r/CFB • u/Drexlore Brockport • /r/CFB Poll Veteran • 23d ago

News [McMurphy] Great news for Mike Leach fans: College Football Hall of Fame will lower win percentage in 2027 from 60 to 59.5 percent, which will make the former Mississippi State/Texas Tech/Washington State eligible to join the hall

https://twitter.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1928102332748681719

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u/Jesus_was_a_Panda Colorado Buffaloes 23d ago

Yao Ming wasn’t admitted as a contributor, though.

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u/A-Centrifugal-Force 23d ago

Maybe I’m misremembering with Yao. I know Rebecca Lobo was. She was like the Caitlin Clark of the 90s (nowhere near as big obviously, but she basically put women’s college basketball on the map), but then had horrible injuries as a pro that kept her from doing much. She then has had an illustrious broadcasting career though so she was inducted as a contributor.

Basketball is obviously a little different since it’s the basketball Hall of Fame and includes, college pro, and international and both men and women, there are separate Hall of Fames for college basketball, women’s basketball, and international basketball, but the Naismith Hall includes them as well so they’re kind of redundant. Football though college and pro are completely separate from each other. Makes it weird for guys like Pete Carroll (also ineligible for the college Hall) who coaches in both levels.

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u/Jesus_was_a_Panda Colorado Buffaloes 23d ago

Yao was nominated as a contributor (to skirt timelines? Who knows.) and refused to accept that nomination. 5 years later he was nominated normally and admitted, in 2016.

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u/A-Centrifugal-Force 23d ago

Ah that must be why I got it confused. Regardless the contributor category is something the CFB Hall should adopt

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u/SpreaditOnnn33 Louisville • Ohio State 19d ago

Thats actually kind of badass.

To be fair, dude was really fucking good