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Re: NFL Hall of Fame Thread
« Reply #28 on: Feb 5th, 2008, 7:49pm » |
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on Feb 5th, 2008, 9:12am, Philly wrote:
Now let's start the rally for Ray Guy, another guy who needs to be in there. |
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In the 50 or so games I watched live in the Astrodome, Ray was the only punter I saw hit a speaker that was hanging from the ceiling gondola!!...amazing, he should be in there! I believe he had some 8 second hang times in his heyday!
The center gondola had speaker boxes that hung about 40 feet or so below it. My dad took me to several games, especially to see his beloved Raiders or Bears play. My pop and I were talking about how close Ray was getting to hitting that thing, when a guy behind us said there was no way anyone could ever do it. My pop told him that Ray could do it. As the game went by, late in the 4th, the Raiders found themselves punting again. BOOM!!! Ray launched his punt and my dad said, "Holy shit, he's gonna nail that thing"! And he did! I just looked back at the man and said "don't doubt my pop mister." It was the only time I ever heard him cuss in my life!! Great memory! 
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Re: NFL Hall of Fame Thread
« Reply #36 on: Feb 7th, 2010, 4:16pm » |
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The results are in... on "The REAL Feed"... Here are the headliners:
Rice, Smith headline 2010 NFL Hall of Fame class
The Sports Network: NFL (07.02.2010 01:06)
And, here's the definite feel-good story of the class:
LeBeau finally gets Hall of Fame nod
FREEP: Football - Detroit Lions (07.02.2010 01:23)
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Dick LeBeau said he tried not to think too much about what he called "a lifelong dream." So much time had passed, it might have seemed like he would never make it. But Saturday, 38 years since the end of his career as a Lions cornerback, LeBeau was selected to the Pro Foot...
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Re: NFL Hall of Fame Thread
« Reply #37 on: Aug 7th, 2010, 10:44pm » |
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2010... What class... What a class... What class acts! That's for the group as a whole... BUT, what about Emmitt Smith? I knew this guy was a good guy, but I didn't know he was this good of a guy! Talk about wipin' out a box of Kleenex!  And, I'm really just talking about his tribute to Darryl "Moose" Johnston! WOW! What humility! What genuine emotion! To go on too much about it in my usual verbose way, I think, would be to diminish it. All I can say is that it was one of the great speeches I've ever heard, and, of all of Emmitt's achievements, that tribute to Johnston may have been his greatest! Thanks, Emmitt! Thanks, Class of 2010... for your class!
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Re: NFL Hall of Fame Thread
« Reply #40 on: Feb 5th, 2011, 8:29pm » |
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Next Hall of Fame class convening... From "The REAL Feed":
Marshall Faulk, Deion Sanders, Shannon Sharpe headline 2011 Hall of Fame class
ESPN: NFL (05.02.2011 18:40)
Richard Dent, Marshall Faulk, Chris Hanburger, Les Richter, Ed Sabol, Deion Sanders and Shannon Sharpe were elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Saturday.
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Re: NFL Hall of Fame Thread
« Reply #41 on: Aug 6th, 2011, 11:00pm » |
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Belated Hall of Fame recap... from various sources on "The REAL Feed":
Faulk, Sharpe enshrined in Pro Football Hall of Fame
CBC | Football News (06.08.2011 21:00)
Shannon Sharpe joined running back Marshall Faulk, Chicago Bears sackmaster Richard Dent, Washington Redskins linebacker Chris Hanburger and NFL Films founder Ed Sabol in being inducted into the hall. Deion 'Prime Time' Sanders also got the nod.
Emotional Sharpe, Faulk enter into Hall of Fame
ESPN: NFL (06.08.2011 20:55)
That kid who went to college with two brown grocery bags filled with his belongings strutted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday night.
Sabol, Dent first of 7 entering Hall of Fame
USA TODAY: Sports (06.08.2011 19:36)
Chicago Bears' Richard Dent and NFL Films founder Ed Sabol were the first inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame Saturday.
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