Aikman, Emmitt, Irvin Heading Into Ring Of Honor

Dallascowboys.com ^ | July 20, 2005 | Nick Eatman

[Diddle E. Squat]

No mention of the blockers that put them there.

The pimps, ho's, and bail bondsmen?

[federal]

I think I'd put Rayfield Wright in there

Rayfield was inducted last year along with Cliff Harris, but Drew Pearson and possibly a few others still aren't in......

[sonofatpatcher2]

I hated the Packers in the early years. I was in the Cotton Bowl the night the Cowboys first ever beat the Packers in 1964. It was a pre-season game, but the fans went wild!

And those two times the Pack beat the Cowboys in the '65 & '66 NFL Championships, I died at the end of each game.

Yet as the times went by, the Cowboy because winners and the Pack just limped by, but I started to respect the Packers as a class act. They are a small town that represents the best of the NFL.

I will always be a Cowboys' fan, but I now also not root for the Pack... Except when they play the Boys, ya know!

[dfwgator]

Look at it this way, the Pack have been to as many SBs as the Vikings.

[Hi Heels]

I'm a HUGH Lombardi fan especially his books. Second to the Cowboys, I'll watch the Packers. But don't tell Irish that. I got him jest where I want him......*snicker*.......

[judgeandjury]

Emmit Smith was always a class act,

I completely agree. On the other hand, Michael Irvin was never a class act.

[Hi Heels]

Yeah, but the Vikings dress funny.....

[Tallguy]

What are the criteria of the Cowboy's "Ring of Honor"? I gather that it's pretty much what Jerry Jones says it is. Personally I have a hard time putting Michael Irvin & "Honor" in the same sentence. Aikman & Smith were classy guys as well as great players; Irvin was just a great player.

[dfwgator]

Last I saw of Irvin, he was hanging out with Paul and Jan on the TBN set.

[LS]

Pearson is "iffy" in my book. They won one Super Bowl with him, went to, what, three? Dunno that I'd put him in.

[al_c]

I think I'd put Rayfield Wright in there, but who else from the Landry era isn't there? Lee Roy Jordan and Bob Lilly are, right? And Roger and Dorsett? And Drew?

Here's a list of who is there ...

Bob Lilly
Don Meredith
Chuck Howley
Don Perkins
Mel Renfro
Lee Roy Jordan
Roger Staubach
Randy White
Tony Dorsett
Bob Hayes
and, of course, Tom Landry

I think there should be more from the Landry era ... Ed "Too Tall" Jones, Harvey Martin, Drew Pearson, etc.

[sonofatpatcher2]

I'll keep it under my hat...

Just how long have you had this Hi Heels & Barney Fife fetish?

[irish guard]

OK...you guys win I am wrong....tell the Yankees and the Boston Celtics the same thing. Their championships in the 20s (Yankees) and 60s (Celtics) are all worthless because the leagues were smaller? C'mon....try again...

Oh yea and ring of fire, circle of life..whatever that is....how many are in the NFL Hall of Fame?

[LS]

Too Tall probably took a hit because he retired for a year. Dunno about him or Martin. Rayfield Wright, definitely. He was a mainstay for years.

[Hi Heels]

LOL...Odd combination now that you mention it! I've used hiheels as a web name forever (since like 1995). Barney? I've loved Barney since I was a kid. Still makes me laugh until tears roll down my face. Especially when he sings to Juanita.....

[dfwgator]

Darryl Johnston and Jay Novacek should be in the RoH as well. Especially Novacek who was by far the best possession TE probably in history. When it was 3rd down, he was money.

[sonofatpatcher2]

Waanita! WaaaaaWaaanitia!

[Hi Heels]

Sung to Old Suzanna

In a jailhouse, down in Dixie,

fightin' crime and riskin' life,

Dwelled a sheriff and his buddy,

pistol-packing Barney Fife.

Oh, my darlin', oh, my darlin'

oh, my darlin' Barney Fife.

He's a deadly crime-stopper,

what a copper Barney Fife.

Then one day there come a-ridin'

two bad men to rob a bank.

But Fife was tricky, a dead-eye dickey.

Now they're locked up in the tank.

Oh, my Barney, oh, my Barney,

had a jail and couldn't lock it.

Had one bullet for his pistol,

had to keep it in his pocket

[sean327]

I suspect Novacek, and Johnston will be up there soon. They played a huge part in the success of the Cowboys.

Do you remember the 1995 Thanksgiving game against K.C.?
During the 3rd qtr Aikman hits Novacek on a 10 yd in-route, Jay hurdles a defender and rumbles 35 yds into the endzone untouched. If I recall correctly that was a 3rd down play.

[Hi Heels]

E. Smith got hurt in that game, but it was a great one.