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NFF Chalktalk - April 12, 2016
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Rise of digital streaming, network viewership and solid attendance figures signal
sport's relevance across the country.
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Whitelaw (left, with former NFF Vice Chairman John Toner) claimed the NFF Outstanding
Contribution to Amateur Football Award in 1996
and
served on the NFF Board from 1972-94.
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As part of the NFF Faculty Salutes, presented by Fidelity Investments, the NFF presented Oklahoma Faculty Athletics Representative Kelly Damphousse with a commemorative plaque and the school with $5,000 for student academic support services at a luncheon on April 8.
Oklahoma and Damphousse were recognized for their efforts in fostering excellence among the student-athletes as exemplified by 2015
William V. Campbell Trophy
winner
Ty Darlington
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In addition to Damphousse and Darlington, remarks were made by NFF Board Member and Oklahoma Athletics Director Joe Castiglione, NFF President & CEO Steve Hatchell, NFF Vice Chairwoman and Fidelity Investments President of Personal Investing Kathy Murphy,
NFF COO Matthew Sign and Oklahoma head football coach
Bob Stoops. OU senior associate athletics director Kenny Mossman served as emcee, and notable attendees included FWAA Executive Director Steve Richardson, Fidelity Investments Executive Vice President Rick Mitchell and College Football Hall of Famer Clendon Thomas. Herff Jones' Jeff Parker joined Hatchell in presenting Darlington with his official Campbell Trophy ring.
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April 16 Football Blues-
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May 8 Moms and Mimosas-
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Kendra Scott
. Moms also have the chance to win a signature Kendra Scott jewelry item in a raffle.
The Hall on the Road
April 16-17 Big Shanty Festival
April 23 Girls on the Run 5K at Georgia Tech
April 23-24 Smyrna Jonquil Festival
April 28-30 NFL Draft Town in Chicago
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NFF Board Member and College Football Hall of Famer Troy Aikman (UCLA) is donating $1 million to create the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas' first donor-advised fund.
NFF Board Member and Clinton Foundation President & CEO Donna Shalala will be the keynote speaker at the 2016 Summit on Women, Gender and Well-Being, which will take place April 14-16 at the University of Wisconsin.
College Football Hall of Fame coach Jim Tressel
will be among
the speakers at the 85th annual Ohio State Football Clinic April 14-16.
College Football Hall of Famer Tony Dorsett will serve as an honorary coach for Pittsburgh's Blue-Gold Game held at Heinz Field on April 16.
2009 William V. Campbell Trophy recipient and SEC Network analyst Tim Tebow (Florida)
will be
the keynote speaker at the Blue Mountain College (Miss.) Scholarship Gala on April 12.
2014 NFF Gold Medal recipient Dr. Tom Catena, a former Brown football player who now serves as the only doctor for half a million people in Sudan's Nuba Mountains, is among the finalists for the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity, a new humanitarian award created in memory of the Armenian genocide. The winner receives $100,000 and designates an organization that inspired his or her work to be the beneficiary of $1 million.
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The
NFF Sacramento (Calif.) Chapter held its annual banquet on March 10, where it honored 45 high school athletes and two community college athletes. The chapter also recognized four State Champions: Central Catholic, Del Oro, East Nicholas, and Sierra High Schools. Keynote speaker
Mark Speckman, the offensive coordinator at Lawrence University (Wis.), gave an inspiring speech to the athletes.
The
NFF National Capital Region (D.C.) Chapter held its Scholar-Athlete Banquet April 10 at the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, Va. The chapter presented $7,000 in scholarships while honoring 45 high school and one collegiate scholar-athlete. The chapter announced during the event that its top scholar-athlete award is being named in honor of
Bob Novagratz, an All-American at Army who played for Hall of Fame Coach
Earl "Red" Blaik.
Matthew Stotler, who was the chapter's top scholar-athlete in 2007 and the NFF National High School Scholar-Athlete from the East Region, returned to make remarks. Army head coach
Jeff Monken delivered the keynote speech.
The
NFF Gridiron Club of Dallas Chapter's Eighth Annual Scholar-Athlete Awards Banquet took place April 10 in front of a sold-out crowd at the Marriott Quorum. Longtime Dallas sports talk radio staple
Norm Hitzges
received the 2016 Distinguished Texan Award, the chapter's highest honor, and new North Texas head coach
Seth Littrell
was the guest speaker. The chapter also
honored seven collegiate and a chapter-record 66 high school scholar-athletes, presenting six with scholarships.
The
NFF Colorado Chapter
Scholar-Athlete Banquet was held on April 11 at the Denver West Marriott in Golden, Colo. Dave Logan, the voice of the Denver Broncos, served as emcee. Air Force's Troy Calhoun was honored as the collegiate coach of the year and the Joe Kearney Service Award was given to CBS Sports broadcaster Verne Lundquist, who received the NFF Outstanding Contribution to Amateur Football Award in 2011.
The NFF Allstate Sugar Bowl Chapter held its 2016 Awards Luncheon in the Bienville Club Room at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans on April 11. NFF Chairman and College Football Hall of Famer Archie Manning (Mississippi) recognized each of the 37 high school scholar-athletes at the event. Six of the honorees were selected to receive Allstate Sugar Bowl Scholarships for $10,000 each.
The NFF Utah Chapter will host its Scholar-Athlete Banquet on April 12 at the UCC Center on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem.
The NFF Brian Piccolo (Fla.) Chapter will honor 45 players at its Scholar-Athlete Banquet April 13 at the Heron Bay Marriott in Parkland, Fla. Florida Atlantic head football coach Charlie Partridge will be the guest speaker.
At an April 16 brunch hosted by the NFF East Tennessee Chapter, Steve Spurrier, a College Football Hall of Fame player from Florida and longtime SEC head football coach, will receive the 2016 Robert Neyland Award. ESPN broadcaster Brent Musburger, a 2011 recipient of the NFF Outstanding Contribution to Amateur Football Award, will accept the 2016 Lindsey Nelson Broadcasting Award at the event. They will both be recognized later that day at the University of Tennessee's Orange and White Game.
The NFF Central Indiana Chapter's Scholar-Athlete Banquet is scheduled for April 16 at the Indianapolis Colts practice facility. New Ball State head football coach Mike Neu will be the guest speaker, and former Stanford and current Colts quarterback Andrew Luck, a 2008 NFF National High School Scholar-Athlete, will make a special
appearance. 2015 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Hank Spencer (Mount Union [Ohio]) will also be honored.
The
NFF Wisconsin Chapter will hold its Scholar-Athlete Banquet on April 16 at Union South prior to the Wisconsin Spring Game in Madison.
College Football Hall of Famer Chuck Cecil (Arizona) will be the keynote speaker at the NFF Southern Arizona Chapter's 19th Annual Scholar-Athlete Awards Banquet April 17 in Tucson. The chapter recently announced the scholar-athletes who will be honored at the event.
The NFF Minnesota Chapter's ninth annual Minnesota Football Honors will take place April 17 at the Minneapolis Hilton. The event is presented by the Minnesota Vikings.
The NFF University of Georgia Chapter will hold its Scholar-Athlete Banquet on April 18 at the Athens Country Club.
The NFF Northern California Chapter, in conjunction with UCSF Sports Medicine and the PlaySafe Program, will offer baseline concussion testing for high school student-athletes on April 30. The pilot program will involve the South San Francisco High School varsity football program at the outset.
The NFF Emo DiNitto/Rhode Island Chapter will hold its 29th Annual Scholar-Athlete Awards Dinner on May 2 at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick, R.I. The chapter will recognize 28 scholar-athletes, including 12 Golden Dozen and 16 Silver honorees, for their outstanding academic and football achievements. Two of the Golden Dozen honorees will receive $1,000 scholarships, increasing the chapter's total grants to more than $140,000. The chapter will also honor its Distinguished American Louis Marciano, Contribution to Amateur Football Award recipient Ted Stebbins and Football Official Joseph Schwab.
The NFF Touchdown Club of Houston Chapter will hold its 50th Anniversary "Touchdowner of the Year" Banquet on May 4 at the Westin Galleria Ballroom. NFF Chairman and College Football Hall of Famer Archie Manning (Mississippi) will be the guest of honor. The chapter will host a Hall of Fame Golf Tournament the day before at Wildcat Golf Course.
The NFF Joe Tiller/Northwest Indiana Chapter is sponsoring the fifth annual Ryan Kerrigan/12th Boiler Golf Outing, which will take place May 6 at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex at Purdue.
The 41st annual NFF Jack Grinold/Eastern Massachusetts Chapter Scholar-Athlete Banquet will be held May 15 at the Boston/Newton Marriott. The banquet will feature 33 High School Scholar-Athlete honorees and the presentation of the Daly, Schluntz and Burton Awards. Boston College play-by-play announcer Jon Meter-Parel will return as the emcee.
Bob Keropian, president of the NFF Northern California Chapter and former NFF West Region Coordinator, will be inducted into the Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame on June 8 at the Green Hills Country Club in Millbrae, Calif.
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New Football Schools
UAB, which will return to the gridiron in 2017,
will play at Texas A&M in 2018...
Scheduling
The 2016 game between Texas and Notre Dame has been moved to Sunday, Sept. 4... Florida International's 2016 game with Maryland has been changed from Saturday, Sept. 10, to Friday, Sept. 9... Colorado State and Arkansas will meet in 2019... Memphis added future games with North Texas and South Alabama... East Tennessee State has reached multi-year agreements to play Vanderbilt and Appalachian State... Appalachian State also added a game with Gardner-Webb in 2018... Old Dominion will open the 2017 season against Albany... Coastal Carolina will play at Arkansas in 2017... Louisiana-Lafayette will host Southeastern Louisiana to open the 2017 season... Alabama State's biggest football game of the regular season, the Turkey Day Classic, is returning to Thanksgiving (Nov. 24) this fall. Comedian Steve Harvey was announced as a partner of the game, which will see Alabama State take on Miles (Ala.)... Wagner announced its 2016 schedule...
People
Clemson and head coach Dabo Swinney agreed to a new six-year contract... Kevin McMillan was named interim athletics director at Tennessee-Martin... Saint Francis announced Susan Robinson Fruchtl has been named director of athletics... Grand Valley State (Mich.)
announced the hiring of Keri Becker as director of athletics... Andy Hamilton was named athletics director at Grinnell (Iowa)... Division III's USA South Athletic Conference selected Dr. Tom Hart as its commissioner...
Awards and Honors
Former
Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer was named the winner of the Football Bowl Association's 2017 Champion's Award... Navy quarterback Keenan Reynolds was named a co-recipient of the 2016 AAU James E. Sullivan Award as the outstanding amateur athlete in the nation... Former football player Michael Clare was elected to the Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame... LSU professor Dr. Isiah Warner has been named the 2016 SEC Professor of the Year...
Bowl Games
The Division I Council voted to place a three-year moratorium on certifying new postseason football bowl games... A new junior college football bowl game is coming next year: the Miami OK Midwest Classic Bowl will be played at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M's Red Robertson Field on Dec. 3, 2017...
Facilities
Construction has begun at Liberty for a new indoor football practice facility... Oklahoma held a "Topping Out" ceremony for its south end zone renovation project... Austin Peay State's historic Governors Stadium will soon have a new name through a partnership with Fortera Credit Union... Salisbury
(Md.) opened its doors to the new $19 million Sea Gull Stadium... Pace (N.Y.) will hold a grand opening of the new Ianniello Field House on April 30...
Marketing and Uniforms
Clemson has updated its uniforms for 2016 with new technology and a nod to its 1981 national championship team... Northern Michigan launched its new academic and athletic logos...
Community Service
Bowling Green football player
Ben Steward
recently donated bone marrow that
saved the life of a 31-year old woman with leukemia... Mississippi State head coach Dan Mullen will be running in the Boston Marathon on April 18 in an effort to raise money for his charity, the Mullen Family Foundation... Brown hosted its seventh annual bone marrow donor testing drive today... Five former Rice head football coaches joined with many of their former players at on April 9 for the annual Rice Football Golf Tournament...
More News of Interest
Duke head football coach
David Cutcliffe will be the k
eynote speaker at the 2016 Bronko Nagurski Awards Banquet on Dec. 5 in Charlotte, N.C... South Carolina's first All-American Lou Sossamon, now 94, scored a touchdown in the Gamecocks' annual spring game... Former Kansas football player Bryan Sperry, now 90, scored a touchdown in the Jayhawks' alumni game...
Obituaries
Former Ohio State team captain and All-American Will Smith, who led the Buckeyes to the 2002 national championship, died April 9. He was 34... Former Central Arkansas athletics director
Bill Stephens passed away April 4. He was 83... Former Iowa All-American
Sherwyn Thorson passed away April 6. He was 75... Former Eastern Michigan football player Troy Edwards died April 6. He was 35... Former LSU running back Hokie Gajan passed away April 11. He was 56... Former professional wrestler Blackjack Mulligan, who played football at UTEP, passed away last week. He was 73... Former Kansas and Washburn (Kan.) running back Brandon Bourbon died. He was 24...
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April 27, 2016 - Announcement of the NFF Hampshire Honor Society, recognizing the college football players from all divisions of play who maintained a 3.2 GPA or better during their collegiate careers - Irving, Texas
June 1, 2016 - 2017 College Football Hall of Fame Ballots distributed to members of the National Football Foundation - Irving, Texas
Sept. 28, 2016 - Announcement of the semifinalists for the 2016 William V. Campbell Trophy, presented by Fidelity Investments and prominently displayed at the NYAC - Irving, Texas
Dec. 5, 2016
- Announcement and Presentation of the Asa S. Bushnell Cup to the Ivy League Football Players of the Year at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel at an event presented by the Pasadena Tournament of Roses - New York City
Dec. 6, 2016
- NFF Annual Awards Press Conference at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel - New York City
Dec. 6, 2016
- NFF Chapter Awards Luncheon, presented by Under Armour, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel - New York City
Dec. 6, 2016
- 59th NFF Annual Awards Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria - New York City, including the induction of the 2016 College Football Hall of Fame Class and the 27th presentation of the William V. Campbell Trophy, presented by Fidelity Investments and prominently displayed at the New York Athletic Club.
Dec. 31, 2016
- The 12th Annual NFF National Hall of Fame Salute during the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl - Atlanta
Jan. 5, 2017
- NFF Leadership Hall of Fame Dinner - Tampa, Fla.
Jan. 6, 2017
- Announcement of the 2017 College Football Hall of Fame Class - Tampa, Fla.
Jan. 9, 2017
- College Football Playoff National Championship at Raymond James Stadium - Tampa, Fla.
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The NFF would like to thank NFF correspondent Bo Carter for his contributions to this report.
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