At Notinhalloffame.com we are interested in how the major universities induct in their athletic Halls of Fame. As such it is news to us that the 28th class of West Virginia University has been announced.

Here are the 11 members of the Class of 2018:

Kate Bulger, Women’s Basketball 1981-84: The sister of former Mountaineers Quarterback Marc Bulger. Kate averaged 15.1 Points per Game for WVU and she never missed a game. Her 1,732 Points is sixth all-time in university history. She is also first in Mountaineer history in Three Point Field Goals Made.

Jon Capon, Men’s Soccer 1978-81: Capon was the team’s goalkeeper and he compiled 28 Shutouts with a 1.17 Goals Against Average over his career at WVU. He was the team captain for three years.

Avon Cobourne, Football 1999-2002: Cobourne is the only Mountaineer to rush for four 1,000 Yard Seasons and holds the University records in Rushing Yards in a career (5,164) and in a season (1,710) and is a two time First Team Big East Selection. He would go on to have a career in the Canadian Football League and was an All Star in 2009.

Mike Gansey, Men’s Basketball 2004-06: Gansey started all 68 Games of his WVU career, which in those two seasons would see the team go to the Elite Eight and Sweet Sixteen respectively. He would be named First Team Big East and averaged 14.4 Points per Game as a Mountaineer. In his senior year Gansey was a Finalist for the Oscar Robertson Award, John R. Wooden Award and Naismith Trophy.

Tom Keane, Football 1946-47: Keane had already been a letterman in Football at Ohio State where he helped them go undefeated in 1944. He would serve in the Navy and return to the United States where he would enroll at West Virginia and play for the Mountaineers for two years. He would later play eight years in the NFL where he was a Champion with the Los Angeles Rams in 1951 and was a Pro Bowl Selection in 1953 when he was playing with the Baltimore Colts. He would also win two Super Bowl rings with the Miami Dolphins as their Defensive Backs Coach.

Larry Krutko, Football 1955-57: Krutko played Fullback and Linebacker in his three years at WVU and he would also assist the Mountaineers win two Southern Conference Titles. He would play three seasons in the National Football League with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Eleanor Lamb, Administration 1958-2013: Lamb worked her way from Secretary to Assistant Athletic Director over her 55 year career.

Bev Plocki, Women’s Gymnastics 1985-87: Plocki competed for three years leading WVU to three appearances in the NCAA Regional Championship while compiling a 23 win season in 1985. Plocki would achieve much greater success as the head coach of the University of Michigan women’s gymnastics team where in 29 years she has won 23 Big Ten Titles.

Steve Slaton, Football 2005-07: Slaton was West Virginia’s primary Running Back for three years and he would eclipse 1,000 Rushing Yards in all of them. His sophomore season was by far his best, as he would rush for 1,744 Yards, which was third overall in the nation. He would finish fourth in Heisman Trophy voting that year. More notably to Mountaineers fans, Slaton would help West Virginia win the Sugar Bowl (’06) where he was named the game’s MVP. He would play in the NFL for five years.

Pat White, Football 2005-08: White made Mountaineer football history as he became the first college Quarterback to start and win four straight bowl games (2006 Sugar, 2007 Gator, 2008 Fiesta and 2008 Meineke Car Care). White threw for over 10,000 Yards and would rush for 4,480, which at the time was the most for any college Quarterback. He was a three time First Team All Big East Selection (2006-08).

Web Wright, Shooting 1985-89: Wright was a seven time All-American and was a two time National Champion. He would represent the U.S. at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the 28th Class of the West Virginia Athletic Hall of Fame.

We have another retirement from football to discuss as Montreal Alouettes Quarterback Josh Freeman has ended his career at the age of 30. This ends a career that was full of so much promise yet it ended with a losing record and no Pro Bowls.

Still, let’s take a look.

Freeman was Tampa Bay’s first round pick in 2009 (17th overall) out of Kansas State. The Quarterback came with high expectations and after taking the starting job midway through his rookie season he was cemented as the starting pivot in 2010 and this was arguably his best season in professional football. The Buccaneers went 10 and 6 and narrowly missed the post season. Freeman threw for 25 Touchdown passes against only 6 Interceptions and he was an alternate for the Pro Bowl.

2011 would see Tampa regress and Freeman threw 22 Interceptions. 2012 would see a career high in Passing Yards for Freeman (4,065) and Touchdown Passes (27) but his Interception number was still high with 17.

The Buccaneers would bench Freeman early in 2013 due to poor performance and he would be released following other issues. Freeman signed with the Minnesota Vikings but he was ineffective in the lone game he started. His last game in the NFL was a start with the Indianapolis Colts in 2015 and he tried to resurrect his career in 2018 with Montreal in the CFL, but while he signed he was to be on the bench.

We will create a profile for Freeman in our 2021 Football Futures, though we do not expect much support for him, and with all due respect to the Quarterback there is no reason to think his name will cross the breath of anyone who votes for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. If he were to get into any significant Hall of Fame, it would be that of Kansas State.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to wish Josh Freeman the best in his post-playing career.

It’s that time again!

Last December, our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame announced it’s fourth full class as voted by a one year long vote by the public.

That class saw Bobby Boucher (The Waterboy), Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump) and Willie “Mays” Hayes (Major League) join previous inductees, Apollo Creed (Rocky), Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez, Charlie Conway (The Mighty Ducks), The Hanson Brothers (Slap Shot), Reggie Dunlop (Slap Shot), Happy Gilmore (Happy Gilmore), Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn (Major League), Crash Davis (Bull Durham), Roy Hobbs (The Natural) and Rocky Balboa, the inaugural inductee.

Like in previous years, the opening round began with over 300 Fictional Athletes and over 100 Contributors, which has now been reduced to 50 Fictional Athletes, 20 Fictional Contributors and 5 Veterans for the Semi-Final Round.

The Finalists for each respective category are as follows:

The 50 Fictitious Athlete Semi-Finalists are:

A.C. Slater (Saved by the Bell)

Adonis Creed (Creed)

Al Bundy (Married…With Children)

Al Czervik (Caddyshack)

Alex Moran (Blue Mountain State)

“All the Way” May Mordabito (A League of Their Own)

Amanda Whurlitzer (The Bad News Bears)

“Big Ern” Ernie McCracken (Kingpin)

Billy Chapel (For Love of the Game)

Bud (Air Bud)

Bugs Bunny (Space Jam)

Cal Naughton Jr. (Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby)

Chazz Michael Michaels (Blades of Glory)

Clubber Lang (Rocky III)

Daniel LaRusso (The Karate Kid)

Dave “Killer” Carlson (Slap Shot)

Dean Youngblood (Youngblood)

Derice Bannock (Cool Runnings)

Dottie Hinson (A League of Their Own)

Doug “The Thug” Glatt (Goon)

“Fast” Eddie Felson (The Hustler & The Color of Money)

Flash Gordon (Flash Gordon)

Greg Goldberg (The Mighty Ducks)

Hamilton Porter (The Sandlot)

Henry Rowengartner (Rookie of the Year)

Ivan Drago (Rocky IV)

Jackie Moon (Semi-Pro)

Jake Taylor (Major League)

Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski (The Big Lebowski)

Jimmy Chitwood (Hoosiers)

Johnny Lawrence (Karate Kid)

Kelly Leak (The Bad News Bears)

Kevin “Thad” Castle (Blue Mountain State)

Lee (Enter the Dragon)

Lightning McQueen (Cars)

Monty Brewster (Brewster’s Millions)

Paul “Wrecking” Crewe (The Longest Yard, 1974)

Pedro Cerrano (Major League)

Peter LaFleur (Dodgeball)

Randy “The Ram” Robinson (The Wrestler)

Ricky Bobby (Talladega Nights)

Roy “Tin Cup” McAvoy (Tin Cup)

Sam Malone (Cheers)

Sanka Coffee (Cool Runnings)

Scott Howard “The Wolf” (Teen Wolf)

Shane Falco (The Replacements)

Shooter McGavin (Happy Gilmore)

Tanner Boyle (Bad News Bears)

Ty Webb (Caddyshack)

The 10 Fictitious Contributors Semi-Finalists are:

Adrian Balboa (Rocky)

Annie Savoy (Bull Durham)

Cameron Tucker (Modern Family)

Claudia (Kingpin)

Coach Ernie Pantusso (Cheers)

Coach Klein (The Waterboy)

Darcy Sears (Varsity Blues)

Hayden Fox (Coach)

Jerry Maguire (Jerry Maguire)

Jimmy Dugan (A League of Their Own)

John Kreese (The Karate Kid)

Ken Reeves (The White Shadow)

Lacey Underall (Caddyshack)

Lou Brown (Major League)

Luther Van Dam (Coach)

Morris Buttermaker (The Bad News Bears)

Ray Kinsella (Field of Dreams)

Terrence Mann (Field of Dreams)

The Gopher (Caddyshack)

The 6 Fictitious Veterans are:

Frank Capua (Winning)

Harold Lamb (The Freshman)

Huxley College (Horse Feathers)

Joe Boyd/Joe Hart (Damn! Yankees)

Online voting can be found here: http://www.notinhalloffame.com/the-voting/2018-fictitious-athlete-second-round

The Finalists for all three categories will be announced in September of this year.

You know what we want you to do!

When you gave a chance cast your vote!

As always, we here at Notinhalloffame.com we thank you for your support!

In an interview with Cleveland.com Def Leppard’s lead guitarist Phil Collen discussed the band’s omission from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame:

“We don’t actually care because everyone does it for us…We treat everything – Grammy’s, al that stuff as irrelevant…If that’s your main focus, there’s some life lessons to be learned.”

Def Leppard has been eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 2004 and not only have they not been inducted into the Hall they have never been nominated. Despite this, Collen pointed out to Cleveland.com that he had no issue with the Hall itself and the people who work there…just the voting committee. Collen had this to say and the relationship he has with the actual Hall itself:

 "Rush and KISS should have in there a long time ago…KISS is one of the biggest bands in the world and they were treated with disrespect. But not by the people who work there…I love the people at the museum…They take great care of me and our museum. It's just the voting panel.”

He also discussed with Cleveland.com on how he retrieved a guitar that was on display at the Hall for a gig during the last time he played the city:

The axe in question was his famed glow-in-the-dark guitar with Bela Lugosi’s image on it.

"It was in a case, I got it out and my guitar tech strung it out…I played it for the show and it was back in the case the next morning.''

Collen joined the band in 1982 during the Pyromania recording sessions.

Def Leppard is currently ranked #41 on Notinhalloffame.com.