The Roanoke Times: Press Boxwith our sports staffBruce Smith elected to college football hall of famePosted May16, 2006 at 12:32 PMBruce Smith will be the sixth member of the College Football Hall of Fame with a Virginia Tech connection. Smith, an All-American at Tech and an Outland Trophy winner, will be inducted on Dec. 5 at the annual awards dinner in New York. He will be officially enshrined in South Bend, Ind., in the summer of 2007. Smith is part of a star-studded class along with Florida State coach Bobby Bowden, Penn State coach Joe Paterno and Heisman Trophy winners Mike Rozier (Nebraska) and Charlie Ward (Florida State). Also in the class is Emmitt Smith (Florida), the all-time leading rusher in NFL history. If you are interested in knowing more about this year's class, go to this site: http://www.collegefootball.org/ You can also search by school and see who the other Tech enshrinees are, etc. Smith's election brings to mind the question of who is the greatest Tech player of all time? Is it Smith? Is it Michael Vick? Someone else? I'm curious to know what Tech fans think. |
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Bruce Smith elected to college football hall of fame
Posted May16, 2006 at 12:32 PM
Bruce Smith will be the sixth member of the College Football Hall of Fame with a Virginia Tech connection. Smith, an All-American at Tech and an Outland Trophy winner, will be inducted on Dec. 5 at the annual awards dinner in New York. He will be officially enshrined in South Bend, Ind., in the summer of 2007.
Smith is part of a star-studded class along with Florida State coach Bobby Bowden, Penn State coach Joe Paterno and Heisman Trophy winners Mike Rozier (Nebraska) and Charlie Ward (Florida State). Also in the class is Emmitt Smith (Florida), the all-time leading rusher in NFL history.
If you are interested in knowing more about this year's class, go to this site: http://www.collegefootball.org/
You can also search by school and see who the other Tech enshrinees are, etc.
Smith's election brings to mind the question of who is the greatest Tech player of all time? Is it Smith? Is it Michael Vick? Someone else? I'm curious to know what Tech fans think.
Comments
[May 16, 2006 5:58 PM]
Joe FranklinI think at this time it would have to be Bruce Smith but I think Mike Vick in time will pass him if he stays healthy. Bruce certainly has handled his celebraty status with grace and dignity, he is to be looked up to, we need more like him.
[May 17, 2006 10:29 AM]
Cecil WingoBruce Smith was not only a good ballplayer but a roll model for all kids of the 80's to follow. More Collge players should follow Bruce's example.
[May 19, 2006 12:38 PM]
Lou KingBruce was a great player for the Hokies in the otherwise sorry Dooley days, but Mike Vick put VT on the map, end of story. As for the role model thing, you may wanna do a little research. Bruce was no choir boy, although he'd certainly admit that and by all accounts shed his bad boy ways long ago and lives life on the straight and narrow these days.
Either way, I'm proud to call both of these guys represent the Hokie nation.