right..but what has been claimed by tom osborne that jerome is not in because he was never an all american is false. Jerome was. He is eligible and it is insane that he is not in it. Like gino..i get it, he won the heisman. But come on, there are not any canes fans that truly believe he deserves the hall over Jerome.
I understand, I was just pointing out why a lot of "obvious" choices are not in.
Also, a few years ago, when Miami had almost nobody in the CF HOF, I talked to a few people, and like some other rinky-dink Hall of Fames (the Radio Hall of Fame, if anyone listens to the Stern Show), there's a lot of politicking involved, and I don't think there has been much of an effort made from Paul Dee until the current day.
There is also no set process for "nominees" that makes it clear that certain players are now eligible for the first time, such as when Jeter comes up for the baseball HOF balloting for the first time. There is an excitement around "first time HOF nominees" in pro sports that just isn't the same for the CF HOF.
So for Miami's ENTIRE HISTORY, we got our FIRST guy in 1987, Ted Hendricks. He played his last college game in 1968, and he was eligible 10 years later, and it STILL took nearly 20 years for him to be inducted.
Then we had a 16 year period when NOBODY from Miami was selected. Here are the PLAYERS selected (I am omitting the coaches):
1987 - Ted Hendricks
1990 - Don Bosseler
2006 - Bennie Blades
2009 - Gino Torretta
2011 - Russell Maryland
2013 - Vinnie Testaverde
2018 - Ed Reed
FIVE players from the modern era that produced five national championship teams.
And it took 17 years (Torretta) and 27 years (Testaverde) to induct HEISMAN F-ING TROPHY WINNERS.
It's ridiculous.