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Author:	Raven Hawk [ Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:02 pm ]
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Per the constitution: # Before the start of the previous season's playoffs, the Director shall create a thread in the CFL Forum entitled "Hall of Legends Nominations." # Any current owner, former owner, or fan may nominate any eligible player for nomination by posting a reply in the Hall of Legends Nominations thread. # The voting period shall begin at the start of the first free agency period and end at midnight EST before the training camp stage is simulated. # All votes shall be cast by secret ballot submitted to the Hall of Fame Director by Private Message (PM) on the CFL Forum. Only current team owners may vote and only one vote shall be cast per team. # To be inducted, a player must receive 20 votes from the Committee of the Whole, or 75% of votes cast (minimum of 20 votes cast). To make a nomination: Post the players name and a brief blurb about why they deserve to be in the Hall of Legends. It's also helpful if you post the unicode that will link to the player's page on the website: [ player ] [ /player ] without the spaces. [bb2e36ad] [color=blueb2e36ad]Please post nominations in BLUE font.[/colorb2e36ad] All discussion regarding players' merits should be in BLACK.[/bb2e36ad][/b] List of Current Nominees: [player]Arthur Brady[/player] [player]Genaro Burke[/player] [player]Cole Faison[/player] [player]Landon Hurst[/player] [player]Brian Manos[/player] [player]Kelley McCaleb[/player] [player]Weldon Rayburn[/player] [player]Ronnie Tu[/player] If you don't see your nomination here, make sure that the nomination is in [bb2e36ad][color=blueb2e36ad]blue[/colorb2e36ad][/bb2e36ad].

Author:	Raven Hawk [ Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:18 pm ]
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Here are some notables that are eligible this year. Note that since they are not in blue, they have not yet been nominated. Remember players needed to retire 2014 to be eligible for 2015 nominations (i.e. last year). QB Landon Hurst RB Arthur Brady SS Jack Upshaw OLB Victor Ginn QB Joshua Urrutia TE Brian Manos RB Weldon Rayburn MLB Nicholas Snodgrass WR Kelley McCaleb RG(C) Refugio Davis WR Cleveland Coon QB Ronnie Tu WR Cole Faison WR Zachary Spates Just to name a few.

Author:	TurfToe [ Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:35 am ]
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[color=bluebf70d80][bbf70d80][player]Ronnie Tu[/player][/bbf70d80][/colorbf70d80] I'm not going to post a blurb because the name says it all. I'm not going to look at the stats either because it is not necesary and they don't convey what it was like to have to face him on the field. Some names are just synonymous with the Hall. For those of you who are new to the league or did not see Tu in his prime, no amount of words could explain Ronnie Tu, he was simply something you had to experience but wouldn't want to.

Author:	3ric [ Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:07 am ]
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[quotef216f1d="Raven Hawk"]Here are some notables that are eligible this year. Note that since they are not in blue, they have not yet been nominated. Remember players needed to retire 2014 to be eligible for 2015 nominations (i.e. last year). QB [player]Landon Hurst[/player] RB [player]Arthur Brady[/player] SS [player]Jack Upshaw[/player] OLB [player]Victor Ginn[/player] QB [player]Joshua Urrutia[/player] TE [player]Brian Manos[/player] RB [player]Weldon Rayburn[/player] MLB [player]Nickolas Snodgrass[/player] WR [player]Kelley McCaleb[/player] RG(C) [player]Refugio Davis[/player] WR [player]Cleveland Coon[/player] QB [player]Ronnie Tu[/player] WR [player]Cole Faison[/player] WR [player]Zachary Spates[/player] Just to name a few.[/quotef216f1d] [bf216f1d][color=bluef216f1d]Brady, McCaleb, Faison and Manos[/colorf216f1d][/bf216f1d] gets my nomination.

Author:	MrBug708 [ Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:41 am ]
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From last years nominations; rankings probably aren't the same ------------------------------- Genaro Burke - CB - Honolulu [b72db24b]Genaro Burke was one of those guys that always rung in your head as a lockdown corner. You knew when playing against Honolulu, not only did you have to deal with Ronnie Tu, but your top Wideout was effectively rendered useless as he was being covered by Genaro Burke. He wasn't an aggressive corner that would pick off passes and take them to the house, but he turned completions into incompletions on a daily basis. Stats 171 Passes Defensed 10 Interceptions 594 Tackles 157 Assists 26.0 Average per kick return on 178 returns Honors 3 1st Team All-Pro Honors 2 2nd Team All-Pro Honors 2 Championship Rings Records 1st All-Time Passes Defensed - Career (171) 8th Most Passes Defensed in a Single Season (28 ) 4th Most Passes Defensed in a Single Game - Tied (6)[/b72db24b]

Author:	MrBug708 [ Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:44 am ]
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[quote1bad180="TurfToe"][color=blue1bad180][b1bad180][player]Ronnie Tu[/player][/b1bad180][/color1bad180] I'm not going to post a blurb because the name says it all. I'm not going to look at the stats either because it is not necesary and they don't convey what it was like to have to face him on the field. Some names are just synonymous with the Hall. For those of you who are new to the league or did not see Tu in his prime, no amount of words could explain Ronnie Tu, he was simply something you had to experience but wouldn't want to.[/quote1bad180] I heart you

Author:	Cheesehead Craig [ Thu Oct 11, 2007 1:16 pm ]
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[quote5d6128b="TurfToe"][color=blue5d6128b][b5d6128b][player]Ronnie Tu[/player][/b5d6128b][/color5d6128b] I'm not going to post a blurb because the name says it all. I'm not going to look at the stats either because it is not necesary and they don't convey what it was like to have to face him on the field. Some names are just synonymous with the Hall. For those of you who are new to the league or did not see Tu in his prime, no amount of words could explain Ronnie Tu, he was simply something you had to experience but wouldn't want to.[/quote5d6128b] Very nicely put TT.

Author:	JJ Smitty [ Thu Oct 11, 2007 2:37 pm ]
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[color=blue7ca8982][b7ca8982][player]Landon Hurst[/player][/b7ca8982][/color7ca8982] 2nd QB to reach 100 wins, 2 Championship rings, all the stats to match. All he did was win as a starting QB, he excelled in the playoff's.

Author:	dberner30 [ Sat Oct 13, 2007 8:19 pm ]
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RB Brady deserves the nod...im a bit tapped for time at the moment but will try and get a write up for him this week...he is one of the best RBs in the CFL...

Author:	Aylmar [ Sun Oct 14, 2007 9:02 am ]
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[player]Cole Faison[/player] [color=blue76d7ac0]Faison was one of the greatest wide receivers to play in the CFL. In a stunning twelve year career, he only missed six starts due to injury. Retired as the all-time leader in receptions and touchdown catches and second all-time in receiving yards. Finished third in career yards after the catch. Returned 142 punts for 1363 yards, ranking him seventh all-time on that list when he hung up the cleats. First CFL player to catch over 70 TD passes and still one of only three guys to reach that number. Posted over a thousand yards receiving in eight seasons and was the second player to exceed 12,000 receiving yards. Caught 15 touchdown passes in the 2009 season. Had forty 100 yard receiving games, ten of those coming in the 2007 season (where he posted his career high of 237 yards in a single game). Posted more than one touchdown catch in ten games. Still the only player to catch more than 800 passes. Tied for single-game receiving touchdown record with three touchdown catches in one game (Faison did it three times in the 2009 season).[/color76d7ac0] I hope I have managed to do Cole justice.

Author:	Shooter [ Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:28 pm ]
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[quoteca972c9="Aylmar"][player]Cole Faison[/player] [color=blueca972c9]Faison was one of the greatest wide receivers to play in the CFL. In a stunning twelve year career, he only missed six starts due to injury. Retired as the all-time leader in receptions and touchdown catches and second all-time in receiving yards. Finished third in career yards after the catch. Returned 142 punts for 1363 yards, ranking him seventh all-time on that list when he hung up the cleats. First CFL player to catch over 70 TD passes and still one of only three guys to reach that number. Posted over a thousand yards receiving in eight seasons and was the second player to exceed 12,000 receiving yards. Caught 15 touchdown passes in the 2009 season. Had forty 100 yard receiving games, ten of those coming in the 2007 season (where he posted his career high of 237 yards in a single game). Posted more than one touchdown catch in ten games. Still the only player to catch more than 800 passes. Tied for single-game receiving touchdown record with three touchdown catches in one game (Faison did it three times in the 2009 season).[/colorca972c9] I hope I have managed to do Cole justice.[/quoteca972c9] I think you just wrote his bio for the Hall of Legends.

Author:	Raven Hawk [ Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:44 pm ]
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[color=blue188bff3][player]Weldon Rayburn[/player] Weldon "Workhorse" Rayburn may not have been your high profile running back to the likes of a [player]Butch Fulton[/player] however he was as his nickname described him: A workhorse. He is currently 3rd on the list of all-time rushers with 12,628 yards and 4th on the all time rushing TD list with 72 TD's. He was steady, consistent and would grind out the yards when the Shreveport Pride needed them. He currently leads the league with 9 1000+ yard rushing seasons. Workhorse Rayburn was a threat coming out the backfield as a receiver, too, netting 348 receptions, 2694 yards and 18 TD's. All told Rayburn got to the paint 90 times throughout his career, not including the playoffs. Unfortunately for him, one moment in CFL Bowl history has made him infamous. That fateful day in Lubbock, TX at CFL Bowl VII (http://www.thecfl.net/2009.html) Rayburn fumbled the ball going into the endzone in an effort that would have put the Pride up by 1 point in the third quarter. To this day, Workhorse Rayburn remembers the name of the linebacker that knocked the ball loose, even if nobody else does: [player]Mark Wilk[/player].[/color188bff3]

Author:	Doug5984 [ Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:24 am ]
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School has been kicking my ass this semester so I hadn't had a chance to really look at this thread, I just went through it and to me it seems like all the players nominated would've gotten my nomination, and all the ones that were not I would've left off as well. As much as I would like to nominate [player]Nickolas Snodgrass[/player] I just can, he had 3 great years to start his career and then he really just sank away. He would maybe make it to the hall of really good players, but never the hall of legends (although those first 3 years, he was well on his way to being a league legend- much like Tu was at QB).

Author:	fantastic flying froggies [ Fri Oct 19, 2007 10:37 am ]
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I'll be writing something up this week-end for Manos.

Author:	fantastic flying froggies [ Sun Oct 21, 2007 2:05 pm ]
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[color=blued21aa04]TE [player]Brian Manos[/player] aka the Man 1st team TE 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 2nd team TE 2013 After a couple of rather uneventful seasons in New Orleans, Manos came to Detroit in 2005 and became the focal point of the Vampire offense that made it to the CFL Bowl 2 seasons in a row. Manos redefined the TE position, changing it from the plain old blocker of old to the modern 'power receiver' of today. Manos led the Vampires in catches in 7 consecutive seasons from 2006 to 2012, and yards receiving from 2006 to 2010. He retires as the leading Vampire in receptions, yards receiving, TD receptions. League wide, he retired as #3 all-time in receptions (and still is, one year later) and #8 in TD receptions. He is also clearly, and by far, the #1 TE in receptions (has 140 more than the #2), in receiving yards (has 1,700 yards than the #2), TD receptions. Despite all his receiving skills, Manos still did his part on the line. With 75 KRBs, he also leads all TEs in the category.[/colord21aa04]

Author:	Raven Hawk [ Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:12 pm ]
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Last Call for Nominations.

Author:	dberner30 [ Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:18 pm ]
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RB Arthur Brady Brady played for Chicago all but the final year of his career. For a long time he was the Chicago offense. Sadly his time with our mediocre team cost him the opportunity to get a ring. He did secure some significant awards on his own. He was the league MVP in 2005, 2007, and 2008. He was the Offensive Player of the Year in 2005 and was a 1st and 2nd team all league running back on several occasions. Brady held the all-time rushing record until just recently. For a career he accumulated almost 13,000 rushing yards (averaging over 4 yards per carry) and 51 rushing TDs. He also was a great receiver out of the backfield and tacked on 3,000 yards receiving and 19 more TDs. Of his 11 seasons, Brady shared the rock in 5 of those years. Imagine his numbers had he played for a team that padded his stats. Brady defines superstar running back.

Author:	Raven Hawk [ Sat Nov 03, 2007 2:01 pm ]
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All right. We'll call it there. I'll open voting shortly. Thanks!

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