Did Jim McMahon go to the Hall of Fame?

James Robert McMahon Jr. He played college football at Brigham Young University, where he was a two-time All-American and later a 1998 inductee of the College Football Hall of Fame. Due to his collegiate success, McMahon was selected by the Bears fifth overall in the 1982 NFL Draft.

When was Jim McMahon at BYU?

Jim McMahon arrived at BYU in the fall of 1977 and finished his career in 1981 with an astonishing 70 NCAA football records.

How many Super Bowl rings does Jim McMahon have?

two Super Bowls
The journeymen quarterback won two Super Bowls, made a Pro Bowl and retired as one of the most respected to ever play professional football.

What did Jim McMahon write on his headband?

Before the Super Bowl began, McMahon wore a headband with the words “JDF Cure” in black letters. JDF stands for Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. After the game began, McMahon switched to a headband reading “POW-MIA,” an apparent reference to U.S. servicemen imprisoned or missing in action from the Vietnam War.

Why are BYU football players misled about the school?

Some athletes, as Hudson found, are misled from the very start. BYU needs good players and competes with other major football programs for recruits, which is why the school often allows them to believe that their stay in Provo will resemble a typical college experience.

How many football players broke the honor code at BYU?

Several former BYU football players told us that their white teammates routinely broke the honor code and got away with it, either because they didn’t get caught or because their violations were covered up. (To a lesser extent, this holds true for Polynesian athletes, 14 of whom are included in our honor code tally. More on that later.)

How many black students are in the BYU student body?

Clearly, though, something is amiss at BYU, where around 23 percent of the athletes are minorities, according to the university. Only .6 percent of the student body is black ( 176 out of the 32,947 students enrolled in 2010 ). Yet a majority of the honor code violations involve black athletes.

Is the University of BYU like any other college?

BYU was like any other college, they were led to believe. One former athlete recalls going to a party at a football players’ house during a recruiting visit — an “orgy,” in his words — and coming away thinking that “everything was kept on the hush.”