Saturday, February 5, 2011

Will ND Overtake USC Tonight in NFL HOF?

The NFL will announce tonight -- at 7 PM EST on the NFL Network -- the latest inductees into the NFL Hall of Fame.  Presently, Notre Dame has ten former players in the NFL Hall of Fame, second only to USC's eleven. Two former Notre Dame stars are among the seventeen finalists -- Tim Brown and Jerome Bettis.  Will they both get in tonight?  They both have to be on 80% of the ballots of the 44 members of the voting committee to be elected.  Here's a list of the ten "Domers" already in the NFL's Hall of Fame followed by a link to this year's finalists:
  • Curly Lambeau -- Green Bay Packers
  • John McNally -- Milwaukee Badgers
  • George Trafton -- Chicago Bears
  • Wayne Millner -- Washington Redskins
  • George Connor -- Chicago Bears
  • Paul Hornung -- Green Bay Packers
  • Alan Page -- Minnesota Vikings
  • Joe Montana -- San Francisco 49ers
  • Nick Buoniconti -- Miami Dolphins
  • Dave Casper -- Oakland Raiders

LINK:  A LIST OF THE FINALISTS FOR THE NFL HALL OF FAME