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...Veteran Buffalo players, feeling underpaid and a little jealous of Simpson's knack for getting publicity, took special joy in such hazing rites as shaving O.J.'s head, making him stand on a table while singing the U.S.C. fight song, and popping him extra hard in practice to let him know that he was playing with the big boys. Trouble was, the Bills were far less accomplished at jolting opponents. Simpson, fresh from two starring appearances in the Rose Bowl, had to painfully adapt to playing with a loser...
...Buffalo had a knack for falling behind in a game so quickly, in fact, that their quarterback usually had to forgo giving Simpson the ball in favor of a desperation pass game. When O.J. did carry the football, blocking was so negligible that he was often gang-tackled before he hit the line of scrimmage. Averaging a so-so 642 yds. in his first three seasons, Simpson seemed destined to become one of the many college stars who fail to make it big in the pros...
Blasting Holes. Last week, after reviewing Buffalo game films, San Diego Charger Defensive End Lionel Aldridge pronounced O.J. "frightening." That he was: though the erratic Bills lost 34-7, O.J. battered through the Chargers' tough defense for 103 yds.-a pace that, if continued, will allow Simpson to break Jim Brown's season record...
...Says Buffalo Guard Reggie McKenzie, one of the behemoths assigned to blast open holes for Simpson: "We think...
...late Simpson has even come to accept the chilly world of Buffalo. Though he still flees to his $130,000 ranch home in Bel Air, Calif., at every opportunity, he has moved his wife Marguerite and their two children into a Buffalo apartment for the season. "I've even bought furniture for the first time," he says...