Giants great Ottis Anderson getting St. Louis OJ Train push for deserved Hall of Fame nod

Out in St.Louis, where all these years later they still mourn the departure of their beloved Cardinals (and later Rams), a heartfelt grass roots campaign to right an injustice is reaching a fever pitch at a desperate hour:Why isn’t Ottis Anderson in the Hall of Fame?All aboard the O.J.

HOF Train.“I played against him and I played with him,” Lawrence Taylor told Serby Says.“He’s a helluva player.

When I was playing against him, he was one of the guys I had to look out for every daggone time we played him.“He had that little movement where he could jump from one gap to another gap.… He’s physical … not as fast as some running backs, but he’s going to pound it out, 8 yards, 7 yards at a time.

And by the time you done finished four quarters, you’re tired of hitting O.J.Anderson.”When L.T., the greatest defensive player in NFL history, speaks, the Hall of Fame ought to listen.“I look at a lot of guys that are in the Hall of Fame right now,” Taylor said, “and I’m saying, ‘This guy ain’t as good as O.J.

Anderson.’ Back in that day, his stats spoke for themselves.”Ottis Jerome Anderson was an O.J., same as O.J.Simpson.

They called Anderson “Juice,” same as Simpson.Anderson was a running back, same as Simpson.

Anderson wore No.32 as a St.

Louis Cardinal, same as Simpson wore in Buffalo.Anderson retired as No.24 with the New York Giants.O.J.

Simpson is in the Hall of Fame.O.J.Anderson is not.Anderson is one of 182 Senior nominees for Canton, one of 25 running backs.

A Seniors Screening Committee will soon reduce the list to 50 players.Three Seniors will emerge as finalists.“It’s been a blessing that somebody’s advocating for me,” Anderson told Serby Says.Recommendation letters to the Senior Committee have poured in from Bill Parcells, Bill Belichick, Joe Gibbs, Dick Vermeil and legendary heavyweight champion Larry Holmes.

A petition is quickly picking up momentum.Asked why he believes he has been overlooked, Anders...