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.
(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...
Some of my friends have called Carr a bust. I tell them I can't make that judgment because he's spent most of his career on his back.
Which Steelers from that era do you think deserved to get in?
Bum Phillips in 1979 after the Houston Oilers defeated the Dallas Cowboys:
"They might be America's Team, but we're Texas's Team."
That had to sting a little. ;-)
OOps... that was a goof wasn't it? Yes, the Broncos QB. I kept thinking Elway lost that one too.
Out of their four Super Bowls the Purple People Eaters played their best against the Steelers. Unfortunately for them the Steel Curtain played even better that day.
Actually, Church Lady, the Devil's Tool was a double bladed axe he used to chop...
Somebody get Cliff out of here. Put him on the next bus to Picksley!
To get back to the thread, what ya bringing to the Super Bowl cookout, Allegra?
I always liked the Steelers clashes with the Oilers back then, Bum Phillips was great, quite a character!
I've met Bum before. My great uncle and him are close friends. Really nice guy.
It's true; the poor guy has never had a line. I think he's actually pretty good.
They experimented and let him call most of the plays in one game late this past season. It resulted in one of our two measly wins.
The next week, he threw for 295 yards against Jacksonville.
I think he just needs a line.
I hope I'm right.
Ummm...hummus? Tabbouli? Falafel?
Houston was one win away from an all Texas Super Bowl in 1978.
Okay. Okay, I'll say it.
OUCH!!!!
Da Bears.. :D
You'll find out.
Those were the days, weren't they? And yes, Bum is a Houston icon to this day and very much a part of the community.
I chatted with him once at a rodeo barbecue a few years back and he was very nice and down-to-earth.
I asked him what his favorite win was. He said the 1979 divisonal round against Fouts and the Chargers.
And another...
OUCH!
And let's not even bring up that {shudder!} 1993 playoff game...that...that which must never be mentioned...that...
Bob Hayes - drug problems. That did it for him (yeah, I know about Michael Irvin, but today's climate is different apparently - sucks to be Hayes).
Oh, I remember that! that was in my very early days as a fan.
Ahhhhhh, memories....
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