Regular visitors of notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB. Once that is done, we will examine how each team honors its past players, coaches, and executives. Eventually, we will do the same with major college programs.  As such, it is important to us that Michigan State has announced the six players and a coach that will be inducted into its Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2026.

The event will take place on September 11, with the inductees being honored the following day during the football game against Eastern Michigan.

The Class of 2026 members are:

Lindsay Bowen, Women’s Basketball, 2002-06.  Bowen was a four-time Big Ten Selection and the 2003 Big Ten Freshman of the Year.  She recorded 1,739 Points as a Spartan.

Dan Currie, Football, 1955-57.  Currie helped take Michigan State to National Championships in 1955 and 1957 and in ’57 was a Consensus All-American.  He also helped take MSU to a Rose Bowl win in 1956.  He played nine seasons in the NFL, seven of which were in Green Bay, where he helped the team win two NFL Championships.

Walt Drenth, Track & Field Coach, 2000-20.  Drenth led the women’s track team to five cross country conference titles and the 2014 National Championship.  He was also a six-time Big Ten Coach of the Year, and his athletes won two individual NCAA Titles and 37 Big Ten Titles.

Tico Duckett, Football & Men’s Track & Field, 1989-92.  Playing at Running Back, Duckett rushed for 4,176 Yards and 26 TDs, his best season coming in 1990, when he rushed for a conference-leading 1,394 Yards.  For his efforts, he was named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year.  Duckett also competed for the Spartans in the 55-m and 100-m dash.

Sue Latter-Addison, Women’s Track & Field, 1975-78.  A pioneer in school history, Latter-Addison was part of the inaugural women’s track team and later would win the 44-yard and 88-yard Big Ten Titles, while also helping the Spartans win the conference title.  She later won the National Title in the 800.

Kalin Lucas, Men’s Basketball, 2007-11.  Playing at Point Guard, Lucas was the 2009 Big Ten Player of the Year and guided the Spartans to the National Championship Game against North Carolina and back to the Final Four a year later.  The two-time First Team All-Big Ten Selection had 1,996 Points, which is enough for fifth all-time in program history.  Lucas went on to play professionally for 14 years in countries such as Greece, Turkey, Israel, Serbia, Italy, Kuwait, and the UAE.  He also played one game each for the Memphis Grizzlies and the Detroit Pistons in the NBA.

Leah O’Connor-Falland, Women’s Cross Country & Track Field, 2011-15.  O’Connor-Falland won two National Championships, the 2014 Outdoor Steeplechase and 2015 Indoor Mile.  She also helped Michigan State win the 2014 National Championship.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the impending members of the Michigan State University Athletic Hall of Fame.

1999 PRELIMINARY RESULTS:

Thank you to all who participated in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project. If you are still determining what that is, we treated the PFHOF as having its first class in January 1946.

We have completed the first 50 years.

For “1999,” a Preliminary Vote with over 100 players whose playing career ended by 1993. We also follow the structure in which players have 20 years of eligibility, and if they do not make it into the Hall, they are relegated to the Senior Pool.

Each voter was asked to select 25 names from the preliminary list, and the top 25 vote-getters were named Semi-Finalists.

A week later, voters will be asked to select 15 names from the 25 Semi-Finalists, then choose five from the remaining 15. We will continue this process every week until we catch up to the current year.

Please note that a significant change occurred “years ago,” allowing voters to submit fewer than the allotted number of spots. 

31 Votes took place.

This is for the “Modern Era”

Bold indicates they advanced to the Semi-Finals:

*Indicates they have been removed from future ballots

This is for the Senior Era

Bold indicates they advanced to the Semi-Finals:

*Indicates that they will be removed from the ballot permanently.

This is for the “Coaches/Contributors”

Bold indicates they advanced to the Semi-Finals:

*Indicates that they will be removed from the ballot permanently.

Next week, we will announce the Semi-Finalists for the 1999 Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we maintain and update our existing Top 50 lists annually.  We are pleased to present our pre-2026 revision of our top 50 Arizona Cardinals.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball, we look at the following: 

1.  Duration and Impact.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Football League.

3.  Advanced Statistics.

4.  Playoff performance.

5. Their respective legacy on the team.

6. How successful the team was when he was there.

7. Respecting the era in which they played.

Criteria 1-4 will make up the lion’s share of the algorithm.  Please note that we have implemented this for the first time.  This has changed the rankings all throughout the board.

Last year, the Arizona Cardinals were awful, winning only three games.  As this team's origins date back over a century, it takes a lot to enter this list, or even move up within it.  As such, there was only one elevation in this list.

As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes.

1. Larry Fitzgerald
2. Larry Wilson
3. Charley Trippi
4. Roger Wehrli
5. Dan Dierdorf

You can find the complete list here:

Eight-time Pro Bowl Safety Budda Baker moved to #12 from #17.

Of note, now a Minnesota Viking, Quarterback Kyler Murray remained at #49.

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

This is interesting.

The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame opened a new exhibit last week: “Stephen Curry: Beyond the Arc”, which will profile the former two-time MVP, four-time NBA Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist, and all-time leader in 3-Point Field Goals.

This will focus on his rise from obscurity to becoming one of the greatest shooters in the sport’s history. 

What is unique is that it marks the first time the Hoop Hall has featured an active player.

Curry is likely to enter the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.