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Weeks ago, the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced the 162 Preliminary Senior Candidates for the Class of 2026, which they then reduced to 52.  Today, the PFHOF Blue Ribbon Seniors Committee has reduced this to 34.  The next step will be a reduction to nine. The remaining candidates are: Quarterbacks (3): (Reduced from 5) Ken Anderson: CIN 1971-86.  Anderson was the consensus MVP in 1981, and the four-time Pro Bowl would pass for 32,838 Yards and 197 Touchdowns.  He was also the 1975 Walter Payton Man of the Year and, historically, led the Cincinnati Bengals to their first Super…

The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced today that the Coaches Blue-Ribbon Committee has narrowed down a group of 15 candidates to 12.  Following this, the members of the Coaches Blue-Ribbon Committee will receive an additional ballot, which will reduce this group to nine.  That will be announced in early November. Here are the 12 Coaches who have made it to this stage. *Denotes First Year of Eligibility. **Denotes that they made it to this stage last year. **Bill Arnsberger.  Arnsberger is one of the most heralded defensive minds in NFL history, having first worked for the Baltimore Colts (1964-69),…

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!   As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we maintain and update our existing Top 50 lists annually.  As such, we are delighted to present our post-2024/25 revision of our top 50 Pittsburgh Penguins. As for all of our top 50 players in hockey, we look at the following:  1.  Advanced Statistics. 2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Hockey League. 3.  Playoff accomplishments. 4.  Their overall impact on the team…

1985 SEMI-FINAL RESULTS: Thank you for your participation in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project. If you are unaware of what that is, we acted like the PFHOF had its first class in January 1946. We have completed the years up to 1984. For “1985,” a Preliminary Vote with nearly 100 players whose playing career ended by 1979. We are also following the structure, where players have 20 years of eligibility, and if they do not make it into the Hall, they are relegated to the Senior Pool. Each voter was asked to select 25 names from the…

Yes, we know that this is taking a while! As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we maintain and update our existing Top 50 lists annually.  As such, we are delighted to present our pre-2025/26 revision of our top 50 New Jersey Devils. As for all of our top 50 players in hockey, we look at the following:  1.  Advanced Statistics. 2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Hockey League. 3.  Playoff accomplishments. 4.  Their overall impact on the team…