The pilgrimage of all football fans
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 2/12/07
If you are even a football fan, or even know what football is, here is the happiest place on Earth. This Hall of Fame is bigger than Cooperstown...the magnificant statue of Jim Thorpe you see while walking in says it all. Upstairs is stuff such as Tom Dempsey's shoe and real helmets from old football stars. But that isn't even the half of it. Go into the next room, and there is your favorite team...along with the other 31. Their helmets are there too in what looks like a shrine. Across the hall from that room is the heart of the Hall of Fame...the busts themselves. John Elway...Joe Montana...Jim Brown...you name the superstar, and he is there! Makes you look back into history, doesn't it. But wait! There's more! After that is the place where it all is...the stuff. Mike Anderson's rookie jersey. TO's 20 catch jersey. John Elway's football that he threw over the 50,000 yard mark. It's all there. Lots of stuff from the greats themselves. You think it's over yet? Boy, you haven't seen the Super Bowl Room. This room has everything from the Super Bowl...the scores, the highlights, The Fridge's Super Bowl ring...everything! Then, at the back of the room, there's the granddaddy of them all. The Vince Lombardi Trophy. Yes...it's right there at the Hall. All that seems great, right? Well, you haven't seen the game room yet. Downstairs is the game room. You good at Madden? Test your skills. You know a lot about the greatest plays in history? The game room has a game just for that. You know how to throw a mean spiral? Show it off down there!
Overall, I seriously gotta say that the Pro Football Hall of Fame is the happiest place on the entire planet for the great football fan.