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1997 Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project Class. Here we are!  Again!! If you have been following our Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project, you know we have asked the question: What if the PFHOF had begun in January 1946? After soliciting and obtaining a passionate group of football fans and historians, we sent out a ballot for a Preliminary Vote, in which each voter selected 25 names as their semi-finalists and five names for the Senior Pool. We then asked the group to vote for their 15 Finalists in the Modern Era and 3 in the Senior…

Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB.  Once that is done, we will examine how each team honors its past players, coaches, and executives.  As such, it is important to us that the Minnesota Vikings will enshrine Adrian Peterson into their Ring of Honor this year. From the University of Oklahoma, Peterson was taken seventh overall in 2017, and he immediately established himself as an elite NFL Running Back.  Peterson won the Offensive Rookie of the Year Award off of a 1,609…

Last January, the Baseball Hall of Fame announced the Class of 2026, and for us at Notinhalloffame.com, this means it is time to revise the list of those to consider for the Hall. At present, it is a work in progress, as we have multiple projects underway (including prepping the ballot for the 2026 United States Athletic Hall of Fame), but we are also slowly working on the Baseball Hall revision. Our revisions take into account the following: Removing those who were inducted and including those who are now eligible. Taking in your votes and comments and adjusting accordingly. Simple,…

While the 2025-26 Stanley Cup Champion was decided two weeks ago with the coronation of the Carolina Hurricanes, for us at Notinhalloffame, the season ends when the Hockey Hall of Fame makes their announcement of the newest class. Today, the HHOF committee met and announced the newest members: They are: Patrice Bergeron, Player.  BOS, C, 2003-23.  Of all the eligible candidates for the Class of 2026, Patrice Bergeron was the only lock.  Bergeron won six Frank J. Selke Awards (and was the runner-up three times) as the game’s top defensive forward.  He dominated that trophy so much that it should…

1997 PRELIMINARY RESULTS: Thank you to all who participated in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project. If you are still determining what that is, we treated the PFHOF as having its first class in January 1946. We have completed the first 50 years. For “1997,” a Preliminary Vote with over 100 players whose playing career ended by 1991. We also follow the structure in which 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…