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’icks may be wrong, but ...
Okay, okay, so I was wrong on my picks for the two biggest National
Football League games of the week. Anybody can make an intelligent
nistake. As Tom Snyder might say, “I’ve said it, I’ve done it, and now
vhat are you going to do about it?”
Let’s face it, the Houston Oilers and Washington Redskins proved to
e real washouts when the final gun sounded. But before I lose total
Credibility with a lackluster 5-3 record for last week’s picks, let me try
to explain what caused my temporary insanity and resulting enthu-
jiasm for these two teams.
Let’s take this thing one team at a time and get the Oilers’ regrett-
hble performance out of the way first.
Houston Head Coach Bum Phillips had said before the season
started that this would be the year the Oilers “kicked in the door,”
meaning they would beat Pittsburgh in its home territory and go on to
|he Super Bowl.
However, Bum and crew apparently forgot that the door in question
i made of steel. Instead of emerging victorious, the Oilers wound up
[•etreating for the Bayou City with a figurative stubbed toe, not to
nention wounded pride.
In evaluating my pick, I realized the Steelers hadn’t lost in Three
Rivers Stadium since 1977, when Houston was the last team to win
Ihere.
I further knew that the Steelers had better depth, although things
kre fairly even when comparing first-team squads.
! Yet, it seemed like Pittsburgh was finally due to lose another one at
home. The Steelers had simply been too prosperous. An unwritten
pile of nature says sooner or later, everyone reaches his peak. Boy, was
wrong.
The Steelers were not just impressive, they were downright devas-
[ating. Meanwhile, it was an unbelievable complete Oiler breakdown.
Everything that could possibly go wrong did.
When a new quarterback takes over a team, as did Kenny Stabler,
/ou expect a little uncertainty in communications between passer and
Receivers. But never has one group of receivers shown a worse case of
[he “dropsies.”
You can’t fault the Snake. He hit every last one of them right on the
noney. Still, people like Mike Renfro, Billy “White Shoes” Johnson
md Mike Barber managed to drop five passes and tip three more to
iteeler defenders in just the first half. I’ve seen better fetching by
.assie and Rin-Tin-Tin look-alikes.
Then, to my temporary amazement, the Oilers rose from the dead,
md like would-be Super Bowl champions, thrashed Pittsburgh for 17
points in the third quarter.
Needless to say, that wasn’t enough. Terry Bradshaw and company
reren’t through yet. They reached back for a little more magic and
Rook home a 31-17 victory.
I guess what I’m trying to say is that I’ll write this loss off as a fluke,
dthough it’s possible, it seems doubtful the Steelers can put together
mother perfect mix of skill and luck in one game.
Likewise, I feel confident Houston will never be that bad again.
When it comes to the Washington-Dallas disappointment, I certain
ly had more than wishful thinking going for me. Believe it or not, there
|were cold, hard facts backing up that prediction.
For one thing, Washington had won eight straight Monday night
’ames at home without a loss. For another, the Cowboys play worse
than ordinary in Robert F. Kennedy Stadium. Overall, they were 9-12
in the nation’s capital. On Monday nights, they were 7-12.
Furthermore, it’s the first season in years Roger Staubach hasn’t
guided Dallas by the hand. It was questionable how effective Danny
diite would be despite his talent.
At this point, I came down with a bad case of Redskin Euphoria,
mnerically known as “the Fever.” I completely ignored the fact that
■the Cowboys had won 15 straight opening games. I also forgot about
Washington’s lack of a running game.
j Those two lapses proved to be costly. Tradition is a strong force in
the Dallas organization and the Cowboys were not about to give up a
15-year effort.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10. 1980
Astros beat Dodgers, 5-4
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HOUSTON — Art Howe lofted a
tie-breaking sacrifice fly and Gary
Woods followed with an RBI single
in the seventh inning Tuesday night
to enable the Houston Astros to
move within one game of error-
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