Posted by SpartaRick
on 3/4/2009, 12:35 pm, in reply to "Daryl Rogers Nominated For College Football Hall Of Fame"
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I just wish we could have kept him here. He wanted Spartan Stadium expanded (we were filling it and were twice on ABC national TV) but we were too short sighted to see our potential. In later years he said his time at SJSU was the best he ever spent coaching anywhere. Our AD wanted to rehire him after Ron Turner but the school administration nixed it.
--Previous Message--
: DALLAS, March 3 - The National Football
: Foundation (NFF) announced today the names
: of 76 players and six coaches who comprise
: the 2009 Football Bowl Subdivision Ballot
: for induction into the College Football Hall
: of Fame.
:
: "Having a ballot and a voice in the
: selection of the inductees is one of the
: most cherished NFF member benefits,"
: said NFF Chairman Archie Manning, a 1989
: Hall of Fame inductee from Ole Miss.
: "There is no group more knowledgeable
: or passionate about college football than
: our membership, and the tradition of the
: ballot helps us engage them in the lofty
: responsibility of selecting those who have
: reached the pinnacle of achievement in our
: sport."
:
: The ballot will be mailed this week to the
: more than 12,000 NFF members and current
: Hall of Famers whose votes will be tabulated
: and submitted to the NFF's Honors Court,
: which deliberates and selects the class.
: Chaired by Gene Corrigan, a former ACC
: Commissioner and NCAA president, the
: 13-member NFF Honors Court includes an elite
: and geographically diverse pool of athletics
: directors, conference commissioners, Hall of
: Famers and members of the media.
:
: "It's an enormous honor to just be on
: the ballot when you think that more than 4.6
: million people have played college
: football," said NFF President & CEO
: Steven J. Hatchell. "The Hall's
: requirement of being a First Team
: All-American creates a much smaller pool of
: only 1,900 individuals who are even eligible
: to be on the ballot, so being in today's
: group of 76 names means an individual is
: truly among the greatest to ever have played
: the game, and we are proud to announce their
: names today."
:
: The FBS Hall of Fame Class will be announced
: live on ESPNEWS at a noon press conference
: in New York City on April 30 and inducted at
: The National Football Foundation's Annual
: Awards Dinner on December 8, 2009 at the
: landmark Waldorf=Astoria Hotel also in New
: York City. They will be officially enshrined
: at the Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind. in
: the summer of 2010.
:
: To be eligible for the ballot, players must
: have been named a First Team All-America by
: a major/national selector as recognized and
: utilized by the NCAA for their consensus
: All-America teams; played their last year of
: intercollegiate football at least ten years
: prior; played within the last 50 years and
: cannot be currently playing professional
: football. Coaches must have coached a
: minimum of 10 years and 100 games as a head
: coach; won at least 60% of their games; and
: be retired from coaching for at least three
: years; be retired from coaching and over the
: age of 70 (no waiting period); or over the
: age of 75 (active coaches eligible). In both
: cases, the candidate's post-football record
: as a citizen may also be weighed.
:
: Once nominated for consideration, all player
: candidates are submitted to one of eight
: District Screening Committees, depending on
: their school's geographic location, which
: conducts a vote to determine who will appear
: on the ballot and represent their respective
: districts. Each year, approximately 15
: candidates, who are not selected for the
: Hall of Fame, will be named automatic
: holdovers and will bypass the district
: screening process and automatically appear
: on the ballot the following year.
: Additionally, the Veterans Committee
: (formerly known as the Honors Review
: Committee) may make recommendations to
: Honors Court for exceptions that allow for
: the induction of players who played more
: than 50 years ago and coaches who have not
: won at least 60 percent of their games.
:
: Of the 4.6 million individuals who have
: played college football, only 846 players
: have earned induction into the College
: Football Hall of Fame. From the coaching
: ranks, 182 individuals have achieved Hall of
: Fame distinction.
:
:
:
: FOOTBALL BOWL SUBDIVISION
: COACH CANDIDATES
: Candidates are listed alphabetically.
:
: (Coach - School (Years) - Overall Record
: (Winning Percentage))
:
:
: 1. William "Lone Star"
: Dietz-Washington State (1915- 17), Purdue
: (1921), Louisiana Tech (1922-23), Wyoming
: (1924-26), Haskell Indian Institute (Kan.)
: (1929-32), Albright (Pa.) (1937-42) -
: 96-62-7 (.603)
: 2. Wayne Hardin-Navy (1959-64), Temple
: (1970-82) - 118-74-5 (.612)
: 3. Dick MacPherson-Massachusetts (1971-77),
: Syracuse (1981-90) - 111-73-5 (.601)
: 4. Billy Jack Murphy-Memphis (1958-71) -
: 91-44-1 (.673)
: 5. John Robinson-Southern California
: (1976-82, 1993- 97), Nevada-Las Vegas
: (1999-2004) - 132-77-4 (.629)
: 6. Darryl Rogers-Cal State-Hayward (1965),
: Fresno State (1966-72), San Jose State
: (1973-75), Michigan State (1976-79), Arizona
: State (1980-84) - 129-84-7 (.602)
:
:
: Darryl Rogers-Cal State-Hayward (1965),
: Fresno State (1966-72), San Jose State
: (1973-75), Michigan State (1976-79), Arizona
: State (1980-84)-Took Fresno State to two
: bowl games. Achieved an unprecedented
: national ranking at San Jose State...Was BIG
: TEN Coach of the Year in 1977 and National
: Coach of the Year by Sporting News in
: 1978...Won the BIG TEN title in 1978.
:
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