FROM KEITH GROLLER
It was another sour Saturday before the Super Bowl for the family and friends of Andre Reed.
The former Dieruff High School, Kutztown University and Buffalo Bills standout made the final 10, but was not one of the six men selected for enshrinement to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The six men who were selected for enshrinement on Aug. 4 in Canton included cornerback and senior selection Jack Butler, defensive tackle Cortez Kennedy, center Dermontti Dawson, offensive tackle Willie Roaf, running back Curtis Martin and defensive end Chris Doleman.
It was the sixth time Reed was a finalist, and for the second straight year he was among the final 10 nominees, but he didn't secure the 80 percent support he needed from the 44-man committee consisting of media members from around the country.
The panel met on Saturday morning in Indianapolis, the site of today's Super Bowl.
While Reed and the nearly 300 family members and friends who gathered at Starters Riverport in Bethlehem were disappointed with the results, the committee shocked many by not voting in any wide receiver. Cris Carter and Tim Brown were also expected to be given strong considation and expected to be in a fight with Reed for one of the spots. Carter joined Reed in the final 10; Brown did not.
And almost as stunning was the fact that neither two-time Super Bowl champion Bill Parcells nor longtime San Francisco 49ers owner Ed DeBartolo, Jr., who headed the organization when they won five Super Bowls, was selected.
Even before the announcement was made on The NFL Network, Reed, who was in Indianapolis, got word that no receivers and texted family members the bad news.
"He's doing ok, he just feels bad for everybody back home who were so excited," Dion Reed, Andre's brother said. "He's more worried about his family and friends back here than he is for himself."
"They're idiots, i-d-i-o-t-s," Reed's mother, Joyce Reed-Ebling said. "They're so full of it."
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