Posted on 01/29/2006 9:31:40 AM PST by Bender2
Star search: Why so few Cowboys in Hall?
By Brad Townsend
Many Cowboys fans are among the suspicious. They believe that only bias and conspiracy can explain the relatively paltry number of Cowboys in the Hall of Fame. No franchise has won more playoff games (32) or played in more Super Bowls (eight), and only one other team has won as many championships (five). But only five Cowboys players are in the Hall.
No Cowboy has been elected since Mel Renfro in 1996, but that could change Saturday. Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin and Rayfield Wright are among the 15 finalists. Bylaws dictate that three to six former players get elected annually.
The conspiracy theory isn't limited to fans. Even selectors talk about it.
"Yeah, of course people have had bias against the Cowboys ever since the America's Team [expletive]," says Sports Illustrated senior writer Paul Zimmerman, a longtime Hall voter.
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My father tells me that he thinks that 1975 Vikings team was Grant's best.
Nah....I had all those bad habits long before I came over here.
I'm just honing them here.
"Yeah, of course people have had bias against the Cowboys ever since the America's Team [expletive]," says Sports Illustrated senior writer Paul Zimmerman, a longtime Hall voter.
When you named YOURSELF "America's Team", you pissed off a bunch of people. Seems like some of them still remember.
Gadzook, Allegra! You working late or something!!!!!
I think it was that night that Jones decided he needed to go get Parcells after the season.
Cliff Harris and Charley Waters were mediocre safeties who benefited from a great the Dallas front seven.
Rayfield Wright is the only one on your list who could be considered "great."
Jordan, Howley, and Hayes were merely "good."
The way I heard it, Dallas' owner Tex Schram annointed the Cowboys "America's Team" before one of the Super Bowls. NFL Films brass went to Art Rooney Sr. and asked him what he thought about Dallas' new nickname, Rooney replied 'We don't want to be America's team, we're Pittsburgh's team.'
That said, It's inexplicable why there aren't more Cowboys in the HoF. Like it or not, Bob Hayes has been black balled because of his drug problems in the 70s. Perhaps Cliff Harris and Charlie Waters weren't as good as Cowboy fans remember. Hayes, Rayfield Wright, Drew Pearson, Lee Roy Jordan are absolute HoFers, and deserve to be there as does Troy Aikman. Michael Irvin...?
So that is how you are making all that money!
Need any extra help?
Your father is very perceptive. And correct, in my opinion.
They got burned by Stallworth in SB XIII.
Do you think they would have fared any better against the Steelers in that SB than they did the previous year?
No, I'm done with work. I'm just playing now.
There's not a whole lot to do here in our off hours. Played Spades with people last night. Hung out at the bar with friends the night before.
Well, I could go out in the streets and hang out at some cafe and talk politics and literature or something, but the security people keep telling me we're in a bad neighborhood. ;-)
Now, tell me how many Super Bowls have the Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, New York Giants, Washington Redskins, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions or Pittsburgh Steelers gone to... Dallas have been in 8.
How many Super Bowls have the Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, New York Giants, Washington Redskins, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions or Pittsburgh Steelers won? Dallas has won 5 and the Steelers have a good chance to equal that.
Matter of fact, I hope they do, so I can say, "What took you guys so long?"
I just watched the 'Boys win in Super Bowl XII over Denver on NFL network. I'm surprised Morton didn't get killed that night.
I wish Houston could get him.
Oh, well...I'm pretty stoked about Kubiak.
And Reggie Bush.
And an offensive line (pleeeease?)
Times have changed since Jerry Jones bought the team.
You mean he was the Broncos QB right?
Hard to say if they would have won, but I think they'd have done better. That was a tremendous Steelers team. But I do know that the 1975 team had one of Grant's best-ever defenses and Chuck Foreman had his best year, setting a then-NFL record of 22 touchdowns along with 73 receptions and a 1,000-yard season.
Would have been a lot of fun to watch, though.
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