Reporting Live (on TV) from the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

[Rain Man]

I missed Brazile, Beathard, and Kramer, which was a bummer because I was interested in Brazile and Kramer.

Rumor has it that Beathard traded away his second-round speech for an eighth-round speech.

Brian Urlacher's wife is going to have back trouble some day, and Urlacher is spending all of his money on her teeth whitening. It looks like it's worth it, though.

I'd give Urlacher a D+ on the speech. Other

Brian Dawkins named his first two children Brian (male) and Briani (female).

Emmitt Thomas dealt with Dawkins when he was considering suicide and got credit for saving Dawkins' life.

I'd give Dawkins a B. Good solid speech, and he gave his wife a nice gold shawl during the ceremony. He also mentioned putting the names of people he's thankful for into his jacket so he'd think about them when he put it on. Pretty clever move.

More updates if I care enough to do so. Randy Moss is next, and I'm looking forward to seeing highlights from his time with the Raiders.

[ChiliConCarnage]

Also, thank you to Rain Man for live blogging this.. Ray Lewis will always be sweaty shoulders guy to me now.

When I first saw those pics, I thought he must have been wiping his forehead off and then that's where he wiped the sweat off his hand. Watching some video of his speech he had a big rag he was wiping his forehead with though

If you've ever seen Men in Black there is a creature walking around in some guys skin. I now deeply suspect Ray Lewis is an alien disguised in human skin.

[Bob Dole]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15

It's gonna be fun to go next year for TG's induction.

Get your hotel reserved now. And be ready for 3pm DWI checkpoints.

[Over Yonder]

This year marks the second time in my insignificant life that I was at the NFL Hall of Fame during induction week but was not there on induction day. This year, I was there Wednesday. In 2014, I was there Wed also I believe, but may be wrong on the day.

Next year I believe Tony Gonzalez will be a first balloter,(for lack of a better term) but we are going to Okinawa, Japan. Go figure

Which brings up a question, after Tony, what Chief is in line for Canton? And what year will the induction be?

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Beathard's speech? Ugh. He's got dementia, so I understand, but it was really, really generic and vanilla. I'd have to give it an F. There was nothing there, and he didn't mention that the Chiefs gave him his start. I feel bad giving him that grade, but the NFL is a cutthroat business where you have to perform every day.

He didn’t mention the Chiefs?
one who sucks the penis.

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by ChiliConCarnage

Just saw TO's speech on ESPN. oof. I was sorta hopeful he was going to say it was some tribute to his small school giving him a chance or something.

TO: I want to start out by saying this isn't about me having to wait years to get in. It's about how reporters aren't aligned with the hall's values
me: ok..?
TO: It's about future players and I don't want to see them suffer in the future in the way I have
me: oh lord, so it is about you. What truly horrible suffering you endured
TO: In the future, I hope players can get what they earned and deserve
me: so yeah not you upset about not getting in immediately at all

Then he lists off a lot of his positive qualities including humility. Just awful, TO

I’ve hated that butt-****ing narcissistic moron for years. How he is in the HOF before Otis Taylor is a ****ing joke.

[Coogs]

Originally Posted by Hog's Gone Fishin

You didn't mention that Ray Ray confessed to kissing all his kids on the mouth.

When he was going on about how he professed his love to his children, one of his daughters said "liar".

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Ouch. He just said that he wanted to thank people, but his memory is so bad that he wouldn't remember them.

Marty’s HOF speech.

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15

It's gonna be fun to go next year for TG's induction.

Along with Johnny Robinson.

I fully expect the Chiefs to be playing in the HOF game next year.

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Most of the front row is Randy Moss's children.



Holy cow. I think there are nine of them. He just cited their names from memory.

Speaking of Moss:

Randy Moss entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday night, and with the spotlight on him Moss took an opportunity to make a stand. Along with his gold enshrinement jacket, Moss wore a black tie with the names of 12 black men and women who had been killed by police.


Moss did not speak about his tie during his Hall of Fame speech, but explained the decision behind wearing it in an interview with the NFL Network.

“What I wanted to express with my tie was to let these families know they’re not alone. I’m not here voicing, but by having these names on my tie, in a big platform like the Pro Football Hall of Fame, there’s a lot of stuff going on in our country and I just wanted these family members to know they’re not alone.”

Moss, now serving as an NFL analyst for ESPN, hasn’t shied away from showing his support for social justice causes since leaving the NFL. He has recently been retweeting examples of racial inequality, as well as amplifying Shannon Sharpe’s tweet about the hypocrisy inside sports when it comes to how white athletes and black athletes are treated by the public.