From: ming@acsu.buffalo.edu (Zhi-Hong Ming)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: Playoffs/the final answer/the Cowboys.
Date: 28 Dec 92 17:42:21 GMT
Organization: UB

In article <1992Dec28.094901.4751@admin1.memst.edu> jasmith@admin1.memst.edu (John) writes:
>
>          Week #17 proved to be fatal for some teams.  Starting quarterbacks
>       from a few key teams in the AFC could leave the AFC crown up for grabs.
>       Houston came on strong proving there ready for the playoffs.  Or did 
>       they.  The loss of Kelly for the Bills along with other standouts
>       injuried might prove to be the end of the Bills season.  Cinderalla,
>       Cinderalla, have you lost your fella.  A separated shoulder leaves 
>       San Diego longing in the midnight hour.  Washington loses its last
>       two games but still manages to get in the playoffs.  Minnesota leaves
>       a few unanswered questions after crushing Green Bay.  Are they for real?
>       Or was Green Bay a joke?  A late come back and an overtime field goal
>       give Miami the AFC east title.  Buffalo slipping in to the dog house.
>       A team that was one win away from clinching the home field advantage 
>       through out the playoff is now stuck in a wild card game.
>
>                              WILD CARD GAMES
>       National Football Conference        American Football Conference
>
>          Philadelphia     17                 Houston          31
>       at New Orleans      13              at Buffalo          10
>
>          Washington       13                 Kansas City      28
>       at Minnesota        24              at San Diego        17
>
>       Defense is the game and Philadelphia is the team.  New Orleans will have
>       to wait another season for there first playoff win.  A team that really 
>       doesn't want to defend there title, Washington, will crumble for the
>       last time this year in Minnesota.  The story in the AFC is injuries.
>       No Kelly, no Buffalo.  In week #17, Houston proved to be the better
>       team, and they prove to be a better team then a wobbling Bills' team.
>       Backup quarterbacks usually don't get the job done, and this should be
>       the case for San Diego.  Kansas City's defense should get the job done 
>       on the backup QB this week.
>        
>                             1ST ROUND GAMES
>
>          Philadelphia     24                 Houston          16
>       at San Francisco    28              at Pittsburgh       23
>
>
>          Minnesota        17                 Kansas City      35
>       at Dallas           34              at Miami            17
>

I don't really agree with your prediction; one thing your messed up is that
if KC wins they will play Pitt. since they are the last seeded team.

>       It's a big game and it hard for me to go against Philly since they lost
>       the last game between Philly-SF but Philly looks like they might just
>       going back into the slump.  Bad time to go into a slump, San Francisco 
>       is just too much for a slumping Philadelphia team.  Minnesota just
>       doesn't have enough offensive to score with the Cowboys.  The Cowboys
>       who by no doubt have the strongest offensive in the NFL this year.  
>       San Francisco has the best passing offensive, but the Cowboys are a 
>       well balanced attack unlike the 49ers.  And the Cowboys statisically own
>       the best defensive.  These factors will just be too much for Minnesota 
>       to handle.  Barry Foster and Pittsburgh.  In order for Pittsburgh to
>       control Houston, Foster is going to have to control the game. 
>       Pittsburgh in a tight one over Houston.  Miami a team that is up and
>       down, one week beating Buffalo the next week stealing a victory from
>       New England will have there hands full against the Kansas City defense.
>       In a crushing defeat, Kansas City will advance. 
>
>       NFC Championship Game             AFC Championship Game
>          Dallas         49                 Kansas City        16
>       at San Francisco  28              at Pittsburgh         19
>
>       Dallas who has been prone to give up points thru the air will give up 
>       four score in the air.  But San Francisco who has not faced an
>       offensive attack like the Cowboys will understand what real offensive
>       fire power is all about.  A pass defensive that is rank amoung the worse
>       in the NFL and rushing defensive that has not been test by the top
>       rusher in the league.  E.Smith will have a field day, so will Aikman and
>       S.Young.  Foster left, Foster right, screen pass to Foster.  This should
>       be the Barry Foster day, but Kansas City will have a lot to say about 
>       the Barry Foster day.  Pittsbugh advancnes on the legs of Foster.
>
>                               SUPERBOWL
>       Dallas Cowboys      41            Pittsburgh Steelers    13
>
>       OFFENSIVE, DEFENSIVE, COWBOYS.  That's the story.  The Cowboys have done
>       great all year long against the run.  And Foster will not make the
>       grade.  The real story is NFC versus AFC.  No match this year.  If it
>       were SF-Pitts, Minnesota-Pitts, or any other team in the NFC.  The AFC
>       is too weak to contend with the NFC this year.
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