Troy Aikman

Ladies and Gentleman.... The 'Hot' story today is the status of Troy Aikman making it into the Hall Of Fame. Folks, why is this even a question?
First off... I am a Tampa Bay Bucs fan, one who no longer cares much for the Cowboys (who happens to be my home town team). I really enjoyed watching Cowboy games with my family in the 80's and 90's, but really have always had my heart with the Bucs.
NOW... To ask if Troy Aikman should be in the Hall Of Fame, because of his stats and lack of titles and awards is ASININE. OF COURSE I agree that stats, MVP awards, Championship titles and all of the like should be considered for a hall of fame inductee candidate, but that should only be HALF of what is looked at. HALF folks.

Did you read my HSO on Mike Modano? See below if not. If you did, you might remember me calling Modano the 'face of hockey in Dallas'. Now, Troy Aikman is not really the face of football in Dallas by any stretch of the imagination, HOWEVER, when asked about the 90's dynasty of the Dallas Cowboys.... Who do you think of? Jerry Jones? Not. Jimmy Johnson. Ok, kind of. Folks... The answer is the TRIPLETS. Emmitt Smith, Michael Irvin and guess who? Troy has THREE Super Bowl rings. He earned MVP status in his first Super Bowl. He had a 99.0 passer rating in 1993. He played in SIX consecutive Pro Bowls. He made all kinds of All Rookie teams. In college, he had the third highest QB rating in NCAA HISTORY when he turned pro (someone from the Ticket please tell me if he still holds that honor). He won the 1989 Cotton Bowl against Arkansas (I was there!!!). He played in the state all star game in High School.... Damn people, I can go on forever!

Check out some stories by searching Google about everything Troy Aikman has done for this community. Do you remember when Troy was busted for drugs, rape, killing someone on SH75, or placed in jail for something absurd. NOPE. Never happened. Do you remember when Troy greedily went to another team (SPARE team) in his last few years for more money? NOPE. Never happened. Do you remember that time when Troy was in the news for soliciting prostitution? NOPE. Again, never happened.

Instead, Troy has done things in Music (Oklahoma Nights), is actively involved with musicians in country bands (national acts no less), He sells all of your pretty faces in Dallas top off the line Ford products (his second dealership, by the way), Have you ever heard of The Troy Aikman Foundation?? Please check it out if you haven't. (Just go to Aikman.com and link yourself there). I can go ON and ON and ON... But that's for YOU to do.

Come on folks.... There should be NO QUESTION if Troy Aikman should be in the Hall Of Fame. NONE. He was a great football player, and now a great broadcaster (which a lot of ex players cannot say).

Congratulations Troy. You did a lot of good for my hometown, and I am very proud of you. You deserve to be in the Hall Of Fame... Hands down.