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From: davewood@bruno.cs.colorado.edu (David Rex Wood)
Subject: POOL - Picks for Week #7 DUE THURSDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (REPOST)
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 19:48:21 GMT

Week 7
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 WT  Away                       Home
*------------------------------------------------*
[  ] [ ] Detroit		[ ] Minnesota        
[  ] [ ] San Diego		[ ] Indianapolis   
[  ] [ ] Green Bay		[ ] Cleveland      
[  ] [ ] Philadelphia		[ ] Washington  
[  ] [ ] Tampa Bay		[ ] Chicago        
[  ] [ ] Kansas City		[ ] Dallas       
[  ] [ ] Atlanta		[ ] San Francisco    
[  ] [ ] NY Giants		[ ] LA Rams        
[  ] [ ] New Orleans		[ ] Phoenix      
[  ] [ ] Houston		[ ] Denver           
[  ] [ ] LA Raiders		[ ] Seattle       
[  ] [ ] Cincinnati		[ ] Pittsburgh (MON)
[  ] [ ] New England		[ ] Miami                                

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From: cheese@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Charles Alpert)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: EAGLES WILL GO 15-1 AND WIN THE SUPERBOWL AND KILL THE REDGIRLS
Date: 15 Oct 92 21:45:13 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: UCLA, Computer Science Department

In article <1992Oct15.151214.1249@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> aperkins@lonestar.utsa.edu (Aaron B. Perkins) writes:
>
>                            EAGLES DEFENSE
>                            --------------
>                            WHITE     3 SACKS 6 TACKLES
>                            JOYNER    4 TACKLES 1 INT
>                            SIMMONS   1 SACKS 5 TACKLES
>                            WATERS    1 INT 2 KILLED PEOPLE 3 TACKLES
>                            ALLEN     1 INT 4 TACKLES
>
>signed                     JULIUS THE LEGENDARY PREDICTOR


I don't know about this prediction here.  I really don't think
Andre will kill more than one person (during the game that is).

Chuck Alpert
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From: davem@uvmark.uucp (Dave Meeks)
Subject: Re: Miami is all hype....
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 92 18:58:51 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Vmark Software, Inc.

In article <1464@niktow.canisius.edu> bittle@niktow.canisius.edu (Jason Bittle) writes:
>In article <1992Oct06.153659.30555@uvmark.uucp>, davem@uvmark.uucp (Dave Meeks) writes:
>
>> We sucked????  Knock Knock... Hello...  The Dolphins are 4-0.  Not the
>> 4 in the win column and the 0 in the loss column.  Now, please define
>
>well, not sucked.  How about "very inconvincing" before the Bills game.  Admit
>it, you guys had trouble with a 1-3 (now 1-4) team called the Seahawks.  And
>if I remember correctly, they almost scored in the final 2 minutes, and got
>very close.

How about the fact that the Bills had a lot of difficulty with the worst 
team in the league, the NE Patriots... At least for a half.  The Bills probably
came closer to losing to the 49ers than the Fins' did to the Seahawks.  
And, finally, the point is that the Dolphins may not have looked tough in
the 2nd & 3rd games (they looked very good against the Rams), but they looked
awesome in game 4.  What could be the difference??? Well, the addition of
Keith Jackson on offense was a big help, as was the return of Clayton.
On defense, a couple of key people came back, like Vincent and others.
Perhaps it was just a problem with personnel before the Bills game.

>
>The point being is that any team can beat any other team on any given Sunday.
>Miami's difficulties with easier teams (read: New England and Seattle, to name
>a few) will give them problems down the stretch.  Plus their 16 straight games
>while the rest of the AFC East  (save NE) will also hurt them, if any key
>players get injured.
>

Umm.. no offense bozo... But it was Buffalo that had problems with NEngland,
not Miami.  Miami has played and beat Buffalo, Cleveland, LA Rams, and Seattle.
And, with the exception of the Rams, they were all on the road.  Your last
comment is pretty funny actually.  During the so-called AFC East week off,
the Fins' only have to play NEngland, and they get to do it at home.  Seems
to me that is almost the same thing as a week off :-).  And, ANY team that
has key players get injured will be hurting.  

>BTW - The Dolphins have what is called the "Buffalo Sabres disease".  They
>play up to the level of their opponents.  (The Sabres are rediculous in the
>aspect.)

Well, they seem to have played just a little bit better than their opponents
so far.  Can't say the same about the Bills...

>
>Look for the Bills to crush another weak team, the Raiders.  No one, nowadays,
>fears the Black and Silver.  The secondary should have an excellent day
>reading Todd Marinovich and my only worry is stopping Ronnie Lott from killing
>someone... :-)

Look for the Dolphins to crush another weak team, the Bills.. opps... I guess
they already did that:-)
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From: aceshigh@acs.nntp-read.bu.edu (Brian Hunter)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: Useless Cowboys Fans Mindless Ramblings
Date: 9 Oct 92 17:39:54 GMT
Article-I.D.: acs.ACESHIGH.92Oct9133954
	<1992Oct7.052422.24288@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu>
	<1992Oct8.115721.665@totaltec.com>
Distribution: usa
Organization: Boston University Information Technology Boston, MA USA
In-reply-to: mark@totaltec.com's message of 8 Oct 92 16:57:21 GMT


Go Get 'em Mark!!!

				Brian Hunter,
				College of Engineering,
				Boston University

GO EAGLES!
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: BUFFALO BILLS STATS WK5
From: sport@vax1.mankato.msus.edu
Date: 12 Oct 92 11:50:33 -0600
Organization: Mankato State University

BUFFALO BILLS STATS WK6

Team
Buffalo Bills (4-2), Second in AFC East

GAME SUMMARY
                LARai*          Buffalo
Pts               20               3
Rushing         31-92            29-92
Pass Att       11-21-1          26-45-1
Pass Yds         156              258
Fum-Lost         1-1              1-1
Poss            29:01            30:59

PASSING
Kelly           26-45-1  302

RUSHING
Thomas          16-52
K. Davis         9-30
Mohr             1-11
Gardner          1- 0
Kelly            2-(-1)

RECEIVING
Reed            6-85
Metzelaars      6-41
Lofton          5-72
Thomas          3-27
Lamb            2-64
Fuller          2-17
K. Davis        2-(-4)

KICKING
Christie        F (25)

SACKS
D. Smith
Bailey
Bennett
Talley

INTERCEPTIONS
H. Jones

MISSED FIELD GOALS
Christie (49)

GAME SUMMARY
Didn't see the game.

Other Notes
*-Home Team
P-Passing Touchdown
T-Touchdown Scored
F-Field Goal Scored
X-Extra Point Scored
From: jpglori@srv.PacBell.COM (John P. Gloria)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: RAIDERS - Inspired Defense
Date: 11 Oct 92 23:06:10 GMT
Organization: Pacific * Bell

FINAL SCORE:
Buffalo  3   LA Raiders  20

Ronnie Lott and C0. played inspired football today and
Todd M. got better as Kelly and CO. self-destructed
in the LA Coliseum. So what does this prove? Well, it
proves that the Bills High Octane Offense came to play
the Raiders with a tank running on "fumes" and it became
evident that someone forgot to "fill-up" before the game
started.

I was truly inspired by Lott, Howie Long, Anthony Smith
and the rest of the defense CAST as they dominated the Bills
offensive line and gave Kelly a headache.

Again, a so-called potent offense got their butt kicked by
DEFENSE.


-- 
  ---------  John Gloria - jpglori@sysengr.pacbell.com	--------	
  Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest
  of us could not succeed.  -   Mark Twain
From: v073pzuy@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Mr. Tinkertrain)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: OFF THE CUFF ADJUNCT
Date: 8 Oct 92 00:23:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

--The reasons the Eagles' defense is the best in the league is quarterbacking.
Yes, you read it right--"quarterbacking."  Seth Joyner has that team play like
a unit and quarterbacks it like any real QB *leads* an offensive unit.
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
From: GC.SUL@forsythe.stanford.edu (Sullivan)
Subject: Re: Will SF win the division?
Organization: Stanford University, California, USA
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 10:36:49 GMT

In article <BvqGtq.BEp@acsu.buffalo.edu>,
v130pwbq@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (ANTI-CHRIST) writes:
>P~?I would just like to state first that i'm a Dolphin fan and not a 49er fan,

good for you. You got a good team this year.
>>       SF @ Atl     L
>    San Fran should not lose this game. Atlanta has not played well this season.
>    There front seven has been unable to stop the run. The 49ers are a better
>    team offensively this year then they were last year. Largely do to Waters.
>    Anything is possible, but the 49ers are a better team all around.

I HATE  Atlanta, Glanville, Falcons, etc, but Atlanta can beat us
one out of two.  They have great talent and tremendous confidence
against the Niners.  Niners will not be able to show any wrinkles
against them. I would love to level them twice, will bet that way,
but we can get beat here.  We, however will be rooting for our team
in January while Atlanta is busy putting the Olympic Mascot in a
Front Runner Hammer video.

>>       NO @ SF      L
>    The Saints will be looking for revenge. However this one is in Candlestick.
>    The 49ers have more offensive weapons and by the time they meet again the
>    49er defensive will be playing at playoff level.
You got this right on. It will be a close, close game, however.  NO
only chance to win is if Hebert is hurt.

>>       SF @ Rams    W
>>       Phil @ SF    L
>>       Mia @ SF     ?
>    Back to back these 2 could be the toughest competition the niners face.
>    Most likely they will win one and lose the other. Personally, being a
>    Miami fan, I don't think the Dolphins will pull out a win here unless
>    it is a crucial game.

Interesting, I think the other way around.  I think they got
something to prove against Philly and hammer them, let down enough
to lose to Miami- which doesn't have to be very much.  It will be
interesting if Montana is back by then and Marino gets another shot
at them with the team he's got behind him now.  I love Super Bowl
Previews - is this the game?

Mike
From: dwelch@mpd.tandem.com (Dan Welch)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: AFC-Daydreams
Date: 13 Oct 92 15:28:31 GMT
Organization: Tandem Computers (MPD) Austin, TX

In article <100240293@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> ashton@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Ashton Delahoussaye) writes:
>The AFC will reign supreme and shatter these NFC myths.
>
>Bronco Zealot

What an altruist you are, Ashton!  To be so willing to root for anyone in
your conference.  After all, you certainly can't be expecting the Broncos
to reign supreme, considering their recent performances against the NFC East.
Or, maybe you do; 64-3 really isn't *that* convincing, I guess.

:^)

Daniel Welch, looking forward to the Cowboys playing Denver now
From: Michael.P.Colburn@dartmouth.edu (Michael P. Colburn)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: Giants/Phoenix 1:PM Meadowlands
Date: 9 Oct 92 02:14:30 GMT
Article-I.D.: dartvax.1992Oct9.021430.8644
 <56436@olivea.atc.olivetti.com>  
 <Adriene_Nazaretian.58.718575667@QM.YCC.YALE.EDU>
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
X-Posted-From: InterNews1.0a5@newshost.dartmouth.edu

In article <Adriene_Nazaretian.58.718575667@QM.YCC.YALE.EDU>
Adriene_Nazaretian@QM.YCC.YALE.EDU (Go GIANTS!) writes:

> >Should be a close game, I am actually glad it will be Hostetler over
> >Simms, the Cards do not have a great pass rush so escapability is less
> >important against them, pocket passing is more valuable, and Simms
> >is better at that IMHO.
> 
> Where did you get this info.  I read locally Simms was the man for the 
> season unless an injury stops him....

Well, your both right...Hostetler is starting cuz Phil's gotta a
sprained/strained/whatever elbow.  What if Hoss does a good job and the
Giants win...does Phil get to come back when he's able?  Oh no, not
another QB controversy!!  Go Gia's!!
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
From: marshall@nebula.ssd.lmsc.lockheed.com (Bob Marshall)
Subject: Montana update
Reply-To: marshall@nebula.ssd.lmsc.lockheed.com
Organization: LMSC, Sunnyvale, California
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 17:52:49 GMT

The beat goes on...the 49ers reported that Montana will not throw for at
least the next two weeks. The ulnar nerve is causing numbness
in his outer two fingers on his right hand, which is preventing him
from gripping the ball. Joe said that a few days ago he was in a restaurant
with his family, and when his daughter handed him a menu he couldn't even
grasp it! If he can't hold a menu, how is going to hold a football?!?

Carmen Policy stated "They (the doctors) would like to think that Joe
will be throwing in two weeks".

Sigh, give it up, Joe.

=============================================================================
Bob Marshall                     \\     "It ain't age
Lockheed Missiles & Space Co.     \\     That makes me look this way
Sunnyvale, CA                      \\    It ain't the years, boys,
marshall@force.ssd.lmsc.lockheed.com\\   It's the miles"
"I tell the truth 'cept when I lie"  \\     - Chris LeDoux
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From: rja@redwood26.cray.com (Russ Anderson)
Subject: Re: Free Agency
Originator: rja@redwood26
Organization: The 1991 World Champion Minnesota Twins!
Distribution: usa
Date: 13 Oct 92 10:21:52 CDT


In article <1992Oct12.180557.20134@macc.wisc.edu>, heim@vms.macc.wisc.edu (JOHN HEIM	) writes:
> In article <1992Oct9.090100.667@totaltec.com>, mark@totaltec.com writes...
> >In article <1992Oct7.171047.29035@macc.wisc.edu>, heim@vms.macc.wisc.edu (JOHN HEIM	) writes:
> >> If you still believe that NFL teams are competing companies ask 
> >> youself this: Would a team be better off if they somehow managed to 
> >> drive the rest of the league out of business?
> > 
> >If they are not competing then why bother signing a Keith Jackson or a Webster
> >Slaughter?? That only drives up the cost of operating the team by increasing
> >player salaries ????
> 
> Because they are competing against other forms of entertainment like 
> baseball and watching the lawn grow.  A winning team is good for 
> attendance.  A couple of home playoff games is *really* good for 
> attendance.

Why would a team want good attendance?

> The Dolphins did not sign Jackson to keep people from attending Eagles 
> games.  They signed him to win ball games and therefore get more 
> people, who might normally be staying home watching Love Boat reruns, 
> into Joe Robbie stadium.

Why would a team want to "get more people"?

The answer to both of those questions is, of course, to make more money,
like any competative business.

-- 
Russ Anderson    |  Disclaimer: Any statements are my own and do not reflect
------------------              upon my employer or anyone else.  (c) 1992
EX-Twins' Jack Morris, 10 innings pitched, 0 runs (World Series MVP!)
From: dwelch@mpd.tandem.com (Dan Welch)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: Eagles Destroy Dallas !!!
Date: 7 Oct 92 14:59:13 GMT
Organization: Tandem Computers (MPD) Austin, TX

In article <1992Oct06.173655.21591@bnr.ca> emilio@crchh444.BNR.CA (Emilio Rivera) writes:
>In article <2576@devnull.mpd.tandem.com>, dwelch@mpd.tandem.com (Dan
>Welch) writes:
>|>more woofing.  There's reason for it, too.  At the same time, though, I
>|>was happy to see the Cowboys put forth the effort in what was a tough
>|>situation, instead of folding.
>
>   Sorry Daniel, I'm a 'Boy fan, and I have to disagree with you here.
>   The Cowboys did fold under the pressure.

Not until the latter stages of the second half.  At halftime, the score
was 10-7 and could easily have been tied, if not for the strange play-calling
on the last drive for the Cowboys.  At that point, the game was anybody's
for the taking.  Sadly, though, the Eagles took it.

>   would say the Cowboys did not have the HUEVOS to play the Eagles.
>   In other words,  the performance was awful.  They played SCARED.

Huh?  I didn't see that at all.

>   was a good indicator to measure the team's muturity.   Work is still
>   needed.  Troy has to show that can LEAD the team.

The TD drive by the Cowboys, I think, showed that Troy CAN lead the team.
With the early INT, and quick score by the Eagles, and subsequent aborted
drive, the Cowboys could very easily have folded early, but they didn't.
The stuffed the Eagles on their next drive, and drove down to tie the score.
After that, it was back and forth until Walker's third-quarter TD started
the crack in the Cowboys D.

Daniel Welch
From: un032221@wvnvms.wvnet.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: MNF announcers--they SUCK!
Date: 12 Oct 92 18:34:32 GMT
Organization: West Virginia Network for Educational Telecomputing

In article <1992Oct6.152817.12544@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca>, q2dt@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (Turner) writes:
> 
> 	I'm seriously sick of Dan, Frank and Al's obvious jump-on-the 
> bandwagon, cheer for-whoever's-winning, biased coverage on MNF.  These
> guys spend more time orgasming over the winning team (especially when it is 
> serious contender like the Eagles) than they do calling and analysing the game.
> Randall Cuningham scores -- two orgasms; another Aikman interception -- three
> more for the Philly defense; Hershall Walker scores a second touchdown -- six 
> orgasms: "he has made both teams better!"  Come on guys: you can't simply 
> declare that a certain team will win the Super Bowl 89-0 in October.  Perhaps
> you might let the fans decide who they think are the good teams or -- God 
> forbid -- maybe even let the teams decide on the field.  Either way, I wish 
> they would show a little professionalism and just call the damn game.  It was 
> my impression that there were stretches in the fourth quarter when none of them
> even mentioned what was happening on the field.  

	I think Dier-dork is the worst of them.  This idiot goes and says
things right after the exact opposite has just happened on the field.  He'll
also say that something happening way over here caused so'n'so to not play his
area, and allowed the completion, when any idiot can see that the guy wasn't in
position for some other reason, like he slipped or something.
	I on their dumb replays, they say that person X did not fumble before
his knee was down, when the guy hadn't even been touched yet, much less hit the
ground.  I wish I had tapes of these things, and could go back and list, in 1
game the dozens of errors that Dier-dork and Co. make.  They need to dump those
idiots and find new guys.  I'm just glad someone out there finally agrees with
me, because I remember reading a post last year praising these doorknobs.
	-Skins fan who hates rypien ALMOST as much as Dier-dork
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From: keithg@boi.hp.com (Keith Glasson)
Subject: y
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 05:59:49 GMT
Organization: work
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.4 PL6]


    Raiders 20, Buffalo 3. Woof, woof.
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From: kellyfj@vax1.tcd.ie
Subject: Re: Browns Trashing by Pitt fan
Organization: Trinity College Dublin
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 10:23:46 GMT

In article <1992Oct10.173944.44252@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>, tes0@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (THOMAS EDWIN SCHMIDLIN) writes:
> (Pages and pages of mindless ramblings and crap about the browns deleted.)
> 
> Why don't you smell what you're shoveling.  The browns don't stand a chance
> against the STEELERS.  To paraphrase Dave:
> 
>  "The Steelers are going to chew them up and shit them out browner than their
>  name suggests."
> -- 

> Tom Schmidlin       DEEP THOUGHTS: By Jack Handey - If God dwells inside
> TES0@LEHIGH.EDU         us, like some people say, I sure hope he likes
> 215-758-0875            enchiladas, cause that's what he's getting.


I laughed so hard I almost cried when I saw that posting.
I vote this guy to be...............WOOFER OF THE WEEK........if not the year!

Pitt lost 17-9 to Da Browns! God, I feel soooooooooooo happy.  :-)
                                                        
--Frank
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From: cl129424@ulkyvx.louisville.edu
Subject: Re: Week 6 & cumulative passer ratings
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 00:12:14 GMT
Organization: University of Louisville

In article <ldlq30INNil3@cronkite>, andy@misha.Central.Sun.COM (Andy Knipp SE Andersen) writes:
> In article 19390@ncar.ucar.edu, gary@colossus.cgd.ucar.edu (Gary Strand) writes:
>> Week 6 (minimum 10 attempts):
>> Pos Name              Atts  Comp   Cmp%  Yards  AvgGn  TDs TD %  INT  IN% RATE
>> --- ----------------  ----  ----  -----  -----  -----  --- ----  --- ---- -----
>>   1 Mike Tomczak        17    10   58.8    171  10.06    1  5.9    0  0.0 112.6
>     ^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^
> 
> Arrgggghhh....  It must be the end of the world.  Are the cubs in the world
> series ?  Is hell about to freeze over ?   Help.........
> 
> ---
> Andy Knipp                    |
> Sun Microsystems              | The secret to success is sincerity,
> Chicago Loop District         | once you can fake that,  you have it made.
> andy@sunloop.central.sun.com  |
> 
                        Every dog has his day

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