In 1992, the year in which Davis was voted into the Hall of Fame, this correspondent was still years removed from serving on the selection committee. But even as a native of Pittsburgh, who was basically reared demonizing Davis and the Raiders because of their fierce rivalry with the Steelers, I recall lobbying in person and in print for his candidacy. There was a bloc of hardcore loyal NFL traditionalist Hall selectors who vowed to never vote for the rogue Davis.FINALLY they came of age. All the pain and loneliness of losing those past few years finally melted in thirty minutes of excellence at McHale Park when at last fulfilled their promise.Into those thirty opening minutes they packed all of their collective talents, building a lead which they spent almost all of the second thirty minutes defending.It all added up to a throbbing finale as bravely came to grips with their dilemma, and stripped a ninepoint deficit back to four. But just when they seemed poised to deliver a knoc