Prediction 2020 — Who will make the Hall?

Prediction 2020 — Who will make the Hall?

by | Jan 2, 2020 | 2020 season, Hall of Fame

With the announcement of the modern candidates today, we finally have a complete ballot of the finalists who will be voted on for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2020.

Now we can have the first-annual Zoneblitz.com PFHOF election prediction contest. The winner of said contest will be declared the Grand Champion and will be able to use that title for the next year when ever posting on this blog.

The contest involves predicting the class of 2020. The winner will be the person who predicts the highest number of those who will be enshrined out of 20. Only one “official prediction” allowed and, if there is a tie, the person with the most correct out of the 15-person centennial class will be declared the victor. All decisions by the judges (site moderators) are final.

Feel free to discuss and debate the candidates and your choices over next few weeks before we have the results (possibly early January for centennial class; evening of Saturday February 1st for the five modern finalists).  Contest results will be officially announced here the week of February 4th.  Deadline for predictions is 10:59 pm CST Monday January 6th — just in case the centennial class is announced next week, since no date for the announcement is currently known.

To refresh your memory, here are the finalists:

Modern (5 elected): Steve Atwater, Tony Boselli, Isaac Bruce, LeRoy Butler, Alan Faneca, Torry Holt, Steve Hutchinson, Edgerrin James, John Lynch, Sam Mills, Troy Polamula, Richard Seymour, Zach Thomas, Reggie Wayne, Bryant Young

Centennial Class:

Players (10 elected): Cliff Branch, Harold Carmichael, Jim Covert, Roger Craig, Bobby Dillon, LaVern Dilweg, Ox Emerson, Randy Gradishar, Cliff Harris, Winston Hill, Cecil Isbell, Alex Karras, Verne Lewellen, Tommy Nobis, Drew Pearson, Donnie Shell, Duke Slater, Mac Speedie, Ed Sprinkle, Al Wistert

Coaches (2 elected): Don Coryell, Bill Cowher, Tom Flores, Mike Holmgren, Jimmy Johnson, Buddy Parker, Dan Reeves, Dick Vermeil

Contributors (3 elected): Bud Adams, Ralph Hay, Frank “Bucko” Kilroy, Art McNally, Art Modell, Clint Murchison, Steve Sabol, Seymour Siwoff, Paul Tagliabue, George Young

Good luck everyone.

Prediction 2020 — Who will make the Hall?

Selecting the class of 2020

by | Sep 25, 2019 | Hall of Fame

First, I would like to thank both Andy and Tony for this opportunity to contribute to the blog, plus all their efforts over the years in creating and maintaining this site. I think it has provided a great forum for discussions related to the Pro Football Hall of Fame and attracted a dedicated (if small) group of active participants.

As a regular, I certainly have appreciated the respectful – even though at times passionate – discussions and disagreements on the wide range of topics and related opinions that have been presented. My aim with these posts is only to keep the discussion fresh and moving forward by providing timely new stories that will follow the key news and events of the selection timeline and process from August to February. Then perhaps in the “offseason” introduce a variety of NFL related posts on topics also of interest to this forum.

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