Dinner Highlights (Part 2)

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58th NFF Annual Awards Dinner Memories and Highlights
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1. Now a consulting analyst at Fidelity
Investments, 2014 Campbell Trophy
winner David Helton (Duke) returned
for the Annual Awards Dinner.
2. NFF Chairman and 1989 College
Football Hall of Famer Archie Manning is flanked by the quarterbacks
from the 2015 NFF National
Scholar-Athlete Class: Jason Vander
Laan (Ferris State [Mich.]) and Blake
Frohnapfel (UMass).
3. Fidelity Investments Senior Vice
President Scott Senseney makes
remarks at the National ScholarAthlete reception, presented by
Fidelity.
4. Fidelity Investments serves as the
presenting sponsor of the NFF National Scholar-Athlete Awards and
the William V. Campbell Trophy. The
Fidelity contingent is pictured with
NFF President & CEO Steve
Hatchell. Front Row (L-R): Chris
Houlihan, Debra Frey, Rick Mitchell,
NFF Vice Chairwoman and Fidelity
President of Personal Investing
Kathy Murphy, Scott Senseney, Lynn
Rodman, Steve Niehoff. Back Row:
Bruce White, Joe Madden, Rick Hart,
Hatchell, Mike Kelner, Jeff Devolder.
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5. A sold-out crowd of more than
1,600 people attended the 58th NFF
Annual Awards Dinner in the Grand
Ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria
Hotel in New York City.
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1. Renowned tenor Daniel Rodriguez serenades the audience with the national anthem.
2. 2015 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Taveze Calhoun (center) with his head coach at Mississippi State, Dan Mullen, and Mullen’s wife, Megan.
3. 2015 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Sean Brewer and his wife, Margaret. Brewer was a three-time First-Team All-America defensive lineman at Millsaps (Miss.).
4. 2015 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Wes Chandler from Florida with his girlfriend, Rosario Weinert.
5. Former Texas Tech head coach Spike Dykes, 2015 College Football Hall of Fame inductee and Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder, former Texas head coach Mack Brown,
2015 NFF Legacy Award recipient and former Big 12 Senior Associate Commissioner Donnie Duncan and 2015 Hall of Fame inductee Brian Bosworth from Oklahoma.
6. ESPN studio host of College Football Live Chris Cotter moderated the press conference the morning of the 58th NFF Annual Awards Dinner, which featured comments
from the 2015 College Football Hall of Fame Class, 2015 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class and the 2015 NFF Major Award Winners.
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1. 2001 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Don McCauley (North Carolina) waves
after being introduced to the crowd in the Waldorf Astoria’s Grand Ballroom.
2. 2008 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Don McPherson (Syracuse) with NFF
Board Member and 1986 Hall of Fame inductee Archie Griffin (Ohio State).
3. NFF President & CEO Steve Hatchell officially welcomes everyone to the 58th NFF
Annual Awards Dinner.
4. NFF Board Member, NFL Commissioner and 2013 NFF Gold Medal recipient Roger
Goodell with NFF Board Member and Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones and Jones’
wife, Gene.
5. Former Texas head football coach and current ESPN analyst Mack Brown is flanked
by College Football Hall of Fame coach Jerry Moore and Moore’s wife, Margaret.
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6. 1984 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Joe Romig (Colorado), NFF Board
Member Jack Lengyel and 2007 NFF Gold Medal recipient and 1975 Hall of Fame
inductee Pete Dawkins (Army) are bookended by Lengyel’s wife, Sandy, and Romig’s
wife, Barbara.
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1. HisEminenceTimothyCardinalDolan,theArchbishopofNew
York,withNFFCOOMatthewSignattheWaldorfAstoria.
2. ESPN Senior Vice President of College Networks Rosalyn
Durant,MaryBattle,SECExecutiveAssociateCommissionerMark
Womack and NFF Board Member and Alabama
AthleticsDirectorBillBattle.
3. NotedsportsreporterBonnieBernsteininterviewsNFFChairman
and1989CollegeFootballHallofFameinducteeArchieManning
(Mississippi)duringtheAmericanSportsNetworkredcarpetshow
leadinguptotheAwardsDinner.
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4. NFFBoardMemberJackFordintroduces2015GoldMedalrecipientDr.CondoleezzaRice.
5. UCLAheadcoachJimMorawith2008CollegeFootballHallof
FameinducteefromNorthwesternandcurrentheadcoachofthe
WildcatsPatFitzgeraldandformerUCLAandSuperBowl-winningNFLheadcoachDickVermeil,whoemceedtheNFFChapter
AwardsLuncheon.
6. KirbyHocutt,theAthleticsDirectoratTexasTechandnewlyappointedChairoftheCollegeFootballPlayoffSelectionCommittee,withUnderArmourSeniorDirectorofCollegeSportsNick
CarparelliattheNFFChapterAwardsLuncheon.
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1. PGA Chief Revenue Officer Davis Horton with Duke head football coach David Cutcliffe
and Duke Executive Director of Football Administration Kevin Lehman.
2. 2005 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Joe Washington from Oklahoma and his
wife, Meadow Lark, at an Oklahoma reception.
3. 2003 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Jimbo Covert from Pittsburgh is introduced
to the sold-out crowd.
4. Miami (Fla.) Athletics Director Blake James and Virginia Tech Athletics Director Whit
Babcock at a reception hosted by the ACC.
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5. A trio of NFF Board Members enjoy the Guest of Honor Reception: Kevin Clifford, NFF
Vice Chairwoman Kathy Murphy and Rick Jackson.
6. 2013 College Football Hall of Fame inductee and 1996 Campbell Trophy winner Danny
Wuerffel (Florida) with Tom Brassell, the Executive Director of the Wuerffel Trophy, and
Brassell’s wife, Betty. The Wuerffel Trophy is presented annually to the college football
player who exhibits exemplary community service.
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1. CBS Sports Coordinating Producer for college football Craig Silver with CBS Sports Vice
President for Original Programming Emilie Deutsch and former college head football
coach and current CBS Sports analyst Rick Neuheisel.
2. IMG College executives Kelli Hilliard, Senior Vice President for Entertainment and
Development, and Ben Sutton, Chairman Emeritus and a member of the NFF Board
of Directors.
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3. Notable media at the morning press conference included USA Today’s George
Schroeder and the Associated Press’ Ralph Russo.
4. The media was well represented on the dais at the NFF Annual Awards Dinner. From left:
American Sports Network Director of Conference Relations Ed Grom; CBS Sports Network
Vice President, Programming Greg Trager; ESPN Vice President, Programming and Acquisitions Nick Dawson; and FOX Sports Senior Manager, Collegiate Sports Derek Crocker.
5. American Sports Network Vice President of Operations and General Manager Bill
Lutzen, 2015 Orange Bowl Committee President and Chair Lee Stapleton and American
Sports Network Vice President of Programming Craig Haffner. American Sports Network produced and broadcast nationally a live Red Carpet Show before the Awards
Dinner.
6. Arkansas athletics director Jeff Long talks with Dennis Dodd of CBSSports.com and
Ivan Maisel of ESPN.com.
7. The ESPN College Football truck parked in front of the Waldorf Astoria in New York
City for the festivities.
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1. Notable dais guests included College Football Playoff Executive Director Bill Hancock, National Coordinator of College
Football Officiating Rogers Redding and Columbia University Team Chaplain Father Thomas Valenti.
2. Coach Grant Teaff, an NFF Board Member and 2001 College Football Hall of Fame inductee, is introduced.
3. NFF Vice Chairman and owner of the Oklahoma City Thunder Clay Bennett (center) is flanked by Oklahoma Senior
Associate Athletics Director Zac Selmon and 2007 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Tom Brahaney (Oklahoma).
Zac’s father, Dewey, and uncles Lee Roy and Lucious Selmon, were standout defensive linemen at OU in the 1970s.
4. NFF Board Members Jack Lengyel, Bill Campbell and Murry Bowden at the National Scholar-Athlete Reception, presented by Fidelity Investments.
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5. NFF Board Member and Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby with Senior Vice President of ESPN Events
Pete Derzis.
6. Returning College Football Hall of Famers included 2012 inductee Mark Simoneau from Kansas State
and 2011 inductee Marty Lyons from Alabama.
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1. Kentucky was well-represented at the event. Liz Still, the wife of 2015 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Art Still, is flanked by Kentucky athletics director Mitch Barnhart and wife, Connie (left) and Wildcats head
football coach Mark Stoops and wife, Chantel.
2. SEC Executive Associate Commissioner Mark Womack, Mississippi State
Athletics Director Scott Stricklin, CBS Sports Network Senior Vice President
Dan Weinberg, SEC Associate Commissioner Charlie Hussey and his wife,
Lindsey, and Mississippi Athletics Director Ross Bjork.
3. 2013 NFF Distinguished American Award recipient and former Chief of
Staff of the U.S. Army, retired general Ray Odierno (center), is flanked by
NFF COO Matthew Sign and NFF Director of External Relations Will Rudd.
4. Pop Warner Executive Director Jon Butler, Heisman Trophy Executive Director
Rob Whalen and 2015 FWAA President and Omaha World-Herald sportswriter
Lee Barfknecht enjoyed the Annual Awards Dinner from the dais.
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5. 2002 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Cosmo Iacavazzi (Princeton)
waves to the crowd in the Grand Ballroom.
6. 2015 NFF Chapter Leadership Award recipient Mark Ball with his daughter,
Shelby, at the Guest of Honor Reception
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1. NFF Chairman and 1989 College Football Hall of Famer Archie Manning (center) is joined by the four
finalists for the Asa S. Bushnell Cup, which is given to the Ivy League offensive and defensive players of
the year. L-R: Dartmouth linebacker Will McNamara, Penn wide receiver Justin Watson, Manning, Penn
linebacker Tyler Drake and Harvard quarterback Scott Hosch.
2. 1991 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Ed Marinaro with Pasadena Tournament of Roses President
Mike Matthiessen. The Tournament of Roses was the presenting sponsor of the Announcement of the
Ivy League’s Asa S. Bushnell Cup, which Marinaro won twice during his career at Cornell.
3. The athletics directors of the Ivy League at the presentation of the Asa S. Bushnell Cup the day before
the NFF Annual Awards Dinner. From L-R: Bob Scalise (Harvard), Thomas Beckett (Yale), Andy Noel
(Cornell), Grace Calhoun (Penn), Ivy League Executive Director Robin Harris, Mollie Marcoux (Princeton),
Jack Hayes (Brown), Peter Pilling (Columbia) and Harry Sheehy (Dartmouth).
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4. Head Coaches from the Ivy League in attendance at the presentation of the Asa S. Bushnell Cup. Front
Row (L-R): Buddy Teevens (Dartmouth), Al Bagnoli (Columbia), Ray Priore (Penn), Tony Reno (Yale).
Back Row: Tim Murphy (Harvard), Bob Surace (Princeton), Phil Estes (Brown).
5. Harvard quarterback Scott Hosch and Penn linebacker Tyler Drake were awarded the Asa S. Bushnell
Cup as the Ivy League offensive and defensive players of the year, respectively.
6. NFF Board Member and former Brown football player George Pyne served as the emcee at the
announcement of the Ivy League’s Asa S. Bushnell Cup.
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1. NFFViceChairmanandowneroftheOklahomaCityThunderClayBennettwithJonHeidtke,the
SeniorVicePresidentandGeneralManageratFOXSportsSouthwest.
2.NFFBoardMemberandOklahomaAthleticsDirectorJoeCastiglione(center)withOrangeBowlCommitteemembersJackSeiler,MatthewMorrall,NFFBoardMemberBobEplingandAlCueto.
3. IMGCollegePresidentandWME-IMGCOOJasonLublin,IMGCollegePresidentofMultimediaTim
PernettiandCollegeFootballPlayoffFoundationExecutiveDirectorBrittonBanowsky.
4.PrincetonheadfootballcoachBobSurace(right)isseenatthe2015AnnouncementoftheAsaS.
BushnellCupwith1992IvyLeaguePlayeroftheYearandformerDartmouthquarterbackJayFiedler.
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5. NorthCarolinaAthleticsDirectorBubbaCunninghamandScottDraper,theAssociateCommissioner
forFootballattheAmericanAthleticConference.
6.ESPNcollegeinsiderBrettMcMurphy,TCUAthleticsDirectorChrisDelConteandFloridaCitrusSports
ChiefSales&MarketingOfficerCathyWeeden.
7.FootballBowlAssociationExecutiveDirectorWrightWatersandhiswife,Sara,(left)withMatthew
MorralloftheOrangeBowlCommittee.
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1. North Carolina State head football coach Dave Doeren with Dennis Hennigan, the
Coordinator of Football Officials for the ACC.
2. Texas Tech Deputy Director of Athletics Chad Weiberg, Big 12 Deputy Commissioner Tim Weiser, Oklahoma State Director of Athletics Mike Holder and Big 12
Assistant Commissioner David Flores at a reception hosted by the Big 12 Conference.
3. Orange Bowl CEO Eric Poms with Mike Wilcox, the Chairman & CEO of Wilcox
Financial.
4. MELT Founder, Chairman and CEO Vince Thompson with Allyson Young, the
Director of College Sports at Coca-Cola.
5.Texas Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director Amy Folan, Chairman of the
Utley Group Bob Utley, NFF Board Member and Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby
and Texas Athletics Director Mike Perrin, who was an NFF National ScholarAthlete for the Longhorns in 1968.
6. ACC Director of Football Alyssa Francona with ACC Senior Associate Commissioner Paul Brazeau.
7. IMG College Vice President Janeen Lalik, ESPN Executive Vice President John
Wildhack and Pittsburgh Athletics Director Scott Barnes.
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1. Hofstra Director of Athletics Jeff Hathaway, longtime football coach and athletics
director Oval Jaynes and Neil Gilman of Gilman Gear at a CBS reception.
2. The New York Athletic Club funds one of the NFF National Scholar-Athlete Awards,
which this year was presented to UMass quarterback Blake Frohnapfel. NYAC
Board Members celebrated Frohnapfel at a reception at the NYAC the day after
the Dinner, from left: Anthony Orlando, David Shakespeare, NYAC Athletic Director
Cedric Jones, Thomas Lynch, Frohnapfel, Jonathan Wells and John Noona.
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3. Jeff Parker of Herff Jones presents Oklahoma center Ty Darlington with the design
of his Campbell Trophy ring at a reception at the NYAC, the official home of the
prestigious scholar-athlete award.
4. NFF Board Member and former athletics director Gene DeFilippo and Arkansas
Athletics Director Jeff Long are flanked by Turnkey Search Founder, President &
CEO Len Perna and Senior Vice President & General Manager Carolyne Savini.
5. Kansas State Deputy Athletics Director Laird Veatch, NFF Board Member and Texas
Women’s Athletics Director Chris Plonsky and Wasserman Media Group Senior Vice
President Tag Garson at a Big 12 reception.
6. William V. Campbell Trophy winners Danny Wuerffel (Florida, 1996), Tom Burns
(Virginia, 1993), Ty Darlington (Oklahoma, 2015) and Chris Howard (Air Force, 1990)
in front of the trophy’s display inside its official home at the New York Athletic Club.
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Show Originates from College Football Hall of Fame for First Time
Home Depot College Football Awards
The Home Depot 25th Anniversary College Football Awards took place at the College Football
Hall of Fame in Atlanta on Dec. 10, 2015, and aired live on ESPN. The show highlighted the
achievements of college football’s top student-athletes from the 2015 season, including William
V. Campbell Trophy recipient Ty Darlington from Oklahoma. The event marked the beginning of
a multi-year agreement to host the show at the Hall.
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1. ESPN reporter Samantha Ponder interviews 2015 Campbell Trophy winner
Ty Darlington (Oklahoma) on the red carpet.
2. The College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta hosted ESPN’s Home Depot
College Football Awards for the first time on Dec. 10.
3. ESPN’s Home Depot College Football Awards takes place on the Hall’s 45yard indoor football field.
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4. 2015 Campbell Trophy winner Ty Darlington from Oklahoma at The Home
Depot College Football Awards.
5. 2010 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Desmond Howard (Michigan)
and fellow ESPN broadcasters Chris Fowler and Lee Corso on stage at The
Home Depot College Football Awards. The NFF honored Fowler and Corso
in 2006 with the NFF Outstanding Contribution to College Football Award
for their roles on ESPN’s College GameDay.
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NFF NatioNal Hall oF Fame Salute
2015 Class Honored at Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
2015 Hall of Fame Class Honored
The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame partnered with the
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl to host the 11th Annual NFF National Hall of Fame Salute
on Dec. 31 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. The event honored the 2015 College
Football Hall of Fame Class on the field between the third and fourth quarters
of the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, which saw No. 18 Houston upset No. 9 Florida
State, 38-24. The 2015 Hall of Famers were also honored during a ceremony officially unveiling the Class Blade at the state-of-the-art College Football Hall of
Fame in Atlanta.
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1. Members of the 2015 College Football Hall of Fame Class are recognized on the field during the 11th Annual NFF National Hall
of Fame Salute at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta. L-R: Bob Breunig (Arizona State), Sean Brewer (Millsaps [Miss.]),
Ruben Brown (Pittsburgh), Thom Gatewood (Notre Dame), Dick Jauron (Yale), Clinton Jones (Michigan State), Lincoln Kennedy
(Washington), Tracy Lytle (representing her late husband Rob Lytle from Michigan), Michael Payton (Marshall), Art Still
(Kentucky) and coach Jim Tressel (Youngstown State, Ohio State).
2. 2015 College Football Hall of Fame inductees Thom Gatewood (Notre Dame), Dick Jauron (Yale) and Clinton Jones (Michigan
State) on the sideline before the 11th Annual NFF National Hall of Fame Salute.
2. The 2015 induction class was honored during a ceremony at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta. Front Row (L-R):
Clinton Jones (Michigan State), Michael Payton (Marshall), coach Jim Tressel (Youngstown State, Ohio State), Sean Brewer
(Millsaps [Miss.]), Tracy Lytle (representing her late husband Rob Lytle from Michigan), Dick Jauron (Yale), Brian Bosworth
(Oklahoma). Back Row: Wes Chandler (Florida), Ruben Brown (Pittsburgh), Art Still (Kentucky), Lincoln Kennedy (Washington),
Bob Breunig (Arizona State), Thom Gatewood (Notre Dame).
4. 2015 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Wes Chandler poses with his likeness from his career at Florida.
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2015 Class Honored at Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
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1. 2015 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Art Still (Kentucky) cracks a joke at the ceremony honoring
the Class at the Hall of Fame in Atlanta.
2. 2015 College Football Hall of Fame inductees Bob Breunig (Arizona State), Sean Brewer (Millsaps
[Miss.) and Ruben Brown (Pittsburgh) at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.
3. 2015 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Brian Bosworth poses with his likeness from his playing
days at Oklahoma.
4. Former Youngstown State and Ohio State coach Jim Tressel displays the commemorative blade given
to each member of the 2015 College Football Hall of Fame Class.
5. Tracy Lytle, representing her late husband Rob Lytle from Michigan, waves to the crowd after being
introduced during the 2015 National Hall of Fame Salute.
6. Gary Stokan, President & CEO of the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, addresses the 2015 College Football Hall
of Fame Class at a reception the night before the game.
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NFF Leadership haLL oF Fame
Gov. Doug Ducey and Michael Bidwill Inducted in Phoenix
Induction was Kickoff Event for CFP Championship Weekend
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey and Arizona Cardinals President Michael Bidwill claimed honors
together as the newest inductees into the NFF Leadership Hall of Fame on Jan. 7 at the Arizona
Biltmore. Their induction marked the second year of a new tradition with an NFF Leadership Hall of
Fame event serving as the kickoff event for the College Football Playoff (CFP) National Championship weekend in the host city of the title game.
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1. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and Arizona Cardinals
President Michael Bidwill discuss football, their careers
and their hopes for Arizona during their NFF Leadership
Hall of Fame induction.
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2. Notable attendees included Arizona State Associate
Vice President Greg McElroy Sr., Arizona Cardinals
Executive Vice President & COO Ron Minegar, Cardinals
head coach Bruce Arians, Cardinals General Manager
Steve Keim, NFF Board Member and Arizona State
Athletics Director Ray Anderson and Fiesta Bowl
Executive Director Mike Nealy.
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3. ESPN host and commentator John Saunders emceed
the Leadership Hall of Fame Dinner.
4. 1997 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Danny
White (Arizona State) and Pro Football Hall of Famer
Larry Wilson from the Cardinals attended the Leadership Hall of Fame Dinner.
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5. Aeneas Williams, a Pro Football Hall of Famer who
played for the Cardinals and Rams, and his wife, Tracy,
attended the event, which celebrated the contributions
of Bidwill and Gov. Ducey to the community and
Arizona.
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6. College Football Playoff Executive Director Bill Hancock welcomed everyone to the official kickoff event for the National Championship.
7. Members of the NFF Board with NFF Leadership Hall of Fame inductees Gov. Doug Ducey and Michael Bidwill. L-R: Arizona State Athletics Director Ray Anderson,
longtime college coach and administrator Jack Lengyel, Gov. Ducey, Bidwill, NFF Chairman Archie Manning and NFF President & CEO Steve Hatchell.
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NFF at CFP NatioNal ChamPioNshiP
Highlights from the National Championship in Arizona
2016 College Football Hall of Fame Class Announced and Honored
The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame staged several major events leading up
to the College Football Playoff (CFP) National Championship, which saw No. 2 Alabama beat No. 1
Clemson, 45-40, on Jan. 11 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. On Jan. 8, the NFF
announced the 2016 College Football Hall of Fame Class in front of the national media assembled
at the JW Marriott Scottsdale Camelback Inn in Arizona to cover the title game.
NFF Chairman Archie Manning and CFP Executive Director Bill Hancock joined ESPN broadcaster
Joe Tessitore to make the announcement, which aired live on ESPNU. Randall Cunningham (UNLV)
and Pat McInally (Harvard) attended the announcement while Derrick Brooks (Florida State) and
Rod Woodson (Purdue) called in live to the press conference, representing the class and sharing
their thoughts on induction. The announcement marked the second year of a new tradition where
the NFF unveils the new Hall of Fame class on the Friday before the title game at the media hotel
in the host city.
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The 2016 College Football Hall of Fame Class includes Marlin Briscoe (Nebraska Omaha), Derrick
Brooks (Florida State), Tom Cousineau (Ohio State), Randall Cunningham (UNLV), Troy Davis (Iowa
State), William Fuller (North Carolina), Bert Jones (LSU), Tim Krumrie (Wisconsin), Pat McInally
(Harvard), Herb Orvis (Colorado), Bill Royce (Ashland [Ohio]), Mike Utley (Washington State), Scott
Woerner (Georgia), Rod Woodson (Purdue), and coaches Bill Bowes (New Hampshire) and Frank
Girardi (Lycoming [Pa.]). The 2016 Class will officially be inducted into the College Football Hall of
Fame during the 59th NFF Annual Awards Dinner on Dec. 6 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City.
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Jones, McInally and Woodson represented the 2016 College Football Hall of Fame Class during
the coin toss at the CFP National Championship. The NFF also honored 2015 NFF Campbell Trophy
recipient Ty Darlington during the break between the first and second quarters, and he was joined
on the field by NFF President & CEO Steve Hatchell and NFF COO Matthew Sign.
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Harvard tight end Pat McInally (center) represented the 2016 College Football Hall of Fame Class on-site at the Jan. 8 announcement. They were
joined afterwards by CFP Executive Director Bill Hancock (left) and NFF
President & CEO Steve Hatchell (right).
2. Randall Cunningham (UNLV) and Pat McInally (Harvard) discuss their
careers and what it means to be named to the 2016 College Football Hall
of Fame Class.
3. Iowa head coach and FWAA/Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Kirk Ferentz
with Eddie Robinson III.
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4. 2015 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Lincoln Kennedy from Washington (left) and 2016 Hall of Fame electee Rod Woodson from Purdue
(right) with Dr Pepper spokesman Larry Culpepper.
5. 2015 Campbell Trophy recipient Ty Darlington (Oklahoma) with 2005 NFF
National Scholar-Athlete DeMeco Ryans (Alabama) on the sidelines during
the CFP National Championship.
6. ESPN broadcaster Joe Tessitore announces the 2016 College Football Hall
of Fame Class during a press conference that aired live on ESPNU.
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Highlights from the National Championship in Arizona
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1. The NFF hosted the annual FWAA Past Presidents’ Dinner on Jan. 8 at the Paradise Valley
Country Club. Past presidents in attendance included, L-R: Dennis Dodd (CBSSports.com),
Lee Barfknecht (Omaha World-Herald), George Schroeder (USA Today), Ivan Maisel
(ESPN.com), Chris Dufresne (LA Times), Tony Barnhart (SEC Network), Mark Blaudschun
(A Jersey Guy), Kirk Bohls (Austin American-Statesman), Tom Shatel (Omaha WorldHerald) and Dick Weiss (Blue Star Media).
2. NFF COO Matthew Sign (left) and NFF President & CEO Steve Hatchell (right) join 2015
Campbell Trophy winner Ty Darlington from Oklahoma as he is honored on the field during
the CFP National Championship.
3. 2016 College Football Hall of Fame electees Bert Jones (LSU), Pat McInally (Harvard) and
Rod Woodson (Purdue) participate in the coin toss at the CFP National Championship
between Alabama and Clemson.
4. No. 2 Alabama beat No. 1 Clemson, 45-40, in the CFP National Championship on Jan. 11.
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5. ESPN reporter Holly Rowe with 2016 College Football Hall of Fame electees Rod Woodson
(Purdue), Bert Jones (LSU) and Pat McInally (Harvard).
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Highlights from the National Championship in Arizona
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1. CFP Executive Director Bill Hancock and NFF Chairman Archie Manning
welcomed everyone to the announcement of the 2016 College Football Hall
of Fame Class.
2. ESPN.com college football writer Ivan Maisel was selected as the recipient of
the 2016 Bert McGrane Award, which is symbolic of the Football Writers
Association of America’s Hall of Fame. Maisel, displaying his plaque, is joined
by members of his family.
3. Ed Grom of the American Sports Network, which sponsored the FWAA Past
Presidents’ Dinner, with FWAA Executive Director Steve Richardson, 2016
Bert McGrane Award recipient Ivan Maisel of ESPN.com and 2015 FWAA
President Lee Barfknecht of the Omaha World-Herald.
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4. Arizona Organizing Committee Co-Chair Brad Wright, Paradise Valley Country Club President Robert Mayfield and NFF President & CEO Steve Hatchell
at the FWAA Past Presidents’ Dinner. The Arizona Organizing Committee
was responsible for hosting the 2016 CFP National Championship while the
Paradise Valley Country Club hosted the Past Presidents Dinner.
5. The NFF staged multiple events leading up to the CFP National
Championship in Glendale, Ariz.
6. NFF President & CEO Steve Hatchell with 2015 Campbell Trophy winner Ty
Darlington (Oklahoma) and 2016 College Football Hall of Fame electees Pat
McInally (Harvard), Bert Jones (LSU) and Rod Woodson (Purdue) on the
sidelines at the CFP National Championship.
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Recent Inductees
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and Arizona Cardinals President Michael Bidwill show off their new rings at their NFF Leadership Hall of
Fame Induction Dinner as NFF Chairman Archie Manning looks on. The event, which served as the official kickoff for the College Football Playoff National Championship weekend, was held at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix on Jan. 7, 2016.
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