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Steve Hatchell,
President & CEO
Media Contacts:
Phil Marwill | 917-579-4256
Alan Cox | 972-556-1000
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NFF Chalktalk - Oct. 24, 2016
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2016 College Football Hall of Fame electee Bert Jones (LSU) was honored Oct. 22 with an NFF Hall of Fame On-Campus Salute, presented by Fidelity Investments, during the Tigers' game against Ole Miss. Jones finished his career as LSU's all-time leader in passing yards, completions, attempts and touchdowns. His stellar 1972 season led to consensus First Team All-America honors and a fourth place finish in the Heisman voting. Click here to read more about Jones.
During the NFF Hall of Fame On-Campus Salutes, each inductee returns to his alma mater or school where they coached to accept a Hall of Fame plaque that will remain on permanent display at the institution. Jones will officially be inducted at the 59th NFF Annual Awards Dinner, held at New York City's historic Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Tuesday, Dec. 6.
The NFF would like to thank LSU Athletics Director Joe Alleva, NFF Chairman and College Football Hall of Famer Archie Manning and NFF Vice Chairwoman and Fidelity Investments President of Personal Investing Kathy Murphy for taking part in the presentation on the field. (Photo by Chris Parent, LSU Athletic Communications.)
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2016 College Football Hall of Fame electee Randall Cunningham (UNLV) was honored Oct. 22 with an NFF Hall of Fame On-Campus Salute, presented by Fidelity Investments, during the Rebels' game against Colorado State. UNLV's first Hall of Fame player, he finished his illustrious college career as the Rebels' leader in both career passing and punting. Click here to read more about Cunningham.
During the NFF Hall of Fame On-Campus Salutes, each inductee returns to his alma mater or school where they coached to accept a Hall of Fame plaque that will remain on permanent display at the institution. Cunningham will officially be inducted at the 59th NFF Annual Awards Dinner, held at New York City's historic Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Tuesday, Dec. 6.
The NFF would like to thank Fidelity Investments Vice President and Financial Consultant Richard Gurr, UNLV Athletics Director Tina Kunzer-Murphy and NFF Director of External Relations Will Rudd for taking part in the presentation on the field. Cunningham was joined on the field by his wife, Felicity, his children and other members of his family. (Photo by R. Marsh Starks, UNLV Photo Services.)
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2016 College Football Hall of Fame electee Coach Frank Girardi (Lycoming [Pa.]) was honored Oct. 22 with an NFF Hall of Fame On-Campus Salute, presented by Fidelity Investments, during the Warriors' game against Lebanon Valley (Pa.). After posting a record of 257-97-5 (72.3 win percentage) at Lycoming from 1972-2007, Girardi will become the school's first College Football Hall of Fame inductee (player or coach). His remarkable win total ranks 16th all-time across all NCAA divisions. Click here to read more about Girardi.
During the NFF Hall of Fame On-Campus Salutes, each inductee returns to his alma mater or school where they coached to accept a Hall of Fame plaque that will remain on permanent display at the institution. Girardi will officially be inducted at the 59th NFF Annual Awards Dinner, held at New York City's historic Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Tuesday, Dec. 6.
The NFF would like to thank Fidelity Investments Senior Manager-TEM Guidance Brandon Grinaker, NFF Central Pennsylvania Chapter president Ron Pavlechko and Lycoming President Kent Trachte for taking part in the presentation on the field. Pennsylvania State Representatives Joe Emrick and Jeff Wheeland also took part in the presentation. Girardi was joined on the field by members of his family and great number of former players and coaches. (Photo by Ralph Wilson and courtesy of Lycoming Athletics.)
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| The NFF announced the five outstanding recipients of the 2016 Chapter Leadership Awards. The Chapter Leadership Awards, first presented in 1988, annually recognize five individuals, one from each region of the country, for their commitment, generosity and leadership at the local level in fulfilling the NFF's mission of Building Leaders Through Football. Each of the five leadership award winners will be honored during the NFF Chapter Awards Luncheon, presented by Under Armour, on Tuesday, Dec. 6, at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City.
The 2016 NFF Chapter Leadership Award recipients are:
- Jack Dawson - State of Maine Chapter, representing the Northeast Region
- Bill Farkas - Passaic County (N.J.) Chapter, representing the East Region
- Priscilla Kistler - NFFCHOF Bill Dooley (N.C.) Chapter, representing the South Region
- Jeff Logan - Columbus (Ohio) Chapter, representing the Midwest Region
- Tony Ortega - Pasadena/San Gabriel (Calif.) Chapter, representing the West Region
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Alabama remained No. 1 in the Week 8 FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll. Michigan, Clemson, Washington and Louisville round out the top five in the poll, in which voters rank the top 16 FBS teams.
The results of the poll will be released every Sunday of the 2016 season and the individual votes of all members will also be made public. The final poll will be released Dec. 4. The pollsters consist of FWAA writers and College Football Hall of Famers.
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Haunted Hall of Fame, Oct. 29-30:
Enjoy Halloween at our family-friendly
Haunted Hall of Fame
this year! Play on our Field of Screams, try our spooky scavenger hunt and go trick or treating throughout the Hall's haunted hallways. Dodge ghosts in our Ghost Run, build Halloween crafts and eat lots of candy along the way. Don't forget your costume!
About the College Football Hall of Fame: The Hall opened its doors Aug. 23, 2014, in the heart of Atlanta's sports, entertainment and tourism district. Adjacent to Centennial Olympic Park, the new Hall provides visitors with a highly immersive, interactive and engaging experience using a blend of historic college football artifacts and state-of-the-art, interactive multimedia exhibits. To plan your visit and purchase tickets, visit
www.cfbhall.com.
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Next Week: President Richard Nixon on football.
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2016 College Football Hall of Fame electee Scott Woerner (Georgia) is among four who will be
inducted
into the Georgia-Florida Hall of Fame Oct. 28. The other inductees include former Georgia defensive lineman Marcus Stroud and former Florida kicker Jeff Chandler and All-America tight end Ben Troupe. CBS broadcaster and 2011 NFF Outstanding Contribution to Amateur Football Award recipient Verne Lundquist will also be inducted.
College Football Hall of Famer, 2005 NFF Distinguished American Award recipient and former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page has been named the 2016 recipient of the Notre Dame Monogram Club's Moose Krause Distinguished Service Award. He will be presented with the award the weekend of Oct. 28-29.
College Football Hall of Famer Joe Greene (North Texas) will be inducted as part of the 2017 Texas High School Football Hall of Fame Class on May 6, 2017, during a dinner at Baylor University's Ferrell Center. Current Illinois head coach Lovie Smith and 2017 College Football Hall of Fame candidate Dat Nguyen (Texas A&M) are also part of the class.
College Football Hall of Famer and 1996 Campbell Trophy winner Danny Wuerffel (Florida)
will celebrate
the 20th anniversary of his Heisman Trophy during a "Rivalry for a Cause" at the 6th Annual Desire Cup fundraiser weekend at TPC Sawgrass during the Florida-Georgia football game weekend, Oct. 27-29.
College Football Hall of Famer Kellen Winslow was one of the first three inductees into the Mizzou Homecoming Hall of Fame and served as a grand marshal during Missouri's Homecoming Parade.
Former Texas athletics director and the 2006 recipient of the NFF John L. Toner Award, DeLoss Dodds, was honored by the university in an on-campus event where the Longhorn Foundation announced the creation of the Mary Ann and DeLoss Dodds Legacy Campaign to support former UT athletes who wish to return to campus and finish their degrees. NFF President & CEO Steve Hatchell was among the many college administrators in attendance to honor Dodds.
NFF Program Updates
The NFF Scholar-Athlete of the Day, presented by Fidelity Investments, is a daily segment honoring the semifinalists for the 2016 William V. Campbell Trophy, presented by Fidelity Investments. Today's honoree is Duke safety DeVon Edwards, who graduated in May with a 3.35 GPA in psychology and is currently pursuing a master's degree in liberal studies.
Each week during the season, the NFF produces a comprehensive television schedule for all Division I games complete with date, time, teams and on-air talent listings. Email [email protected] to receive the weekly schedule.
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Villanova dedicated the Andrew J. Talley Athletic Center in the west end zone of its stadium, named in honor of NFF Philadelphia Chapter President Andy Talley, who will retire as the Wildcats' head coach after this season.
The
Little Rock Touchdown Club/NFF Arkansas Chapter's
2016 fall speaker series continued yesterday with the Razorback Southwest Conference Hall of Fame ceremony. Central Arkansas head coach Steve Campbell will speak next week on Oct. 31. Click here to see videos of this year's speakers.
The NFF Tom Lombardo/St. Louis Chapter will host a luncheon on Oct. 26 at Lombardo's Airport restaurant featuring Dr. Brian Mahaffey, the St. Louis Cardinals team physician.
NFF Vermont Chapter president Mickey Heinecken will be among those inducted into the University of Delaware Athletics Hall of Fame on Oct. 28. Heinecken played and later coached at Delaware before becoming the head coach at Middlebury (Vt.).
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New Football Schools
Davenport (Mich.) improved to 5-3 in its first season after defeating Quincy (Ill.), 14-10... West Florida moved to 5-3 in its inaugural season after defeating Shorter (Ga.), 36-0...
Scheduling
Florida Atlantic and Georgia Southern
agreed to a home-and-home series in
2020 and 2021... Minnesota added Georgia Southern to its 2019 schedule... Western Michigan will host Wagner in 2017 and Monmouth in 2019... Appalachian State will host Savannah State in 2017 and Elon in 2021... The Big Ten will count Fresno State as a Power Five opponent... North Dakota State and Butler will play at Target Field in Minneapolis in 2019...
People
Fresno State
named
Eric Kiesau as interim head coach...
John David Wicker has been named San Diego State's new athletics director... SEC and Sun Belt coordinator of officials
Steve Shaw was named the NCAA secretary-rules editor for football... Mississippi athletics director Ross Bjork has been given the new title of vice chancellor for intercollegiate athletics... Finlandia (Mich.) promoted Curtis Wittenberg to director of athletics...
Awards and Honors
Northwestern State
announced that athletics director Greg Burke will be the first recipient of the N-Club Leadership Award... 1890s Princeton football player Parke Davis was honored as the grandfather of football statistics... The Wuerffel Trophy announced a record number of 94 FBS players nominated for the 2016 award... Houston will retire the No. 7 on Oct. 29 in honor of former quarterbacks Case Keenum and David Klingler... Decorated Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle will be posthumously awarded the 2016 Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl Great American Patriot Award...
Facilities
Iowa received approval for renovations to Kinnick Stadium... Kansas State
is moving forward with the long-awaited Limestone Field Wall Project at Bill Snyder Family Stadium... Kentucky's Joe Craft Football Training Facility is being named in honor of Joe Craft, one of the most passionate, generous and loyal supporters of the Wildcats... Momentum is continuing to build for a football operations center facility at South Carolina... Maryland unveiled plans for the Center for Sports Medicine, Health and Human Performance, a signature component of the Cole Field House project... Pittsburg State (Kan.) celebrated the completion of a four-year, nearly $5 million project to remodel the Garfield Weede Building...
Donations
Missouri has received an anonymous $8 million gift for the new football facility in the south end zone at Memorial Stadium/Faurot Field... East Carolina
announced a $1 million leadership gift from Robbie and Laura Taylor towards the $55 million Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Southside Renovation Campaign... Abilene Christian has received a $3 million gift toward the completion of Wildcat Stadium from David and Kathryn Halbert, and in honor of the gift, the press box tower will be named for Halbert's best friend and former ACU All-America defensive back Chuck Sitton...
Media
IMG Audio released its "Plays of the Week" highlight montage for Week 8 of the college football season... Learfield and Nissan are partnering to unveil the inaugural college football coaches' Facebook Live series... XOS Digital Inc. announced an exclusive partnership with Raycom Sports...
Milestones
San Diego State running back
Donnel Pumphrey raised his career
rushing touchdowns (58) and overall touchdowns (63), with both numbers tied for 11th in FBS history. With
5,518 career rushing yards, Pumphrey remains eighth all-time in FBS history... Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes set an FBS single-game record with 819 yards of total offense in the Red Raiders' game against Oklahoma Saturday. His 734 passing yards tied the FBS record for a single game... Western Michigan is 8-0 for the first time since 1941... Yale hosted Penn in the first night game in Yale Bowl history...
Uniforms
To celebrate the 75th anniversary of hosting the Rose Bowl, Duke will wear commemorative helmets in its game against Virginia Tech on Nov. 5...
Community Service
The Big South Conference is teaming up with Hardee's to administer a special football fundraiser and military appreciation initiative to celebrate and honor America's veterans around this year's Veteran's Day...
More News of Interest
The Air Force Research Laboratory is analyzing the performance of Ohio State football players to gain data airmen may use on the battlefield and push athletes further on the field...
Obituaries
Former Ohio Valley Conference commissioner, Louisiana Tech athletics director and
Independence Bowl executive director Bob Vanatta passed away Oct. 22. He was 98... Former Delaware linebacker Rev. William 'Sonny' Hayman Jr. passed away Oct. 18. He was 66... Former Washington State receiver Gail Cogdill passed away Oct. 20. He was 79... Former Auburn guard
Bill Van Dyke passed away. He was 73...
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Each year, the NFF invites universities, colleges, conferences and bowl games from across the country to provide support for NFF programs through its Institutional Academic Membership Program. The program allows the NFF to greatly enhance the power of football's collective voice while actively building a stronger national platform for the game with community leaders, educators and the media.
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Since 1959, the National Football Foundation has annually recognized the best and brightest college players, presenting them with prestigious NFF National Scholar-Athlete Awards, presented by Fidelity Investments. The $18,000 postgraduate scholarships are presented at the NFF Annual Awards Dinner in New York City.
Launched in 2008, the NFF Scholar-Athlete Alumni Association provides a powerful vehicle for past honorees to remain in the vanguard of the NFF's present efforts.
Click here to see all of the members of the 2016 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Alumni Association.
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Nov. 1, 2016
- Announcement of the 2016
William V. Campbell Trophy
finalists, which comprise the 2016 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class,
presented by Fidelity Investments - Irving, Texas
Dec. 5, 2016
- 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 Induction Dinner of Tod Leiweke - Tampa, Fla.
Jan. 9, 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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