From: andres@minerva.ece.drexel.edu (Andres Lebaudy)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: Dirty Waters swallowed his words and torpedos.
Date: 12 Jan 93 15:38:41 GMT
Organization: Drexel University, Philadelphia PA

In article <11JAN199319284352@vill.edu> 187701458@vill.edu (Jagdeep Sahni) writes:
>In article <3283@devnull.mpd.tandem.com>, dwelch@mpd.tandem.com (Dan Welch)
> writes...
>>According to Emmitt Smith (as reported in the Dallas Morning News),
>>during the game Waters was saying, "Hold him up, hold him up, I want
>>to get a shot at him."  Along with threatening to break his (Emmitt's)
>>leg.
>> 
>>Waters, not surprisingly, denies having said that.  But, somehow, I
>>think I believe Emmitt on this one.  Emmitt also had the last laugh --
>>when Waters tackled him after an 11-yard gain, Emmitt got up, said
>>two words, and walked away:  "Nice tackle."  Emmitt said he was going
>>to let his performance talk for him, and did it speak volumes.
>> 
>>Daniel Welch
>
>
>	Some Dallas fans seem to have the impression that Eagles fans 
>were looking forward to seeing a personal fight/low blows or what have you
>between Smith and Waters . I don't know of a Eagles fan who was looking 
>forward to that. I was looking forward to some clean but hard hits by Gang 
>Green defense.
>
>	 I felt that Kotite would not let this go out of hand. I was
>worried of a scenerio wherein Waters would attempt to hit Smith hard while 
>making a tackle and Smith would get a glancing blow and keep running for 
>yardage. I am glad Waters did not make a fool of himself.
>
>	And Cowboy fans, maybe this is the last time you will hear me say 
>this, but everytime Emitt Smith carried the ball, my heart missed a beat.
>Anyway, congratulations to the Cowboy fans.
>
>
>			Jagdeep Sahni
>			A Hard Hit, Heartbroken Eagles Fan
>			Eagles in 1993

I was listening to the idiots on WIP all-sports radio in Philly this
morning.  The commentators and local fans who called in were critizicing
JJ for taking E. Smith out of the game early in the fourth quarter with
a 27-3 lead.  They said that both JJ and Emmit were wimps -- they were
afraid of Waters and the hard-hitting Gang Green defense.  I think I saw
Emmit trembling whenever Superman Waters was near him. :-)  I don't think
I've ever heard anything as stupid as this from the local media.  Sounds
to me that Philly fans were looking forward to a confrontation.

Later on in the broadcast, they were critizicing Smith for talking trash
after the game.  They said he was less of a man because he didn't say
anything before the game and waited until after he had rushed for 100+
yards to start talking.  I guess they prefer to have a guy like Waters
talk trash before the game and then do nothing on the field.  What a bunch
of losers...  Does anyone know what Emmit's postgame comments were?

Also did anyone else think it rather hypocritical of Waters to be wearing
tape on his head with the the phrase "Psalm 70" written on it?  They
quoted a paragraph of it on TV later and the gist of it was that you
shouldn't wish for harm on your fellow man.  The asshole critizes Emmit
for saying that Waters had it coming when he got injured, then he turns
around and says he's going to break Emmit's knees.

Andres
Go Cowboys!