Crouch, Wiegert on Hall of Fame Ballot

The thing that'll be held against Crouch is lack of an NFL career. I shouldn't matter one iota since this is the *college* football hall of fame. But it will.

 
Which Big Ten player is most deserving of induction into the Hall of Fame?

Dan Murphy: Nebraska QB Eric Crouch

There's no reason any Heisman Trophy winner should have to wait for a seat in the Hall of Fame. Crouch, who won the sport's highest honor in 2001, set career records for touchdown (88) and total offensive yards (7,915) at a school where football records don't fall easily. For four years, he was a major part of the Cornhuskers' triple option attack at a time when that offense was near the peak of its influence on the college game. Fellow Nebraska quarterback Tommie Frazier got his overdue invitation to the Hall a few years ago. This time around it should be Crouch's turn.
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NUance said:
The thing that'll be held against Crouch is lack of an NFL career. I shouldn't matter one iota since this is the *college* football hall of fame. But it will.
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Tommie Frazier.

 
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Favorite Weigart story I've heard several times on a video is when he would tell opponents where the ball going. Or when they were running the same play and would ask the defender he was battling if he was going to stop it this time.

 
Crouch will get inducted eventually, but yes his lack of NFL career does hurt the voting in the early years of their eligibility. A lot voters have a recency bias when it comes to how the player did after college. I realize it doesn't make any sense, but that's the way it goes.

 
Hall of Fame voting processes are stupid - for every HOF. They purposefully create these asinine rules, limitations, unwritten rules, traditions, etc. to create controversy & conversation.

"But that's the point. You're talking about it." Yeah, sure, it gets your attention. So does a three-year old tugging at your pant leg saying "Daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy..." until you look. It may grab your attention but it's still annoying as hell.

 
RunMickeyRun02 said:
We were never a triple option attack iirc.
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This argument comes around and goes around.

My answer is that we were not technically a triple option team. But a lot of our option game was designed to look like triple option. That is, it included a fake to the fullback to give the look of triple option even if it wasn't. Then you finally give it to the fullback when they're not expecting it.

 
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