The entire Greatest Show contingent, - Isaac Bruce, Torry Holt, Orlando Pace and Kurt Warner - all first-time nominees, advanced to the next round, along with past finalists Jerome Bettis and Kevin Greene. The semifinalist list also includes former Cardinals and Chargers head coach Don Coryell, one of the fathers of the Greatest Show offense. List of all 26 semifinalists Bettis, Greene, Charles Haley, Marvin Harrison and Will Shields were top-ten votegetters last year and should be the main candidates for 2015 induction among the repeat finalists. Junior Seau is the biggest favorite for induction among this year's first-timers.
On tonight's NFL Network reveal show, voter Rick Gosselin suggested there could be only one first-timer getting in this year. I assume that first-timer would be Seau, creating a scenario where the entire Show gets shut out and starting a run on pitchforks and torches in the St. Louis area.
The class will be reduced to 15 on January 8th. Those 15 will be joined by senior committee nominee Mick Tingelhoff and contributor nominees Bill Polian and Ron Wolf. My sincere thanks to the contributor voters for getting Eddie DeBartolo and Paul Tagliabue the heck off the list.
The 2015 Hall of Fame induction class will be announced January 31st.
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