05-14-2009 10:26 AM

Around FCS: Hall of Fame misfires on FCS players

On the weekend of July 18-19, 24 players and coaches will walk through the doors of the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, IN, as the latest class of inductees.

Among those being honored will be former Heisman Trophy winners Tim Brown and Gino Torretta and a pair of Lombardi Award winners, Chris Spielman and Grant Wistrom, in a star-studded class.

From the coaching fraternity, USC’s John Robinson and former Massachusetts and Syracuse legend Dick MacPherson will be inducted. Joining them will be ex- Marshall and Georgia coach Jim Donnan, who led the Thundering Herd to the 1992 national championship and built that program into one of the best in history.

From the small school ranks, Fred Dean, Sam Mills and Roger Brown - all significant NFL performers - were selected as inductees.

But there was one rather conspicuous absence from this year’s class. Not one FCS player was named when the Hall of Fame announced the final group of honorees on Tuesday.

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