7/8: Kevin Hardy says hello!

Good in the Game 7/8

July 08, 2025

Good morning, football fans! Cheers to 2024 NFF College Football Hall of Fame inductee Randy Moss, who is set to return to TV!

In the latest episode of the Good in the Game Podcast, host LaVar Arrington sits down with the Fighting Illini's Kevin Hardy to chat about how he fit in with the famed 90s linebackers at Illinois, what got him into the game and how he thought he'd be able to wear number 50 at UI (hint...the legend who's award he won in 1995 went to UI and wore number 50...there was no shot!)

Join us to celebrate college football legends such as Graham Harrell (Texas Tech), Jim Kleinsasser (North Dakota), Haloti Ngata (Oregon) and Larry Blakeney (Troy) and many, many more at one of the sport's grandest traditions

The highlight of the Awards Dinner will be the induction of the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame Class, where 18 legendary players and four acclaimed coaches take their place amongst the greatest of all time. The inductees proudly represent every region of the country, 28 collegiate institutions, 11 conferences, and seven decades.

🏈 The Monday Morning Quarterback Club of Birmingham, Alabama, a chapter of the National Football Foundation, will present the Nick Saban Legacy Award to coaches David Cutcliffe and the late Pat Dye on Aug. 18 during an event in Birmingham. Lauren Sisler and Rick Neuheisel will emcee, and Nick and Terry Saban will be on hand as the guests of honor. Dye headed programs at East Carolina, Wyoming, and Auburn, and he was inducted into the NFF College Football Hall of Fame in 2005. Cutcliffe led programs at Ole Miss and Duke. Saban is a member of the 2025 NFF College Football Hall of Fame Class.

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Graphic: The Athletic

There are so many great rivalries all across the college football landscape. So, which one is the best? The Athletic took a swing at answering that question!

Tim Burnett, who played collegiately at San Diego State where the Aztecs recorded a 20-0-1 record with Burnett as a starter, has passed away. He was 78.

Wayne “Buddy” Geis, who had coaching stops at Tulane, Kansas and Memphis State before jumping to the professional ranks, has passed away. He was 79.

Roger Shoals, who played collegiately at Maryland before spending nearly a decade playing offensive line in the NFL with Cleveland, Detroit and Denver, has passed away. He was 86.

Charles Mitchell, a running back on the 1961 Rose Bowl-winning Washington Huskies football team who later became an academic administrator in Seattle, has passed away. He was 85.

Name: Blake Corum
High School: St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, Md.)
College: Michigan
Accomplishments: Two-time All-American (2022, 2023), three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2021, 2022, 2023)

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July 24-26 — Campbell Trophy Summit at Stanford University

August 11 – FWAA-NFF Super 16 Preseason Poll

August 23 – Week Zero Games

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