NEW YORK -- Jim McMahon has always been entertaining, both on and off the field.

Tuesday night was no exception when he and 12 other former coaches and players were inducted into the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame."I love the game. I'm glad I stuck with football," said McMahon, who came to BYU with the intention of playing baseball. "It's brought me everything that I have great in my life. I met my wife in college, a good Mormon girl. I'm sure her folks were hoping she'd bring home a good Mormon boy, and then I showed up."

McMahon, who played quarterback at Brigham Young from 1977-78 and 1980-81, threw for 9,536 yards and 84 touchdowns for the Cougars. The quarterback who earned the nickname "Punky QB" for his brash behavior in the NFL led the Chicago Bears to victory in the 1986 Super Bowl.

"I've been with her for 20 years now," McMahon said of his wife. "If I was that bad a person, I don't think she would've hung around."

Less than a year after coaching his final game at Nebraska, Tom Osborne was also a feature attraction on the night of his induction.

"It's a great honor," said Osborne, who compiled a remarkable 255-49-3 record and won two national titles and shared a third in 25 seasons with the Cornhuskers. "Whenever somebody, a player or a coach, gets into a Hall of Fame, there's a lot of people very responsible. And that's the case here. I'm just the figurehead."

The Hall of Fame waived a three-year waiting period to admit Osborne after he retired in January. Last year, the hall did the same for retired Grambling coach Eddie Robinson.

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Bo Jackson, Auburn's 1985 Heisman Trophy winner who went on to star in the NFL and in major league baseball, led a parade of college greats who were honored during the football foundation's annual awards dinner.

Jackson, whose two-sport career was cut short by hip injuries, played for the Tigers from 1982-85. In his Heisman season, he ran for 1,859 yards and 17 touchdowns.

Also inducted were defensive back Al Brosky (Illinois, 1950-52); guard Brad Budde (Southern California, 1976-79); tackle Bill Fralic (Pittsburgh, 1981-84); linebacker Randy Gradishar (Ohio State, 1971-73); defensive tackle Mel Long (Toledo, 1969-71); quarterback Jerry Rhome (SMU, Tulsa, 1961, 63-64); center Jim Ritcher (North Carolina State, 1976-79); running back-defensive back Johnny Roland (Missouri, 1962, 64-65); center-linebacker Alex Sarkisian (Northwestern, 1946-48); and defensive tackle Bill Stanfill (Georgia, 1966-68).

The foundation also honored 17 athletes who will receive an $18,000 postgraduate fellowships.

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