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Yes, Matthews' vote total was the highest ever for any HOVG Candidate.

Based on the recent vote of the PFRA membership, Clay Matthews, Jr., Lionel Taylor, Mark Gastineau, Bucko Kilroy, Mark Bavaro, Bert Jones, Matt Blair and Keith Jackson have been elected to the Hall of Very Good. A total of 142 PFRA members submitted ballots, the highest total ever, and the threshold...

rewing84, in response to your earlier question, I don't see a case for Presnell for the HOF and definitely not one for Tinsley. I was surprised when Presnell got elected to the HOVG and didn't support him at the time, though John is probably right that it's for the best.

John, Les Richter and John Henry Johnson are lousy Hall of Famers, just two more of many mind-boggling Senior selections made all the worse considering they were picked over Dilweg, Wistert, Barwegen, Emerson and many of the others we talk about here all the time. A few years ago, John Turney stated...

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John, I would say the 1950s is not only well represented but that there are six or seven guys who played primarily in that decade who are highly questionable. Some have become such icons of the game that to suggest they don't belong in the HOF is almost sacrilegious. I'd have to take a closer look b...

This year, we received 85 nominations from 28 members. It's likely we would have received more but the only announcement about nominations that appeared in The Coffin Corner did not include either my e-mail or mailing addresses as has been the case in previous years. I don't have a year-by-year brea...

Ralph, it seems like you voice the same complaint every year no matter how many times members of the Hall of Very Good Committee explain the reasoning behind the current format. You get on your high horse and proclaim how you refuse to dirty your hands by participating in a process you find flawed, ...

It's a very good list and certainly much better than that of the Senior Committee. What would you say if we dropped Benton, Budde and Jackson and replaced them with Dave Grayson, George Kunz and George Christensen?

John, I think you're 100% right, it looks like a fan vote and not like something we would hope for from people who are supposed to dedicate time to really excavating who the best candidates are. And I hope you're right that they don't roll over the same candidates for the next two years. The reason ...