITH – CB, McNeese State (1979-82)

· DERRICK THOMAS (deceased) – LB, Alabama (1985-88)

· LaDAINIAN TOMLINSON – TB, Texas Christian (1997-00)

· WESLEY WALLS – TE, Mississippi (1985-88)

Coaches:

· MIKE BELLOTTI – 137-80-2 (63%); Chico State (Calif.) (1984-88) and Oregon (1995-08)

· JERRY MOORE – 242-135-2 (64.1%); North Texas (1979-80), Texas Tech (1981-85) and Appalachian State (1989-12)

- See more at: http://www.footballfoundation.org/News/NewsDetail/tabid/567/Article/54778/nff-proudly-announces-impressive-2014-college-football-hall-of-fame-class.aspx#sthash.ig0odGpE.dpuf

 

[jaws]

I wonder if they use a dart board for the picks. I can't find any logical rhyme or reason in how they do their picks.

 

[RedRedJarvisRedwine]

Mike Bellotti? Must've been slim pickens for coaches.

 

[jaws]

Mike Bellotti? Must've been slim pickens for coaches.

Youngstown St. nominated Tressel (4 national titles @ YSU) but he didn't get the call. I don't mind if they want to play the violation card against him, but when you have guys like Barry Switzer already in the hall, don't claim to be the moral police.

 

[Count 'Bility]

Mike Bellotti? Must've been slim pickens for coaches.

Youngstown St. nominated Tressel (4 national titles @ YSU) but he didn't get the call. I don't mind if they want to play the violation card against him, but when you have guys like Barry Switzer already in the hall, don't claim to be the moral police.

I never understood that either. And like Pete Rose, and the steriod guys in baseball. Isnt it the Hall of FAME? Last time I checked it wasnt the Hall of Angels.