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Dennis Dodd takes a crack at picking the College Football Hall of Fame 2004 class. He is actually very complimentary of the OSU players on the list. The Hall of Famers will be announced at 4:00 pm CST today. I believe that Jack Tatum has made the hall. It sure seemed to be what 1460TheFan was saying today at lunch.
April 5, 2004
By Dennis Dodd
SportsLine.com Senior Writer
One man's picks, pans for College Hall
One man's picks, pans for College Hall-Dennis Dodd 4/5/04
The National Football Foundation will announce this year's class for the College Football Hall of Fame on Tuesday afternoon.
Membership is sometimes a strange process. It took Barry Switzer until a couple of years ago to get in. For some reason the likes Joe Washington (Oklahoma) and Anthony Davis (USC) aren't in while Gust Zarnas and Lloyd "The Plaid Bull" Yoder are.
There are 76 players and nine coaches on this year's ballot. Approximately 11 players will make it along with one or two coaches. Here is a capsule at those who do and don't belong.
Many players are profiled, here are some OSU Alumni of note (if you don't want to check out the link):
Rex Kern, Ohio State, QB: Winning a national championship does get it done. One of Woody's all-time greats.
Chris Spielman, Ohio State, LB: No other modern linebacker laid his body on the line more than Spielman. The ultimate warrior who should have become a lock for the Hall the year he quit football in 1998 to help his wife, Stephanie, who had cancer. "The only thing I took with me," he said upon retirement, "is that no one every questioned my effort." Never. Two-time All-American who won the Lombardi Award in 1987. He's in.
Jack Tatum, Ohio State, DB:"The Assassin" will always be remembered (and perhaps kept out of the college Hall) for his hit on Darryl Stingley. The hit was hard, brutal and legal. That doesn't lessen its impact on two careers. No one has hit as hard as Tatum did in college football since he left it 34 years ago. Judge him on the merits: national defensive player of the year in 1970 and three-time All-Big Ten. He's in.
April 5, 2004
By Dennis Dodd
SportsLine.com Senior Writer
One man's picks, pans for College Hall
One man's picks, pans for College Hall-Dennis Dodd 4/5/04
The National Football Foundation will announce this year's class for the College Football Hall of Fame on Tuesday afternoon.
Membership is sometimes a strange process. It took Barry Switzer until a couple of years ago to get in. For some reason the likes Joe Washington (Oklahoma) and Anthony Davis (USC) aren't in while Gust Zarnas and Lloyd "The Plaid Bull" Yoder are.
There are 76 players and nine coaches on this year's ballot. Approximately 11 players will make it along with one or two coaches. Here is a capsule at those who do and don't belong.
Many players are profiled, here are some OSU Alumni of note (if you don't want to check out the link):
Rex Kern, Ohio State, QB: Winning a national championship does get it done. One of Woody's all-time greats.
Chris Spielman, Ohio State, LB: No other modern linebacker laid his body on the line more than Spielman. The ultimate warrior who should have become a lock for the Hall the year he quit football in 1998 to help his wife, Stephanie, who had cancer. "The only thing I took with me," he said upon retirement, "is that no one every questioned my effort." Never. Two-time All-American who won the Lombardi Award in 1987. He's in.
Jack Tatum, Ohio State, DB:"The Assassin" will always be remembered (and perhaps kept out of the college Hall) for his hit on Darryl Stingley. The hit was hard, brutal and legal. That doesn't lessen its impact on two careers. No one has hit as hard as Tatum did in college football since he left it 34 years ago. Judge him on the merits: national defensive player of the year in 1970 and three-time All-Big Ten. He's in.
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