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readjack wrote: ↑Tue Feb 03, 2026 3:55 pm
As PFHOF analyst / advocate Ron Katz pointed out last week, voters could give Roger Craig the hometown bump. The last time the Super Bowl was in Santa Clara, Eddie Bartolo was elected. Tampa 2021: John Lynch. LA 2022: Cliff Branch (and Vermeil, if you want the Rams angle).
readjack wrote: ↑Tue Feb 03, 2026 3:55 pm
As PFHOF analyst / advocate Ron Katz pointed out last week, voters could give Roger Craig the hometown bump. The last time the Super Bowl was in Santa Clara, Eddie Bartolo was elected. Tampa 2021: John Lynch. LA 2022: Cliff Branch (and Vermeil, if you want the Rams angle).
Think he had most buzz. Not sure he got 40, but most have talked to so far think he was probably top
2-3 on many ballots.
As you've pointed out the zero sum of votes and likely top heavy voting--Kraft, BB and RC woue guess one-man class og RC. But just a guess.
If no one gets to 40, they run tiebreakers to elect one person from that group. So with BB and Kraft out, at least one person either had more votes than them, or had the same amount of votes under 40 and won the tiebreakers.
Hilariously (or not), the final tiebreaker in even-numbered years is alphabetical! Reverse-alphabetical in odd years. Bylaws don't even say if that is by last name or first name, so I'll assume it's by last name, which among the seniors would be Anderson, Craig, Greenwood. That's the eighth tiebreaker so unlikely, but still perversely funny.
JohnTurney wrote: ↑Tue Feb 03, 2026 5:25 pm
Think he had most buzz. Not sure he got 40, but most have talked to so far think he was probably top
2-3 on many ballots.
As you've pointed out the zero sum of votes and likely top heavy voting--Kraft, BB and RC woue guess one-man class og RC. But just a guess.
If no one gets to 40, they run tiebreakers to elect one person from that group. So with BB and Kraft out, at least one person either had more votes than them, or had the same amount of votes under 40 and won the tiebreakers.
Hilariously (or not), the final tiebreaker in even-numbered years is alphabetical! Reverse-alphabetical in odd years. Bylaws don't even say if that is by last name or first name, so I'll assume it's by last name, which among the seniors would be Anderson, Craig, Greenwood. That's the eighth tiebreaker so unlikely, but still perversely funny.
Right ... I cannot say for sure but I think it is one where there is someone with more than BB and RK but possibly less than 40, so on the 'must elect one' thing, guessing RC ...
as far as the tie or two-way tie scenario, no way to know that ... but good you point out the less-than-40 tiebreakers. Good info.,
JohnTurney wrote: ↑Tue Feb 03, 2026 5:25 pm
Think he had most buzz. Not sure he got 40, but most have talked to so far think he was probably top
2-3 on many ballots.
As you've pointed out the zero sum of votes and likely top heavy voting--Kraft, BB and RC woue guess one-man class og RC. But just a guess.
If no one gets to 40, they run tiebreakers to elect one person from that group. So with BB and Kraft out, at least one person either had more votes than them, or had the same amount of votes under 40 and won the tiebreakers.
Hilariously (or not), the final tiebreaker in even-numbered years is alphabetical! Reverse-alphabetical in odd years. Bylaws don't even say if that is by last name or first name, so I'll assume it's by last name, which among the seniors would be Anderson, Craig, Greenwood. That's the eighth tiebreaker so unlikely, but still perversely funny.
Right ... I cannot say for sure but I think it is one where there is someone with more than BB and RK but possibly less than 40, so on the 'must elect one' thing, guessing RC ...
as far as the tie or two-way tie scenario, no way to know that ... but good you point out the less-than-40 tiebreakers. Good info.,