From: iqrh_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Imran Qureshi)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: Bills were LUCKY!!!!!!
Date: 5 Jan 93 17:29:09 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

In <1i8epcINN6ek@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> krishna@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Krishna R Akkina) writes:

>I'll give the Bills some credit for pulling the miracle of the century.  
>Congrats.  But if you think about it, I don't think it was all the Oilers
>fault.  It was the will of the gods to make them lose.  Think about it.  
>How is it possible that a team like the Oilers (with one of the best defenses 
>in the AFC) screw a game like this.  A 35-3 lead!!!  I still can't believe
>how it happened.  It all started with a damn onside kick which I didn't see
>because I thought the game was over after the INT return for a TD.  But from 
>what I heard of it, I something bad might happen to the Oilers.  Silly me to 
>think that the Oilers would give up a 32 point lead in one half.  It must be
>Rich Stadium.  Something happened.  Before the game, announcers kept on saying 
>that the AFC visiting teams had a 14 game losing streak (recently continued by
>a really sad chiefs team).  Then when the announcers saw the game was 35-3, 
>they counted the Bills out and said that the Oilers would meet the Steelers in
>Pitt.  Did you ever notice when announcers say things like that, it happens  
>(like a player who has made 12 consecutive free throws and then the guy misses
>it)?  Then the calls.  Beebe and the OT no-call on the pass-interference on 
>Givins that led to the INT and the winning goal for Buff. AHHHH!!!  I can't 
>believe the officials did not see that.  Talley was just riding piggyback on 
>Givins.  I think all this just led to the Bills being LUCKY!!!!  Go ahead and 
>respond anyone.  I would like to see how you can deny they weren't lucky.

>AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!


>A Disgruntled Oilers fan and an Ecstatic Eagles fan.

>(And unfortunately, a Blazer fan who watched the Bulls second team win the 

I don't think you can call the Bills lucky in the 2nd half of THE GAME.

1.  Beebe going out of bounds:  Granted the TD shouldn't have counted (BRING
BACK INSTANT REPLAY!!!) but the Bills were in a zone.  In a nothing-to-lose
go for it on 4th down mode, the Bills were playing relaxed.  If they had
called back Beebe's TD, the Bills would have gotten the first down on the next
play, they were in a zone!!  Evidence:  Beebe's TD which was called back due
to a false start was followed by an Andre Reed TD.  The Bills could do no
wrong.

2.  Talley's pass interference:  Had Talley not touched Givins, there was still
no way Givins could have caught the ball, 4th down, punt to the Bills.
If you want to call the Bills lucky for not getting flagged, consider:  Houston
won the coin flip based on pure chance (i.e. LUCK!).  It all evens out in 
the end.

3.  Blaming the Oilers loss on luck is cowardly.  WHAT WAS HOUSTON DOING IN
A SITUATION WHERE THEY BLOW A 32 PT. LEAD!!!  Any team that comes back from 
that deficit can't be all lucky.

4.  A 1st half Moon head bob should have been flagged for a false start.
That could have stopped the drive and Houston's momentum in the first half
and there wouldn't have to be any comeback.

5.  Bruce Smith was called for a ticky tack late hit when Carlton Bailey
picked Moon resulting in a Houston 1st down.  Still, lucky as they were, Houstobblew their opportunity at a TD and win after they got inside the 20!
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{6.  Talking about LUCK, the Bills only came back with a decimated team.
No Thomas, Bennett, Kelly, or Jackson and an injured Darby.  Consequence:
Strong safety Henry Jones locked in man to man coverage.  Houston was tremen-
dously lucky that they were going against a banged up secondary.

As many luck factors there were for the Bills, there were more for the Oilers.
So attributing the win to luck is being ignorant of all of the other factors
which go into a football game.  If anything, the Oilers were really lucky
they got a chance to even be in the game.

Imran Qureshi
Bills to beat SF in superbowl!!!

       >Championship in Game 6 last year)!!  *sigh*