Troy Polamalu to headline Las Vegas Bowl's hall of fame class

Las Vegas Bowl Hall of Fame inductee Marshawn Lynch laughs during a luncheon for the 25th yearly Las Vegas Bowl Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, astatine the Joint astatine the Hard Rock Photo by: Sam Morris/Las Vegas News Bureau

The Las Vegas Bowl volition induct its 4th Hall of Fame people this December, coinciding with the game’s 35th anniversary, crippled officials said today.

The five-member people includes erstwhile USC information Troy Polamalu, the archetypal Las Vegas Bowl alumnus to beryllium inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame; Jeff Tedford, 1 of 2 caput coaches to triumph the Las Vegas Bowl astatine 2 antithetic schools; erstwhile Mountain West Commissioner Craig Thompson; stadium crippled announcer Dick Calvert; and officials enforcement Marc Ratner.

Calvert and Ratner person worked each Las Vegas Bowl. The crippled is New Year’s Eve astatine Allegiant Stadium.

“We are excited astir our New Year’s Eve kickoff for our 35th outing and celebrating this awesome people of radical who helped physique this lawsuit some connected and disconnected the tract volition marque it adjacent much special,” said John Saccenti, the vessel game’s enforcement director.

The Hall of Fame inducts a caller people each 5 years. There is nary clip request for eligibility.

The people volition beryllium inducted astatine the game’s luncheon connected Dec. 30 and introduced connected the tract during the crippled the pursuing day.

The bowl’s hallway of fame includes the likes of section Steven Jackson, who scored a vessel grounds 5 touchdowns for Oregon State successful the 2003 vessel game. It besides features Cal moving backmost Marshawn Lynch, broadcaster Brent Musburger and Rossi Ralenkotter, the tourism enforcement who helped bring the crippled here.

Las Vegas Bowl XXXV volition aerial connected ESPN and diagnostic a squad from the Southeastern Conference against a typical from the Big Ten, Big 12 oregon Atlantic Coast Conference, oregon from Oregon State oregon Washington State.