Written by Brent Yarina, BTN.comThe 17-member 2012 College Football Hall of Fame class was announced Tuesday, and former Purdue running back Otis Armstrong was the lone Big Ten product inducted. That being the case, there were several glaring omissions, highlighted by Nebraska’s Tommie Frazier and Ohio State’s Orlando Pace. Both snubs sparked quite a reaction on Twitter, and rightfully so. Frazier went 33-2 and won two national titles and four Big 12 championships, while Pace is one of the most dominant offensive lineman of all time. See the tweets in this post.
To be fair, according to an ESPN.com article, the College Football Hall of Fame has a rule that it can’t take a player from the same school in consecutive years. Former Nebraska offensive lineman Will Shields and former Ohio State running back Eddie George made it last year, meaning Frazier and Pace weren’t eligible. Why they weren’t in already is a mystery in itself. Consider them both likely 2013 inductees. We think.
[Former Purdue RB Otis Armstrong makes Hall of Fame]
And now to the tweets:
TOMMIE FRAZIER
Tommie Frazier was Tim Tebow before Tim Tebow was cool. … Terrible omission.—
Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) May 15, 2012
Tommie Frazier: 33-2, 2 titles, 4 conference championships, 6,266 yards and 83 TDs. NOT GOOD ENOUGH, APPARENTLY.—
Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) May 15, 2012
I think there's something to this: Tommy Kramer, not Tommie Frazier, gets in the Hall of Fame. Check the ballots. Penmanship is a lost art.—
Ramzy Nasrallah (@ramzyn) May 15, 2012
Dear CFB HOF, since you've clearly never seen it, go YouTube 'Tommie Frazier The Run.' Thanks and bye.—
Erin Sorensen (@helloerinmarie) May 15, 2012
No Tommie Frazier in the CFB Hall of Fame. Who's marching with me to burn it down?—
Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) May 15, 2012
Tommie Frazier isn't in the CFB Hall Of Fame because there is no statute of limitations on murdering 11 men in one night. #Fiesta!—
(@edsbs) May 15, 2012
Looks like Tommie Frazier didn't make the College Football HOF. Why even have it without one of the best QB's of all time?—
Kevin Kugler (@kevinkugler) May 15, 2012
Tommie Frazier didn't make the Hall of Fame. Ban the Hall of Fame.—
Mark Ennis (@Mengus22) May 15, 2012
ORLANDO PACE
Orlando Pace would have been elected but unfortunately every vote cast for him had to get by him first.—
Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) May 15, 2012
Is there an actual explanation/argument for why Orlando Pace is not in the CFB Hall of Fame? Just trying to figure that out.—
Brandon Castel (@BCastOZone) May 15, 2012
Orlando Pace was most dominant offensive lineman I have ever seen. Maybe next year College FB Hall of Fame will see that, too. #needglasses—
Tim May (@TIM_MAYsports) May 15, 2012
I don't get into Hall of Fame stuff often, but I think Orlando Pace has an argument for one of the most dominant players in CFB history—
Ari Wasserman (@AriWassermanBSB) May 15, 2012
Orlando Pace was a starting OT on SI's all-century team in 1999. He could play a little football. Maybe next year, Orlando.—
Paul Myerberg (@PreSnapRead) May 15, 2012
Ogden but no Pace. Okay.—
Eleven Warriors (@elevenwarriors) May 15, 2012
Alas, Orlando Pace should have won a *third* Lombardi Trophy. Yeah, that would have done it.—
Ramzy Nasrallah (@ramzyn) May 15, 2012
Completely befuddled as to why Orlando Pace is not a 1st ballot College Football Hall of Famer. Un-BEE-lievable—
Mark Kunz (@MarkKunz44) May 15, 2012
Look, I'm not a #Nebraska fan by any stretch. But not putting Tommie Frazier in the College FB HOF is embarassing bad. Same w/ Orlando Pace.—
Andy Garman (@GarmanSports) May 15, 2012
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