Fans Are Allowed In The Pro Football Hall Of Fame?

Here's a logo I just made to put on my Hairy News and Views Archive page, a simple little links page I had to make to replace my non-adult/mainstream blog at Hairy News and Views because Blogger is doing away with its FTP interface functions. I'm working on "official" Taco Werewolf blog that'll function entirely from my own hosting account and will integrate both my mainstream and more porny/extreme hairy taco stuff and I'll link to it when I get it set up. Blogger blows goats, anyway, I've been planning to stop using it for awhile now.

Today is Super Bowl Sunday and, of course, I am going to watch the game because I am an unabashed fan of the NFL. Being a life-long Indiana resident and living pretty close to Indianapolis I am, of course, rooting for the Colts. I watch nearly every single one of the Colts' games on TV and am pretty grateful we have a local team that, year after year, is pretty damn good and is always in the hunt for winning the Super Bowl. I'm not as excited about the Colts being in the Super Bowl this year as I was when they made it and won it '06, because that was their first time since being in Indy, but it's still pretty damn cool.

I'm disappointed that the Saints are even IN in the Super Bowl because to get there they had to beat my beloved Minnesota Vikings that I've been a fan of ever since my mom bought me some Vikings pajamas at K-Mart when I was 6 years old. It had some kind of subliminal effect on me as a child and I've loved the Vikings ever since. Their loss to the Saints two weeks ago was one of the most agonizing, heartbreaking games I've ever had to watch. I guess it was too much to ask for a Vikings/Colts Super Bowl. At least now I won't have to deal with torn loyalties and I can root for the Colts angst-free.

I also don't like the Saints being in the Super Bowl because they were one of five teams that have never been in the game, along with the Browns, Lions, Jaguars and Texans. I just think there needs to be teams that NEVER make it to the Super Bowl, it makes it seem more special and, just as in life, some things to some people should just be-- no matter how hard they wish or try--UNATTAINABLE, so here's to hoping that the Saints at least don't WIN.

I'm also upset because this guy is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It's some New Orleans Saints fan who calls himself "Da Pope." I read about him in the local newspaper this week and didn't believe they even allowed fans in the Hall of Fame. But after doing some research I learned that in 1999 the NFL did allow a fan from each of the then 31 teams to be inducted into the "Hall of Fans" a special display in the Hall of Fame, and yes, Lionel Alphonso, Sr., the guy in the pic, was inducted. I need to do some more research to see if they actually got their own bust or not, though.