Imagine if, someday, you take your grandchildren to the Big Ten happen upon a bust of Jameis Winston. Or perhaps you take those same grandchildren to the Pac-12 championship game and out on the field among a group of honorees walks Johnny Manziel.
Ludicrous as that sounds, that’s the shock that the past selves of Chris Redman, Bubba Bean, Tony Dorsett, Clinton Portis and a host of others are working through today as the ACC and SEC announced a group of 28 legends class honorees that includes a collective eight players that never actually competed in the respective conferences that are honoring them.
It’s weird. But it’s a weird that all conferences do in this weird post-realignment world we live in.
Each group will be honored Friday, Dec. 4 and then again Saturday, Dec. 5, at their respective conference championships.
They are as follows:
ACC
Boston College: Dan Koppen, center
Clemson: Anthony Simmons, inside linebacker
Duke: Chris Douglas, running back
Florida State: Warrick Dunn, running back
Georgia Tech: Bobby Ross, head coach
Louisville: Chris Redman, quarterback
Miami: Clinton Portis, running back
North Carolina: Ken Huff, guard
N.C. State: Fred Combs, cornerback
Pittsburgh: Tony Dorsett, running back
Syracuse: Chris Gedney, tight end
Virginia: Patrick Kerney, defensive end
Virginia Tech: Corey Moore, defensive end
Wake Forest: Chuck Ramsey, punter
SEC
Alabama: Woodrow Lowe, linebacker
Arkansas: Madre Hill, running back
Auburn: Takeo Spikes, linebacker
Florida: Fred Taylor, running back
Georgia: Richard Seymour, defensive tackle
Kentucky: Dave Roller, defensive line
LSU: Alan Faneca, guard
Ole Miss: Ken Lucas, defensive back
Mississippi State: Mario Haggan, linebacker
Missouri: Roger Wehrli, defensive back
South Carolina: Andre’ Goodman, cornerback
Tennessee: Chuck Smith, defensive end
Texas A&M: Bubba Bean, running back
Vanderbilt: Earl Bennett, wide receiver