WoodysGirl;1356721 said:
It's true Pitt and NO will be in the HOF game. It was announced during the HOF selection program. Can't remember if it was before or after. It might've during while they waited for Irvin. Not sure.
As for your second question, I don't recall that ever being the case. I think last year's participants had nothing to do with the inductees. I'd have to do a quick check to make sure.
I never thought the teams participating in the HOF game had any intentional relevance as to who was being inducted.
A little research shows that 5 of the last 6 games did indeed have at least one team play that had a related inductee.....but nothing shows that both teams did.
In the 80s, best as I can tell, only
once did a team play that had a direct tie to an inductee in the same year.
...Dallas has never won a HOF game.
...There is only one player in the HOF that
never played in the NFL..Billy Shaw- Buffalo Bills.
....A rule that makes me wonder what if.....If it requires an 80% up vote to be selected, and we know no more than 6 and no less than 3 can be selected in a single year....is it possible that none of the 6 finalists receive the 80%?
