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From: ckoontz@fozzy.UUCP (Carl H. Koontz)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Oilers playoff hopes
Keywords: NFL, Oilers, Playoffs
Date: 11 Nov 92 16:03:43 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Alcatel Network Systems, Richardson Texas, USA

It's about time for the Oilers to get moving if they hope to secure a
playoff spot this season.  From all I've heard the team is on the verge
of absolute disintegration.  Hopefully, Warren Moon and the team can regain
their focus and remember what they do for a living.

The Oilers have three consecutive big road games coming up against
Minnesota, Miami, and Detroit.  I don't see any way the Oilers can win
the AFC Central without victories in all three.  The chances of winning
a division with two divisional home losses are low enough as it is.

The Oilers should make the playoffs if they can win two of the three
road games.  A 7-5 record playing well on the road should be able to get
them to 10-6 which should be enough in the AFC this season (see AFC West).

Losing two of the three means shake up the house and try again in 93.

The one thing the Oilers have in their favor is they have not played an
NFC opponent yet this year.  The Oilers do very well against the NFC.  I
think it has something to do with the way they always play to the level of
their competition.

Until last week against Cleveland, the Oilers had been in every game so the
5-3 record wasn't too disheartening but now who knows.

Knowing the Oilers, nothing will suprise me.  They could finish anywhere
between 5-11 and 12-4.

Other opinions?

Carl
ckoontz@rdxsun40.aud.alcatel.com

BTW, the picks were just to see if our posts were getting out to the world.
From: t_trunc@chips.bash.edu (Tursiops Truncatus)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: Bills D
Date: 6 Nov 92 20:07:59 GMT
Organization: Buffalo Chips Pathology, Inc.

Well,well, well! If it isn't Immy again, the Dan Quayle of r.s.f.p.!  How 
ya' doing Immy!  You know, I really enjoy reading your stuff. You post stuff 
that sounds *just* like statements of our soon-to-be ex-Vice President!  
Full of humor and muddled facts.

In article <1992Nov6.151231.4271@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> iqrh_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Imran Qureshi) writes:

>The Bills defense has been quietly playing...

Of course they've been quiet!  They're too embarassed to speak up!

>The Bills allow 89 yds/game rushing and an astounding 3.3yds/rush!!!

Gee, that is astounding! I didn't know they were so bad!  Too bad they can't 
really play defense.

>Overall, the Bills D is 12th in the NFL.

Gee! And against powerhouses like New York, New England (twice!), Indy and 
the Raiders!

>Secondary has given up some big plays which "distort" the stats.

Ah, I understand!  Those plays didn't really happen! So SF didn't really 
roll up over 500 yards offense against the Chips and Miami didn't really 
beat them 37-10 - And the Raiders didn't really score those 20 points!!

>if the Bills secure home field advantage in the playoffs

"If" they secure home field advantage?  Immy, I'm surprised at you!

>And once the offense turns "on," the Bills will probably field a team in the
>all-time best ever in terms of talent, ability, and ....accomplishment.  

Oh, that's rich! That really is!  One thing I like about you, Immy.  You 
always give me a good laugh!

But you forget the great Chips tradition of choking at the most important 
moments - of fighting among themselves - of miserable coaching - all the 
things that go into making a team which has the best talent in the league 
into a bunch of losers, year after year.

>Just some thoughts......
>Always think positive.

OK - the Chips will POSITIVELY not be in the SuperBowl this year!

TT

Tursiops Truncatus 
*************************************************************************
GREAT MOMENTS IN BUFFALO HISTORY:  Thurmon Thomas whines about not being 
compared to Michael Jordan before the SuperBowl
From: rorry@cs.umd.edu (Ningda Rorry Li)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Houston Oilers Wk10
Date: 10 Nov 92 17:33:20 GMT
Article-I.D.: mimsy.61929
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742

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TEAM
Houston Oilers (5-4)

NEXT OPPONENT
Minnesota

GAME SUMMARY

           Cleveland  Houston*
Pts        24         14
Rushing    30-86      18-92
Pass Att   17-27-0    21-36-1
Pass Yds   205        181
Fum Lost   1          1
Poss       32:01      27:59

PASSING
Moon       12-25-0-70
Carlson    9-11-1-111 2P

RUSHING
White      14-76
Carlson    1-8
Moon       2-6
Givins     1-2

RECEIVING
Duncan     5-45
Slaughter  5-31 1T
Givins     4-50 1T
White      3-17
Harris     2-28
Jeffires   1-5
G.Brown    1-5

KICKING
Del Greco  2X 

SACKS
Fuller     1
S.Jones    1

INTERCEPTIONS
(none)

INJURIES
Moon       (pinched nerve or just need some head-clearing like Randall did?)
            
GAME SUMMARY
The offense punted on its first eight possessions, and had 15 passing yards
and 55 total yards in the first half. 

NEWS ITEMS
-- Moon's 70 yards passing is his low since (guess who?) the Vikings held
   him to 69 yards in 1989.
-- Slaughter has a TD catch in three consecutive games.
-- Three straight road games coming up: at Minnesota, at Miami, and 
   at Detroit. They are 2-2 on the road so far this season.
-- The Oilers are 3-2 at home with three more home games, and they haven't
   lost more than 2 home games since 1986 when they went 4-4 at home.

OTHER NOTES 
*= Home Team
P= Touchdown Pass Thrown
T= Touchdowns Scored
F= Field Goal Scored (number in parens is distance)
X= Extra Point Scored
PASSING: completions,attempts,interceptions, TD passes

This posting follows the proposed format of the NFL TEAM STAT PROJECT.
Contact Jason Parker - jason@cray.com to sign-up and enter your
favorite team.
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-- 
Ningda Rorry Li				Dept. of Computer Science
rorry@cs.umd.edu			The University of Maryland 
(O)301-405-2722   (H)301-345-2520	College Park, MD 20742
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
From: zezula@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Chad E Zezula)
Subject: Re: Player of the Week Questions
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 92 19:19:39 GMT

In article <1992Nov05.165753.23471@bnr.ca> patpower@crchh458.bnr.ca (Patrick Power) writes:
>
>      One last question, what is the record for offensive P.O.T.W awards
>going to the same team in one season? defensive? 
>
>      NOTE: Dallas has four offensive POTW awards this year.  Emmitt(2),
>Irvin, and Williams.  But no def. POTW awards.  Any other teams piling
>'em up?
>     
The Colts have had two defensive POTW this year:  Chip Banks and Steve
Emtman.
From: syang@rossini.eng.uci.edu (Guess)
Subject: Re: Lin Elliot
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Date: 11 Nov 92 23:19:54 GMT
Distribution: usa

I heard TB just released K. Willis and signed E. Murray
Also GB(?) release ex-cowboy D. Noonan.

Is Dallas Cowboys really unhappy with L. Elliot, enough to sign Willis?

Roger
From: kday@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Kevin Day)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Okoye or Word???
Date: 12 Nov 92 20:23:52 GMT
Reply-To: kday@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Kevin Day)
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD


  Well, it looked like Barry Word was going to play last week and he
didn't. What's the word (no pun) out of KC this week. Will Okoye be
getting most of the action or will Word be back?

K. Scott Day   (kday@oasys.dt.navy.mil)
Carderock Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center
Code 1252
Bethesda, Maryland 20084-5000

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*    "The point to remember is that what the government gives       
*     it must first take away."
*                                        -John S. Coleman           
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From: emilio@crchh444.BNR.CA
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: Cowboys Meal Menu
Date: 13 Nov 92 03:35:06 GMT
Reply-To: emilio@crchh444.BNR.CA
Distribution: usa
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.



In article <1duaa8INNara@morrow.stanford.edu>,
GC.JAB@forsythe.stanford.edu (Tony Bechtold) writes:
|>In article <BxJB9x.2Mp@abode.ttank.com>,
|>eric@abode.ttank.com (Eric C. Bennett) writes:
|>>The following is the lunch menu for the Cowboys leading up this Sundays
|>>Cowboys/Rams game at Texas Stadium:
|>>
|>>Thursday  : Ram Chops
|>>Friday    : Chicken Fried Ram
|>>Saturday  : Roast Leg of Ram
|>>Sunday    : Battered and Deep Fried Ram
|>>
|>>The Rams haven't got a prayer on Sunday against the Cowboys. I can
pick on the
|>>Rams, they are my local team!
|>>
|>>Cheers,
|>>
|>>Eric
|>>
|>>GO COWBOYS!!
|>
|>The Rams don't have a chance huh?  Yup, just like Phoenix didn't
|>have a chance against the 49ers huh?
|>Don't ever forget that any team on any given day can beat any team
|>in the NFL.
|>
|>                                                     Tony
|>                                                  GO 49ERS!!!

   You are so right,  that means the Saints have a good CHANCE
   to beat the 'mighty against atlanta only' niners this Sunday and 
   take command of the nfc west.   "Any team on any ... "
   Go Saints !!!!!!!!!   
                          
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Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
From: rwturner@IASTATE.EDU (Richard W Turner)
Subject: MNF Stinkers
Keywords: Blowouts
Reply-To: rwturner@IASTATE.EDU (Richard W Turner)
Organization: Iowa State University
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 19:31:04 GMT

With last nights blowout of Atlanta by the 
49ers that brings the season total of MNF
blowouts to 8. Since they've had only 10
games so far, ABC can't be happy - Al, Frank
and Dan are really scraping the bottom of the 
barrel for things to talk about.

So far, if memory serves, the MNF games have gone 
like this

Washington @ Dallas  (Comfortablw win for DALLAS)
Miami @ Cleveland   (Last minute win for Miami)
Giants @ Bears     (Comfortable win for Giants)
Cinc vs Pittsburgh (Comfortable win for Pittsburgh) ??
LA @ KC  (Comfortable win for KC)
Dallas @ Philadelphia  (Comfortable win for Philly)
Denver @ Washington  (Comfortable win for WASHINGTON)
Buffalo @ NY Jets  (Last minute win for Buffalo)
Minn @ Chicago  (Comfortable win for Minn)
SF @ Atlanta  (Comfortable win for SF)

Next weeks game between Miami and Buffalo should
hopefully be a good game. I certainly don't want 
to listen to those 3 prattle on about nothing for
an hour or two.  Though I wouldn't be too upset
if Miami were to blowout Buffalo.

R Turner
From: 5912ramasubr@vms.csd.mu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: Worst/Best Trades
Date: 11 Nov 1992 15:33:18 GMT
Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
Reply-To: 5912ramasubr@vms.csd.mu.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: vmsa.csd.mu.edu

In my short memory:
Packers
-------
Best pick : Sharpe
Worst : the guy in the SI cover.

Worstmove :Releasing Lofton and Harris



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Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
From: ADRIENE@CISPO1.CIS.YALE.EDU (ALN - GO GIANTS)
Subject: ?? Giants/Packers 4th Quarter
Organization: Yale University
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 18:53:11 GMT

Can someone post the 4th quarter info of the game.  I was out of town and 
taped it, but only got up to and icluding the 3rd quarter, just after the LT 
injury, I forgot to set the tape speed :-(

Last score I saw was 13-7.  The Giants played like shit, I'm suprised they 
won, actually its more like the Packers beat themselves.
So how/who scored.  I can only guess it was hampton running one in.  And 
what the hell was wrong with the packers.  Hampton  was all over the press, 
and they barely covered him...  

Then again I'm glad they played like shit, becuase they should be on target 
for the Denver game.  Hot-Cold-Hot-Cold

Too bad LT is out, I watched the injury about 10 times and could barely see 
how he did it.  Looked like a slight twist while he was cutting around a 
packer defender.    

I sure hope the Falcons kick the 9ers ass tonight.  I have 
some nice bets on the line...
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From: rsmith@strobe.ATC.Olivetti.Com (Russ Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: Cowboys Robert Williams
Date: 11 Nov 92 16:16:06 GMT
Organization: Olivetti ATC; Cupertino CA, USA

In article <1992Nov10.233350.6108@esd.dl.nec.com> west@esd.dl.nec.com (Mike West) writes:
>He was claimed by Phoenix.  However, he failed their physical
>and they subsequently re-waived him.  He cleared that waiver
>and was promptly resigned by the Cowboys.  When he failed the
>physical, Phoenix made some rumblings about activating an
>injured player, but they have yet to make any sort of official
>complaint that I know of.  (This would seem to indicate that
>either there is something wrong with the Phoenix physical, or
>Williams intentionally failed to get back to the Cowboys.)
>

Or maybe it indicates that the Cowboys did waive an injured player and
decided it would be smarter to resign him than have him protest and have
to pay the fine? Why do you assume there is something wrong with the Phoenix
physical? You honestly think they would sign a guy they think can help them
and then waive him for no reason?

Remember it was the Cardinals who informed Kenny Easley that he had failed
a physical due to a then unknown kidney problem(even though he had passed
Seattle's physical already) which ended Easley's great career and saved him
from a potentially serious problem(playing in a game with a kidney problem
he didn't know he had).

How do you intentionally fail a physical anyways? Pretend to have an injury,
or do you just walk with a phony limp?

The Cards really do get no respect around here.

>west@esd.dl.nec.com




Russ Smith
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"What an angry clown!" -- Jerry Seinfeld

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From: claird@NeoSoft.com (Cameron Laird)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: 4,000 yard passers OR a tale of two Danss.
Date: 13 Nov 92 15:21:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: NeoSoft.Bxnun3.HDt
Distribution: na
Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900

In article <1992Nov13.071058.10368@a.cs.okstate.edu> cooperr@a.cs.okstate.edu (COOPER ROBERT BRYA) writes:
			.
			.
			.
>                   SINGLE-SEASON PASSING LEADERS
>
>         Player        Team      year  att.  comp.  pct.  yards
>      ------------- ----------- ------ ----- ----- ------ ------
> 1    Dan Marino    Miami        1984   564   362   64.2%  5084
			.
			.
			.
> 9    Bill Kenney   Kansas City  1983   603   346   57.4%  4348
			.
			.
			.
Note that a nearby thread recently listed
Bill Kenney among a host of other "wasted
picks".
-- 

Cameron Laird
claird@Neosoft.com (claird%Neosoft.com@uunet.uu.net)	+1 713 267 7966
claird@litwin.com (claird%litwin.com@uunet.uu.net)  	+1 713 996 8546
From: ch44+@andrew.cmu.edu (Christopher Glenn Huegle)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: Buffalo outguns Pittsburgh
Date: 9 Nov 92 05:58:18 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

A few comments on previous articles....hope you can remember
which I am talking about :)

First, I think that as far as the running game went, Jim
Kelly opened up holes for Thurman Thomas, instead of the
other way around.  On about 75% of his runs, Thomas was
shut down early.  He was affective in using his speed to
bounce around the end and got several 10+ yards runs that
made up for the tons of 1-2 yard gains.....Any way, Kelly's
success in completing passes stretched out the defense which
opened up the holes for Thomas, IMO...
Seecond, I think that the no huddle o is what won the
game for the Bills....on all three passing touchdowns,
no one was near the reciever....which means blown coverage.
While the pass to the extra tackle was just bad d by the
Steelers (and a good call by the Bills), the other 2 I
attribute to blown coverage due to the hand signals the
Steelers used to counter the no huddle.....obviously the
Steelers D backs were not on the same page....

Oh well, got to go......

Chris
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
From: martens@python.cis.ohio-state.edu (Jeff Martens)
Subject: Bono?!? (was Re: Montana throwing again...ho hum)
Summary: Bono to Green Bay for a high pick?  No way.
Organization: Ohio State U. Dept. of Computer Science
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 03:28:09 GMT

In article <1992Nov13.002222.6936@u.washington.edu> tokuno@carson.u.washington.edu (Ken Tokuno) writes:
>reiher@ficus.cs.ucla.edu (Peter Reiher) writes:

>For my two cents worth, a solution involving Musgrave would be to keep him
>as the third QB.  He has looked good the few times he has played and he
>could stand to use a little more development.  He's a lot younger than
>Bono.  So what do they do with Bono?  Trade him.  I wouldn't be a bit
>surprised to see him do well on another team and someone who knows his
>skills--like Mike Holmgren--might even part with a high (second or third)
>round choice for him.  Not bad considering he was originally a free agent.

You're dreaming.  No way would Holmgren (or anyone else in the
NFL) give up more than a mid-to-late round pick for Bono.
Holmgren's not an idiot, and neither is Wolf, so GB's not going to
give that up for someone to compete with Ty Detmer for third
string.

-- 
	Bad grammar is the leading cause of slow, painful 
	death in North America -- Dave Barry

-- Jeff (martens@cis.ohio-state.edu)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
From: jpglori@srv.PacBell.COM (John P. Gloria)
Subject: EARLY FINALS
Organization: Pacific * Bell
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 21:17:53 GMT

Dallas  37 			Detroit  3  * FINAL
Green Bay  7 		NY Giants  27  * FINAL
Minnesota  35 		Tampa Bay  7  * FINAL
New Orleans  31 	New England  14 * FINAL
Cleveland  24 		Houston  14  * FINAL
LA Raiders  10 		Philadelphia  31  * FINAL
Miami  28 			Indianapolis  0  * FINAL
-- 
  ---------  John Gloria - jpglori@sysengr.pacbell.com	--------	
"I do not think that winning is the most important thing. 
I think winning is the only thing."    - Bill Veeck
From: rjk@dino.qci.bioch.bcm.tmc.edu (Raymond K)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: Best/Worst in Franchise History - Dallas
Date: 11 Nov 1992 21:00:05 GMT
Organization: X-Ray Crystallography / Howard Hughes Medical Institute
NNTP-Posting-Host: dino.qci.bioch.bcm.tmc.edu
Keywords: Cowboys

In article <1992Nov11.184753.244@bnr.ca> reams@bnr.ca writes:
>
>Worst:
>Almost any first-round pick from 1981-1988.

Make it 1981-1987.  1988's first round pick was WR Michael Irvin!!!!


Ray    GO COWBOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From: jdhl@troi.cc.rochester.edu (papa_sm00sh)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: Reed or not?
Date: 13 Nov 92 17:07:06 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York



it is my opinion that the bills 'questionable' players almost always
play... if not start.

the problem is that teams report injuries as if the game were played
that day... if i have an injury now, i am questionable about playing
later this afternoon... so i get marked as questionable... however,
since the monday night game is still 3 1/2 days away... questionables
tend to become probables... except in groin cases where the muscles
sometimes require a week or two to become *somewhat* flexible... 

my gut feeling... reed will play but not start... look for Lofton and
Beebe to be the primary receivers on the first drive... Reed will come
in once he's warmed up sufficiently in the florida heat...

based on past bills placements of 'questionable' reed will play... but
it is undecisive whether he will start or not...

jason
From: dwelch@mpd.tandem.com (Dan Welch)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: 2,000 yard rusher
Date: 10 Nov 92 22:08:52 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Tandem Computers (MPD) Austin, TX

In article <1992Nov9.210655.23245@asl.dl.nec.com> nix@aslslc43.asl.dl.nec.com (David Nix) writes:
>> Agreed.  Emmitt is king stud #1, most importantly because he does it behind
>> such a low quality OL.
>
>The Dallas offensive line may not be the NFL's greatest, but they are far from
>low quality.  Center Mark Stepnoski is considered to be among the best in the
>NFL, and Newton and Tuinei are highly regarded around the league.

It's times like this I wonder why I read the net.

David, that was sarcasm.  I won't say any more.

Daniel Welch

ps.  Despite the sarcasm, Bill, you were right -- Emmitt is king stud #1. :^)
Lines: 9
Date: Thu,  5 Nov 92 15:09:04 MST
From: rosej@utah.et.byu.edu (James Rose)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Distribution: world
Organization: Brigham Young University, Provo UT USA
Subject: Re: 2,000 yard rusher


v130pwbq@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (ANTI-CHRIST) writes:
>I was wondering if anyone knows who the last man to rush for
>2,000 yards was?

Last man?  How about ONLY man.  Eric Dickersons' record stands at 2005 yards.

			James

Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
From: nitin@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Nitin Khanna)
Subject: Re: Bills in 1st..suprise,surprise
Organization: Houses of the Holy
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 92 15:08:38 GMT

In article <1992Nov3.183621.16095@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>, iqrh_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Imran Qureshi) writes:
> 
----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Two weeks ago, Miami was going 16-0 and to the SB while the Bills would
> wither away and be finished once and for all.
> 
-----------------------------------------------------------------> 
> AS Thurman said:  13 wins in a row.
> 2 down, 11 to go!
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> Imran Qureshi

I never heard Miami fans (at least on this net) predicting anything
like 16-0.  There was optimism, but not of the ridiculous caliber.
However, you seem to be doing the same thing you are accusing Miami
fans of, i.e. rabid woofing indicating an undefeated season from
here on out.




-- 
Nitin Khanna.  I Teach Eunuchs - I mean Unix.
Go Bulls, Bears, Broncos, Blackhawks.
From: t_trunc@chips.bash.edu (Tursiops Truncatus)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: Miami has fallen, and they can't get up !!!!
Date: 5 Nov 92 23:09:44 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Buffalo Chips Pathology, Inc.

In article <1992Nov2.031011.21930@math.ucla.edu> rfedkiw@joshua.math.ucla.edu (Ronald Fedkiw) writes:

>ha ha ha

OOOOOOO!!! Another net-genius!  So genius, who is *your* favorite team, eh?

>Whoever set up THE BET must be a moron. Well that's one less moron on
>the net.

Oh, so you're leaving?  Well GOODBYE!  We won't miss you.

TT
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
From: blah@maas-neotek.arc.nasa.gov (TWF)
Subject: Re: Indoor vs. Outdoor (was Re: WIZARD PREDICTIONS!!!!!!!!!!!)
Organization: NASA/ARC Information Sciences Division
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 20:02:08 GMT

In article <1686@niktow.canisius.edu> bittle@niktow.canisius.edu (Jason Bittle) writes:
>In article <1992Nov9.162203.2306@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>, nitin@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Nitin Khanna) writes:
>
>> Cowboys: Indoor
>
>sorta.  It's a retractible dome, with a little slice left in the middle (so
>that it can never be totally closed.)  Only in Texas .. :-)
>

Unless there was some quick work done between Jan. 1st (when I was
last home) and now, Texas Stadium is not a retractable dome.  It is a
"semi-dome", with a rectangular hole in the middle that is about as
large as the football field.  It is also not completely enclosed on
the side - that is, the roof sits up a few feet above the base.  To
me, it's a fun place, but you ddefinitiely do NOT get the benefit of a
domed stadium - it's could as hell in the winter (at least in the
stands).


Mark