Cooper, Spielman, & Otis for HoF

[osugrad21]

Canton

Chris Spielman, Percy Snow are among College Football HOF nominees
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
By Todd Porter
REPOSITORY SPORTS WRITER

Two Stark County natives who battled on opposite sides of high school and college football fields could be sharing a dinner table at the Waldorf Astoria. Linebackers Chris Spielman and Percy Snow are among 83 finalists for the College Football Hall of Fame, the National Football Foundation announced.

Spielman is joined by fellow Ohio State Buckeyes Jim Otis and former Head Coach John Cooper.

Ballots were mailed this week to more than 12,000 NFF members and current Hall of Famers.

Those votes will be submitted to the NFF's Honor Court, which eventually selects the class. The Honors Court is chaired by Gene Corrigan, a former ACC commissioner and NCAA president.

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[BB73]

CFN ranks this year's HOF candidates. Spiels comes in behind only Prime Time and LT. Otis is 23rd out of 75, and Cooper is behind Holtz and Robinson.

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3. Chris Spielman, Ohio State-Linebacker-Two- time First Team All-America selection (1986-87) - unanimous in 1987, consensus in 1986... The recipient of the 1987 Lombardi Award, he is a three- time First Team All-Conference selection and a member of two Big Ten title teams.

2. Lawrence Taylor, North Carolina-Linebacker- Named unanimous First Team All-America and ACC Player of the Year in 1980... Recorded 16 sacks his senior year... Totaled 95 tackles and caused seven fumbles in 1979.

1. Deion Sanders, Florida State-Defensive Back- Two-time unanimous First Team All-America in 1987 and 1988... 1988 Jim Thorpe Award winner... Returned four interceptions for touchdowns in career.

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[WoodyWorshiper]

Both Kern and Otis need to be voted in. They were key in the 1968 national championship team which was voted as The Team of the Decade for the 1960s.

I vote "EXACTLY" what Milwood just said.