From: dggok@pbhyg.PacBell.COM (4E150M)
Subject: Re: San Fancisco vs the NFC East
Reply-To: dggok@PacBell.COM (David G. Gok)
Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 00:17:36 GMT

In article <1993Jan4.194154.17897@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> pws2n@vision1.ee.Virginia.EDU (Philip Weaver Smith) writes:
>In article <1993Jan4.152508.12628@asl.dl.nec.com>,
>nix@aslslc43.asl.dl.nec.com (David Nix) writes:
>|> After the dust settled from the wildcard games, the NFC is right
>where it
>|> started three years ago:  San Francisco on top and a bevy of NFC East
>teams
>|> vying to knock the 49ers off that pedestal.
>|> 
>|> The NFC playoffs come down to this:  The best team in the NFL vs. the
>best
>|> division in the NFL, to the victor goes the spoils.
>|> 
>|> Nix
>
>Just my 0.02$ worth here . . . 
>
>It would be easy for the Eagles/Skins/Boys to be 14-2 if their division
>schedules contained such powerhouses as the Falcons (wo Miller), the
>Rams,
>the Aints ( still have only beaten one team with a winning record) to
>beat

I don't claim that the 49ers are the best team in the NFL.  By 
definition, the best team in the NFL will win the SuperBowl.  However,
claiming that Eagles/Skins/Boys would go 14-2 if they changed
divisions is just silly.  Just imagine if the Cowboys had to play
the Rams twice in a season :-)

>up on six out of seven times.  Then to top it all off the 49ers have
>one
>of the worst stadiums ( except for maybe soldier field ) that you could

Oh, you mean a REAL grass field?  Where you have to contend with the
wind and rain?  Of course, a REAL team plays on fake grass, and where
they don't have to contend with the elements!

>ever play in and refs that always seem to "miss" certain "small"
>violations
>by the 9ers every now and then.  

How many blown calls have there been this year by the refs?  Lots!
Just look at any game.  Have you been keeping count of the "small"
violations??  Perhaps you missed the Rice TD that was called a
fumble and almost cost us the 1st New Orleans game?  Sounds like
sour grapes from a fan whose team didn't beat the 49ers.

>
>Its not just the obvious reasons why these things help, but all the
>suttle reasons as well.  Playing powder puff teams not only keeps

Buffalo, Miami, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Minnesota.  Lots of
puffy teams there.  The 49ers have been 14-2 THREE of the last four
years.  Having a problem?

>the record rising, but keeps the players relatively healthy.  Also,
>when
>you are used to a sh*tty field, it can be a definite plus as far as 

Of course, as has been documented here before, the 49er ROAD record
is better than any team's home record over the last 11 years.  Guess
there are a lot of sh*tty fields out there.

>injuries go than when you aren't.  Then there is also the psych job
>the powder puff teams give the winner.  Believing you can win is

That's right, the 49ers believe they will win every game.  They don't,
but they believe that they will.  Both Tampa Bay and Detroit players
were told by their coaches (according to the SF Chronicle) to watch
how a winning team - the 49ers - acted, and learn from it.

>more than half the battle, since every team has talent.
>
>I have to say that the 49ers are definitely one of the best teams
>in the NFL, but I'd like to see them play in the East for a few
>years and see if the higher level of competition, the slow
>parade of injuries and the overall battle to be the best there
>wouldn't bring them down ( just look at the Giants, after a few

There is no comparison between the Giants and 49ers.  The Giants got
old and hired the wrong coach.  The 49ers continue to bring in new
talent and hired a good coach.  Sort of what Washington (and recently
Dallas) have done.

>years on top, their older players are so battered they had to fight
>to stay out of the cellar this year ).
>
>
>the 49ers :
>
>    one of the best teams in the NFL -> definitely
>    the BEST team in the NFL -> IMO, I don't think so.

I never claimed that they were.  However, you don't see people flocking
to put bets down on the Cowboys, Redskins, or Eagles either.
Maybe the best team is in the AFC. :-)

>
>THE NFC EAST is easily the toughest division in the NFL.

None of the facts this year bears this out!  The NFC West has the
best record outside of their division.  Cowboys, Redskins and Eagles
are all fine teams and are all still in the playoff hunt.  
Congratulations.

>
>GO EAGLES!!!!!

Ah! Still smarting from that loss, I see!  Hope you get a chance at
revenge :-).

>
>(Its tough, when the Birds beat Dallas, would you rather

Maybe Dallas will have something to say about whether you will care.

>have home field advantage or the chance to not have the
>game lost by a spot this time?? Hmmmm? )
>
>
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