Ralph Wilson and Bruce Smith selected to Hall of Fame!

[Coach Sal]

Just announced at the Hall of Fame press conference!

Hall of Fame website:
http://www.profootballhof.com/

[hammerbillsfan]

Ralph got in, WOW!

[circlethewagons]

Wow, im really surprised Ralph actually got in

[tampabay25690]

Good for them both

[Coach Sal]

BRUCE about to speak on NFL Network!

[Jeff1220]

PFT seems to think Ralph's foresight with the current/doomed CBA helped get him in.

[blackonyx89]

Wow, im really surprised Ralph actually got in

He did alot for the WNY region and even though this franchise in limbo, he deserves to go in. http://www.geocities.com/bflobuzrd_2000/wilson.html


Hope Andre gets in eventually and Congrats! to BRRUUUUUUUUUUCE!!! for getting in. He was a no-brainer anyway.


:poop: :D: :poop:

[Philagape]

BRUUUUUUUUUUUUUCE!!

I'm wearing his jersey to work today :bf1: :hail:

[Coach Sal]

Bob Hayes
Randall McDaniel
Derrick Thomas
Bruce Smith
Rod Woodson
Ralph Wilson

[circlethewagons]

The fact that Chris Carter still can't get in when he's second on most of the statistical categories really signifies it could be a long wait for Reed... :crap:
But im happy BRUCE got in :rockon:

[rcd333]

chris carter has to feel sick right now

[Marvelous]

woooooohooooooo!!! I'm soooo amped.. & i just announced to the family that we are going.. I missed Jimbo's & Levy,,& i mighta missed Bruce(doubtful), but there's no way i'll miss the Ralph.. I'm just so glad he got in while he's alive..
---What a great day for us lucky Bills fans...

[hammerbillsfan]

HUGE party in Canton!!! :party: :beers: :cheers: :drunks:

[Syderick]

The fact that Chris Carter still can't get in when he's second on most of the statistical categories really signifies it could be a long wait for Reed... :crap:
But im happy BRUCE got in :rockon:

Probably be a longer wait still, because I think Jerry Rice is eligible next year

[Jeff1220]

Wilson sure is a rambling old man.

[Dr. Lecter]

Very well deserved for both men!

[LtFinFan66]

Congrats to Bruce! He definitely deserved it. Ralph....meh

[Michael82]

This is going to be an awesome weekend! I'll be there from Friday to Monday morning. The parties will be a blast, especially going back to the bar that we went to last time. And then we have the HOF induction on Saturday with an all time great and one of my favorite players, Bruuuuce and Ralph on the Bills 50th anniversary! :dance:

Then to make the weekend better, we got a football game to go to on Sunday! The Buffalo Bills actually have the HOF game and I'm sure that there will be tons of Bills fans. :D

[yordad]

No Reed, No Carter? And they didn't even put in the max? :wtf:

[LtFinFan66]

This is going to be an awesome weekend! I'll be there from Friday to Monday morning. The parties will be a blast, especially going back to the bar that we went to last time. And then we have the HOF induction on Saturday with an all time great and one of my favorite players, Bruuuuce and Ralph on the Bills 50th anniversary! :dance:

Then to make the weekend better, we got a football game to go to on Sunday! The Buffalo Bills actually have the HOF game and I'm sure that there will be tons of Bills fans. :D
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I will see about having you banned from entering the Buckeye State Mikey. Let me make some calls

[Buffalogic]

Well deserved for both. Great day for the bills!

And Ralph acknowledged the fans and apologized for not having much of a product in a long time really early in his presser.

[BAM]

I didn't even know the Bills were in the HOF game this year. Who do we play?

[LtFinFan66]

I didn't even know the Bills were in the HOF game this year. Who do we play?http://www.billszone.com/fanzone/showthread.php?t=169568

[Night Train]

Then to make the weekend better, we got a football game to go to on Sunday! The Buffalo Bills actually have the HOF game and I'm sure that there will be tons of Bills fans. :D

That will be the high point of the whole 2009 season. Once the real games start, it's Jauron ball.

Congrats to Bruce and Ralph.

[BillsSabresB.C.T. Fan]

Wilson was one of two men - the other being the late Lamar Hunt, owner of the Kansas City Chiefs and already in the Pro Football Hall of Fame - who negotiated the eventual merger of the AFL with the more powerful and established NFL, and helped keep the AFL in business before that could happen. In 1962, Wilson gave then Raiders owner Wayne Valley $400,000 for 25 percent of the team in order to keep the Raiders afloat; a loan which was eventually repaid to Wilson. Even more importantly, two years later, Wilson was instrumental in getting a tv deal with NBC that paid the AFL nearly the same money - just under $1 million - being paid to the NFL. Once the two leagues were on similar financial footing, Wilson and Hunt pushed hard for the merger, and Wilson and Hunt were the only AFL owners who were a direct part of negotiations for the merger.

Wilson is given credit for convincing Baltimore Colts owner Carroll Rosenbloom, in one on one meetings, to help broker the deal with all important details of how the revenue would be divided and how the teams would be aligned.

Ralph C. Wilson has long been one of the most influential NFL owners, and the man perhaps most responsible for standing up for the smaller markets, convincing the larger market owners that a well-balanced NFL is the key to the league's overall success. His foresight has more than paid off, and at long last, Ralph C. Wilson Jr. has been recognized for a long and distinguished role as an NFL contributor; a role he will continue.
http://www.wgrz.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=63828&catid=37

[YardRat]

Excellent.

It's about time Ralph got in, and Smith was a well-deserved gimme.

Hopefully Reed makes it within a couple of years.

[Crisis]

in before ralph wilson *****ing

[don137]

Very happy for Bruce.
I am extremely mixed on Wilson. Wilson has done a lot for the league (such as save the Raiders franchise from going under) and brought the Bills to Buffalo however he is the main reason the Bills have not made the playoffs in 10 years and why we have a crappy front office and coaching staff. He has given Bills fans a roller coaster ride with some highs but a lot more lows.
I will in the end raise my glass toast them both and congratulate both of them.

[Dr. Lecter]

Bruce will have Marv or Cotrell introduce him.

[Dr. Lecter]

Ralph is not sure who will present him.

[DANMAN]

That's a pretty darn good HOF class there.

Congrats to all of them. I think they were all very deserving.

Special Congrats for Bruce and Ralph.

I fully expected Bruce, am pleasantly surprised about Ralph.

Andre will have to wait some more.

[im4bflo]

When Kelly went in, they had to for the first time, expand to the field because of the BILLS fans loyalty, now with a game involved, the place will have the biggest turnout ever, I'm betting! GO BILLSFANS!

[SquishDaFish]

I might just have to go

[Wally The Barber]

"Get your hands out of my pockets Bruce"
http://www.exposay.com/celebrity-photos/bruce-smith-and-ralph-wilson-2008-nfl-oakland-raiders-at-buffalo-bills-23-24-september-21-2008-0yBLo9.jpg

[Luisito23]

:band: :balloons:

[Nighthawk]

I'll be there! I'm happy for Bruce...he really deserved it. I don't really agree that Ralph deserves to be in, but he did say some really nice things this time about Buffalo and the fans. I'm one of the biggest Ralph haters, but he definitely did a nice job of stating why the Bills should stay in Buffalo and that is the FANS! Congrats!

[X-Era]

Ill criticize any Bill as much as the next guy, but when one of our own gets the HOF nod, that extends beyond our walls, then I must back them up...

:clap: for Ralph and Bruce

[patmoran2006]

Probably be a longer wait still, because I think Jerry Rice is eligible next year
he is, and so is Emmitt Smith and Shannon Sharpe, thats 3 first balloters right there.

[patmoran2006]

Ralph is not sure who will present him.
id say Bill Polian or Wade Phillips..

haha

[Dr. Lecter]

he is, and so is Emmitt Smith and Shannon Sharpe, thats 3 first balloters right there.

Sharpe was eligible this year and was not a finalist.

[Dr. Lecter]

id say Bill Polian or Wade Phillips..

haha

I was thinking Lou Saban......

[tat2dmike77]

Maybe i will go it's only a two hour drive. If i do go maybe one of you guys can bring me a case or three of yuengling.

Good for Bruce and Ralph. I can see why we are mixed about it now but if this had happened 10 years ago we all would be happy for Ralph.

[Michael82]

One thing to keep in mind, with the 50th anniversary of the Buffalo Bills...I'm sure that helped get Ralph in too. They will probably have a special section for our 50th anniversary like they did for the Steelers a few years ago. :D

[blackonyx89]

Obviosuly there's a very immature person out there that negged me about all that garbage about me saying I'm a Lions fan. I'm a Bills fan whether you like it, or not and you can neg me all you want. I get so sick of people who live in an imaginary world thinking the Bills are perfect. WAKE UP! They're not. If anyone goes online and says something that's true that this team hasn't been able to win it all, they get bashed. I supported this team for almost 30 years, I'm frustrated just any any other fan that bleeds red white and blue. So of you so called Bills fans need to get the crap from your eyes and deal with reality. PTOOEY! ON PATHETIC FOOL who negged me!!!


I AM A BILLS FAN!!!! DEAL WITH IT!!!!

[tat2dmike77]

I AM A BILLS FAN!!!! DEAL WITH IT!!!!

Then use some of those zonebucks and change your title and stfu about it.

*And no i did not neg you i am sick of you crying about the lions fan issue*