SB Nation Hall of Fame (#SBNHOF): You Make The Picks
by Sailor Ripley on Jun 21, 2025 2:47 PM CDT
in Texas Longhorns and Other Football
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PrintCarnival-goers - In an effort to ease the pain of these last weeks before actual football picks up again, we've decided to come up with our own SB Nation Hall Of Fame for college players. We have our own rules and my buddy Zach at Maize N Brew has laid it out beautifully, so I will outright purloin his post and then paraphrase.
Every year the college football Hall of Fame goes through the motions of inducting another class of players into its ranks, and every year we all groan and complain about the arcane selection rules and obvious snubs.
Well, SB Nation has had enough, and figured it is time for all of us to put our money where out mouth is.
Over the next few days the crew over here at Barking Carnival needs to come up with five nominees for the initial SB Nation Hall of Fame class. There are a few stipulations.
1. The player or coach must have been out of the game for at least four years (so no one who has played after 2007 or is currently playing).
2. Only one selection per position. Positions break down as such: QB, RB, WR, TE, OL, DL, LB, DB, ST, Corch.
3. Third, and this one is going to be tough, SB Nation is trying its best to adhere to the "You've seen 'em play" rule. I know we all love the old school generation of players and coaches but we're trying to tip the list heavily to the last 20 years.
4.Shoe ins: VY. Ricky. Who else?
Thus your task, Carnival-going commentariat, is to give us a list of who you want to add in these final three spots. I will pull all the names from the comments and at the end of the week we will have a vote for the remaining three spots. Feel free to leave your argument for why player X should be included in the final five, and if it is good I will include it in the final submissions to SB Nation.
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do they have to be Longhorns?
the most dominant college defensive player I have ever seen was Steve Emtman (d-tackle).
He would be a nomination that I would put on par with VY and Ricky.
"If God dwells inside us like some people say, I sure hope He likes enchiladas, because that's what He's getting."
by RedmondLonghorn on Jun 21, 2025 3:44 PM CDT reply actions
Longhorns!
Take your Steve Emtman idolatry over to UW Dawg Pound.
by Sailor Ripley on Jun 21, 2025 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions
I am too young to have seen him coach but I have met him
Darrell Royal is the shoe in at Coach. Right?
by RQ on Jun 21, 2025 3:49 PM CDT reply actions
Casey Hampton
Colt McCoy
Derrick Johnson
Justin Blalock
Tony Brackens
Michael Huff
Jordan Shipley
Dan Neil
by Scipio Tex on Jun 21, 2025 3:54 PM CDT reply actions
Colt breaks the 4 year rule.
"I don't know. Never had one"
-- Darrell K. Royal to Mack Brown on how to coach a team after a losing season
by Vincent McAppleash on Jun 21, 2025 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions
If we go up to 25 years ago
Eric Metcalf
by roaddevil on Jun 21, 2025 3:57 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
He should be in the talent HOF
He was wasted on some bad teams.
by Scipio Tex on Jun 21, 2025 4:05 PM CDT up reply actions
hampton and orakpo
Didn’t orakpo win the lombardi?
Non Horns- Suh and Orlando Pace. I remeber Pace dominating everything
by ShameAndFailure on Jun 21, 2025 4:00 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Orakpo had one great year.
does that get you in to the Hall of Fame?
by Scipio Tex on Jun 21, 2025 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions
2008 so he is probably ineligible
But yes one year could make you a HOF.
by ShameAndFailure on Jun 21, 2025 6:39 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Roy Williams
"I don't know. Never had one"
-- Darrell K. Royal to Mack Brown on how to coach a team after a losing season
by Vincent McAppleash on Jun 21, 2025 4:04 PM CDT reply actions
My 5
Assuming only one per position:
VY
Ricky
Shipley
Hampton
Huff
by nordberg on Jun 21, 2025 4:12 PM CDT reply actions
I always felt
that he was a tad overrated. But still basically interchangeable with Hampton and Huff imo. Earl Thomas too.
by nordberg on Jun 21, 2025 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Earl Thomas played well after 2007.
"ABC welcomes you back to Vince Young Field"
-Rose Bowl sign
by Andrew Wiggin on Jun 21, 2025 4:45 PM CDT up reply actions
5
VY
Ricky
Roy
Vasher or Griffin (Michael)
Shaun Rogers or Casey Hampton
"I don't know. Never had one"
-- Darrell K. Royal to Mack Brown on how to coach a team after a losing season
by Vincent McAppleash on Jun 21, 2025 4:15 PM CDT reply actions
make that 7
"I don't know. Never had one"
-- Darrell K. Royal to Mack Brown on how to coach a team after a losing season
by Vincent McAppleash on Jun 21, 2025 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions
"One hit wonders" in the Longhorn HOF
Maybe the HOF should have a quirky category like "one hit wonders’ for players who showed great promise on year, only to leave the program the next. My first nominee:
Butch Hadnot
by roaddevil on Jun 21, 2025 4:16 PM CDT reply actions
QB Vince Young
RB Ricky Williams
WR Jordan Shipley
TE Dave Thomas
OL Justin Blalock
DE Tony Brackens
DT Casey Hampton
LB Derrick Johnson (Honorable Mention: Tyson King)
DB Michael Huff
K Phil Dawson
by Rex Interneti on Jun 21, 2025 4:21 PM CDT reply actions
gah...Tyson King
Not good times
"If God dwells inside us like some people say, I sure hope He likes enchiladas, because that's what He's getting."
by RedmondLonghorn on Jun 21, 2025 6:55 PM CDT via iPhone app up reply actions
first of all Ricky is not an automatic pick
if it is 1 player per position.
Earl Campbell RB
Jerry Sisemore OL
Tommy Nobis LB
Johnnie Johnson DB
Ken Sims DL
Vince Young QB
Eric Metcalf KR
NOW YOU KIDS STAY OFF MY DAMN LAWN!!!
by srr50 on Jun 21, 2025 4:34 PM CDT via iPhone app reply actions
I take exception to Kenneth Sims at DL...
He was a good DL, but remember, he was Steve McMichael’s backup, and didn’t start until McMichael graduated. And you can’t say he developed into better player than Bam Bam; McMichael was All-Pro and Sims flamed out in pros.
Your other picks right on.
by J.R.69 on Jun 22, 2025 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Sims flamed out on drugs.
Not lack of ability.
by Scipio Tex on Jun 22, 2025 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions
No love for Aaron Ross? Maybe not as good as Huff, but better than Griffin and at least deserving of an honorable mention if you only get to pick one DB.
by vjburnette on Jun 21, 2025 4:46 PM CDT reply actions
Beat me to it by 6 seconds
"ABC welcomes you back to Vince Young Field"
-Rose Bowl sign
by Andrew Wiggin on Jun 21, 2025 4:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Aaron Ross should get some mention
Plus he is going to make us uber-athletic Longhorn babies coming down the pipe.
"ABC welcomes you back to Vince Young Field"
-Rose Bowl sign
by Andrew Wiggin on Jun 21, 2025 4:47 PM CDT reply actions
If it's just one per position and we have to follow the 2007 rule, then...
QB: VY
RB: Ricky Williams
OL: Justin Blalock
DL: Brian Orakpo
LB: Derrick Johnson
DB: Michael Huff, honorable mention to Aaron Ross
TE: David Thomas, w/ honorable mention to Bo Scaife
ST: Ramonce Taylor
WR: Roy Williams
by vjburnette on Jun 21, 2025 4:53 PM CDT reply actions
"You've seen 'em play" rule.
I saw Earl play for the Oilers, does that count?
Seriously, while I love and respect Ricky, Earl was a once-in-a-lifetime talent. I think you can make an argument that there’s Jim Brown and Earl, and then everybody else.
And I did see Ricky play for the Horns.
by mmharris on Jun 21, 2025 5:01 PM CDT reply actions
I saw Earl play for the Horns
As well as all the others on srr50’s list. I’ll just second the motion on all of them. (including the lawn)
Now "Longhorn in Mexico".
by Longhorn in Canada on Jun 21, 2025 5:45 PM CDT reply actions
Oh, and if I hadn't seen Earl
Tommy Nobis would be a top pick for the greatest athlete ever to wear the Orange and White. A real shame he ended up with such a bad NFL team in the Falcons.
Now "Longhorn in Mexico".
by Longhorn in Canada on Jun 21, 2025 5:49 PM CDT up reply actions
sergio kindle
even though dj probably deserves it. i think we could sneak him by a panel of dudes just looking for a hook by leaving them w/ this “He played college football at Texas, and was the first player ever to be a finalist for both the Butkus and the Ted Hendricks Award.”
BOOM. HOF.
by mattw on Jun 21, 2025 6:03 PM CDT reply actions
From the standpoint of “watching the game,” like sitting at the Tavern or DKR or in the fetal position in my living room, D Johnson and Brackens stick out to me as guys that just completely changed the game on defense. It’s harder to do that in the secondary, although the newer schemes allow people like Kenny V to give it a go. I just felt like DJ and TB were everywhere, and when you are watching the games, those guys really stick out.
VY and Ricky, and then my fifth would be Blalock. When the game got out of hand, he was a guy you actually could key on instead of watching the snap for pure fascination.
If I were to go secondary, seems no one has mentioned Jammer, who was damn fun to watch.
by Sleepy on Jun 21, 2025 6:28 PM CDT reply actions
I liked watching Blalock
for the sheer enjoyment of watching the guy across from him give up on the game sometime in the mid-2nd quarter. You could actually see the moment where they got tired of trying to wrestle a human bear.
by Scipio Tex on Jun 21, 2025 6:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Not to mention the fact that
Blalock executed what was probably the most important block in modern Longhorn football. If Blalock had not completely stonewalled the blitzing linebacker, 4th and 5 never would have happened. 2nd best player of the Mack Brown era imo.
by Rex Interneti on Jun 22, 2025 10:05 AM CDT up reply actions
if im playin by the seen em play rule-
qb: VY
rb: Ricky
wr: Roy Williams
te: David Thomas
ol: Sendlein. i just really liked him.
dl: Hampton
lb: DJ
db: Vasher
st: Ramonce. or Hunter Lawrence
by pvogel on Jun 21, 2025 9:02 PM CDT via Android app reply actions
My five
VY
David Thomas
Aaron Ross
Ricky
Sendlein
"All the white meat is gone. There's nothin' but necks on the platter."
Darrell Royal
by Snide Aside on Jun 21, 2025 9:51 PM CDT reply actions
You guys suck at rules haha
QB: VY
RB: Ricky
TE: Thomas
OL: Blalock
WR: Williams
DL: Hampton
DB: Pick One (Griffins, Ross, Huff, Jammer, Vasher)
LB: D. Johnson
ST: Hunter Lawrence
by STLaw on Jun 21, 2025 10:22 PM CDT reply actions
Rules, fellas. rules...last 20 years
Ricky
Vince
Sendlein
David Thomas
D Johnson
This is defensive back U: pick one of the great ones
by j_java on Jun 22, 2025 8:34 AM CDT reply actions
Sendlein over Blalock
is illogical. I loved watching Lyle play, and he was key fixture in our best offensive line, but Blalock was and still is on another level.
by Rex Interneti on Jun 22, 2025 10:08 AM CDT reply actions
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