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Wiedmer: Maybe T.O. deserves a place in the Hall of Shame

Former NFL wide receiver and Chattanooga alum Terrell Owens walks the sidelines during the second half of an NCAA college football game with Alabama and Chattanooga, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Former NFL wide receiver and Chattanooga alum Terrell Owens walks the sidelines during the second half of an NCAA college football game with Alabama and Chattanooga, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Former NFL wide receiver and Chattanooga alum Terrell Owens walks the sidelines during the second half of an NCAA college football game with Alabama and Chattanooga, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

By Mark Wiedmer 4 min read

Say it’s not so, T.O.

Please, please, please say it’s not so.

Sweetly tweet or loudly shout to the world today, tomorrow or on any other reasonable date prior to the 2018 Pro Football Hall of Fame induction in Canton, Ohio, on Aug. 4 that you, Terrell Eldorado Owens, really will be there in one of those pale beige/yellow blazers that all inductees dutifully wear.

photo Terrell Owens arrives at the Kids’ Choice Awards at The Forum on Saturday, March 24, 2018, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Please, please, please tell the world by social media, telegram or smoke signal that Thursday’s news flash that you will reportedly be the first inductee ever to decline an invitation to attend that ceremony was all a silly joke gone wrong.

That you’ll quite happily and proudly join past inductees such as your childhood hero Jerry Rice, Bart Starr, Vince Lombardi, Sam Huff and Walter Payton in being rightly recognized as one of the all-time bests of your sport.