DIII at College Football Hall of Fame

[pumkinattack]

I moved to Atlanta from New York over the summer and finding out the College Football Hall of Fame is moving here was one of the better things I've learned (as opposed to people don't/can't walk around down here, traffic is horrible, it's not as warm in November as my wife who's from here sold to me, grain based groceries are often more expensive than NYC, etc.).

The bad thing is it will be near the world of Coke, which is maybe the worst museum I've ever been too. 

[Ryan Tipps]

Ryan,

It does sound as if D-III is well represented.  When I visited the CFHOF about 5 years ago, they had a display of great college football rivalries that included the Monon Bell game (and one of the mini Monon Bell produced for the 100th game).  Did they still have that display as well?

OK, I deserve to be forced to wear red shorts and paint my leg green until next year's Monon Bell game for forgetting this! 

Yes, the Bell game is still included in the display of college football's great rivalries. That was a pretty cool display, all in all. The Amherst-Williams game is also represented there.

It WAS fun! Pep will be interested in hearing more about a move of the Hall of Fame. Seemed like a good setup in South Bend but they could have used some room for expansion. Incidentally, Pep also got an "unofficial" tour of Notre Dame Stadium while in South Bend, IN that September Saturday in 2001...but that's another story.

Structurally and in terms of location, it was a good setup in South Bend. However, there's been bad blood simmering there for a couple of years, and the Hall is leaving even before the bond on the building is paid off. The two entities had spats over promotions, and the Hall said the city just wasn't enough of a year-round draw to keep people coming in the doors. If it's not a Notre Dame home game weekend, then the Hall was empty.

I'm sorry to see it leaving the city I grew up in, but I do hope it finds success in Atlanta.

[zed07]

D3 members:  Centre College's Bo McMillin (early '20's) and Teel Bruner (early '80's) are members of the HOF.  Bo was a little before my time, but was the star player in Centre's historic upset of Harvard.  Teel set several INT records as a safety and is now a physician in Idaho.