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  • Definitive answer on WRs:

    There are really only 4 contenders who have produced as many as 2 HOF actual or potential WRs:

    Ohio State:  Cris Carter, Paul Warfield, Dante Lavelli

    Miami, Fla:  Michael Irvin, (Reggie Wayne)  (Andre Johnson)

    Syracuse: Marvin Harrison, Art Monk

    Florida State:  Fred Biletnikoff (Anquon Boldin)

    ( )  means not in but probable HOF

    Very tough choice.  The homer in me wants to pick OSU...and it would be a good pick. So, sure, why not, go with the home choice.  But the others are perfectly legitimately arguable  (If Syracuse were chosen, it would have the top spot in two of these 3 categories!!)

  • Nice to have our own Judge Roy Bean here for the definitive answers. 😉  Well I guess he's the modern day Ohio version  the original was an eccentric U.S. saloon-keeper and Justice of the Peace in Val Verde County, Texas, who called himself "The Law West of the Pecos". I guess he's "The Law East of the Cuyahoga", or is it West?  (and we kid because we care)

     And you almost could have a time cutoff because as time goes on the number of pro teams got larger along with the explosion in number of players. For example the best before/after 1980? The older ones are already in the HOF if they're getting in.      Still a good topic.

    GO BUCKEYES, BROWNS, INDIANS, CAVS, YSU, NAVY and yes I like ND!

  • Definitive answer on Tight Ends.   Again, there is none.  NO school has produced more than 1 HOF  or likely HOF caliber TE. The ones that have:

    Notre Dame:  Casper; Pitt: Ditka; Syracuse: Mackey, Minnesota: Charlie Sanders,  Alabama: Ozzie;,  South Carolina: Shannon Sharpe;  NW Louisiana: Jackie Smith; Missouri,  Kellen Winslow;  Cal:  Tony Gonzales?;, Tennesse: Jason Witten?;   Kent State:  Antonio Gates?

    ? means not in HOF...but probable or potential.

    Miami Fla.  has produced two pretty good ones:   Greg Olsen and Jeremy Shockey. 

  • UNC pass rushers Lawrence Taylor & Julius Peppers

    #Justsayin'
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  • Definitive answers on  Offensive Center.    Again, there really is none.  No school has produced more than one HOF center.

    However....Gil Brandt did his list of top 16 centers of all time, and  there is one school on there that has two players:

    Wisconsin:   both Mike Webster and Travis Frederick (current Cowboys center.....though...could Brandt..ex Cowboys GM, be a little biased?  He also has Alex Mack on the top 16 ever. 

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  • Tennessee DEs Reggie White and Doug Atkins (first player ever inducted in college and pro HOf)

    #Justsayin'

  • Definitive Answer on Middle Linebacker:

    Whoever said above that it is Illinois with finger Butkus and Ray Nitschke is absolutely right.   This may be as slam dunk as any position on the field.

    Edit:  OK now, this auto correct is going to far....when I can't even put in D-I-C-K Butkus's name without it being corrected.

  • thenew23T thenew23

    UNC pass rushers Lawrence Taylor & Julius Peppers

    @thenew23 said:

    UNC pass rushers Lawrence Taylor & Julius Peppers

    Except, technically "pass rusher" is not a position.  A nose tackle is a pass rusher on pass plays.  Peppers is a DE where TAylor was an OLB.  I get where you are coming from, but if we are trying to specify positions....I guess we need to do that.

  • The GipperT The Gipper

    Definitive answers on  Offensive Center.    Again, there really is none.  No school has produced more than one HOF center.

    However....Gil Brandt did his list of top 16 centers of all time, and  there is one school on there that has two players:

    Wisconsin:   both Mike Webster and Travis Frederick (current Cowboys center.....though...could Brandt..ex Cowboys GM, be a little biased?  He also has Alex Mack on the top 16 ever. 

    @the-gipper said:

    Definitive answers on  Offensive Center.    Again, there really is none.  No school has produced more than one HOF center.

    However....Gil Brandt did his list of top 16 centers of all time, and  there is one school on there that has two players:

    Wisconsin:   both Mike Webster and Travis Frederick (current Cowboys center.....though...could Brandt..ex Cowboys GM, be a little biased?  He also has Alex Mack on the top 16 ever. 

    Wisconsin and their tradition of All American and NFL caliber linemen which contains to today.

    GO BUCKEYES, BROWNS, INDIANS, CAVS, YSU, NAVY and yes I like ND!

  • Safety.    I won't distinguish  between free and strong....but two schools vie for supremacy here:

    Iowa:  Emlen Tunnell and  Paul Krause

    USC:  Ronnie Lott and Willie Wood

    Very hard for me to choose...from these.   Krause is all time leading interceptor, Lott was a hammer.   But, you know, when you put in Troy Polamalu, a likely HOF safety, it probably swings the vote for USC.

  • Cornerback.

    There is one school that stands out as far as producing Hall of Fame Cornerbacks:

    Southern University.    Produced both Mel Blount and Aeneas Williams.

    Both were in Brandt's Top Ten QBs of all time.

  • Defensive Tackle.....strictly 

    Definitive Answer:  Two schools compete

    Miami Fla.:  Cortez Kennedy and Warren Sapp

    Boston College: Ernie Stautner and Art Donovan.

    Only because the two Miami, Fla. guys are more recent...I guess the not goes to them.

  • Auburn Running Backs

    Bo Jackson

    Joe Cribbs

    James Brooks

    Rudi Johnson

    .....may have left some out.

  • Definitive answer on Offensive Guards:    there is absolutely none.

    I have found no school that has produced more than one HOF OG....or even has a second HOF hopeful. 

  • Offensive Tackle.

    Only two schools are in competition here:

    Ohio State:   Lou Groza, Jim Parker, Orlando Pace, all in HOF

    USC: Ron Mix, Anthony Munoz, Ron Yary all in HOF

    It is almost too close to call.   Since I gave a homer choice to OSU before, perhaps here I will go against them and go with USC...since Munoz may be considered the best LT of all time

  • Defensive End:

    Either way you look at it, the state of Tennessee takes this cake:

    Tennessee.....if you count Reggie White as a DE, he along with Doug Atkins would give the Vols the title here.

    ....but I don't.

    So you have Tennessee State with: Richard Dent and Claude Humphrey  as the choice.

  • Last position....unless I decide to do kickers and punters, which I may:

    Outside Linebacker 

    A bit of a dilemma.  Only one school has produced two "pure"  OLBs that have made the HOF:

    Penn St.  Jack Ham,  Dave Robinson

    But two other schools have produced one pure OLB, and each had another listed at DE/OLB:

    Pitt: Ricky Jackson and DE/LB Chris Doleman

    North Carolina:  Lawrence Taylor and DE/LB Julius Peppers

    So, what does one choose? The school with the two pure OLBs...or one of the schools with the hybrids?  

    I think my choice is one with the hybrids....because of the quality of the players involved. The Choice:

    North Carolina.

  • So...here are my "final" results in this poll:

    Quarterback:   Michigan  courtesy Tom Brady and Benny Friedman  Runnerup: Alabama  next: Purdue

    Running back:  Syracuse courtesy of Jim Brown and Larry Csonka . Runnerup USC/OK St.

    Wide Receiver: Ohio State courtesy of Paul Warfield and Cris Carter.  Runnerup, Miami, Fla

    Tight End:  No definitive choice

    Center: Wisconsin courtesy of Mike Webster and Travis Frederick

    Offensive Guard:  no definitive choice

    Offensive Tackle:  USC courtesy of Anthony Munoz and Ron Mix/Yale Lary   Runnerup: Ohio State

    Middle Linebacker:  Illinois, courtesy of finger Butkus and Ray Nitschke

    Outside Linebacker:  North Carolina courtesy of Lawrence and Julius Pepper  Runnersup: Penn State and Pitt

    Defensive end:  Tennessee State courtesy of Richard Dent and Claude Humphrey. Runnerup: Tennessee

    Defensive Tackle:  Miami Fla. courtesy of Warren Sapp and Cortez Kennedy.  Runnerup: Boston College

    Safety:  USC courtesy of Ronnie Lott, Willie Wood and Troy Polamalu.  Runnerup: Iowa

    Cornerback:  Southern University courtesy of Mel Blount and Aeneas Williams

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