Charlie Ward isn't so special, he's just black.

From Ivan Maisel's Three point stance:

Thursday, May 18
1. Take it as a sign of progress that when the College Football Hall of Fame announced the election of Florida State quarterback Charlie Ward on Tuesday, no one mentioned that he is only the second African-American at that position from Division I-A to be so honored. No one notices anymore. Coaches, that day will come.

Well, sort of. Maisel's right that no one noticed. But I don't think it's because no one cares that there are only two black quarterbacks in the College Football Hall of Fame. (The other one is Andre Ware, inducted in 2004.) There are more black quarterbacks now than there were 20 years, ago, so we can actually have Hall of Fame black quarterbacks.

But I think it's probably more likely that no one wants to think about the fact that, while there are over 100 quarterbacks in the Hall of Fame, there are still only two black quarterbacks in the Hall of Fame. And that's still a worse percentage than black head coaches in NCAA Div. I-A in 2006.

And how many black head coaches are there in the College Football Hall of Fame?