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The National Football Foundation has announced 16 players and two coaches have ascended to the College Football Hall of Fame. Its not the sexiest list ever, but whatever, its got John Robinson and a pair of Heisman Trophy winners among the honorees.

Notre Dame receiver Tim Brown and (snicker) Miami quarterback Gino Torretta are joined by notables like Arizona's hard-hitting safety Chuck Cecil, Ohio State linebacker and ESPN analyst Chris Spielman, and West Virginia's Major Harris -- who was Pat White before there was a Pat White.

There's so much pressure on Indians general manager Mark Shapiro that he's had to resort to drastic measures to help Cleveland compete in the AL Central. Measures that include inviting former football player, and current ESPN college football analyst, Chris Spielman to take batting practice with the team.

Ok, so Spielman was just in camp for the Indians "Wahoo Radio Week" when several Cleveland area radio stations broadcast from beyond the outfield fence. Spielman is a co-host of a sports talk show on 1460 The Fan in Cleveland.

Needless to say, the two time Butkus Award winner at Ohio State felt a bit out of place in the batting cage.

"I was afraid I couldn't hit the ball," he said, "because I haven't actually swung at a pitch since I was 12."

Spielman received instruction from Travis Hafner, David Delucci, and Grady Sizemore while in the cage.

While it's pretty cool that Spielman has taken his grunts from ESPN's college football booth to the diamond, personally I'm more interested in seeing him fight Travis Hafner. Who would win that battle? Would CC Sabathia jump on top of both and crush them under his mass?

These are the things you need to find out in spring training, before the fights really start to count in April.