**** The offical D.T. Goes to the hall of fame thread ****

[big nasty kcnut]

Congrat D.T. Somewhere i know my mom telling him how much a fan i am.
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[Mr. Arrowhead]

will be and will always be my favorite not only chief player, but my favorite athlete.

[Sully]

My first several years of having season tickets, I never tailgated. I always went into the stadium early. I wanted to go stand by the field and watch the players warm up. My favorite thing was always watching DT and Neil Smith play catch and run around like kids before the games. I always knew when it was time to begin the trek up to the upper level, when DT was always the last player to jog onto the field for team stretching.

DT was Chiefs football, to me. It's going to be an emotional day.

[Ebolapox]

ya know, it makes me happy that nut is the one that posted this.

[KCFalcon59]

It's a beuuuutiful day in Arrowhead Stadium. I can't wait for the ceremony tonight. Wish I was there. Miss DT.

[BigVE]

There will be tears, oh yes, there will be tears.

[Buehler445]

Thanks for starting this, nut. It's a good day in Chiefs History.

[The Poz]

Can't wait to throw my DT jersey on tomorrow and wear it with pride all day.

[teedubya]

so it starts at 6pm?

[WilliamTheIrish]

6 pm on NFL Network and ESPN.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

I just hope people can contain their hate of Carl Peterson in this thread. There isn't a man alive that Derrick would have rather had give his speech than Carl, and I hope we can all respect him enough to unleash our CP fury in other threads.

[SAUTO]

I just hope people can contain their hate of Carl Peterson in this thread. There isn't a man alive that Derrick would have rather had give his speech than Carl, and I hope we can all respect him enough to unleash our CP fury in other threads.

THIS. for sure derrick would be ecstatic that CP is giving the speech

[DJJasonp]

what a great day....albeit a few years late IMHO...but nonetheless, DT becomes an NFL immortal today.

Again, a great day for Chiefs fans, Kansas City, and DT's family and friends.

[Coach]

I just hope people can contain their hate of Carl Peterson in this thread. There isn't a man alive that Derrick would have rather had give his speech than Carl, and I hope we can all respect him enough to unleash our CP fury in other threads.

As long as Carl doesn't make it to be "himself" instead of DT, I'll be fine.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

As long as Carl doesn't make it to be "himself" instead of DT, I'll be fine.

I bumped the Carl resigns thread, and I hope people will consider using that thread for the tongue lashings.

[WilliamTheIrish]

Gents,

I'm going to be stuck at work during this ceremony. Can I get one of you gracious people to record this and burn a pair of CD's? Need one for my son.

PM me and we can work some details.

[Anyong Bluth]

Agreed, bad karma to waste your energy on being vitrol to him on what should be a joyful day. Its so nice out but I'll have to catch his induction! This day is overdue! Congrats DT! I started really watching football and became a Chiefs fan around 7 years old- just a few years before he became a Chief, so I hold many fond memories of growing up watching him and those awesome defenses w my dad. Guess I lucked out not being old enough to have had to endure all of the pathetic teams of the 8o's fully, but I remember enough to appreciate his arrival being a good marker in the franchise's turnaround... Super Bowl or not, those years provided some great memories and games!
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[DenverChief]

Gents,

I'm going to be stuck at work during this ceremony. Can I get one of you gracious people to record this and burn a pair of CD's? Need one for my son.

PM me and we can work some details.

me too...this would be awesome

[Titty Meat]

I just hope people can contain their hate of Carl Peterson in this thread. There isn't a man alive that Derrick would have rather had give his speech than Carl, and I hope we can all respect him enough to unleash our CP fury in other threads.

Agree. Also everyone should get along today for Derrick. :bravo: to a beautiful hall of fame induction speech.

[tk13]

Does anyone know what order they're going to be presented in? Especially DT.

[Titty Meat]

Does anyone know what order they're going to be presented in? Especially DT.

No but I heard Bruce Smith is the last one and I think Ralph Wilson gives his speech before Smith.

[Halfcan]

I was at every home game including playoffs that DT played and several on the road. He should have been in first try-anyone else think different is a dumbfug that never saw how he took over games.

Man I miss him!

[Mr. Flopnuts]

I was at every home game including playoffs that DT played and several on the road. He should have been in first try-anyone else think different is a dumbfug that never saw how he took over games.

Man I miss him!

It's shitty he was punished for dying in a car accident. Had he finished his career and been alive today, there is no doubt he would've been a 1st ballot HOFer.

[CoMoChief]

FUCK CARL PETERSON........god what an asshole. He's gonna make it a "all about him drafting DT" speech.

[Halfcan]

It's shitty he was punished for dying in a car accident. Had he finished his career and been alive today, there is no doubt he would've been a 1st ballot HOFer.

I blame Gretz and his shitty speech-made him look like a one trick pony. Maybe he should have pulled the footage of DT knocking the holy piss out of RB's and stripping the ball. DT dominated-end of story.

[dirk digler]

As long as Carl doesn't make it to be "himself" instead of DT, I'll be fine.

This

[Coach]

Gents,

I'm going to be stuck at work during this ceremony. Can I get one of you gracious people to record this and burn a pair of CD's? Need one for my son.

PM me and we can work some details.

Thought I would quote this for you.

[kcxiv]

This is the reason why i am a KC Chiefs fan. This man made me a Chiefs fan. Gratz DT no way i am going to miss it.

http://www.colectiva.tv/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/lkzyz89efm_clap.gif

[Mr_Tomahawk]

http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/derrick%20thomas.JPG

[T-post Tom]

Thomas was more than just life of party

He drove his Mercedes sedan toward the most crowded corner in Kansas City, surveying a jam-packed Westport intersection on a September Saturday night. With N.W.A.’s “Straight Outta Compton” blasting from the Blaupunkt speakers, Derrick Thomas started to hang a right turn onto Pennsylvania Ave. before calling what appeared to be an audible, settling the car into a diagonal position that swallowed up two crosswalks.

Then, to his passenger’s amazement, Thomas put the Benz in park, killed the engine, set the alarm and prepared to enter the bustling bar a few feet away, the presence of three police cruisers on the block be damned.


I stood in the street and looked at Thomas, the NFL’s best pass-rushing linebacker since Lawrence Taylor, a great player who’ll deservedly be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio on Saturday. He stood on the curb and looked back at me.


“Come on, man,” Thomas exclaimed in his singsong voice, flashing his broad, ivory smile and slightly raising his substantial forehead. “Everyone knows my car!”


It was 1996, and the chipper Chief’s assessment that he owned the town proved to be an accurate one: Hours later we emerged after last call and re-entered the Benz, untouched and devoid of parking tickets. From there DT, pro football’s perpetual Pied Piper, rolled out to an after-hours party, where I watched him befriend a homeless man at the door and, after entering, do the Macarena till his long legs were shot.


That’s how it always seemed to go down with Thomas, and I was hardly the only one lucky enough to get in on the action. Gregarious and indefatigable, Thomas, when it came to co-mingling with his peers, was the most popular player of his era.


Picture a time without microblogging or social networking; without PDAs or text messaging; when email was something you did at your desktop with a dial-up phone line plugged into the back of your computer; when the bloggers of the future sat on couches and mumbled to themselves; when there was no such thing as Caller ID, and only a few people you knew had cell phones.


Go back to that bygone age, and consider the notion that the NFL’s communal pulse ran through Derrick Thomas. Now realize that this is not a stretch, and that there are scores of well-known character witnesses who’d willfully testify that the tenacious tackler of quarterbacks was particularly averse to hitting the sack.


Now here’s the hard part of the story: The party ended in January of 2000 in a horrific burst of slippery tires and smashed metal. Racing to catch a flight on a rain-slicked freeway, Thomas crashed his car and was paralyzed from the chest down, his close friend and passenger Mike Tellis killed on impact. Sixteen days later Thomas suffered a pulmonary embolism at a Miami hospital and died at 33.


There hasn’t been anyone quite like him since, on or off the field.


In the nine years that passed between Thomas’ death and last February’s Super Bowl in Tampa, I hadn’t given much thought to whether my fallen friend’s bust would be displayed in Canton. It seemed almost incidental in light of the tragic way he went out and the messy aftermath – seven kids from multiple mothers, financial loose ends exacerbated by the absence of a will and the inevitable lawsuits that followed.


Certainly, Thomas left behind a legacy that went beyond those complications and exceeded his social status: He was a tireless worker for charitable causes who specialized in improving youth literacy, conspicuously spending his Saturday mornings at the library reading with kids from lower-income areas.


He was also a fantastic defender who made nine Pro Bowls, set an NFL single-game record with seven sacks (he had 126½ during his 11-year career) and had a knack for coming up with pivotal plays at crucial times. Opposing offensive coordinators game-planned around him, and on one particularly memorable day at Arrowhead Stadium in 1994, I saw him hit future Hall of Famer Steve Young so consistently and ferociously that the Niners quarterback blew chunks in the huddle.


So yeah, Thomas absolutely belonged in Canton. But it still took me by surprise when I heard the news on the morning before Super Bowl XLII that he’d been voted into the 2009 class, and my immediate reaction was more euphoric and exultant than I could have anticipated.


Suddenly, it was December of 1997, and I was back in my house in Oakland looking at a list of players who’d been voted into the ’98 Pro Bowl. Thomas, who’d made it for the ninth consecutive year, was one of the first names I circled.


I called his house, got an answering machine and told him congratulations. “That is just an unbelievable achievement for a pass rusher,” I said.


A few days later, I stopped by the Chiefs’ hotel in San Diego the night before they faced the Chargers in their second-to-last regular season game. Emerging from a meeting, Thomas spotted me and, before I could say hello, intoned incredulously, “Whaddaya mean for a pass rusher?”


Caught off guard, I hemmed and hawed for a second before giving my explanation: Sometimes sacks are fleeting, lost when quarterbacks launch ill-advised passes or intentionally ground the ball or run into backside defenders who slop into a takedown. Marquee defensive ends like Reggie White and Bruce Smith, who were also known as great run-stoppers, made the Pro Bowl even when their numbers were down, but the only way a pass-rushing terror like Thomas got to Hawaii was to get to the quarterback. To keep doing that, year after year, was just remarkable.


“I’m not a pass rusher,” Thomas replied, raising his voice. “I’m a football player!”


He glared at me for a second, and then he smiled and changed the subject. A few weeks later, he held court with a bunch of other football players at the Ihalani Resort and Spa’s poolside bar in Ko Olina, and I have seldom laughed so hard while managing not to spill a Mai Tai.


When Thomas’ bust is unveiled on Saturday, I’m going to shed some tears, for there have been few athletes with whom I’ve connected so organically and whose company was so enjoyable to keep. It wasn’t just a joyride, either: The first time we had a meal together, we discussed Thomas’ trouble-prone childhood in Miami that included a month-long stint in juvenile hall for burglary and the way he transformed himself into a self-made football prospect and college-graduate-to-be.


We also talked about the Vietnam combat death of his father, Air Force captain Robert Thomas(notes), and the JFK conspiracy theories Derrick blamed for setting the event in motion. He even had the guts to tell me, on the record, that he believed one of the families responsible for the assassination of a president was the same one which spawned the man (Lamar Hunt) who signed his paycheck.


As I liked to write back in the day, the NFL’s social butterfly could sting like a bee, on and off the field. And almost a decade later, Thomas’ death still stings (as does Tellis’, for those of us fortunate enough to have known the jovial gentleman). Even though I know “58” packed centuries worth of fun and fulfillment into those 33 years, and though I’m certain he would have been one of the people most ill-suited to a wheelchair I’ve ever encountered, it completely sucks that he’s gone.


I miss the hell out of the guy, and I’m a little speck of sand on a crowded beach of fellow mourners.


On Saturday, football’s greatest individual honor will be bestowed upon Thomas. I like to think that he’ll somehow be able to be part of the experience, that he’ll feel a sense of pride and satisfaction, and that the enduring strength of his spirit will bring smiles to our faces and provoke a series of celebrations late into the night.


I truly hope that the great football player is in a better place – and that everyone there knows his car.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Beer cracked; procurement of quality buzz commencing!

Let's DO this thing!

[C-Mac]

Interview of DT and Neil Smith (http://www.mywavv.com/Scripts/DTandNeil%20Smith.htm)


Great Interview of DT and Neil Smith that I had recorded before the 1996 Thanksgiving Day Game. Talks about his life, his charities and his famous TV commercial with Smith.

[KCFalcon59]

The one things that will absolutely suck today is that I either have to watch and listen to ESPN or be stuck with that loudmouthed idiot Michael Irvin on NFL Network.

[Rain Man]

why the heck can't a person buy a retro pottsville maroon jersey at the hof? all they carry is current teams. what a lost opportunity. after much searching, I found and bought a canton bulldogs t-shirt, but there's no pottsville gear at all.

rod woodson's aunt and uncle were in line in front of us as we checked out. they didn't know dt was going in. in retaliation, I called rod 'charles'.
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[Halfcan]

Thomas was more than just life of party

He drove his Mercedes sedan toward the most crowded corner in Kansas City, surveying a jam-packed Westport intersection on a September Saturday night. With N.W.A.’s “Straight Outta Compton” blasting from the Blaupunkt speakers, Derrick Thomas started to hang a right turn onto Pennsylvania Ave. before calling what appeared to be an audible, settling the car into a diagonal position that swallowed up two crosswalks.

Then, to his passenger’s amazement, Thomas put the Benz in park, killed the engine, set the alarm and prepared to enter the bustling bar a few feet away, the presence of three police cruisers on the block be damned.


I stood in the street and looked at Thomas, the NFL’s best pass-rushing linebacker since Lawrence Taylor, a great player who’ll deservedly be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio on Saturday. He stood on the curb and looked back at me.


“Come on, man,” Thomas exclaimed in his singsong voice, flashing his broad, ivory smile and slightly raising his substantial forehead. “Everyone knows my car!”


It was 1996, and the chipper Chief’s assessment that he owned the town proved to be an accurate one: Hours later we emerged after last call and re-entered the Benz, untouched and devoid of parking tickets. From there DT, pro football’s perpetual Pied Piper, rolled out to an after-hours party, where I watched him befriend a homeless man at the door and, after entering, do the Macarena till his long legs were shot.


That’s how it always seemed to go down with Thomas, and I was hardly the only one lucky enough to get in on the action. Gregarious and indefatigable, Thomas, when it came to co-mingling with his peers, was the most popular player of his era.


Picture a time without microblogging or social networking; without PDAs or text messaging; when email was something you did at your desktop with a dial-up phone line plugged into the back of your computer; when the bloggers of the future sat on couches and mumbled to themselves; when there was no such thing as Caller ID, and only a few people you knew had cell phones.


Go back to that bygone age, and consider the notion that the NFL’s communal pulse ran through Derrick Thomas. Now realize that this is not a stretch, and that there are scores of well-known character witnesses who’d willfully testify that the tenacious tackler of quarterbacks was particularly averse to hitting the sack.


Now here’s the hard part of the story: The party ended in January of 2000 in a horrific burst of slippery tires and smashed metal. Racing to catch a flight on a rain-slicked freeway, Thomas crashed his car and was paralyzed from the chest down, his close friend and passenger Mike Tellis killed on impact. Sixteen days later Thomas suffered a pulmonary embolism at a Miami hospital and died at 33.


There hasn’t been anyone quite like him since, on or off the field.


In the nine years that passed between Thomas’ death and last February’s Super Bowl in Tampa, I hadn’t given much thought to whether my fallen friend’s bust would be displayed in Canton. It seemed almost incidental in light of the tragic way he went out and the messy aftermath – seven kids from multiple mothers, financial loose ends exacerbated by the absence of a will and the inevitable lawsuits that followed.


Certainly, Thomas left behind a legacy that went beyond those complications and exceeded his social status: He was a tireless worker for charitable causes who specialized in improving youth literacy, conspicuously spending his Saturday mornings at the library reading with kids from lower-income areas.


He was also a fantastic defender who made nine Pro Bowls, set an NFL single-game record with seven sacks (he had 126½ during his 11-year career) and had a knack for coming up with pivotal plays at crucial times. Opposing offensive coordinators game-planned around him, and on one particularly memorable day at Arrowhead Stadium in 1994, I saw him hit future Hall of Famer Steve Young so consistently and ferociously that the Niners quarterback blew chunks in the huddle.


So yeah, Thomas absolutely belonged in Canton. But it still took me by surprise when I heard the news on the morning before Super Bowl XLII that he’d been voted into the 2009 class, and my immediate reaction was more euphoric and exultant than I could have anticipated.


Suddenly, it was December of 1997, and I was back in my house in Oakland looking at a list of players who’d been voted into the ’98 Pro Bowl. Thomas, who’d made it for the ninth consecutive year, was one of the first names I circled.


I called his house, got an answering machine and told him congratulations. “That is just an unbelievable achievement for a pass rusher,” I said.


A few days later, I stopped by the Chiefs’ hotel in San Diego the night before they faced the Chargers in their second-to-last regular season game. Emerging from a meeting, Thomas spotted me and, before I could say hello, intoned incredulously, “Whaddaya mean for a pass rusher?”


Caught off guard, I hemmed and hawed for a second before giving my explanation: Sometimes sacks are fleeting, lost when quarterbacks launch ill-advised passes or intentionally ground the ball or run into backside defenders who slop into a takedown. Marquee defensive ends like Reggie White and Bruce Smith, who were also known as great run-stoppers, made the Pro Bowl even when their numbers were down, but the only way a pass-rushing terror like Thomas got to Hawaii was to get to the quarterback. To keep doing that, year after year, was just remarkable.


“I’m not a pass rusher,” Thomas replied, raising his voice. “I’m a football player!”


He glared at me for a second, and then he smiled and changed the subject. A few weeks later, he held court with a bunch of other football players at the Ihalani Resort and Spa’s poolside bar in Ko Olina, and I have seldom laughed so hard while managing not to spill a Mai Tai.


When Thomas’ bust is unveiled on Saturday, I’m going to shed some tears, for there have been few athletes with whom I’ve connected so organically and whose company was so enjoyable to keep. It wasn’t just a joyride, either: The first time we had a meal together, we discussed Thomas’ trouble-prone childhood in Miami that included a month-long stint in juvenile hall for burglary and the way he transformed himself into a self-made football prospect and college-graduate-to-be.


We also talked about the Vietnam combat death of his father, Air Force captain Robert Thomas(notes), and the JFK conspiracy theories Derrick blamed for setting the event in motion. He even had the guts to tell me, on the record, that he believed one of the families responsible for the assassination of a president was the same one which spawned the man (Lamar Hunt) who signed his paycheck.


As I liked to write back in the day, the NFL’s social butterfly could sting like a bee, on and off the field. And almost a decade later, Thomas’ death still stings (as does Tellis’, for those of us fortunate enough to have known the jovial gentleman). Even though I know “58” packed centuries worth of fun and fulfillment into those 33 years, and though I’m certain he would have been one of the people most ill-suited to a wheelchair I’ve ever encountered, it completely sucks that he’s gone.


I miss the hell out of the guy, and I’m a little speck of sand on a crowded beach of fellow mourners.


On Saturday, football’s greatest individual honor will be bestowed upon Thomas. I like to think that he’ll somehow be able to be part of the experience, that he’ll feel a sense of pride and satisfaction, and that the enduring strength of his spirit will bring smiles to our faces and provoke a series of celebrations late into the night.


I truly hope that the great football player is in a better place – and that everyone there knows his car.


I wondered when this would be posted-should have its own thread. I sent an email to the writer-great stuff!!

[T-post Tom]

I wondered when this would be posted-should have its own thread. I sent an email to the writer-great stuff!!

Go ahead--take it and start a new thread if you like. Good idea.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Just saw a little bit of warm up footage from Canton along with some old DT reel, and I'm starting already.:(

Does Kleenex even make a hanky big enough for this day? :)

[Hammock Parties]

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[007]

It's a beuuuutiful day in Arrowhead Stadium. I can't wait for the ceremony tonight. Wish I was there. Miss DT.Mind if I go?:D

[kstater]

Anyone know the order of induction? What time roughly should we expect to see the weasel up on stage inducting DT?

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Here we go!

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Anybody want to chat, or should we just keep it in the thread?

[KCFalcon59]

Mind if I go?:D

You better hurry or you won't make it. Get me a souvenir!!!


Oh yeah, don't be late tonight. :D :D :D

[kstater]

Try this in the right thread.

From the blimp(helicopter?) cam, a LOT of red in the stands.

[Crush]

Thank you NFL Network for all of these damn commercials.

[kstater]

Thank you NFL Network for all of these damn commercials.

ESPN doing it also. Getting them in before the long speeches.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Mean Joe Green! Sweet.

[Coach]

Would be nice if this was done streamed over the internets.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Would be nice if this was done streamed over the internets.

Why? That's the most out of synch horridness ever.

[Coach]

Why? That's the most out of synch horridness ever.

Some people don't have cable TV.

[The_Grand_Illusion]

Some people don't have cable TV.


Try www.justin.tv

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Some people don't have cable TV.

My bad, man. Sorry.

[LaChapelle]

Has war chant started yet?

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Has war chant started yet?

We're barely getting underway.

[Coach]

My bad, man. Sorry.

It's cool. You didn't know. Hell, I didn't know we'd (wife and I) would be going to her parents for the weekend until the last minute. Needless to say, I'm not too pleased about it, since I would had liked to go home and DVD'rd it.

I just hope that NFL Network will re-play it tomorrow before the ball game, if I were to have a chance to get it DVD'rd.

[Coach]

Try www.justin.tv

Dude, you are the FUCKING man.

Massive rep.

[Slainte]

It's cool. You didn't know. Hell, I didn't know we'd (wife and I) would be going to her parents for the weekend until the last minute. Needless to say, I'm not too pleased about it, since I would had liked to go home and DVD'rd it.

I just hope that NFL Network will re-play it tomorrow before the ball game, if I were to have a chance to get it DVD'rd.

Not to worry. I'm sure someone gonna throw it up as a torrent. At least that's what I'm counting on...

[The_Grand_Illusion]

Dude, you are the ****ING man.

Massive rep.

It is a great day!

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Dude, you are the FUCKING man.

Massive rep.

Sweet, man! Hook it up, and let's get this party started!

[Coach]

http://www.justin.tv/dmca_old_boy

Send Rep to The Grand Illusion.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

It is a great day!

Yeah it is! I love this day because it signifies the start of the new season.

[kstater]

Stevie already on TV.

[Coach]

Derrion!

[bevischief]

Congrat D.T. Somewhere i know my mom telling him how much a fan i am.
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Same here!

[Coach]

Pretty loud cheers for Ralph Wilson Jr.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Derrion!

He's a lot taller than I thought! Get to MU Son; we need you!

[RJ]

Stevie already on TV.



And looking sharp.

[Kyle DeLexus]

Man I should be there

[bevischief]

We all should be...

[1ChiefsDan]

58 Forever.

Congrats DT - the honor is way past due.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

We all should be...

This.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Hey Goodell; can you wuss the league a little more?

[Slainte]

Dick Eisen. Yay.

[bevischief]

58 Forever.

Congrats DT - the honor is way past due.

This.

:clap::clap:

[Misplaced_Chiefs_Fan]

Is Ralph the last of the original owners left alive?

[Skip Towne]

Why no Hall of Fame game?

[bevischief]

Midnight central time tonight on NFL network replays number 58's 7 sack game against the Seahawks.

[Pioli Zombie]

Why no Hall of Fame game?
Sunday Night on NBC. Buffalo and Tennessee
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[LaChapelle]

There will be a 7th HOF inductee the Seahawks have signed Curry in time to be added to the class of 2009.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Is Ralph the last of the original owners left alive?

I'm not sure, but I'm inclined to say yes.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

There will be a 7th HOF inductee the Seahawks have signed Curry in time to be added to the class of 2009.

LMAO

[WilliamTheIrish]

Is Ralph the last of the original owners left alive?

I think Bud Adams was an original in Houston (now the Tennessee Tight-Ones)

[007]

You better hurry or you won't make it. Get me a souvenir!!!


Oh yeah, don't be late tonight. :D :D :DAt least you didn't tell me to break a leg.

[Megbert]

http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=2

Gunther interviewed about DT on Weekend All Things Considered
Pretty good interview.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

All about the League. I wish Lamar was there to enjoy this.

[007]

no streaming huh?

[Skip Towne]

Is Ralph the last of the original owners left alive?

Wasn't Crazy Al one of them?

[Hammock Parties]

FYI I am recording the session. I will chop up all the Thomas-related stuff - the little clips at the start, Derrion Thomas coming out, all the speeches - and put it all together for a nice little HOF recap.

[teedubya]

Is Ralph the last of the original owners left alive?

Im pretty sure that AL Davis is still alive, but that is debatable. heh

[Coach]

no streaming huh?

http://www.justin.tv/dmca_old_boy

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

no streaming huh?

Try Justin TV. The link is a few posts up.


Lamar just got some props too baby!

[Megbert]

no streaming huh?

http://www.justin.tv/dmca_old_boy mentioned earlier on thread.

Not trying to take any credit.

[Goldmember]

Berman...shut the fuck up already!!! Go get a room and circle jerk your Bills

[Hammock Parties]

There's Carl! Grinning like a Cheshire cat!

[Misplaced_Chiefs_Fan]

Wasn't Crazy Al one of them?

I thought Al bought the team a few years afterward. I could be wrong.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Wasn't Crazy Al one of them?

No. Al was a add on after the "Raiders" left San Diego.

[kstater]

Im pretty sure that AL Davis is still alive, but that is debatable. heh

I was fixing to say...

[Slainte]

Wasn't Crazy Al one of them?

No. Oakland had a consortium ownership. Couldn't tell you which dude was the foolish club member, but Crazy Al didn't come into the picture until later...

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

There's Carl! Grinning like a Cheshire cat!

What's up my man? I'm glad you're here.

[Coach]

Berman...shut the fuck up already!!! Go get a room and circle jerk your Bills

I normally never would agree with a Donk fan, but this I have to agree. Berman's act is getting old really fucking fast.

Somebody, please put two bullets on this dickshit. One at the head, and one at the heart.

[Skip Towne]

I thought Al bought the team a few years afterward. I could be wrong.

I think he was one of the original partners. And he was the coach for awhile.

[Goldmember]

I normally never would agree with a Donk fan, but this I have to agree. Berman's act is getting old really ****ing fast.

Somebody, please put two bullets on this dickshit. One at the head, and one at the heart.

Shut your mouth son, I'm not a Donk fan...just showing off their awful AFL helmet

[JuicesFlowing]

There's Carl! Grinning like a Cheshire cat!

Hopefully tonight will be the last time I see that face.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

I normally never would agree with a Donk fan, but this I have to agree. Berman's act is getting old really fucking fast.

Somebody, please put two bullets on this dickshit. One at the head, and one at the heart.

Hey, it's okay man. I guarantee you those Bills fans and everyone else has no idea under God what they're about to get hit with when WE take this son of a bitch over!

[kstater]

God this is going to take forever. He needs to take a breath after. each. word.

[Slainte]

From the Raider Wiki page...

Upon receiving the franchise, Oakland civic leaders found a number of businesspeople willing to invest in the new team. A limited partnership was formed to own the team headed by managing general partner Y. Charles (Chet) Soda, a local real estate developer, and included general partners Ed McGah, Robert Osborne, F. Wayne Valley, restaurateur Harvey Binns, Don Blessing, and contractor Charles Harney[7] as well as numerous limited partners. A "name the team" contest was held by a local newspaper, and the winner was the Oakland Señors. After a few weeks of being the butt of local jokes the fledgling team (and its owners) changed the team's name to the Oakland Raiders, which had finished third in the naming contest.[8] The original team colors were black, gold and white. The now-familiar team emblem of a pirate (or "raider") wearing a football helmet was created, reportedly a rendition of actor Randolph Scott.[

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

GIVE THOSE PROPS! LH, baby!

There ya' go; TELL THAT STORY, BABY!

[JuicesFlowing]

Shut your mouth son, I'm not a Donk fan...just showing off their awful AFL helmet

I like that one better than their newer ones. But then again, I'm a Chiefs fan, so I couldn't care less ultimately.

[Ebolapox]

No. Oakland had a consortium ownership. Couldn't tell you which dude was the foolish club member, but Crazy Al didn't come into the picture until later...

is bud adams still alive? if so, he's also one of the foolish club.

[Hammock Parties]

Hopefully tonight will be the last time I see that face.

Whatever. He's as much a part of this as anyone. He deserves to be here.

Carl may be an underachieving jerk but he's OUR jerk!

[kstater]

Is. he. going. to . re-live. each season. of. the Bills.?

[Slainte]

is bud adams still alive? if so, he's also one of the foolish club.

Still alive, IIRC...

[JuicesFlowing]

Whatever. He's as much a part of this as anyone. He deserves to be here.

Carl may be an underachieving jerk but he's OUR jerk!

I'm not debating that, I just don't want to SEE him anymore. I'm fine with him giving the speech ...

[teedubya]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[Sure-Oz]

When does DT spot come up

[Goldmember]

Message to the Hall of Fame, get these guys in while they can still speak faster than 10 words a minute

[kstater]

When does DT spot come up

Some time after Ralph Wilson's O2 tank runs out.

[kcxiv]

He's 90 years old. You impatient fucks relax lol

[Goldmember]

When does DT spot come up

5th, go shopping, take out the trash, clean your garage and then you might have to wait another hour

[WilliamTheIrish]

is bud adams still alive? if so, he's also one of the foolish club.

Yes. He and Ralph are the only originals left.

I think Bud Adams was an original in Houston (now the Tennessee Tight-Ones)

And Al did not enter the picture until 4 years after the Oakland franchise was granted. He became manager of the general partership soon after.

[Ebolapox]

Still alive, IIRC...

I thought so. so, bud adams and ralph wilson.

[KCFalcon59]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Is. he. going. to . re-live. each season. of. the Bills.?

LMAO C'mon man; I see your point, but for God's sake; this is the beginning of the new year! All of those months of off season suffering are coming to a close today.

Just enjoy this because that first preseason game is still a mile away.

:toast:

[WilliamTheIrish]

Some time after Ralph Wilson's O2 tank runs out.
Funny. Be patient. I could listen to Ralph Wilson stories for hours. Can you imagine the stories that man could tell?

[Slainte]

Funny. Be patient. I could listen to Ralph Wilson stories for hours.

Agreeden.

[dirk digler]

This is going to last for hours

[Skip Towne]

This is going to last for hours

Not for me it isn't.

[kcxiv]

Funny. Be patient. I could listen to Ralph Wilson stories for hours. Can you imagine the stories that man could tell?

Im the same. I would love to hear stories from these old timers like that.

[rockymtnchief]

I give Ralph rep for mentioning Lamar so many times.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Im the same. I would love to hear stories from these old timers like that.

You got it. Total round table discussion with never-ending food and drink; that's a night well-spent.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

I give Ralph rep for mentioning Lamar so many times.

Damn straight. We're an equal league now because of Lamar's love of the game.

[Reaper16]

Levy's ears are gigantic.

[RJ]

Funny. Be patient. I could listen to Ralph Wilson stories for hours. Can you imagine the stories that man could tell?


And he won't be around much longer to tell them. Best to listen now, even if he tells them slow.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

When you're 90 years old and still viable, you get to say whatever the hell you please for as long as you please.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Levy's ears are gigantic.

What up Reap?!:toast:

[LaChapelle]

Is that Ralph's wife in red, she's a hottie. For a 90 year old.

[DeezNutz]

A Guard! A Guard!

Chiefs fans, start your masturbators111

[Reaper16]

What up Reap?!:toast:
Drinking some Sierra Nevada Kellerweisse, looking at the DT jersey that I had when I was in 3rd grade (I'd be wearing it if I physically could).

[Reaper16]

A Guard! A Guard!

Chiefs fans, start your masturbators111
I loves me a G.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Is that Ralph's wife in red, she's a hottie. For a 90 year old.

The privilege of the $$$$. I've been to Ewing Kauffman's original crib and let me tell you; it's a beautiful estate.

[dirk digler]

I wonder how many guards are in the HOF?

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Drinking some Sierra Nevada Kellerweisse, looking at the DT jersey that I had when I was in 3rd grade (I'd be wearing it if I physically could).

Right on. I've got my DT on right now. It feels so great to sit here copping a good buzz, wearing my colors, and knowing that my "adopted Brother" is on his way home.

Cheers to you! :toast:

[BarrySPAMAID]

Right on. I've got my DT on right now. It feels so great to sit here copping a good buzz, wearing my colors, and knowing that my "adopted Brother" is on his way home.

Cheers to you! :toast:

CHeers bro, I just wanted to tell you I am at Shooters in River Falls, WI watching the ceremony right now. Enjoy it man. This is a special day.

[DeezNutz]

Mary Ann?

Hmm...wonder if he still hit Ginger?

[DeezNutz]

The unveiling of the busts is always pretty cool, IMO.

[big nasty kcnut]

Loving the fact that i'm on chiefs planet celebrating D.T. going in.
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[Sweet Daddy Hate]

I loves me a G.

I remember us playing against McDaniel. The night before, I was at Kelly's in Westport. And I can't remember his name. but I accidentally bumped in to one of the MTV DJ's who just happened to be at the bar because he was from Minnesota and came to town to watch the game.

He kind of looked like a younger version of Adam Curry, but the name escapes me. Anyway, I told him he'd have a great time at Arrowhead. I'm sure he did even though we won the game.

Heh heh..

[DeezNutz]

I bet she was a hottie back in the day.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

CHeers bro, I just wanted to tell you I am at Shooters in River Falls, WI watching the ceremony right now. Enjoy it man. This is a special day.

And cheers to you, Brother. I hope you're having the time of your life at camp, and I'm beginning to drink a little defensive Kool-Aid myself.

Is it game day yet?

[Reaper16]

"For an Arizona kid, there can be nothing better [than playing for the Sun Devils]."

Suck it, jAZ!

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Loving the fact that i'm on chiefs planet celebrating D.T. going in.
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Right on.

[kitty78]

Congrats DT on the hall of fame up in heaven

[Hammock Parties]

Wow, this speech is boring as hell, too.

Carl will spice it up. Get that shit-eating grin up there!

[bevischief]

Right on. I've got my DT on right now. It feels so great to sit here copping a good buzz, wearing my colors, and knowing that my "adopted Brother" is on his way home.

Cheers to you! :toast:

:toast:

[Ebolapox]

I wonder how many guards are in the HOF?

off the top of my head? john hannah. brb, gotta check the hall of fame website.

[teedubya]

McDaniel seems like a pretty stand-up guy.

[kstater]

Over/under on self references to drafting DT and how he discovered him: 4


Any takers?

[DeezNutz]

Is Carl going to be wearing leather?

[kstater]

McDaniel seems like a pretty stand-up guy.

Yup, he's a teacher now I believe.

[Sure-Oz]

Mcdaniel is a good man

[007]

Is DT going last?

[Slainte]

Pace yourself, drinkers. Still awhile to go before DT's induction...

[DeezNutz]

Over/under on self references to drafting DT and how he discovered him: 4


Any takers?

Under.

Carl, for all his flaws, won't fuck this one up.

[Slainte]

Is DT going last?

ya

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Pace yourself, drinkers. Still awhile to go before DT's induction...

I ain't pacing shit; this is Celebration Day!:D

[Ebolapox]

off the top of my head? john hannah. brb, gotta check the hall of fame website.

joe delamielleure, dan dierdorf, dan fortmann, gene hickerson, larry little, tom mack, mike munchak, jim parker, billy shaw and gene upshaw.

honestly, a LOT more than I'd have guessed. you can insert will shields there one of these days.

[bevischief]

Pace yourself, drinkers. Still awhile to go before DT's induction...

That is what DVR is for.

[bevischief]

I ain't pacing shit; this is Celebration Day!:D

:clap:

[Hammock Parties]

Roger "uh" Staubach.

Say "uh" a few more times.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

I remember the Cowboys/Steelers rivalry back in the day. That was some great football.

[Skip Towne]

Didja catch some of those names on the '65 College All Stars? Staubach, Bob Hays, Bilitnikoff, Sayers, Butkus and some more.

[dirk digler]

Didja catch some of those names on the '65 College All Stars? Staubach, Bob Hays, Bilitnikoff, Sayers, Butkus and some more.

Yep. I chuckled when he said they had a pretty decent team.

[Johnny Vegas]

Roger "uh" Staubach.

Say "uh" a few more times.

you should make a vid of his speech of just "uh's"

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Didja catch some of those names on the '65 College All Stars? Staubach, Bob Hays, Bilitnikoff, Sayers, Butkus and some more.

Legendary players from a great age of Football. I was stoked as all hell to see "Mean" Joe Green waltz across that stage before the ceremony began.

[dirk digler]

Great they just showed Carl walking across the stage smiling

[Hammock Parties]

Rich Eisen is totally gay for Rod Woodson.

[Hammock Parties]

DT is next!

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Great they just showed Carl walking across the stage smiling


Do NOT fuck this up, old man.

Grrrrrrr....

[WilliamTheIrish]

Didja catch some of those names on the '65 College All Stars? Staubach, Bob Hays, Bilitnikoff, Sayers, Butkus and some more.

Could you believe that? John Huarte (Heisman Trophy winner that was the Chiefs #3 on the SB winners) was also on that team.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

DT is next!

I thought we were 5th?

[DeezNutz]

Kick ass on three.

[dirk digler]

Woodson was a great fucking player and one of my favorites

[Hammock Parties]

Woodson's highlights give me wood. My kind of DB. I like freaks of nature at the DB position.

Bruce Smith is last...he's sitting on the end.

[Skip Towne]

Yep. I chuckled when he said they had a pretty decent team.

One of those teams damn near beat the SB champs. It may have been that one. I wish they still had that game.

[WilliamTheIrish]

The one line I remember from Rod Woodson came from an SI blurb when Woodson said Carl Pickens (Bengals WR) broke a code by calling him (Woodson) Jungle Fever, because Woodson's wife is white.

He wanted to kick Pickens' ass for talking publicly about his family.

[DeezNutz]

He wanted to kick Pickens' ass for talking publicly about his family.

I approve this message.

Don't fuck with a man's family.

[bevischief]

Kick ass on three.

:clap:

[WilliamTheIrish]

One of those teams damn near beat the SB champs. It may have been that one. I wish they still had that game.

No that team lost. To Cleveland. I think Roger actually mentioned that. The last CAS team to win was 1963.

[big nasty kcnut]

Carl picken Epic Fail.
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[WilliamTheIrish]

I approve this message.

Don't **** with a man's family.

Actually I kind of misspoke. Pickens said it to Woodson when they were lined up across from each other at the line of scrimmage. Still....

[Hammock Parties]

Carl swigs his water.

[LOCOChief]

This is awesome and about time! Thanks DT our family has always loved you and congrats to all Chief fans. I have a lot of great memories and tonight is turning out to be another great one. #58

[DeezNutz]

Who is this presenter?

He's a dynamic speaker.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

WE GOT DANCERS IN FT. WAYNE!

Get ready Chiefs fans; you ain't seen SHIT yet.





And the Induction Ceremony will be epic too!;)

[kstater]

We get it, you're introducing Rod Wilson. You don't have to mention Rod Wilson 20 times while introducing Rod Wilson at Rod Wilson's HOF induction ceremony.

[Hammock Parties]

Bromance!

[Skip Towne]

No that team lost. To Cleveland. I think Roger actually mentioned that. The last CAS team to win was 1963.

I didn't now any of them actually won . I'd like to see that '63 roster.

[Hammock Parties]

Oh brother, let's talk Jesus. Jesus Jesus Jesus.

[Sure-Oz]

We get it, you're introducing Rod Wilson. You don't have to mention Rod Wilson 20 times while introducing Rod Wilson at Rod Wilson's HOF induction ceremony.

Rod Wilson's a HOF'er damnit

[bevischief]

http://www.mywavv.com/Scripts/TheGameRoom.htm

FYI.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Shut up Clay; I know what you're thinking...

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Oh brother, let's talk Jesus. Jesus Jesus Jesus.

Well, no cutting you off at the pass today I see!:D

[Reaper16]

We get it, you're introducing Rod Wilson. You don't have to mention Rod Wilson 20 times while introducing Rod Wilson at Rod Wilson's HOF induction ceremony.
I'm imagining that guy's introduction, only spoken by Ralph Levy: "That's the. ______ kind of man. ___ that Rod. ___________ Woodson. ________________________ is."

[Rain Man]

I'm surrounded by bills fans. I guess they don't have entertainment alternatives.
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[KCFalcon59]

Thank you baby Jesus!!

[Sure-Oz]

I'm surrounded by bills fans. I guess they don't have entertainment alternatives.
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They got the TO show on their ipods im sure

[kstater]

Jeez did you see the size of the stack of papers he's going to read from? That looks like 50 pages.

[Rain Man]

the warmup acts are almost done.
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[Sure-Oz]

In madden 94 for snes i believe woodson was the fastest m'fer in the game, put him on kr/pr you're gone

[KCFalcon59]

I've always liked Rod Woodson. Helluva player. Fun to watch.

[bevischief]

the warmup acts are almost done.
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:clap:

[WilliamTheIrish]

Woodson's Mom looks like Kathy Bates.

[kstater]

Woodson's Mom looks like Kathy Bates.

Just thinking that

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

I'm surrounded by bills fans. I guess they don't have entertainment alternatives.
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Got a straw? Spit-wad time!:D

[DeezNutz]

In madden 94 for snes i believe woodson was the fastest m'fer in the game, put him on kr/pr you're gone

LMAO

We come from a fucked up generation.

[Skip Towne]

I'm surrounded by bills fans. I guess they don't have entertainment alternatives.
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I remember when OJ was drafted by Buffalo a reporter asked (grinning) "What do you think about going to Buffalo?". OJ didn't say a word, just turned and walked away. I laughed a lot.

[Rain Man]

instead of applauding when dt is introduced, i'm going to do a ref signal for a safety.
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[teedubya]

Amen! Hallelujah!
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[WilliamTheIrish]

Wow. Go Rod Woodson.

[KCFalcon59]

:clap: Tell em Rod.

[Sure-Oz]

LMAO

We come from a ****ed up generation.

this was before madden games sucked ass and were $60 a pop too:)

[kstater]

LMAO His family had an emergency and had to go to Vegas.

[WilliamTheIrish]

Woodson is a top notch human being.

[Skip Towne]

This is far too boring for me to ever attend one.

[bevischief]

instead of applauding when dt is introduced, i'm going to do a ref signal for a safety.
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Worthless without pics.

:clap:

[KCFalcon59]

Woodson is a top notch human being.

Yep!

[Rain Man]

Worthless without pics.

:clap:
look for me on camera. i'm wearing a 58 jersey.
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[Hammock Parties]

lol that guy had shoulder pads on in the crowd

el retardo

[Sure-Oz]

Is that troy polimalu holding the steelers country sign

[DJJasonp]

and now.....a few more words from Ralph Wilson...

[bevischief]

look for me on camera. i'm wearing a 58 jersey.
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Which one?

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

look for me on camera. i'm wearing a 58 jersey.
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Are you one of those three guys in the red leather helmets?

[kstater]

Which one?


The red one

[DJJasonp]

i no longer like Rod Woodson

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Fuckin' Sea Biscuit.

Hi bitch; you ain't first ballot!

[tk13]

Haha, way to bring up Art Modell in northeast Ohio. Smooth move there.

[kstater]

BOOOOOOOOO

[Hammock Parties]

OK, Rod, that's quite enough.

WRAP IT UP, B!

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[Sure-Oz]

i always wanted to be a raider

[bevischief]

The red one

The last shot of the crowd there was quite a few red Chiefs shirts in the crowd.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Jesus, Woodson; pick a side already.

[WilliamTheIrish]

Bi-racial mutt? That was hilarious.

[Sure-Oz]

youtube!

[bevischief]

If this keeps up I will run out...

[chiefs1111]

Rod hates Youtube

[DJJasonp]

God gave Woodson 5 kids....if God has mercy....he'll cut Woodson's mic.....

[chiefs1111]

Nice fro kid

[bevischief]

Nice fro kid

:clap:

[kstater]

His daughter is kind of hot in a trashy kind of way.*


*assuming she's 18

[WilliamTheIrish]

Good looking family.