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2016 College Football Nominees Announced

2016 College Football Nominees Announced
You may have seen that the College Football Hall of Fame has announced the 2016 ballot, but might be struggling to find a complete list of all the nominees.  That is probably because with over a hundred of them each region will focus on the ones that are locally pertinent.



To qualify for the College Hall of Fame, a player has to have been an All American once and at least ten years away removed from the college ranks.



The 76 Football Bowl Subdivision Players are:



Morten Anderson: Michigan State Place Kicker, 1978-81

Erick Anderson: Michigan Linebacker, 1988-91

Michael Bishop: Kansas State Quarterback, 1997-98

Derrick Brooks, Florida State Linebacker, 1991-94

Jerome Brown, Miami (FL) Defensive Tackle, 1983-86

Lomas Brown, Florida, Offensive Tackle, 1981-84

Steve Brown, Oregon State Linebacker, 1970-72

Terrell Buckley, Florida State Defensive Back, 1989-91

Larry Burton, Purdue Split End, 1973-74

Keith Byars, Ohio State, Running Back, 1982-85

Freddie Carr, UTEP Linebacker, 1965-67

Mark Carrier, USC Defensive Back, 1987-89

Trevor Cobb, Rice Running Back, 1989-92

Kerry Collins, Penn State Quarterback, 1991-94

Mike Compton, West Virginia, Center, 1989-92

Tim Couch, Kentucky Quarterback, 1996-98

Tom Cousineau, Ohio State, 1975-78

Bob Crable, Notre Dame Linebacker, 1978-81

Eric Crouch, Nebraska Quarterback, 1998-2001

Randall Cunningham, UNLV Punter, 1982-84

Kenneth Davis, TCU Running Back, 1982-84

Troy Davis, Iowa State, Tail Back, 1994-96

Eric Dickerson, SMU Running Back, 1979-82

John Didion, Oregon State Center, 1966-68

Mike Dirks, Wyoming Defensive Tackle, 1965-67

Tim Dwight, Iowa Returner, 1994-97

Jumbo Elliott, Michigan Offensive Tackle, 1984-87

David Fulcher, Arizona State Defensive Back, 1983-85

William Fuller, North Carolina Defensive Tackle, 1981-83

Moe Gardner, Illinois Defensive Tackle, 1987-90

Kirk Gibson, Michigan State Wide Receiver, 1975-78

Marcus Harris, Wyoming Wide Receiver, 1993-96

Torry Holt, North Carolina State Wide Receiver, 1995-98

Dana Howard, Illinois Linebacker, 1991-94

Bobby Humphrey, Alabama Running Back, 1985-88

Raghib Ismail, Notre Dame Wide Receiver, 1988-90

Ernie Jennings, Air Force Wide Receiver, 1968-70

Bert Jones, LSU Quarterback, 1970-72

Tim Krumrie, Wisconsin Defensive Tackle, 1979-82

Matt Leinart, USC Quarterback, 2003-05

Jess Lewis, Oregon State Defensive Tackle 1966-67 & 1969

Ray Lewis, Miami (FL), Linebacker, 1993-95

Todd Lyght, Notre Dame Cornerback, 1987-90

Bobby Majors, Tennessee Defensive Back, 1969-71

Buddy McClinton, Auburn Defensive Back, 1967-69

Pat McInally, Harvard Tight End, 1972-74

Bob McKay, Texas Offensive Tackle 1968-69

Mark Messner, Michigan Defensive Tackle, 1985-88

Dat Nguyen, Texas A&M Linebacker, 1995-98

Ken Norton Jr., UCLA Linebacker, 1984-87

Philip Olsen, Utah State Defensive End, 1967-69

Herb Ovis, Colorado Defensive End, 1969-71

Jim Otis, Ohio State Fullback, 1967-69

Paul Palmer, Temple Running Back, 1983-86

Anthony Poindexter, Virginia Defensive Back, 1995-98

Cliff Powell, Arkansas Linebacker, 1967-69

Antwaan Randle El, Indiana Quarterback, 1998-2001

Simeon Rice, Illinois Linebacker, 1992-95

Ron Rivera, California Linebacker 1980-83

Mike Ruth, Boston College Nose Guard, 1982-85

Rashaan Salaam, Colorado Tailback, 1992-94

Larry Sievers, Tennessee Wide Receiver, 1974-76

Bob Stein, Minnesota Defensive End, 1966-68

Matt Stinchcomb, Georgia Offensive Tackle, 1995-98

Taylor Stubblefield, Purdue Wide Receiver, 2001-04

Dennis Thurman, USC Defensive Back, 1974-77

Andre Tippett, Iowa Defensive End, 1979-81

Brian Urlacher, New Mexico Defensive Back, 1996-99

Mike Utley, Washington State Offensive Guard, 1985-88

Jackie Walker, Tennessee Linebacker, 1969-71

Lorenzo White, Michigan State Running Back, 1984-87

Zach Wiegert, Nebraska Offensive Tackle, 1991-94

Steve Wisniewski, Penn State Offensive Guard, 1985-88

Scott Woerner, Georgia Defensive Back, 1977-80

Rod Woodson, Purdue Defensive Back, 1983-86

Al Worley, Washington Defensive Back, 1966-68



The following Football Subdivision Head Coaches have been nominated:



Jim Carlen, West Virginia 1966-69, Texas Tech 1970-74 & South Carolina 1975-81

Pete Cawthon Sr., Austin College 1923-27 & Texas Tech 1930-40

Danny Ford, Clemson 1978-89 & Arkansas 1993-97

Billy Jack Murphy, Memphis 1958-71

Darryl Rogers, Cal State East Bay 1965, Fresno State 1966-72, San Jose State 1973-75, Michigan State 1976-80 & Arizona State 1980-84



92 Division Player Candidates and 27 Division Coach Candidates have also been nominated. 



One day, we here at Notinhalloffame.com will be doing a College Football List, but until then, we will be commenting on the actions of this very important institution. 

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WWE List Revised. Major Overhaul to the List!!!

WWE List Revised. Major Overhaul to the List!!!


For those of you who are regular visitors to Notinhalloffame.com, you have probably noticed a major overhaul in the site.  That isn’t all as the Notinhalloffame.com WWE section has received a major makeover. 

We here at Notinhallofffame.com always strive to update our rankings after a class is announced but with the extensive overhaul of the website it took a little longer than normal.  Also, we elected to look more to the past than before, this resulting in additions that had not been there previously.

With the help of one of our regular visitors and WWE historian, we have added a lot more names from the annals of the WWE’s past, and while they may be names that are not familiar to many current fans of the product, they are a part of the organization’s history.

All changes to the rankings were also a part of the input of all of your votes, comments and e-mails; a pattern we here at Notinhalloffame.com have every intention of continuing.  

Here is a preview of the changes and complete list that you can view here and the reasoning of how we got there.

Last year, Randy “Macho Man” Savage and Vince McMahon were 1 and 1A on our list.  With the posthumous (and years late) induction of Savage we had a decision to make as to who (or whom) would be ranked at the top.  The more we thought about it, the easier it was to determine.

At #1 alone is the owner, Vince McMahon, who according to his son-in-law, Triple H will not allow to be inducted.  As much as you can criticize him (and we have) this is the man who is responsible for making most of us fans of the WWE and “Sports Entertainment”.  He could be ranked here for awhile, but if you look at others major sports halls, the induction of Vince McMahon falls right in line.

The Undertaker returns at #2.  This is about a Hall of Fame lock as it comes, and to say it is only a matter of time is not inaccurate. 

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is ranked at #3.  While Johnson has become an A-Lister, he has never forgotten his WWE roots, and when the WWE comes calling for the Hall of Fame, not only does he deserve it, there is no reason to think he won’t accept it. 

Coming at #4 is former multi-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, Lou Thesz who while does not have a huge association with the WWE’s past, is more than validated by the previous induction of Gorgeous George. 

Triple H arrives in at #5.  Like Vince McMahon, he is more than deserving of a WWE Hall of Fame accolade, but would it come across as self-serving to some?  It might, but it is earned at this stage of “the game”. 

Bruiser Brody comes in at #6 and based on online voting has increased in rank every year since the website’s inception.

At number #7 is active TNA wrestler, Kurt Angle.  At age 46, Angle’s career should be winding down and we here at Notinhalloffame.com have decided that once an active wrestler reaches 46, they will automatically move from futures candidates to the main rank.  This will come into play later in this article. 

Former WWWF World Heavyweight Champion, Ivan Koloff is ranked at #8.

Sting finally made his WWE and Wrestlemania debut and now that he is in the WWE fold a WWE Hall of Fame induction is a lot more probable.  He is ranked this year at #9.

Legendary wrestler, The Destroyer rounds out the Top Ten.

Continuing the top twenty-five we have the following.

Dave Batista headlined Wrestlemania XXX, but his return was not met with a huge ovation.  No matter as Big Dave had made his niche in Hollywood and did more than enough for a future nod and at the age of 46 he automatically moves to the main list whether he makes a return to the ring or not.

The Fabulous Freebirds are ranked at #12 and are the highest rated group on the list and have been since we began the site.  With a Texas based Wrestlemania on the horizon will this end the drought? 

The largest jump in the ranking is from Toots Mondt, who upon additional reflection had an impact on the origins on the WWWF that cannot be quantified.  His new ranking is #13.

Stan “The Lariat” Hansen comes in at #14 and based on your votes is a favourite of a lot of yours!

While Kane may still be a regular fixture on Monday Night RAW, his age at 48 automatically moves him to the main list.  Hell, fire and brimstone indeed!  He debuts on this list at #15.

Owen Hart is at #16, Paul Heyman is #17, the Dynamite Kid is at #18 and “Ravishing” Rick Rude is at #19.  “The Crippler” Ray Stevens, who many thought would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame when Wrestlemania was in San Francisco is at #20. 

The final men in the top twenty-five are Bill Goldberg #21, Giant Baba in #22, Davey Boy Smith is #23, Jim Cornette at #24 and the father of WWE Hall of Famer, Greg Valentine, Johnny Valentine is #25.

There are more additions to be made aware of on the WWE Notinhalloffame.com list. 

Former World Heavyweight Champion and multi-time Intercontinental and Tag Team Champion, Christian has quietly retired from wrestling and has been moved to the main list from the futures.  He debuts at #33. 

Another former World Heavyweight Champion, Mark Henry, also moves to the main list.  Although he is still active and not at our magic number of 46 years old (he is 43), injuries are piling up on the big man and we wonder how much time he has left.  He debuts at #73.

Former WWE Executive and son of Vince McMahon, Shane McMahon also moves from the Future List to the main one.  Shane has been away from the WWE for a long enough period to make this transfer.  He checks in at #101.

The recently retired Vickie Guerrero comes in at #116.  Considering her lackluster debut, her emergence as one of the most heel characters was a long road indeed. 

Joey Styles, the former ECW Announcer also moves to the main list at #189.

The man now known as Jason Alberts (also Albert, A-Train and Lord Tensai) moves to the main list at #231.

The following are new additions based on historical significance in not only the WWE but in professional wrestling in general.


#157:  Jim Crocket Jr.
#159:  Bobby Davis
#181:  Ray Morgan
#187:  Willie Gilzenberg
#197:  Sam Muchnick
#199:  Linda McMahon
#205:  Paul Boesch
#207:  Miguel Perez
#213:  Dick Hutton
#217:  Blue Demon
#221:  Red Bastien
#225:  Dump Matsumoto
#227:  Pepper Gomez
#229:  Hans Mortier
#233:  Dick Ebersol
#235:  Jaguar Yakota
#237:  Frank Tunney
#239:  El Hijo Del Santo
#241:  Bull Curry
#247:  Tony Parisi
#255:  Johnny Saint
#256:  Aja Kong
#259:  El Solitario
#265:  Don Owen
#275:  Skull Murphy
#279:  Lance Russell
#283:  Tony Marino
#285:  Hisashi Shinma
#289:  Roy Shire
#293:  Tony Schiavone
#295:  John Laurinaitis
#298:  Vince Russo
#299:  Ted Turner


We have also combined previous entries into their more known tag teams. 


Moondog Spot and Moondog Rex have been removed in favour of the Moondogs (including Moondog King) and are ranked at #183. 


B. Brian Blair & “Jumping” Jim Brunzell are no longer ranked individually but now as the Killer Bees, which are ranked at #206.


You may notice that we our list goes currently to 333 ranked performers.  We did not wish to eliminate previous entries, but new additions pushed it well beyond our 300.  We do have plans to extend it to an even 350 in the near future.


As always we here at Notinhalloffame.com thank you all for your support, but ask you to cast your vote and give your comments.



Thank you from all of us at Notinhalloffame.com!

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RIP: Tommy Rogers

RIP: Tommy Rogers
It was announced today that former tag team champion, Tommy Rogers passed away today in his home in Hawaii.  Rogers was found dead at the age of 54, but it is unknown at this time as to the cause.

Rogers is best known as one half of the Fantastics with Bobby Fulton.  Together, the duo won championships in the UWF, World Class Area and the NWA and in 1997 he was Extreme Championship Wrestling where he had a decent run and was briefly featured on WWF television that year in the Light Heavyweight Division. 


Following hip replacement surgery, Rogers retired from the ring in 2007.  Rogers had been facing legal issues over the past few years and was said to be despondent over a potential long jail sentence following altercations with police.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the friends and family of Tommy Rogers at this time.







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Ben Roethlisberger to the MAC HOF

Ben Roethlisberger to the MAC HOF
We will get there I promise.

We are looking to set up in the future a greatest players list for every major North American Sports team, and along with that a look at how they treat their past stars via retired numbers, franchise hall of fames, rings of honor etc.  Once that is done, the college ranks won’t be far behind, and as such when an athletic conference such as the Mid-American Conference adds to their Hall of Fame, it is news to us.

Last night the 2015 Class was officially inducted in Cleveland, Ohio, and the most recognizable name of the bunch is current Pittsburgh Steelers Quarterback, Ben Roethlisberger.

Roethlisberger is best known as a two time winning Super Bowl QB, but at the University of Miami he threw over 10,000 yards and led the Redhawks to a MAC Championship and a GMAC Bowl win.  In his final season in college, he was a third team All American Quarterback and was the MAC MVP.

While “Big Ben” is the most recognized name, there are many who do not consider him the headliner as former Toledo and Kent State Football Coach Gary Pinkel was also enshrined.  Pinkel is a two-time MAC Coach of the Year and also holds the distinction of being in both the Toledo and Kent State Athletic Halls of Fame.

The rest of the class includes Western Michigan Track Star, George Dales, who competed for the university in the mid 1960’s, Eastern Michigan Track Star (1950’s) and Coach (1960’s and beyond), Bob Parks and late 1990’s Central Michigan wrestler, Casey Cunningham.



The Mid-American Conference Hall of Fame was first established in 1988, but went on a hiatus until 2012 when regular classes were inducted. 



We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate this class of the MAC Hall of Fame. 
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Bernie Williams's Number Retired

Bernie Williams's Number Retired
Love them or hate them, you have to respect the legacy of the New York Yankees who may have the most colorful history of any North American sports franchise.  The Bronx Bombers added to that with the official retirement of former Outfielder, Bernie Williams’s number #51 yesterday.

Williams was a member of the Yankees in all of his sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball and was a member of four World Series Championship Teams.  He would win the American League Batting Title in 1998, the Silver Slugger Award in 2002 and won the Gold Glove Award four consecutive seasons from 1997 to 2000. 

The Puerto Rican becomes the 18th man to have his number by the New York Yankees.  Williams will not be the last former Yankee to be honored in the Bronx as Andy Pettitte and Jorge Posada will also be receiving similar accolades this year, and it is expected that Derek Jeter will be also gain that honor soon.

While we here at Notinhalloffame.com may not necessarily be fans of the New York Yankees, we do look to make a pilgrimage at one time to Monument Park.  Congratulations to Bernie Williams and the Yanks in general as when we begin ranking the North American sports franchises that do the best job honoring their own, it is difficult to see anyone surpassing the baseball team from the Bronx.

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Interview with Kareem Rush

Interview with Kareem Rush
The athletics and the arts aren’t supposed to be intertwined, or at least that is what we are taught to think.  Athletes are supposed be one-dimensional and only capable of playing sports.

I can’t tell you how much I love breaking that stereotype!

I had the pleasure of interviewing Kareem Rush, a former member of the Missouri Tigers and the Los Angeles Lakers who you probably remember for sinking a plethora of three point shots on Sportscenter, however Rush opened up the eyes (or ears) of many people when he appeared on TMZ and sang Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me”, and was applauded by fans for how well he could sing.
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RIP: Marques Haynes

RIP: Marques Haynes


Former Harlem Globetrotter and Basketball Hall of Famer, Marques Haynes, died today at the age of 89 of natural causes in Plano, Texas.

Haynes was regarded as one of the greatest, if not the greatest dribblers in basketball history, having been estimated at being able to dribble six times per second, but that was not all he could do on the court as he was regarded as a great basketball player. 

Marques Haynes would join the Harlem Globetrotters in 1947 and emerge as the team’s marquee attraction.  Haynes would stay with the team until 1953, but not to join the National Basketball Association, specifically the Philadelphia Warriors who had made him a very lucrative offer.  Haynes would form the Harlem Magicians, a barnstorming team of which he was the star, a deal in which he felt he could make the most money.

Haynes would mend fences with the Trotters in the early 70’s and was the team’s player/coach.  He would finally retire in 1992 and while there is no accurate amount of just how many games he played it is estimated that he probably played more than anybody.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the friends and family of Marques Haynes.

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Bobby Isaac to the NASCAR HOF

Bobby Isaac to the NASCAR HOF


The NASCAR Hall of Fame has announced the new members of their latest Hall of Fame Class and the relatively new Hall is continues its expansion with class and prestige.

The class (in our eyes anyway) is headlined by Bobby Isaac, who we had ranked at #2 on our last list.  Isaac is a posthumous induction after passing away at the age of 45 from a heart attack.  He had 37 Sprint Cup Wins.

Terry Labonte, who for many is the headliner of this year’s class, will join Isaac.  Labonte was the Sprint Series Champion in both 1984 and 1996.  Notinhalloffame.com had Labonte ranked at #4.

Curtis Turner also joins the NASCAR Hall of Fame.  Turner was an early star who won 17 Sprint Cup races.

The Class is rounded out by multi-time modified champion, Jerry Cook and former Speedway Motor Sports Chairman, Bruton Smith who led the balloting.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate this year’s class and we will be working on a new list soon!







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Justin Smith Retires

Justin Smith Retires
Does anyone want to play defence for the San Francisco 49ers this year?



Following the retirement of Patrick Willis, a possible Hall of Fame contender, five time Pro Bowl selection, Justin Smith also announced that he will not be returning to the Niners and has elected to retire citing his inability to compete at 100 percent.

The Defensive End entered the NFL with the Cincinnati Bengals where he played his first seven seasons but it was with San Francisco, the team he signed as a free agent in 2008 where his career would reach its greatest heights. 

Smith would make five consecutive Pro Bowls (2009-13) and was a First Team All Pro in 2011.  Smith was also named the San Francisco 49ers MVP in 2008 and 2011 and Sports Illustrated named him their Defensive Player of the Year.

Justin Smith retires with 87 Quarterback Sacks and started 211 and 214 Games.
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