College Football Hall of Fame Wikipedia Page

By: gobblerphoenix
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on August 20, 2024, 8:40 PM | 9 comments

I went down a rabbit hole on Wikipedia earlier today when I was bored out of my mind at work (eleven days to kickoff, amirite?).

The College Football Hall of Fame Wikipedia page lists a table of "Players by School" and I looked on there and saw VT wasn't listed. I thought this couldn't be right because I remember specifically hearing about Corey Moore and Frank Loria being included. So I went on the list and did a CTRL+F search and found Moore and Loria and a total of 5 players from VT have been inducted. I'm also a little irked that loluva is on the table showing their 5 players yet we aren't on the table.

I know nothing about editing Wikipedia but I guess my questions are:

1) am I correct that we have 5 players inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame and none are listed on the homepage table?

and,

2) how does one go about changing that (or can someone who knows how go on there and add us)?

Thoughts?

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Egbert's picture Egbert
BEER
| 1 year 10 months #

I actually went there in Atlanta about a decade ago. Brought my 2 girls while my wife was in a conference.

I saw Sam Rogers name 3 times on exhibits.

This is going to be great for the ACC.

Little Bobby Tables's picture Little Bobby Tables
MEH. 😕
| 1 year 10 months # ^

The National Football Foundation outlines specific criteria that may be used for evaluating a possible candidate for induction into the Hall of Fame.[67]

...

Coaches must have at least 10 years of head coaching experience, coached 100 games, and had at least a .600 winning percentage.[68]

The eligibility criteria have changed over time, and have occasionally led to criticism.

This criterion needs to be removed or updated. We should get to work on that.
#BudFosterForTheHallOfFame

"Yes I am going to have favorites. My favorites are high production and low maintenance players, coaches, and staff." - JMFF

bar1990's picture bar1990
ATLIEN
| 1 year 10 months # ^

Mike leach too - doesn't have a .600 winning percentage because he took over so many dead end jobs

VA2MD Hokie's picture VA2MD Hokie
| 1 year 10 months # ^

Coaches must have at least 10 years of head coaching experience, coached 100 games, and had at least a .600 winning percentage.[68]

Les Miles was suing LSU over this. When they vacated some of his wins, he dropped below .600.

GoKartMozart's picture GoKartMozart
SET THE TONE!
| 1 year 10 months # ^

Haha! F that guy!

Alum07's picture Alum07
🦃 LEG KING 🦃
| 1 year 10 months # ^

Speaking of which, I have been busy lately but have been brainstorming some edits to the Commonwealth Cup page.

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

smittyvt32949's picture smittyvt32949
📡VT RESEARCH📲
| 1 year 10 months # ^

Gets Popcorn....
This is gonna be good.

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Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!