Fezmid Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 http://greenbaypressgazette.packersnews.co..._22093297.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SACKMARINO Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 That would be friggin' awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyemike Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Oh, that would be great! I've been to the Packer Hall in Green Bay and the HOF in Canton a couple of times...I think a Bills Hall of Fame would only help to strengthen the franchise. Count me in for at least one trip from NE Ohio!! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 The interesting thing about this will be seeing how the O.J. exhibit is handled, and how they'll handle inviting the inductees to ceremonies if, as I'm sure will happen, he is one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinandjokin Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 The interesting thing about this will be seeing how the O.J. exhibit is handled, and how they'll handle inviting the inductees to ceremonies if, as I'm sure will happen, he is one. 402099[/snapback] O.J. will be honored, and he deserves it- he was a cut above the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 O.J. will be honored, and he deserves it- he was a cut above the rest. 402101[/snapback] What about Cookie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 What about Cookie? 402103[/snapback] Well that's the other thing. Will the Hall be treated the same way as the Wall, with Ralph's personal grudges getting in the way of rightful honors? I'm thinking of both Cookie and Lou Saban here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Well that's the other thing. Will the Hall be treated the same way as the Wall, with Ralph's personal grudges getting in the way of rightful honors? I'm thinking of both Cookie and Lou Saban here. 402123[/snapback] Cookie has been invited numerous times apparently. I don't know if it's the same for Lou. You are correct though, both belong (as inaugural members IMO). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsGuyInMalta Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Cookie has been invited numerous times apparently. I don't know if it's the same for Lou. You are correct though, both belong (as inaugural members IMO). 402130[/snapback] How would an inagural class be handled? Clearly you couldnt have someone be on the Wall of Fame and NOT be in the Hall of Fame, it just wouldnt make any sense. So I'm guessing the people on the Wall of Fame make it into the Hall of Fame...and then maybe it follows that any inclusion on the Hall of Fame gets your name on the Wall of Fame. Hope that made a little bit of sense... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Cookie has been invited numerous times apparently. I don't know if it's the same for Lou. You are correct though, both belong (as inaugural members IMO). 402130[/snapback] Didn't know that about Cookie. I do seem to recall that Ralph still hasn't forgiven Lou for quitting the team during his second stint. For my money, Lou belongs -- both for his first stint (in which he won two AFL titles) and his second (in which he rejuvenated O.J.'s career after John Rauch and Harvey Johnson nearly destroyed it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinandjokin Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 How would an inagural class be handled? Clearly you couldnt have someone be on the Wall of Fame and NOT be in the Hall of Fame, it just wouldnt make any sense. 402133[/snapback] The Juice needs some special recognition because, any way you slice it, he was the greatest Bill ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 The Juice needs some special recognition because, any way you slice it, he was the greatest Bill ever. 402136[/snapback] Nobody could knife their way through tacklers like OJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jad1 Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Nobody could knife their way through tacklers like OJ. 402139[/snapback] Yeah, nobody can murder two people in a fit of jealous rage like the Juice! Wait a minute, there's no football pun in that one. Never mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Didn't know that about Cookie. I do seem to recall that Ralph still hasn't forgiven Lou for quitting the team during his second stint. For my money, Lou belongs -- both for his first stint (in which he won two AFL titles) and his second (in which he rejuvenated O.J.'s career after John Rauch and Harvey Johnson nearly destroyed it). 402134[/snapback] I couldn't remember with Lou, but I thought that Ralph was the one still POed. Time to get over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalkie Gerzowski Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 If they put Saban in there, they gotta have a nice, shiny new suitcase on display in his honor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillnutinHouston Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 Yea, if all 20 Erie County residents visit it every other weekend, it should be close to a break even proposition for the Bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 Yea, if all 20 Erie County residents visit it every other weekend, it should be close to a break even proposition for the Bills. 402403[/snapback] You're just a bundle of fun today aren't you. Feeling good about anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillnutinHouston Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 You're just a bundle of fun today aren't you. Feeling good about anything? 402439[/snapback] Sorry, it's the buzz talkin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasper13 Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 Great idea. They should have thought of it 3-4 years ago so it would be opening now. The Bills should do what most other teams are doing nowadays and have training camp at home. Just put some bleachers around the practice fields and have the night practices in the stadium. With the mini-camps, training camp practices, Hall of Fame, Stadium Tours, team store, fieldhouse, preseason & regular season games there would be more than enough to do and more than enough fans to support a Hall of Fame. Last check found Erie County had approximatley 942,000 residents. Down from 950,000 in 2000 and down from 968,000 in 1990. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregkash Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 O.J. will be honored, and he deserves it- he was a cut above the rest. 402101[/snapback] I think you mean stab above the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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