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No Tuna in Hall makes no sense

February 4, 2012 9:18 PM By NEIL BEST neil.best@newsday.com

Quick ReadIt was the worst kind of Tuna surprise. Bill Parcells, not a Hall of Famer?

Dallas Cowboys coach Bill Parcells during a football

Photo credit: AP | Dallas Cowboys coach Bill Parcells during a football game against the Washington Redskins. (Sept. 17, 2006)

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It was the worst kind of Tuna surprise. Bill Parcells, not a Hall of Famer?

It doesn't seem possible, but so it was decreed Saturday by the 44 members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee, most of whom I respect and many of whom are old friends.

Sorry, guys and gals, you got this one wrong.

Parcells' candidacy will live to see another day, and...

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