2009 Hall of Fame

It's kind of funny if you think about it. If you look at the Patriots 3 championship teams the only shoe in Hall of Famers are Tom Brady and Bill Belichick. Willie McGinest, Teddy Bruschi, and Rodney Harrison are long shots to get in. It gives you a perspective about how special the 90's Bills were. Ralph Wilson and Bruce Smith will be the 4th and 5th members of that era, joining Marv Levy, Jim Kelly, and Thurman Thomas in the Hall of Fame. Andre Reed should get in eventually, but won't be for about another 5 years it would seem.

The 90's Bills is what I grew up on. That era made me a huge Bills fan. I lived and died with the Bills. I can remember ever game like it was yesterday. Jim Kelly running in the end zone for the game winning touchdown versus Miami. Thurman's 200 yard rushing game against the Jets on Monday Night football. Freezing my ass off at the Bills/Dolphins playoff game in 1990. It was the greatest time of my sports life. Maybe it was being young and starting to watch football in 1989 that made me so drawn to the team. God, I wish we could just go through that one more time. I'd do anything for a division title. My friend and I still joke that if the Bills ever won the Super Bowl we would come back to back to Buffalo and tip over a police car. I still get chills youtubing videos from that era.

Listed below is what Saturday will bring to back to my mind.

1) fandemonium
2) The Comeback
3)51-3
4) 200 sacks
5) 4 straight
6) 2-14 no more
7) snow
8)No huddle
9) Thurman Thomas screen pass
10) Dominating Miami
11) 3 touchdowns in 77 seconds
12) Carlton Bailey
13) Reed should be there
14) the Shout song
15) Al Davis Pissed off
16) Dan Marino Pissed off
17) Steve Grogan Pissed off
18) Blair Thomas Pissed off
19) John Elway Pissed off
20) Get out of town!
21) Goal to Goal the post game show
22) 6 touchdowns vs the Steelers
23) Beebe 4 touchdowns vs the Steelers
24) Tasker blocked punt vs Raiders
25) Jamie Mueller catches the game winning TD??
26) Steve Christie onside kick
27) Leonard Smith celebrating on a golf cart
28) Goal posts
29) Bruce sack dance
30) Leon Seals and Cornelius Bennett dancing (badly)
31) OJ at halftime
32) Circle the Wagons
33) Bickering Bills
34) beating the Giants in the meadowland
35) Frank Reigh beating the Dolphins for home field advantage
36) all the bad player TV shows
37) the back-up QB and kicker had a TV Show?
38) James Lofton reborn
39) Jeff George saying, "oh s#$t"
40) Bruce saying Hammer Time
41) Darth Vader helmet
42) who has a weirder name, Nate or Kirby?
43) Rich Stadium
44) Wind
45) sticking it to Bills haters
46) destroying Montana's dream
47) heartbreak
48) 78
49) wall of fame
50) If I can turn back time

-joe-

*Photos from The Buffalo News*