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From: barnes@cowboys.mfg.sgi.com (James Barnes)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: Grass field at 49er's
Date: 12 Jan 93 19:43:00 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.

In article <1993Jan12.162433.6681@macc.wisc.edu>, heim@vms.macc.wisc.edu
(JOHN HEIM ) writes:
|> In article <1itigrINNcrb@male.EBay.Sun.COM> greg@redeye.EBay.Sun.COM
|> (greg) writes:
|> >
|> >I just saw on the local (SF) news that they are replacing the
|> >torn up grass at Candlestick.  The groundskeeper said that they
|> >are removing the blugrass (destroyed Sat.) with new bermuda
|> >grass.
|> >
|> >Is this legal?
|> 
|> Yes, the NFL has a rule against replacing bermuda with bluegrass but 
|> nothing against replacing bluegrass with bermuda.  Just another one of 
|> those wierd quirks in the rule book.
|> 
|> >Anyhow, this should help the Cowboys, IMHO.
|> 
|> Come on now, it doesn't favor anybody.  What do you think?  One team 
|> is more likely than another to trip over a clump of sod?  Let's not 
|> over analyse here.  (This goes for people saying the Cowboys have a 
|> disadvantage because they don't know how to play on grass also.  
|> Anybody who thinks the turf/grass thing is going to be a *significant* 
|> factor is kidding themselves.)
|> 
|> JGH


Both teams will play on the same field, so, the condition of the field
should be a non-factor.


Go Cowboys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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From: kettler@pierre.mit.edu (KETTLER, THOMAS R.)
Subject: Re: SNL Superfans abandon da Bears in wake of Ditka firing
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1  
Organization: MIT Lab for Nuclear Science
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 16:22:00 GMT

In article <1is2jkINN5nu@rodan.UU.NET>, smm@rodan.UU.NET (Steve Mansfield)     
     writes...
>In article <104202@netnews.upenn.edu> rsk@gynko.circ.upenn.edu (Rich Kulawiec)
 writes:
>>
>>The skit also included a cameo from Ditka himself, who (among his other
>>lines) announced the "start" of the show by delivering the "Live from
>>New York: It's Saturday Night!" line.
> 
>Does anyone have a tape of this?  I didn't have any blanks to tape it,
>and was out and unable to watch it.
> 
>Steve Mansfield                   Junior AlterNet Engineer 
>smm@uunet.uu.net                  uunet!smm

Same here! I also didn't see it but from what people have said, it sounds 
hilarious. 

I still remember seeing the one when they had George Wendt on hosting a show 
in Chicago with those three on which ran during the Super Bowl. It was like 
Jeopardy but had questions on Da Bears, Da Bulls, Ditka, etc. The Final 
Jeopardy question was Da Bears vs. Da Bulls. The correct response was "This 
would be such a catastrophic misalignment in the universe that such a thing 
should never occur." or something like that. It was great!

					Sincerely yours,

					Thomas R. Kettler "Bengals Fanatic"
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From: stamber@rainbow.ecn.purdue.edu (Kevin L. Stamber)
Subject: Re: Delton Hall arrested for DUI
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 20:48:34 GMT

In article <dchou.726533824@husc.harvard.edu>, dchou@husc11.harvard.edu (David Chou) writes:
> god, good thing the Steelers released him, got rid of him, etc. :)
> I remember one game where he took a really dumb penalty that
> squelched any chances of a Steelers comeback...forgot what game it
> was...anyone on the net remember???
> 
> 							-Dave

     Steelers hosting Cleveland in Delton's rookie season.

Kevin L. Stamber
Purdue University
Now left to root for either danny boy or Boltaphobia

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From: dansmith@mcopn2.dseg.ti.com (Dan Smith)
Subject: Re: Seattle took Philly to OT?
Reply-To: dansmith@mcopn2.dseg.ti.com
Organization: Texas Instruments, Inc.
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 19:26:22 GMT

Okay. These are the thoughtful insights I appreciate from Eagle's
fans not the "Dallas sucks, Emmitt sucks, Troy Sucks" type of stuff
I have seen before. Everyone seems to hate Dallas just to hate em.
I'm just looking for a little appreciation for a good team and some
good thoughts about the game Sunday.

I realize Philly is a good team and they match up very well with Dallas.
I'm going to be at the game Sunday (End Zone pitiful seats, but there) and
I can't wait to hear some of the licks on the field.

IMHO the games I have seen the Eagles win, they have always needed a few
breaks. The first Dallas game, at least 4 Dallas turnovers, defensive lineman
picking off pass, etc. I realize this is part of good defense but it's also
an offensive mistake.

New Orleans game. Saints lead. Hebert starts floating passes over the middle
on his own 20. Gets a couple picked off. Philly marches em in.
3rd and 1 and they throw a deep pass. That's just plain stupidity. Cunningham
throws the ball up for grabs in the endzone and Barnett outfights two defenders
to make a great catch. This is fine, but is that a reliable offensive scheme
to get you to the Super Bowl? I just don't think Dallas or SF or Washington (
maybe Washington would) will allow second half comebacks like this. I may
be proven wrong and flamed, well so be it. I just think if Dallas limits its
mistakes, they should win the game.

I was impressed with Heath Sherman and Dallas better take measures to stop
this guy. I don't think Hershel is a problem. Seriously, I don't think he
hits the hole hard enough. I don't care how many yards he got in Game 1. He
got most of those when the game was already decided and it visibly looked
like the Dallas players didn't give a shit.

Anyway, should be a good game and my opinion of Philly fans has increased
from the responses I have gotten recently (Dallas fans, don't flame me).
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From: kschnitz@encore.com (Kevin Schnitzius)
Subject: Re: Cowboys KILL Eagles
Organization: Encore Computer Corporation
Followups-To: rec.sport.football.pro,misc.test
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:56:44 GMT

rjk@dino.qci.bioch.bcm.tmc.edu (Raymond K) writes:
>I didn't talk trash BEFORE the game like so many Philly fans did.  

So, you do agree, then, that you are talking trash after the game?
Oh, my.  How very big of you...

>Did I talk any trash last week BEFORE the game??  No, I didn't.

Looks to me like you have neither the intelligence nor the spine to 
support "your" team until they have actually won.  Pathetic, yes?

It truly amazes me that someone can actually whine *after* their
team has won.  Maybe you'd like to get your shovel out now and get
a head start on this weekends game....
--
Kevin Schnitzius                         Eagles -- Not America's Team, 
kschnitzius@encore.com                             they're better than that.
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Subject: Re: exit.... Adios Mike!
From: brian@sdg.dra.com
Date: 5 Jan 93 15:01:45 CST
Organization: Data Research Associates, St. Louis MO

Sorry, I screwed up the title.  Read exit.
From: alaw@oracle.com (Alvin W. Law)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: God did Young SUCK!
Date: 10 Jan 93 19:50:07 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: Oracle World HQ, Redwood Shores, California
Originator: alaw@ap1seq.us.oracle.com
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by an unauthenticated user
              at Oracle Corporation.  The opinions expressed are those
              of the user and not necessarily those of Oracle.

athos@apple.com (Rick Eames) writes:
>Man, did Steve Young suck today in the game against the Redskins:

If Young really did suck yesterday, Seifert would have benched him and
sent Montana onto the field in the fourth quarter. :)  If Young really
did suck, Seifert would not call for a quarterback sneak/draw on
4th-and-1 at Redskins' 20 after he had fumbled three times already.

>* He threw an interception in the end zone that was lucky enough to have
>been missed. Thank God for John Taylor.  That TD should not be counted for
>Young.

Montana threw an interception in the end zone in SB XXIII that was
lucky enough to have been missed.  They were down 13-6 at that point.
The next play was the TD pass to Rice.  And nobody said Montana was
lucky... :)

>* He ran, fell, GOT UP (what a hoser) and then lost the ball after being
>hit by a fellow niner.

So you expect him to fall and sit on the ball?  If it had been Montana
who ran, fell, GOT UP and then lost the ball, everybody would be
blaming Guy McIntyre who knocked the ball lose. :)

>Yes, they won.  But had the Redskins not blew that handoff near the end of
>the game we might be talking about a Redskins victory here.  I don't know
>about your house, but my house was nervous about this QB leading us into a
>SuperBowl.

My house was nervous when we saw Montana warming up at the sidelines.
That would have completely destroyed Young's confidence and career.

I would be more nervous about benching Young and had Montana leading
us into a Superbowl.  The last meaningful game Montana played, he was
knocked dead on the ground by a lineman... :)

The above is not Montana-bashing; Young is our quarterback and we
should support him wholeheartedly.  There is no proof that Montana can
do better under the same situations and game condition.  If we
repeatedly question Young's abilities and performance and compare him
with Montana's *PRIME YEARS*, we could only hurt Young, as well as our
team's chance of winning the Superbowl.
-- 
 Alvin W. Law ........................................... Oracle Corporation
 Senior Applications Engineer ............... 300 Oracle Parkway, Box 659306
 Oracle Manufacturing ............................. Redwood Shores, CA 94065
 Email: alaw@oracle.com ....... Voice: 415.506.3390 ...... Fax: 415.506.7299
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From: stuban@octel.com (Dave Stuban)
Subject: Re: BEST FACIAL EXPRESSIONS O
Organization: Octel Communications Inc., Milpitas Ca.
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 19:27:06 GMT

In article <8667.180.uupcb@odybbs.gvl.oh.us> steve.leu@odybbs.gvl.oh.us (Steve Leu)  writes:
>-> So what happens?  The Steelers get the Browns QB [sorry, it's late
>-> and my brain is gone, Bernie's backup] to FUMBLE!  So they hand it to
>-> Barry twice, and voila, 100 yards.
>
>The Steelers will pay for this next year.  As the NBC announcers said,
>the Browns will not forget this - running Foster with less than a minute
>to go instead of Bubby kneeling down.  IMHO, that was a class-less move
>just so Foster could look better in the stats.
>
Let's face it, if you were the Steelers (and not the Brownies), what would
you have done?  Foster DESERVED to have the opportunity to tie the record
(what record you ask?), and he tied it.  A very class move, IMHO.  That must
have cost the Steeler organization mega bucks, considering bonuses.  And as
far as stats go, I doubt that even a 95 yard run would have raised his yards
per carry average (4.3), but it might have helped him win the rushing title,
which is not a statistic.
From: barnes@cowboys.mfg.sgi.com (James Barnes)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Come from behind win !!!!
Keywords: 0-3
Date: 11 Jan 93 16:38:56 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.

That was a nice come from behind victory for the Cowboys.
Midway thru the 1st qtr it was 3-0 Eagles. Dallas rallied
back and won. 

Next Sunday.....San Fran......

It should be a good one !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Go Dallas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From: tmbrex@desire.wright.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: mc caskey SUCKS!!!!!
Date: 8 Jan 93 15:39:21 EST
Summary: Mail Barrage Request
Keywords: Paradise Lost
Organization:  Wright State University 

Just a quick question, Bears Fans:
Does anyone have a mailing address for 
mc caskey? I feel the need to give him
some "destructive criticism". I was 
going to put all of my Bears merchandise 
into a big cardboard box (or a coffin)
and send it to him (as I won't be needing
it anymore, until he is gone) but I'm sure
that he would just *sell it out* too!

BTW, Is COACH Ditka's office still at 
250 N. Washington?  I wanted to send 
him a Thank You card for all of the 
great years,

	Da' mc caskeys
        Da PITTS!

	T. M. Brex
	Dayton, OH
From: dwelch@mpd.tandem.com (Dan Welch)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: Dallas on Real Grass
Date: 12 Jan 93 17:30:10 GMT
Organization: Tandem Computers (MPD) Austin, TX

In article <1isolrINNko5@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> skywalke@dino.qci.bioch.bcm.tmc.edu (Skywalker) writes:
>10-25 at Raiders    1-0
>11-22 at Phoenix    2-0
>12-6  at Denver     3-0
>12-13 at Washington 3-1
>
You forgot the loss at Philadelphia, which makes them 3-2.  'Course, they
shoulda won the Redskins game . . . :^)  But I'm glad they didn't, since
that would have meant Green Bay in the playoffs, and the Vikings coming to
Texas Stadium, and we would have been denied the pleasure of knocking the
Eagles out of the playoffs for the second straight year.

Daniel Welch
----
My so-called friends say you're not alive;
I'll bake their bones for telling lies.
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From: collins@gdwest.gd.com (Gary J. Collins)
Subject: Re: My NFL Playoff Predictions
Organization: General Dynamics / Computer Sciences Corp.
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 19:37:51 GMT

In article <c872__-@rpi.edu> root@june.cmp.rpi.edu (J.R. Ordon) writes:
>
>Well, I was one of the first to respond to Nelson's picks, my picks went in
>exact opposite to Nelson's, I managed to go 3-1, the only loss was my
>Vikings, but even if wasn't a fan I would've picked 'em anyway.
>
>I'll get my picks for this week out first:
>
>
>Chargers vs Dolphins -- All the pointers except for defense come down on 
>                        Miami's side. I don't know why, but I just feel the
>                        Chargers are the team of destiny. I think they will
>                        find a way to win.
>
   So everything that counts, EXCEPT DEFENSE, is in Miami's
   favor.  And you believe, though you can't nail it down as
   to why, that the Chargers will win.  Sort of a Jean Dixon
   1993 destiny prediction, I guess.
>
>
>
>
>
>Bills vs Steelers -- Bills engineered the comeback of the century against the
>                     Oilers. But that's history, and I expect a letdown in
>                     Pittsburgh, especially if they don't score early.
>                     Defense wins Championships and I think the Bills are just
		      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>                     too banged up on both sides of the ball. 
>
   Yet you write here, DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS.  Perhaps this logic
   could apply to the Chargers?  Perhaps it is not DESTINY,
   but a well-coached, disciplined, cohesive team that has won
   12 of their last 13, and that boasts one of the leagues's
   best DEFENSES that is giving the edge to San Diego, and not
   to Miami, who has, at best, struggled through the last 9
   games of the season.

   Perhaps not all the pointers (barring, of course, DEFENSE) come
   down on Miami's side.  Even if by some drug-induced analysis one
   could say such a lop-sided commment, then, according to
   your logic of DEFENSE winning championships, that one 
   abstaining pointer would be enough to side with San Diego.

   In other words, the Chargers have found a way to win.  It
   is NOT Destiny.  Destiny exist only in NFL FILMS, in that
   famed retrospective view of theirs.  

   The Chargers' way is via successful execution of offense, 
   defense, and special teams.  This Destiny thing is new to me. 

      Gary John (collins)

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From: holly@mailhub.scf.lmsc.lockheed.com (Holly Wise)
Subject: Re: Dreams
Keywords: Win
Organization: Lockheed Santa Cruz, CA.
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 22:03:32 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.184257.14363@odin.corp.sgi.com> barnes@cowboys.mfg.sgi.com (James Barnes) writes:

>I had a dream last night.......
>Dallas won the NFC Championship.
>The score was Dallas-31   Washington-7



>Talk about being out on a limb.................................

Sounds like a nightmare to me.  GO NINERS!!!!!!!!!!!!
-----
holly@mailhub.scf.lmsc.lockheed.com
From: satish@a.chem.upenn.edu (Satish Nair)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Miami vs. Lightning Bolts
Date: 4 Jan 93 19:45:59 GMT
Distribution: rec.sport.football.pro
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

Hi,

I will be in the Miami area on business this weekend.  Is there  ANY chance
I can get tickets for the playoff game?? Is it going to cost me an arm and
a leg (I am used to paying face value for Eagle games so anything over $100
or so is out of my reach)?  Am I better off just tuning it in?

thanks,

satish nair
ray is gone!
From: rsmith@strobe.ATC.Olivetti.Com (Russ Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: The Rooney Rule
Date: 11 Jan 93 20:29:42 GMT

Read a little blurb in the SJ Mercury News about the new free agency. 
Apparently at the insistence of Steelers owner ? Rooney, they added a
rule prohibiting teams that reach the conference finals from siging
any free agents unless they first lose a free agent themselves. If they
do lose one, they can sign a replacement but only for the same salary
as the one they lost(not sure if it was for his old salary or new salary).

This would seem to put the rest all the Reggie White to Dallas rumors as
it is unlikely that any Cowboy eligible to leave would make enough to
cover what Reggie would demand on the open market. This also would seem
to prevent Eddie DeBartolo from buying up all the talented free agents
although losing Montana would free up a lot of money for somebody like
White. 

I think that Rooney had the same though I had that certain teams with
rich owners were poised to make a mockery of the free agency if they
did not pass this rule.




Russ Smith
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From: schnitzi@cs.ucf.edu (Mark Schnitzius)
Subject: Re: Cowboys KILL Eagles
Organization: University of Central Florida
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 20:32:25 GMT

This is classic:


rjk@dino.qci.bioch.bcm.tmc.edu (Raymond K) writes:

>Quick joke:  What do you o when you have GANG GREEN?
>Answer:  You amputate it!!   Ha ha ha!!

>[. . .]

>  Like the great United
>States defeating Iraq, like the hero defeating the villain, like
>good overcoming evil, [. . .]

>[. . .]the hated bEagles[. . .]

>[. . .] Ran-duh [. . .]

>[. . .]

>The Eagles:  A pathetic end to a pathetic team.  Also, a fitting end
>for this sorry bunch of phonies.  All week they, and their idiotic
>fans, talked trash about what they "were GOING TO DO" to the Cowboys.
>When, when, will this team and their sticking bunch of groupies[. . .]

>[. . .], exploiting Jerome Brown by hauling his personal belongings
>around the country [! ! !]

AND NOW, THE GRAND FINALE:

>After all, you don't
>win games, especially playoff games, by talking trash!!

It would be laughable, if it wasn't so pathetic.  You Cowboy fans
must be proud of little Ray here.

mark
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From: kschnitz@encore.com (Kevin Schnitzius)
Subject: Re: Dallas Cowboys: Wheaties, Breakfast of Champions!
Organization: Encore Computer Corporation
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 19:17:56 GMT

liskey@falcon.nrl.navy.mil (Steve Liskey) writes:
>	I read in The Official Dallas Cowboys Weekly magazine that the
>	Cowboys will be featured on the cover of Wheaties after they
>	won the NFC East title.  The distribution will be in the Dallas
>	area only, and if they go to the big show they will be sold on
>	a broader region.  I don't know when the boxes will be printed
>	or whether I'm in that "broader region" but I would love to have
>	a box or two to show all my Redskin pals! 

Hey!  I need a box too.  I need a new cover for my dartboard.  The
picture of a foggy Soldier Field is about worn out.
--
Kevin Schnitzius                         Eagles -- Not America's Team, 
kschnitzius@encore.com                             they're better than that.
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From: jpglori@srv.PacBell.COM (JOHN)
Subject: Re: Eagles Victory...
Organization: Pacific * Bell
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 15:04:42 GMT

In article <1993Jan11.053647.2171@wam.umd.edu> macole@wam.umd.edu (The Dude) writes:
>
>Onward to S.F. --> then a nice drive down Interstate 5 for some fishing (are
>you allowed to hunt Dolphins?  I know the Buffalo's are almost extinct..:-) )
>
>Mario A. Cole			     |  HJ Ford Associates Incorporated
>macole@wam.umd.edu		     |  1111 Jeff Davis Hwy Suite 808
>University of Maryland College Park  |  Crystal City, Arlington, VA 22202
>(301) 868-9249 		             |  (703) 553-5580
>
Mario, just one tad of detour for your drive. Take S. 101 to 
San Fran Airport. Boarding for Dallas at 8pm, Jan 17th. :-) You can
tune in and watch the Niners vs Dolphins on Jan 31st. :-) :-)
BTW, it is illegal to fish Dolphins!
-- 
"A cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man,
and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl,
vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for
vermin, and never seeing noble game."  Henry Ward Beecher
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From: jawebb@leo.unm.edu (james webb)
Subject: Re: Bills 24, Steelers 3
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 93 21:20:18 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <C0LsxI.7FE@acsu.buffalo.edu> kist@acsu.buffalo.edu (james e kist) writes:
>The Bills win another one and become only the second team to play in the
>AFC Championship game three years in a row (Raiders were the first). Thanks
>to all of you who picked the Steelers to win this one. Make sure you pick
>the Bills to lose next week. JPG, you're wrong two weeks in a row. Go for
>three!
>--Jim


	Bzzzt. The Dolphins went to threee superbowls in a row, so I think that
they must of gone to 3 AFC championships in a row.
From: chf0@bunny.gte.com (Curt Fennell)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: Blackout in Buffalo
Date: 5 Jan 93 21:20:49 GMT
Reply-To: chf0@gte.com
Organization: GTE Laboratories, Waltham, MA

In article <1993Jan5.195704.9298@ultb.isc.rit.edu>, sbs9276@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:
|>       Oh yeah-- the Bills are the 2nd smallest TV market in the NFL.
|> Anyone know the smallest? Denver? Cleveland?

How about Green Bay.

Curt

Curt "I always pick the Dolphins - even against Buffalo!"  Fennell
			DOLFAN in New England.             
'72 Dolphins - The perfect team in the perfect season - 17-0
'92 Dolphins - AFC East Division Champions

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