Pat Dye? What a joke.
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http://www.tidesports.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050518/NEWS/50518005/1011
>
> Alabama legend Bennett to be inducted into College
> Football Hall of Fame
>
> By Ralph D. Russo
> The Associated Press
> May 18, 2005
>
> NEW YORK | Cornelius Bennett found out about his
> election into the College Football Hall of Fame
> about a month ago, and was asked to keep it to
> himself until it was formally announced.
>
> He couldn�t keep the good news totally secret.
>
> �I had to call and tell Momma and I had to tell my
> wife,� the former Alabama linebacker said at a news
> conference Wednesday. �If I didn�t tell them I
> wouldn�t be here today.�
>
> Bennett, Heisman Trophy winner John Huarte and
> Southern California tailback Anthony Davis are among
> the 11 players and two coaches that make up the 2005
> Hall of Fame class. They will be inducted in
> December at an awards banquet in New York and
> enshrined at the hall in South Bend, Ind., next
> year.
>
> Also entering the Hall of Fame are Pittsburgh
> offensive lineman Mark May, Michigan defensive back
> Tom Curtis, Penn State offensive tackle Keith
> Dorney, Ohio State end Jim Houston, Texas fullback
> Roosevelt Leaks, Oklahoma running back Joe
> Washington, Stanford defensive lineman Paul Wiggin
> and Illinois wide receiver David Williams.
>
> Don Nehlen, the winningest coach in West Virginia
> history, and Pat Dye, who won four Southeastern
> Conference titles in 12 seasons at Auburn, round out
> the latest class.
>
> Bennett finished seventh in the Heisman balloting as
> a senior in 1986 and won the Lombardi Award as the
> nation�s top lineman or linebacker.
>
> �It�s a great honor, something that we�re really
> going to cherish,� said Bennett, who played in four
> Super Bowls with the Buffalo Bills. �I can bring my
> kids to South Bend and show them that Daddy was an
> all right football player.�
>
> Huarte won the Heisman for Notre Dame in 1964,
> quarterbacking the Fighting Irish to a share of the
> national title.
>
> Davis finished second in the Heisman voting as a
> senior in 1974, but his signature game came in 1972
> when he scored six touchdowns against Notre Dame.
>
> May is the fourth member of the 1980 Pittsburgh team
> to make the college Hall of Fame, along with Dan
> Marino, Hugh Green and Jimbo Covert.
>
> Like Bennett, May had a long, successful pro career
> as part of one of the most famous offensive lines in
> NFL history � the Washington Redskins� �Hogs.�
>
> �The NFL Hall of Fame would be great, but for me
> this is it,� May said.
>
> Nehlen was the 17th coach in Division I-A history to
> win 200 games and finished his career 202-128-8.
> During 21 seasons in Morgantown, W. Va., he won 149
> games and turned the program into one that could
> compete with the best in the nation.
>
> Still, induction into the Hall of Fame humbled him.
>
> �I was looking for my wife�s name as a voter,�
> Nehlen said. �I figured she must have voted about
> 1,000 times.�
>
> Dye�s head coaching career started at East Carolina
> and he spent a year at Wyoming before coming to
> Auburn in 1981. He won three straight SEC titles
> from 1987-89, and nearly lured Bennett away from
> rival Alabama.
>
> �I committed to Auburn for a couple of weeks until
> coach (Bear) Bryant came to my house and I kind of
> changed my mind,� Bennett said. �Coach Dye and I
> always have a laugh about that.�
>
>
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