5/1/08 Pat Fitzgerald Earns Football's Pinnacle Achievement: College Hall of Fame Induction Pat Fitzgerald, the heart and soul of Northwestern's back-to-back Big Ten championship teams in 1995 and 1996, has received college football's highest honor, earning induction into the National Football Foundation's (NFF) College Football Hall of Fame. The announcement was made Thursday, May 1 in New York City. Photo Gallery