Hamilton doesn’t make cut in hall of fame voting
UPDATED, Tue. noon: Joe Hamilton was not voted into the College Football Hall of Fame on his first time on the ballot. Among those voted in: former Georgia safety and Super Bowl MVP Jake Scott and former Falcon and Florida State star Deion Sanders. More here.
Former Georgia Tech quarterback Joe Hamilton is among the 78 players and eight coaches who will find out Tuesday if they’ll be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame this year. Former Michigan coach Lloyd Carr and former Ohio State running back Eddie George were announced today as the first two members of the class.
The final 12 members will be revealed Tuesday. It’s unlikely Hamilton makes it in this year. It’s rare that first-timers on the ballot like Hamilton get in and, on top of that, the ballot is stacked. Just look at a few of the other first-ballot players – Ted Brown (four-time All-ACC running back), Tommie Frazier (two national championships at Nebraska), Sandy Stephens (first black All-American quarterback), Derrick Thomas (Butkus Award winner) and Rob Waldrop (Bednarik, Nagurski and Outland award winner).
Hamilton said he’s not going to get worked up about the possibility of being selected. Frankly, this is a list where it really is an honor just to be nominated. Take a look at the nominees. It’s an impressive group.
“It’s just something that shows your hard work and what you’ve done didn’t go unnoticed,” Hamilton said. “Somebody appreciated the way you went about playing the game of football.”
Hamilton is still interning for Georgia State coach and Tech alumnus Bill Curry in the recruiting department, a job he began last year. (Link to a story I wrote last fall about Hamilton.)
“It’s a busy deal, working on the class of 2012,” he said.
He’s also the proud father of a brand-new baby girl, Kayden Sage. It’s Hamilton’s second child with wife Kenya.
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lanier
May 16th, 2011
7:14 pm
met him in 2000 and he is a good guy
chewyandrw
May 16th, 2011
7:21 pm
Joey H. will get in without a doubt. Too great of a player and human being. Top 3 player on the Flats ever.
GIVE ME A BREAK
May 16th, 2011
7:38 pm
Hope he can work his way back to GT.
GT forever maybe
May 16th, 2011
8:04 pm
Joe cannot go into the Hall until he fesses up that he fumbled against UGA yet the ball was given back to Tech. He should have shown his honesty like the basketball player in the commercial that admitted he touched the ball last and was told by his coach “Alex-good call”. When he fesses up then he can really be considered although the not HOF material. Most people around the country would not recognize his name,
St. Clarrkston
May 16th, 2011
8:05 pm
I just love dissing Tech but Hamilton was a heck of a player. Good luck Joe.
barber college grad
May 16th, 2011
8:34 pm
joe who????
it is what it is
May 16th, 2011
8:55 pm
JOE HAMILTON was the best! I saw him play in high school and remember thinking, wow back then. Couldn’t believe it when he signed with my school, Ga Tech. I knew Joe would beat out Quincy Carter for the starting job. If there is one player in this country that deserved winning the Heisman was Joe. Just wasn’t right he was first runner up
Dogham
May 16th, 2011
9:19 pm
I agree that Joe Hamilton was a really good QB at Georgia Tech, but if there is one player that should have won the Heisman that didn’t it would have been Nebraska QB Tommie Frazier. 33-3 record as QB, played in 3 national championship games winning two of them.
The Dude
May 16th, 2011
9:49 pm
Based on single season performance Joey Ham definitely deserved the Heisman, but Ricky Williams set the “career” Heisman standard that Ron Dayne lived up to. Bothe very deserving ball players.
The Dude
May 16th, 2011
9:50 pm
Both.
Mountain Dawg
May 16th, 2011
10:09 pm
Hamilton? Hall Of Fame? Now, THAT’S a reach!
Mark S.
May 16th, 2011
10:12 pm
That’s interesting. What was his “fate” regarding his Hit and Run charges????? AJC didn’t seem near as interested in reporting on that. Probably was an outbreaking ’suspended license’ charge in Athens to tend to, though……
historydawg
May 16th, 2011
10:12 pm
Didn’t Tech have to forfeit all those wins because of Hamilton’s/Tech’s academic fraud? Tech is 1-18 v. UGA since 1990, right? Ha.
Mountain Dawg
May 16th, 2011
10:18 pm
If any NERD QB ks mentkilon as a possible Hall Of Famer, it should be Billy Lothridge, a gutsy, triple-threat QB who lead the NERDS to some great wins back when YECH was in the SEC and was actually relevant in college football. He not only played QB, but also played safety on defense, kicked field goals, and was a tremendous punter. It was rumored that he also sold Cokes and popcorn at halftime! He was also the runner-up for the Heisman.
supersize that order, mutt
May 16th, 2011
10:26 pm
historydawg, Tech hasn’t had to forfeit or vacate any wins.
supersize that order, mutt
May 16th, 2011
10:28 pm
Mountain Dawg, I agree that Lotheridge deserves it also, but to say that it’s a “reach” for Hamilton to make the HOF is a reach in itself. Joe was runner up for the Heisman and was named the number one QB in the country his senior year. Those credentials alone speak for themselves.
5150 UOAD
May 16th, 2011
10:33 pm
Joe should have won the HEISMAN. If C. Ward did it at FSU JOE should have at TECH.
Observer
May 17th, 2011
12:01 am
5150, didn’t Charlie Ward win a National Championship?
sports
May 17th, 2011
12:07 am
where da drugs
geeks 4ever
May 17th, 2011
12:15 am
Hooray for tech. we are nifty
MattMD
May 17th, 2011
1:11 am
Good damn, Georgia fans really are losers.
MattMD
May 17th, 2011
1:13 am
Why troll a team you hate unless you have absolutely nothing going on in your poor, pathetic lives?
Auburn just sacked your QB. Again.
Steve
May 17th, 2011
1:48 am
I’m only 35, but he’s the best Tech player I’ve seen, and one of the most exciting period in college football
5150 UOAD
May 17th, 2011
2:07 am
Observer
Didn’t he play in the NBA?
Didn’t Weinke have a baseball pictures arm and was as old as 1/3 of the Nfl QBs when he won the Heisman? DEFENSE & a Kicker tha could win the Miami game won FSU the MNC. Ward just ran around until his fast receiver could get past slow small DBs and then the just threw the ball as far as he could ie. Mick Vick at VT. I guess you think Engram was the best back when they gave him the 1st ever Heisman to Bama over T Gerhart at Stanford too.
Jacketman
May 17th, 2011
7:22 am
Hey mutts, haven’t you got plenty of problems that need attention? 40 tons of trash on your own campus, over 50 arrests in 4 years, recruits stealing…..etc…..etc…
Nice
May 17th, 2011
7:26 am
historydawg
May 16th, 2011
10:12 pm
Speaking of history…mutts 3-18 vs FLA.
Quincy C.
May 17th, 2011
7:28 am
Yo dog! Dayum…I done got arrested agin.
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 17th, 2011
8:24 am
Good luck young man. You deserve it and hope you get it.
Matt
May 17th, 2011
8:25 am
Best of luck, Joe! You certainty deserve it. As a Georgia Force fan, I kept hoping they would get you here at some point in your AFL career.
Huh Fan
May 17th, 2011
8:32 am
Wow. That’s something no one ever thought of before: Joe Hamilton, Hall of Fame quarerback. Come on — that’s a slam on anyone who ever played quarterback, anywhere, anytime. He is also the worst tv analyst I’ve ever heard or seen. HOF? Please?
GT hulk
May 17th, 2011
8:39 am
We need another Joe Hamilton, one that wants to win and can come up with big plays
Quincy C.
May 17th, 2011
8:50 am
Huh fan = mutt fan
FDawg
May 17th, 2011
8:58 am
Jacketman…. Trash = from visitors and UGA tail gaters alike.
50 arrests = minor traffic violations don’t equate to an arrest. Better check your math.
Recruits stealing = could happen to anyone
Now, Joe Hamilton getting busted for drunk driving and dope… that’s a fact! No chance at HOF.
Buzz
May 17th, 2011
9:02 am
If Joe Hamilton is even being considered for the HoF, then the whole thing is joke. No Heisman. No conference championship. No Nat’l Championship. Exciting? Yes. Among the best to ever play? No.
Quincy C.
May 17th, 2011
9:02 am
Fdawg
You’re full of crap—YOU check your facts. More than just “minor traffic violations” …battery, domestic violence, sexual assault. Typical mutt. Even your AD. What a joke of a program.
Go Jackets
May 17th, 2011
9:09 am
Joe H. is my classmate. He is a great guy. Thanks Joe for making my 5 years of college very memorable. Tech loves you and that is all that really matters.
FDawg
May 17th, 2011
9:17 am
Quincy C….. That joke of a program keeps smacking tech around. How funny is that?
GT forever maybe
May 17th, 2011
9:24 am
Maybe Joe deserves in the HOF. Maybe Joe deseerved the Heisman. Since I don’t have a vote I can’t control that. Not everyone gets what they deserve, If they did then Hines Ward would have been given the Heisman for he certainly won and deserved it by his play on the field as receiver, db. special teams and even passed for over 500 yards in a game as qb. He was clearly the best football player that year and than includes the winner Woodson. He has had an outstanding pro career and is also a pretty good dancer. Let’s hope we all get what we deserve including a new president.
GT forever maybe
May 17th, 2011
9:25 am
forget the typos-you don’t deserve them
Quincy C.
May 17th, 2011
9:25 am
fdawg
That’s all you have? Must be cold in your trailer today. A bunch of thug playuhs, and your life depends on them. Pathetic.
FDawg
May 17th, 2011
9:37 am
Thug players…kind of like the Houston kid who had a dope dealing network running full blast while at tech. And let’s not forget your coach O’Leary that left the sacred halls of tech for Notre Dame…only to be fired a few days later for false info on his resume.
You’re the joke!
Quincy C.
May 17th, 2011
9:47 am
fdawg
50+ arrests in 4 years, Jan Kemp, ranked #11 in the top 29 NCAA Division 1 teams in terms of all time major NCAA infraction cases (source: ncaa.org). You must be proud. LMAO!
Nathan Hale
May 17th, 2011
9:47 am
Interesting that both Billy Lothridge and Joe Hamilton were
Heisman runner ups.
Lothridge was 2nd in 1963 behind… Roger Staubach of Navy.
Lothridge also led NFL in consecutive years for the punting title.
gtfanfrom1951
May 17th, 2011
9:51 am
historydawg
you must of went to UGA or Clemson to learn history
FDawg
May 17th, 2011
9:59 am
Quincy C. Your still way off on your math regarding the arrests, kind of like the idiot at tech that allowed you guys to utilize 18 ineligible players. LMAO
Quincy C.
May 17th, 2011
10:05 am
fdawg
Nope, my math is correct. Not GA math. LOL!
DawginLex
May 17th, 2011
10:08 am
Hamilton was awesome in college. The 1999 UGA/GT game was one of the best football games I have ever seen in my life, Jasper Sanks not withstanding and sorry SEC refs not withstanding. I digress.
Any truth to the rumor that if Joe gets in, The Doobie Brothers will be invited to his ceremony? (I just had to.
RamblinRecluseRoad
May 17th, 2011
10:20 am
Hamilton deserves this. He deserved the Heisman. He used to run cube draws right up the middle, something missing in CPJ’s turn that corner near the sidelines offense. Tech wore watchable uniforms those years he was there. He DID NOT wear black knee socks, black tongued white sided shoes, 95%thick, black, solid side pants stripes, black jerseys, or, heaven forbid, black GTs on his helmet. Additionally he did not wear pink powder puff knee socks and wristbands like CPJ’s team wore last year. Such powder would have been used to paint the pink breast awareness ribbons on the field only. Hamilton knew who he was playing for, and never ran toward the Tech goal to score like Cumberland did. Hamilton deserves any accolade coming his way. Additionally he surpassed every white, and black, cube who ever played for Tech in the passing yards category, surpassing Lothridge, King, Pepper Rogers, Eddie McAshan. Tech is my alma mater of ‘73, and maybe if we created a Heisman Bowl to be played at BD Stadium, or maybe also a Bobby Dodd Bowl, or a Heisman/Dodd Bowl, that would have won the Heisman for Hamilton. It’s not too late to create these, and it would bring revenue to Tech. Maybe, just maybe, we can contact Auburn and Clemson about a Heisman Bowl, and see if they want to share stadiums for this bowl. Everybody loves a new post-season bowl, and if they last, they last, if they don’t, they’ll be cancelled.
FDawg
May 17th, 2011
10:41 am
Quincy C. Even GA math couldn’t help Hamilton secure enough votes for the HOF. LOL too
FSUNole
May 17th, 2011
11:12 am
If Deon Sanders isn’t in the CFB Hall of Fame, then this sorry excuse for a QB shouldn’t be in the CFB HOF either.
Quincy C.
May 17th, 2011
11:19 am
FSUHole? As in A**.
JM
May 17th, 2011
11:23 am
Congratulations Joe for the nomination. Hopefully you’ll be in the Hall soon.
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 17th, 2011
11:27 am
Natrhan,
I grew up in Annapolis when Staubach was playing and trust me, he deserved the Hesiman. Navy, in those days had very strict weight and height limits and Navy played a lot of big schools. To be the QB then at Navy and win like they did, He had to be very good.
Delbert D.
May 17th, 2011
11:32 am
Tommie Frazier should be a lock. I think he’s on one of the “All 2nd half of the century” teams by one of the prestigious groups.
Delbert D.
May 17th, 2011
11:42 am
Staubach went on to greatness with the Cowboys after his Navy service. Back in the ’60’s, the Heisman voting was not all about stats like it sometimes appears to be these days. Earlier in the ’60s, Joe Bellino of Navy won it, and Terry Baker of Oregon St. won in 1962.
Genius Jacket
May 17th, 2011
11:48 am
If Joe gets in, Reuben Houston is selling the party favors.
juvenal
May 17th, 2011
11:48 am
deion? hall might want somebody that went to class his last year……..
Watkinsville Hound
May 17th, 2011
11:50 am
Looks like whichever of you pathetic nerds started the John Jenkins academic ineligible rumors are DEAD WRONG.
Pathetic pieces of s____
Watkinsville Hound
May 17th, 2011
11:53 am
And congrats on being named one of NCAA’s “Academic All-Star Programs” today………..
oh wait…. you WEREN’T!!!
Clemson, Duke and Miami were, however. Looks like you aren’t even in the top 25% academically in your own conference!!!
SQUASH THE ACADEMIC CHEST PUMPING IN YOUR FOOTBALL ARGUMENTS.
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 17th, 2011
11:59 am
Delbert,
I remember Joe Bellino also. That little dude could flat out run. Short in size, but a giant in heart.
Wow!
May 17th, 2011
12:13 pm
RamblinRecluse- You are almost as shot out as the guy saying Hines Ward should’ve won the Heisman over Charles Woodson. (Never mind the fact Woodson didn’t have any claim to it over the great Peyton Manning) What is a cube? Is that like a QB? What does the color of cleats have to do with anything? Off your meds much?
Quincy C.
May 17th, 2011
12:32 pm
Watkinsville
Little dump town next to the world’s enema hole. Any arrests today?
Delbert D.
May 17th, 2011
12:35 pm
Well, I found the Top 5 list of the NCAA APRs on Rutgers’ site:
1. Stanford (984)
2. Air Force (983)
3. Rutgers (980)
4. Duke (980)
5. Rice (979)
FDawg
May 17th, 2011
12:41 pm
Quincy C….. funny you make fun of Watkinsville when the tech campus is in one of the worst crime zones in the city of Atlanta. Any robberies or murders on the tech campus today?
Delbert D.
May 17th, 2011
12:46 pm
There were 14 programs in the 6 power conferences who were in the top 10% APR (all sports) announced today by the NCAA. The full list of APRs is to be released on May 24.
Tech76
May 17th, 2011
1:41 pm
@FDawg – yes, O’Leary was fired from Notre Dame. Do you remember the coach that was hired after Goff and before Donnan. Ahh Yes…. that would have been Glen Mason and he quit before he even saw the team or did he see the team and knew they were nothing but trouble.
Buzz
May 17th, 2011
1:56 pm
The imposter Buzz who posted earlier… GO TO HELL!!!!!!!!!
DawginLex
May 17th, 2011
2:26 pm
Tech76,
Glen Mason backed out of coming to Georgia because of his child not wanting to move.
BYRDDAWG
May 17th, 2011
3:14 pm
LOL….This is a war zone today!!!
BigTimeTECHFan
May 17th, 2011
3:41 pm
If Heschel Walker is in HOF, Joe Hamilton should be lock.
Loser
May 17th, 2011
3:48 pm
I thought he was just an average Joe…..couldn’t throw the ball!
The one GT Fan is really disappointed today. Don’t worry you can always watch Star Trek again.
Quincy C.
May 17th, 2011
3:53 pm
Loser
6-7 is losing.
Ramblin Man
May 17th, 2011
3:56 pm
Obsese much there UGA fans?
Bobby Dodd
May 17th, 2011
4:27 pm
He shouldn’t go into the Hall of Fame!!!!!! He was overated!! Couldn’t throw and was really good on an average team. He sucks!
C C
May 17th, 2011
6:17 pm
He had an awesome college career and was an incredibly exciting player to watch. Met him at a GA Force vs Orlando Predators game, and he was really nice, smiling and signing autographs afterwards.
To the haters:
Coudn’t throw?!? You don’t know what you are taking about…obviously didn’t see him play. He had the 2nd best passer rating in the NATION his senior year, and the highest in the conference the year before that. You can’t do that well if you can’t throw.
Medicore team? GT isn’t a football factory like the thUGAs and Criminoles of the world, but under Joe H, GT was certainly a quality team which won an ACC championship, won multiple bowl games, and beat UGA his last 2 seasons. (I was at the Gator Bowl win over Notre Dame…great game!)
When he finished his college career he had the following records. Some of these have since been surpassed of course, but these were the records at the time. Can’t deny it’s an impressive list, especially for a 5ft-10 guy playing QB:
ACC all-time leader in total offense, and among the Top 10 in NCAA history.
First player in NCAA Division I-A history to top 10,000 total yards with 1,500 rushing yards.
Highest career pass efficiency rating in ACC history.
ACC’s all-time leader in touchdown passes and touchdown responsibility (shared TR record with Shawn Moore of UVA)
Fourth in ACC history in passing yards.
Third in ACC history in rushing yards by a quarterback.
GT school career leader in total offense, touchdown responsibility, passing yards and touchdown passes
Had the school record for rushing yards by a quarterback.
GT records for career passing efficiency, completion percentage, yards per completions and yards per attempt.
In 2002 named one of the 50 members of the ACC ALL-TIME (50th Anniversary) Football Team.
1999:
Heisman Trophy runner-up
Consensus first-team all-America quarterback (AP, Football Writers Assn of America, American Football Coaches Assn, and Walter Camp and Football News.)
Winner of the Davey O’ Brien National Quarterback Award
Finalist for the Maxwell Award and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award (senior quarterback)
ACC Player of the Year
First-team all-ACC (unanimous selection) for the second straight year
Second in the nation in passing efficiency (Led the nation for the entire season until he was overtaken by Michael Vick in the final week.)
Finished with the sixth-best season rating in NCAA history
Second in the nation in total offense
Directed a GT team that led the nation in total offense and was second in scoring
Set Georgia Tech and ACC season records for total offense, TDR, passing efficiency, and yards per attempted pass
Shattered the Tech season records for touchdown passes (second most in a season in ACC history), passing yards, completion percentage, completions, and rushing yards by a quarterback
Most season rushing yards in NCAA Division I-A history by a 3,000-yard passer
Set school-record for total offense in a game vs Maryland
Set school-record with 18 consecutive completions
1998:
First-team all-ACC quarterback
Directed the ACC’s highest scoring offense
ACC’s leading passer rating
1997
Set then-school records for passing efficiency, completion percentage, and total offense – while just a sophomore.
1996
Runner-up for the ACC Rookie of the Year Award, finishing second to North Carolina cornerback Dre Bly
Won a league-high four ACC Rookie of the Week awards
Sources:
http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/hamilton_joe00.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hamilton_(American_football)
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 17th, 2011
6:40 pm
Looks like he missed the induction this year but I bet he will get into it eventually. He meant a lot to tech. and I think the selectors take that into consideration also. Did he make his team a winner and was he a leader. I think he was.
RomeDawg
May 17th, 2011
6:40 pm
I sincerely hate that! He was a special player and I thought he had a good chance at getting in. I assume all the Techies that make fun of Murray the Midget forgot about Lil Joe and how good a small QB can be in college.
sasquatch
May 17th, 2011
6:49 pm
dogbois are still idiots
geeks 4ever
May 17th, 2011
7:09 pm
oookie boo boo we lose again. a mean old bulldog and that deion from that florida team we play gets in but we don’t. it’s not fair. do we even have any players in that hall they are talking about.
I like study hall because I can take a nap and in my dreams tech is cool. hooorayyyyy
geeks 4ever
May 17th, 2011
7:14 pm
sasquatch
you tell em homefella. just becaue that mean bulldog guy is being nice doesn’t mean we have to change out usual petty bitter attitude. where is my best pal 5150 he is always good for some hate filled comments that personify what being a techie is all about.
hooooorayyyyyyy
spider
May 17th, 2011
7:23 pm
one good thing about JUDGEMENT DAY is all the bickering between GT and UGA fans will come to an end.
Tech Forever
May 17th, 2011
9:52 pm
C C,
WELL DONE. You did forget one thing though…..his 1998 team was ACC Co-Champions.
Leg Humper Here
May 17th, 2011
10:33 pm
Dang write we proud – we be ownin the Egineners from GT. We run dis state and we own the jacket. The jacket be lossers.
The Real Joe
May 17th, 2011
10:44 pm
Hey C C you left this part out of your Wikie search
He was named the Assistant Director of Player Personnel at his alma mater, Georgia Tech. On May 6, 2008, Hamilton was arrested by the Georgia Tech Police Department for DUI, hit and run, marijuana possession, and violation of the open container law. Hamilton resigned from Georgia Tech on May 7. On May 7, 2008,
One day wonder indeed……………………..
sports
May 18th, 2011
12:02 am
where da drugs bro?
Shug
May 18th, 2011
8:23 am
All Halls of Fame have become a bit of a joke. (See baseball, football, basketball, golf, rock and roll, nascar, etc.) In any event, Joe Hamilton hall of fame? Nifty quarterback on some decent teams, but an all time collegiate great? Keep in mind that there’s a “fame” element to any hall of fame, and I bet no one outside the Atlanta perimeter has any idea who Joe Hamilton is or was.
GT/GS
May 18th, 2011
9:06 am
MAYBE THE DOG FANS WOULD CALM DOWN IF WE GAVE AN HONORABLE MENTION TO THEIR BEST QUARTER BACK EVER, SO HERE’S TO YOU REGGIE BALL WHERE EVER YOU ARE.
C C
May 18th, 2011
9:36 am
Correct, Tech Forever…1998 team was co-champions. Just pointing out that people saying things like average Joe, overrated, average team, etc are ignoring a lot of FACTS to say the least.
Shug, if you are 2nd is Heisman balloting–ahead of M Vick and Drew Brees–and named to an all-time conference team, don’t those indicate that you are an all-time great? At least some of those GT teams were better than decent: Finishing 9th and 20th in major polls during the last two years is a lot better than ‘decent’. Are you saying the the best players on teams which finish 9th or 20 in the nation…that those teams somehow aren’t good enough for those players to qualify? Really?!? By the way, the 1998 GT team finished 5 and 6 places in the polls ahead of Ricky Williams Texas team, and RW got the Heisman. I wouldn’t argue that somehow his team wasn’t ‘good enough’. 14 players got in just this year, so there are a more than a few players getting in.
Yep, he had the DUI and H&R one night more than 15 years after his college career was over. That was really bad, but it’s likely that at least a few members of the HOF have similar incidents, some worse, some more numerous, some both.
BTW Google “Deion Sanders Rule” and see what that’s about. Sanders didn’t go to class for ENTIRE SEASON while playing at FSU, and apparently B Bowden had no problem with him playing despite that. Officially I guess it wasn’t against the rules at that time. Depite all that, I’d argue that DS deserves to be in the HOF…because he was a great player. Unfortunately being an all-time j@ck@ss apparently won’t keep one out of the CF HOF.
If it takes a couple of years for Hamilton to get in, that’s fine. 14 players got in this year. So someone who was 2nd in the nation in Heisman voting — and had a the college career full of numbers and highlights that JH did — deserves to get in before too long.
gt
May 18th, 2011
10:28 am
You know I can’t tell you who is in this hall of frame or even where it is. The public doesn’t need a third party telling them who is hall of frame material. They try to tell you Pete Rose didn’t happen, yet his career will always be recognized as one of the greatest. Being a deserving person, that is not in, almost makes him more famous. This is not a political race where character is a huge part of the mystic as Arnold has shown us, this is winning and losing on the field of competition. Hamilton ,fumble or not, beat Georgia in one of those historic games that can never be taken away. Pete Rose with raw talent and desire entertained us all in his day. You can’t rewrite history, in sports anyway. There is a score board, everything else is done by the non participant and subject to human opinion, which is also subjected to character, many times hidden.
Old Blind Dawg
May 18th, 2011
11:33 am
gt you nailed it………………nuff said.
BravesFan79
May 18th, 2011
11:47 am
Why do they waste money on such things? Its not enough to retire a guys jersey at his old school? Alot of these guys ended up being busts in the NFL anyways. Oyea.. i loved watching Joe Hamilton!
BravesFan79
May 18th, 2011
11:52 am
The only HOF’s that matter are the MLB and NFL’s, all others might as well be water polo in comparision. Who’s donating heir $ for such a thing? It would be so much better spent helping out victims of natural disasters than yet another useless hall of fame. The fans already know whos good!
SansWorld
May 18th, 2011
12:19 pm
Thanks CC for the summary and thanks for the memories. Little Joe = Good times for GT football. The HOF is hard to get into and plenty of deserving players are left out, I would love to see JH there but don’t see it happening. I don’t think people outside this blog remember him that much.
Tech Forever
May 18th, 2011
12:48 pm
The Real Joe
You’re right and like a real man he resigned after discussing it with Coach. At UGA he’d of been given an accomodation and promotion you tool.
JM
May 18th, 2011
12:49 pm
Not surprised he didn’t make the first ballot vote. Joe will have other chances.
GDBurdell
May 18th, 2011
4:15 pm
nerds, spin it any way you like, and you will, but TEK SUCKS
6-7 IS losing!!!
Snoopy
May 18th, 2011
6:02 pm
Joe was a very good college QB.. But to compare him or even place him in the same ZIP code as Deion Sanders or Jake Scott would be a farce.. Get Real!
TampaBayJacket
May 18th, 2011
6:37 pm
I know when Little Joe graduated he held the all-time ACC scoring record, but that may not still be true. However, check out:
http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/DI/2009/2009FBS.pdf
He holds 2 all-time NCAA records:
1. He is 13th all time for season passing efficiency (1999) with a number of Heisman trophy winners that you will no doubt recognize behind him.
2. He is 11th all time for career yards per attempt (1996-1999). This is especially impressive considering his size. Once again, look at the names below him of which there are many you will recognize (Steve Young and Daunte Culpepper are 16th and 17th in this category).
Quite an accomplishment IMHO and one day deserving of NCAA FHOF recognition.
Jason
May 18th, 2011
6:52 pm
The real question is, “Who is Jake Scott?” And since I have no clue who he is, my vote for the Hall would have been Hamilton. The only reason he didn’t win the Heisman is because the voters decided to give Ron Dane a lifetime achievement award for all 4 years of big rushing totals, which was silly considering half the backs in the country could have run that well behind those big Wisconsin linemen.
gawgadawg
May 18th, 2011
6:53 pm
Noticed that A. J. Harmon left Georgia because of academic problems and is being recruited by tech as they allow standins to take test for football and basketball players. check the record and see how many player have failed at Georgia and went to tech and had no problems. how about 18 playersm academically ineligible because no one was checking the records. I went to high school with a tech player that was all american and it was common knowledge that he was double dumb but had no problems at tech but some tech player have a problem with thier basket weaving class at tech.
Bum Phillips
May 18th, 2011
7:41 pm
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Bum Phillips
May 18th, 2011
7:50 pm
“Gaw-ga!” Now that’s just too funny! Do you know that’s what my great-grandyoung-uns call me?!
Bum Phillips
May 18th, 2011
7:58 pm
I’m not really sure why they call me “Gaw-ga,” but if I had to guess, I’d say it’s because they’re stupid, hair-lipped kids who couldn’t properly enunciate if their entire miserable existence depended on it.
Indydawg
May 19th, 2011
8:14 am
Joe Hamilton is not a first ballot player. Simple.
Buzz said it all earlier:
“If Joe Hamilton is even being considered for the HoF, then the whole thing is joke. No Heisman. No conference championship. No Nat’l Championship. Exciting? Yes. Among the best to ever play? No.”
CJJScout
May 19th, 2011
9:21 am
If he goes in, it should be as a Dawg. He was our best player at GT.
SAGE?
May 19th, 2011
11:29 am
Sage? Thats kinda like weed, right? Just name your daughter Mary Jane, why dontcha?
snoopy
May 19th, 2011
11:35 am
gawgadawg – I know (being in the Buford area) Tyrone Sorrells was one.. Went to UGA – flunked out & went to NATS & started at TE
http://www.fcpsports.com/football/buford_wolves/showBlank.php?link_id=1358§ion_id=147#Sorrells
Following High School, Tyrone attended both the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech on Football Scholarships and was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the 1987 NFL Draft. Inducted into the Buford Athletics Hall of Fame as part of the innaugural class in 2006.
snoopy
May 19th, 2011
12:16 pm
Jason – Your ignorance is bliss…
You know NO history…
Saying that is like saying “Who’s Rock Perdoni” I am a UGA fan but am very well aware that Rock was the best O-Lineman to play at Ga Tech…
Or like saying Who’s “Dominique Wilkins” & saying Josh Smith is the best Hawk ever…
Get your head outta!!
JROLL1
May 19th, 2011
1:43 pm
BOTH JOE AND TOMMY FRAZIER DESERVE TO BE IN. THE VOTERS SOMETIMES GET BRAIN LOCK! I MEAN COME ON, DEION GETS INTO THE NFL HOF, BEFORE THE COLLEGE HOF! A JOKE!
gawgadawg
May 19th, 2011
2:24 pm
The police are afraid to come on tech’s campus as the last one that did got robbed and one stupid writer talks about 50 arreast in four years at Georgia when they have 50 roberies every six mounths on tech campus. hood capital of the world.
billyBobjacket
May 19th, 2011
3:57 pm
Hey, didn’t we recruit Quincy Carter pretty hard also?
Snoopy
May 19th, 2011
4:54 pm
Billy Bobbbb
Actually Quincy signed with Tech outta SWD but opted to make some spending money with the Cubbies for 3 years….
We rob this State!
May 19th, 2011
6:18 pm
Damon Evans attorney is now part of the Dominique Strauss-Khan team.
We rob this State!
May 19th, 2011
6:21 pm
Its the UGA graduates that work at the Varsity who are robbing people when they walk back through Tech to their homes after the late shift
Nate the Great
May 19th, 2011
6:21 pm
Is Reggie Ball in the HOF yet? He certainly gets my vote for the HOF for UGA!! Best recruit we ever sent your way. Here’s some UGA math for the techies: 42-34 hahahahahaha
Enjoy your D&D, Star Trek, and LOSING!!! NEEEEEEEEEEEEERDS!!!!
Nate the Great
May 19th, 2011
6:55 pm
Hey We rob this State!
We own the Varsity and fill the schedule with ex-tech fb players that couldnt hack it in the NFL (which is pretty much all of them, except C Johnson)!!!
Observer
May 20th, 2011
12:10 am
You Techsters are nostalgic. Hamilton provided excitement and was “good”. Heck, pretty much all starters at that level are good. Some are better than others, naturally.
Hamilton was very good by some standards.
Great? Not by any standard.
Super size that ego system NERDS
May 20th, 2011
6:22 am
Hahahaha. Hamilton does not make college football Hall of Fame? DUH! Neither does any of your other players/ball boys. Hahahahaha. THWGT!
Ramblin Recluse Road
May 21st, 2011
1:22 pm
I wish his cube draws would draw CPJ’s attention. CPJ orders cubes to run it off tackle and to the sidelines too much. Why to the sidelines? To warm the bench for a better athlete out on the field?