Dick Lynch: (6 votes) Who is Dick Lynch? The Notre Dame standout DB went on to play eight seasons for the New York Giants. He is currently a commentator for WFAN's broadcasts of Giants football. Plus, Ellen LOOOVES him.
Charlie Weis: (5 votes) Um, if you read this site, you may have heard of this guy before.
Hal Lebovitz: Mr. Lebovitz is the first ever Veteran's Committee inductee for the KankaNation Hall of Fame. And by "Veteran's Committee," I mean "this is my site and I can put whomever I want in the Hall of Fame." The legendary Cleveland sportswriter, an inspiration to many, passed away in the fall of 2005.
We had a record 10 people submit ballots this year. Here's how the voting broke down, and some comments provided by the voters:
| Dick Lynch | 6 | You know, I have no idea who this is. I went for the funny name factor. |
|---|---|---|
| Charlie Weis | 5 | There is not so much for his coaching as for the man he is. He does amazing work with his daughter's charity, he let a dying boy call a play and followed through even when it seemed a little crazy, he met with kids in Tempe just ahead of the Fiesta Bowl and signed autographs and made his players do that too...he even let a little kid wear his Super Bowl ring and watched the kid throw a few passes. He also made sure those kids knew his players were students too, not just athletes. He's a great man. God Bless him. |
| Charlie Weis, Jr. | 3 | |
| Jeff Samardzija | 3 | I like the name. Amazing athlete...may go down as one of ND's all-time greats. |
| Lou Holtz | 3 | For verbally kicking Mark May in the nyuts everytime I watch. |
| Catholic Packer Fan | 2 | Because any guy that is Catholic and also roots for the Packers and Irish has to be an OK guy. Plus he reads Kanka faithfully, which should garner a few key votes of support sealing his induction into the Kanka hall of fame. Can't a guy nominate himself? |
| Dave | 2 | Besides Kanka (and maybe Ellen), the most fired up KankaManiac. |
| Ellen's face | 2 | The face of Kankanation. Dah. |
| Fr. Ted | 2 | Do I really have to explain this one? |
| Jerome Bettis | 2 | |
| Julius Jones | 2 | Hell yeah. |
| Loyal KankaManiacs | 2 | |
| Montana Mazurkiewicz | 2 | God bless him and his family. |
| Mo Stovall | 2 | |
| The Pope | 2 | Can't argue with the voice of God on earth. |
| Rose the cadaver | 2 | Click here. |
| Aflac duck | 1 | |
| Brady Quinn | 1 | |
| Bratwurst | 1 | what's a football game without one? |
| Brett Favre | 1 | No hall of fame is worth its weight in salt without the grittiest QB this side of the 1960's. A competitor, through and through, and a likable guy from all news reports, too. Plus he plays for the greatest team ever to walk the football fields of the NFL. |
| Count Chocula | 1 | |
| Darius Walker | 1 | |
| Dave Wannstedt | 1 | For deciding to coach Pitt, this insures many Irish victories against Pitt in the years to come. Plus any guy that wears a mustache like that for as long as he has deserves to be in a hall of fame somewhere, why not in cyberspace? |
| The dog from My Dog Skip | ||
| Fr. Joyce | 1 | |
| Fr. Sorin | 1 | He started it all. |
| Hal Lebovitz | 1 | |
| Harry Dog | 1 | |
| John Krasinski as Jim Halpert (The Office) | 1 | Um, he pretty much makes the show, plus he's Polish. |
| Kanka's Infamous Cousin | 1 | |
| Kanye West | 1 | "Golddigger" rocks my world. |
| Leo Ferrine | 1 | |
| Lisa Guerrero | 1 | For deciding to pose nude in Playboy next month...'old chicks' look good, too. |
| mini-Kanka | 1 | |
| Niele Ivey | 1 | |
| Notre Dame women's sports | 1 | |
| Owners of CJ's | 1 | For reopening their bar after having bricks dumped through their roof. I revisited the joint this year after it reopened, it is still essentially the same. |
| Regis Philbin | 1 | |
| Ricky Gervais | 1 | For bringing The Office to America. |
| Rugby fan who cut his nuts off | 1 | His story is here. Any guy who cuts his 'tackle' off belongs in a hall of fame somewhere, too. |
| Ruth Riley | 1 | |
| Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang (Grey's Anatomy) | 1 | She's a totally kick-ass chick in medicine--gotta love her. |
| Stephen Colbert | 1 | The Colbert Report is obviously the best new show of 2005. |
| Superman | 1 |
