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It’s pro football’s lonely list: the teams that have never even been to a Super Bowl. But now that the Arizona Cardinals are finally there, maybe there’s hope for the Forlorn Five — Cleveland, Detroit, Houston, Jacksonville and New Orleans.I swear I thought the list of teams who never got to the game was longer. Damn Jacksonville! I know we are new and compared to others, but Carolina was born with us and made it. And to make it worse, we went to the AFC Championship game twice and hosted once and still couldn't pull it off. But no matter the fuckary of this season, I am still a Jag to the end and know we will turn in our membership to the No super bowl club soon. Read the entire article here.
Twenty-nine years after he first became eligible, Jacksonville native Bob Hayes was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Saturday.
Hayes was nominated for the second time in five years by the senior committee and he needed at least 36 of the 44 board members to vote in his favor.
The exact number of votes he got was not announced.
The case for Hayes was that he changed the game with his speed that forced defenses to change to zone defenses.
But he was rejected just five years ago, the first time he was a finalist. The fact he had only 371 catches and didn’t have a signature game in the championship games he played in were hurdles he had to overcome.
Hayes is the only man to win an Olympic gold medal and a Super Bowl ring.
He died in 2002.
Joining Hayes in the Hall will be Bruce Smith, Rod Woodson, Randall McDaniel, Derrick Thomas and Buffalo Bills founder and owner Ralph Wilson.