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October 3, 1996
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steel-
shave spent nearly a year looking for a rival
replace the Cleveland Browns. They may
, , ,_ive found it in their own division: the Hous-
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inced total)! E ven as the Steelers (3-1) began practic-
lavray. igWednesday for Monday night’s game
nrowallowedil| , a j nst t j ie K ansas city Chiefs (4-1) — one of
r a 5-4 lead,! | e AFC’s top games this season — they
la ns managei) U u n ’t s t 0 p talking about their Oct. 20 re-
ofthedugoutii, [atch in Houston.
\ with plateq ] t ’ s a re t um bout that promises to be con-
jderably more compelling than Mike
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Oilers defensive backs Darryll
:wis and Marcus Robertson and
eelers rookie punter Shayne Edge
ere ejected from Pittsburgh’s fight-
resumed,M- [led 30-16 victory Sunday. Several
ore players face disciplinary action
the NFL for a fourth-quarter dis-
ite that spilled off the field and into
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tiders rivalry in the 1970s, when Oakland al-
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Steelers linebackers Chad Brown and Jerry
Isavsky also complained of frequent cut-
legedly slicked up its uniforms with Vaseline
and wrote derogatory messages to the Steelers
on the game balls.
Pittsburgh coach Bill Cowher seemed
amused by all the yapping, and even encour
aged his players during his post-game talk to
begin spreading what he called “The party
line: It’s the start of a good rivalry.”
But, Brown said Wednesday, there’s nothing
good if a player caught up in the heat of the
moment ends another’s career with a deliber
ate, knee-high block from behind.
“Chop blocks are a part of foot
ball, I understand that,” Brown
said Wednesday. “But do it
face-to-face. Don’t do it from
behind me. Guys get hurt
and guys’ careers end by
cut blocks from behind.
Don’t cheap-shot me.”
The Oilers’ response?
“He’s a crybaby,”
wide receiver Derek
Russell said. “He cried the whole game. I don’t
do it (cut block) to cornerbacks. He’s a good
player, but you have to cut a linebacker who
weighs 40 pounds more than you do.”
Even Cowher agreed cut blocks have a
place in football, as long as they aren’t intend
ed to cause injury.
“That’s part of the game,” he said. “Obvi
ously, there are times when it’s accepted.
Other times, it’s not. Some players don’t like
it. ... I don’t like all the taxes we have to pay. I
really don’t. But what, are you going to do
about it? Nothing.”
Cowher said the verbal byplay is useful
only if it proves a helpful motivator for the
Steelers’ return date in Houston.
“Anybody who’s a proud person, a competi
tive person, can take exception to some things
that might be said,” Cowher said. “There’s no
reason at all for us to be involved in that type
of verbiage. To me, just don’t talk about it, just
do it.... When it comes down to it, just look up
at the scoreboard. That’s the greatest message
you can send.”
The Steelers hope to send another one
Monday in a matchup that was expected to
occur in the AFC championship game in Janu
ary. Instead, Pittsburgh wound up playing the
Indianapolis Colts after they upset the Chiefs
in Kansas City.
The Chiefs are slightly favored, and Steelers
quarterback Mike Tomczak would be sur
prised only if they weren’t.
“The Steelers still don’t necessarily get the
respect we deserve, but that’s all right,” he
said. “It gives us a chip on our shoulder when
we go out on the field and try to win.”
HOUSTON (AP) — A partner-
tip that has conditionally
>reed to buy and develop land
a downtown baseball stadi-
has the option of later buy-
igback the site, the Texas Jour-
alof the Wall Street Journal
ported Wednesday.
The agreement regarding a re-
actable-roof stadium for the
ouston Astros is outlined in a
liter of intent signed last month
the City of Houston, Harris
raijfoiinty, the Astros and the Hous-
Sports Facilities Partnership.
If voters approve a financing
in a Nov. 5 referendum, the
artnership — headed by Enron
itdiforp. Chairman Ken Lay — will
donate land for the stadium to
Harris County.
But accord
ing to the let
ter, in ex
change for
paying about
$15 million for
the land and
$18 million on
development
costs, the in
vestment
group will have
the right to buy back the stadium
land at its original 1996 price, the
newspaper reported.
John Watson, a lawyer repre
senting Lay’s group, said the in-
McLane
vestors would do so near the end
of the stadium’s life.
Other details in the letter
give partnership members first
right to negotiate with the As
tros on the name of the stadi
um, concessions, advertising
and other services.
Also, they will get first choice,
after the team, on luxury suites
and the expected 42,000 seats.
Astros owner Drayton McLane
has said that without revenue
from a stadium better than the
31-year-old Astrodome, he will
have to sell or move the team.
City officials announced Sept.
14 plans to build the $265 mil
lion stadium, pending voter en
dorsement of the ballot issue
next month.
The vaguely worded referen
dum only asks voters to authorize
Harris County to create and oper
ate new or renovated sports stadi
ums, with the understanding no
property taxes be used.
Lack of details about the stadi
um plan may worry voters.
City and county officials, for
example, say they still aren’t
even sure of the identity of the
investors putting up the $33
million.
Lay won’t disclose their names,
although he says so far there are
eight or nine investors and he
hopes to get about a dozen more.
fexas Tech Student Bar delays arena election results
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fiJBBOCK, Texas (AP) — The Texas
ech Student Bar Association, claim-
^pvocedural violations in a refer-
ndum over a proposed basket-
, „ , all arena, has delayed until
)uble by Gagne® i) Ursc j a y re lease of the
le by slumping!# | eC [j 0n ’ s results,
ndsworth, who! The association had sev-
^”'7 [ alobjections, including
iE distances some law
Indents had to walk to cast
eir votes Tuesday. The orga-
ization forced a Wednesday
igtit hearing by the student Elec
Commission.
In addition to choosing
a homecoming queen,
4,132 students voted Tues
day whether to designate
$3 of the approximately
$90 they pay per semester
hour toward a proposed $40
million to $45 million arena.
Law student Bill Exley, vice
president of the Student Bar As
sociation, said he’d reserve com
ment on his organization’s gripes
until after the hearing.
Student Association president
Geoff Wayne, a staunch backer of
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Despite the fact that the Bull-
are playing a 1-3 team in
it! hM, Crowton is conscious not
ded immedii 11 Underestimate the Aggies,
day’s
“We’ve got a lot of respect for
A&M and Coach (R.C.) Slocum,”
Crowton said. “The losses they’ve
had were due to turnovers, but we
know that they’re good.”
A&M has turned the ball over
16 times this year, including four
lost fumbles to the University of
Colorado last week.
Starks said turnovers always
influence a game, but his team
cannot count on free gifts from
the Aggies.
“I feel that
turnovers are
just something
that happens
during the
course of a
game,” Starks
said. “Usually
they are a factor,
and hopefully
we’ll end up on
the positive side
of that.”
the arena, said the bar association’s move
frustrated him.
“We followed procedures to a‘T’,” he said.
The arena will be built with or without
Student support, school officials have said,
though lack of student fee support could
push completion beyond the November
1998 target time.
To sweeten the pot, the school promised
3,600 guaranteed seats for students, many at
courtside, if the referendum passed.
The planned United Spirit Arena, which al
ready has attracted millions of dollars in cor
porate donations, is proposed to replace the
outdated Lubbock Municipal Coliseum.
Crowton said the
team is trying to
dismiss pressures
associated with
playing A&M.
“We want to relax,
go out and play hard
and have fun,”
Crowton said. “We’ve
got to execute offen
sively and defensive
ly and hope [the Ag
gies] don’t.”
“Being able to
play Baylor
and USL has
helped us.”
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