Posted on 10/27/2013 7:55:20 PM PDT by BenLurkin
PASADENA (CBSLA.com) — O.J. Simpson has been announced as a finalist from the 1960s for the Rose Bowl Game All-Century Class, alongside former USC football coach John McKay and former Wisconsin quarterback Ron VanderKelen.
Simpson, 66, has served five years at Lovelock Correctional Center in Nevada, following his conviction on the charges of armed robbery.
In 1994, Simpson’s heavily-publicized murder trial, concerning the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman, brought the former tailback to national attention. The trial, which lasted eight months, resulted in his acquittal.
Simpson was named Player of the Game in the 1968 Rose Bowl, in which he ran for 128 yards and scored a pair of touchdowns in the Trojans’ 14-3 win over Indiana, giving USC the 1967 National Championship.
In 1969, Simpson ran for 171 yards on 28 carries as USC lost the Rose Bowl to Ohio State 27-16.
The controversial former football star, who also saw some fame on the big screen, is also reportedly interesting in becoming a televangelist upon his anticipated release from prison, according to his manager, Norman Pardo,
McKay, who was five Rose Bowl Games as a coach, is tied for the record of most Rose Bowl wins for a coach with fellow Trojan, Howard Jones. His eight appearances as a coach also ties the late Woody Hayes of Ohio State for second, behind the late Bo Schembechler of Michigan, who made 10 appearances.
VanderKelen set three Rose Bowl records in 1963, including passing yards (401), completions (33), and attempts (48) in the Badgers 42-37 loss to USC.
A number of players and coaches representing each decade, selected by a committee consisting of members of the Football Writers Association of America, is to be announced each Sunday through the remainder of the 2013 college football regular season, in anticipation of the 100th Rose Bowl Game.
The All-Century Class will be announced on December 8, in which one representative from each decade, along with one player and one coach to be selected as the greatest in the history of the oldest bowl game in college football.
Disgraceful!
The controversial former football star, who also saw some fame on the big screen, is also reportedly interesting in becoming a televangelist upon his anticipated release from prison, according to his manager, Norman Pardo
Coach John McKay was a class act unlike 0J and it’s an embarrassment for the con to even be mentioned in the same article as Coach McKay.
Outrageous.
I don’t care what he achieved.
BUMP.
You’re precisely right.
He deserves this honor.
unnngh.
Said Lance Armstrong .....
What next? Aaron Hernandez being inducted in Canton?
They say that Mao Tse Tung was kind to animals.
Would the world be any worse off if O,J. didn’t get an award? They should just move on to the next worthy athlete. There’s no shortage of them. It would be a n insult to pass over any of them in favor of O.J. Simpson.
Yes, what he did in his private life can take away from his career.
Ask Pete Rose about that, or Alex Karras.
Murder is worse than gambling, don’t you agree?
The controversial former football star, who also saw some fame on the big screen, is also reportedly interesting in becoming a televangelist upon his anticipated release from prison, according to his manager, Norman Pardo,
I thought he was dedicating the rest of his life to tracking down Nicole’s killer?
He said he is “Focused like a laser beam”
Oh wait...that was Hussein lying about jobs.
Rose gambled while he was the Reds’ manager and player.
He gambled during his off hours, as back then you couldn’t place a bet from the dugout.
I’ve heard O.J. has women sending him money and marriage proposals. As if he was destitute. Groupies come in all ages.
Is he going to be in the ‘Decapthlon’?
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