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August 10th, 2006, 12:10 PM
By Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY
Before catching touchdown passes from Joe Montana and Steve Young in San Francisco, Jerry Rice was putting up eye-popping numbers at Mississippi Valley State with Willie Totten.
Those achievements will get their due this weekend as Rice takes his place in the College Football Hall of Fame during ceremonies in South Bend, Ind.
"It's pretty cool. I'm really excited about that," Rice says. "I'm just looking forward to all the different activities."
Though Rice didn't play at a major college, his election to the college Hall of Fame — based on ballots from members of the National Football Foundation and all living members of the Hall — was as easy a decision as his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame will be when his waiting period ends in 2010....
Jerry Rice (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2006-08-09-rice-hall-of-fame_x.htm)
Before catching touchdown passes from Joe Montana and Steve Young in San Francisco, Jerry Rice was putting up eye-popping numbers at Mississippi Valley State with Willie Totten.
Those achievements will get their due this weekend as Rice takes his place in the College Football Hall of Fame during ceremonies in South Bend, Ind.
"It's pretty cool. I'm really excited about that," Rice says. "I'm just looking forward to all the different activities."
Though Rice didn't play at a major college, his election to the college Hall of Fame — based on ballots from members of the National Football Foundation and all living members of the Hall — was as easy a decision as his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame will be when his waiting period ends in 2010....
Jerry Rice (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2006-08-09-rice-hall-of-fame_x.htm)