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Super Sunday is just
not what it used to be
by John Musser
Collegian Sports Editor
I remember the good old
days.
There was a time when this
past week and a half would fill
the nation with anticipation
and excitement. There would
only be talk of who was better,
who was stronger, and large
monetary bets would be made.
Plans that involved anything
without a TV or radio in close
proximity were quickly nixed
in favor of those with a BIG
screen television and tons of
chip dip. Wives and girlfriends
everywhere were momentarily
forgotten.
And this wasn't all done
without good reason. In those
days, you not only expected the
big game to be close, you
knew it. There weren't any big
blowouts lames didn't end in
the second quarter like they do
now. Games back then, you
stayed gi Ito the set until at
least the > nth quarter.
And v iked it.
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Still thinking? How about
eight years ago in Detroit's
Pontiac h d erdome, where the
San Francisco 49er's defeated
the Cincinnati Bengals, 26-21.
Any game that's won on a goal
line stai d is memorable
Games now are generally won
by three touchdowns and tend
to be forgettable.
Now for this years big
game, we have the 49er's and
the Denver Broncos. The 49er’s
have everything going for
them. They have dismantled
each of their playoff opponents
and arc playing like a "dynasty"
team. No team has repeated as
the NFL's main cheese since
the Steelers did it in '79 and
'BO. If that isn't enough to
motivate the Niners, then
perhaps a place in football
history alongside Pittsburgh as
the only two teams to win four
Super Bowl games without a
loss should. It almost seems
that they arc destined to win
and lock up team of the decade
honors.
The Broncos are a different
story. They have been
embarassed in their three
previous Super Bowl
score of 108-40. With a loss,
they will join the Minnesota
Vikings as the only teams to
lose four Super Bowls, not to
mention never making it to the
winner's circle. I guess in some
way that this also makes the
Broncs a team of destiny.
As I see it, the orange boys
of Denver are lucky to be here.
First, they let one of the worst
offenses in the league dominant
their defense for thirty minutes,
and then had to drive for the
winning touchdown late in the
final period to win their playoff
opener against the surprising
Steelers. One could argue that
the better team did not win on
that day.
Then there’s the AFC
championship game with
Cleveland. Do I really have to
talk about a game in which one
of the teams featured a
quarterback with only the
remnants of a passing arm?
Don’t get me wrong, I have all
of the respect in the world for
Browns QB Bemie Kosar, but
there is just no way that he can
play at his level of excellence
with a sore shoulder and a
busted finger on his throwing
hand. A healthy Kosar and it
may have been a different
story. Make that would have
been.
Sometimes itk better to be
lucky than good. Denver is
lucky, just like they were the
two other times they snuck by
Cleveland into the Super Bowl.
The 49er's are good. Very
good. And they are motivated.
They want to repeat as champs,
and they have modeled their
attitudes after that of the L.A.
Lakers, who made it their
mission to repeat as NBA
champs in the 'B7-88 campain.
And you do remember how that
turned out, don't you? (For
those that don't, the Lakers
repeated with a seven-game
series win over Detroit.)
Denver may be better than
the last time they made it to
the NFL's promised land and
may actually make it an
exciting game. But 'Frisco just
has too much firepower (RE:
Montana, Rice, Taylor, Craig,
and a solid defense) for Denver
to handle.
This time good beats lucky,
hands down.
• If Sunday's game does get
out of hand early, there's
always "Bud Bowl II" to keep
hardcore fans ineterested. CBS
announcers Brent Musburger
and Terry Bradshaw bring home
all of the exciting action.
Maybe I'm not all that
quick (According to former
Collegian Editor James Martin,
I'm not even "five percent
here"), but the appeal of beer
bottles playing a football game
escapes me.
Men and Women's Basketball Season Statistics
Men’s Stats | Rebounds/per game
Scoring Average
Gurska 15.1
Demski 13.8
Pringle 10.5
Team 81.7
Women’s Stats | &
Madison 19
Dunn 8.6
Dorenkamp 7.5
Beisler
Team 62.7
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The Collegian Wednesday, January 24,1990
Demski 105/7.5
Pringle 101/6.7
Cooper 70/4.7
Assists/ner gam
Baughman 89/5.9
Madison 119/7.9 Madison 47
Beisler 85/5.7 Tonelli 47
Dunn 71/5.1 Dunn 44
iists/per gam*
Altsman 50/3.3
38/2.5
Madison
Dorenkamp 36/2.4
36/2.4
Bradley
Field Goal Pen
Cooper ,59
Demski 56
Floyd 55
Pringle 53
Team 46
,me Field Goal Percenta
Team
FreeT
Murray 83
Dunn 81
Team 62
trow Percenta