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8/20/13
Hall of Fame Flashback – 50-Year Anniversary Class
1963 inductees: Alex Agase (Illinois, Purdue), George Connor (Holy Cross, Notre Dame), Edwin “Goat” Hale (Mississippi College), Ken Kavanaugh (Louisiana State), Lee “Bum” McClung (Yale), Cliff “Monty” Montgomery (Columbia), Peter “Peter the Great” Pund (Georgia Tech), Monk Simons (Tulane), Ed “Cannonball” Tryon (Colgate), Charles “Buck” Wharton (Pennsylvania) and coach George Woodruff (Pennsylvania, Illinois, Carlisle).
No Huddle
Learn more about the 2013 College Football Hall of Fame inductees with our no-huddle bios:
Bill McCartney
Coach, Colorado (1982-94
- Led Colorado to the 1990 national title
- 1989 National Coach of the Year
- Won three Big Eight crowns and was a three-time Big Eight Coach of the Year
- Coached 1994 Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam
2013 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Alumni Association Campaign Launched
The National Football Foundation (NFF) announced the 2013 launch of its highly successful annual campaign to support the NFF National Scholar-Athlete Alumni Association. More than 100 former NFF National Scholar-Athletes have made donations during the past five years to support the association, raising more than $100,000.
Currently an $18,000 scholarship for postgraduate studies, each NFF National Scholar-Athlete Award is presented at the NFF Annual Awards Dinner in conjunction with the College Football Hall of Fame induction ceremonies in New York City. On average, 15 awards are presented each year, and accepting the honor has always proven to be a highly inspiring moment for each recipient. To learn more, click here.
Several Major Articles Appear in the Media Defending Football
The Wall Street Journal published an article by Max Boot, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, titled “In Defense of Football,” which highlights the exaggerated risks cited by critics of the game. The article points out the contributions of the game and valuable life lessons it teaches the youngsters who play the sport. Click here to read the article.
The Los Angeles Times published an op-ed by Daniel J. Flynn, the author of "The War on Football: Saving America's Game," that highlights that football has never been safer, and it continues to evolve to become even safer. The article cites a dramatic reduction in fatalities from 36 in 1968 to two last season, adding that California suffered seven times as many collision deaths from skateboarding last year as the entire United States did from football. Click here to read the op-ed.
The New York Post also ran an op-ed by Daniel Flynn using the same headline as The Wall Street Journal story, “In Defense of Football,” providing context about the dangers and benefits of the game. To read the story, click here.
Center For BrainHealth Research Benefiting the Battlefield and the Playing Field
KERA Radio, the NPR station in North Texas, profiled the work being done by the Center for BrainHealth at UT-Dallas. The work is being partially funded by the Department of Defense to help treat concussions that might occur on the playing field or the battlefield. The research aims to speed recovery through high performance brain training that strengthens the connections critical to the functioning of the brain. The research stresses more abstract and analytical thinking rather than simple memory exercises. The article cites the following bullet points, provided by Dr. Sandra Chapman, the founder and director of the Center for BrainHealth at UT-Dallas:
The brain makes new cells every day.
The brain can form complex synapses, or connections, no matter how old we are.
The connections between neurons can be strengthened.
There is no limit to brain repair. New research shows the brain can be repaired months and years after injury if the correct intervention or treatment is applied.
Active cognitive stimulation can help build new connections in the brain even after traumatic injury, stroke and also in progressive diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
Advances in brain imaging show more activation in regions of the brain during learning as new connections are developing, and less activation once the skill has been acquired.
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