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Michael Irvin took his snub more gracefully this time. A year ago, the former Cowboys receiver sat in his hotel room and cried after learning he'd been denied by Hall of Fame voters. He got the same result again Saturday, but this time felt he should be part of the celebration because former teammate Troy Aikman, got in.
``I'm so happy because I'm part of that story,'' Irvin said, after sitting in the audience and watching his quarterback discuss his election.
Aikman made it in his first year of eligibility. Emmitt Smith, who spoke forcefully on behalf of Irvin on Friday, is a shoo-in when he becomes eligible after the 2009 season. Irvin, the third member of the famed Dallas trio that won three Super Bowls in the '90s, certainly has the credentials, though off-the-field issues have made his case more complex.
In voting Saturday, Irvin made the first cut, down from 15 to 10 candidates, but his name was eliminated when voters trimmed the list to the final six.
http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?floc=ne-main-4-l2&flok=FF-APO-2020&idq=/ff/story/0001%2F20060204%2F1708275145.htm&sc=2020
``I'm so happy because I'm part of that story,'' Irvin said, after sitting in the audience and watching his quarterback discuss his election.
Aikman made it in his first year of eligibility. Emmitt Smith, who spoke forcefully on behalf of Irvin on Friday, is a shoo-in when he becomes eligible after the 2009 season. Irvin, the third member of the famed Dallas trio that won three Super Bowls in the '90s, certainly has the credentials, though off-the-field issues have made his case more complex.
In voting Saturday, Irvin made the first cut, down from 15 to 10 candidates, but his name was eliminated when voters trimmed the list to the final six.
http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?floc=ne-main-4-l2&flok=FF-APO-2020&idq=/ff/story/0001%2F20060204%2F1708275145.htm&sc=2020
