Word: letdowns
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...letdown. You had all that adrenalin--didn't you get excited, especially considering "all ya gotta do is steer?" But hey, it was no sweat, right? Nothin' to it, right...
Once an underdog knocks off a few established powers, it becomes more difficult to catch opponents unprepared and the tendency for a letdown and fan frustration is there...
...time, the fault lay not with the players, but with the listener. The two sides of that one record had aroused expectations of unrelenting hilarity from these foreign jesters, and any sensation short of these unrealistic demands was bound to come off as a letdown. Looking back now, this onetime Monty Python groupie realizes what was wrong with that TV re-run; adding the visual dimension to the already warped dialogue of the troupe did not add much to the humor, but it did effectively shatter the mystique surrounding Monty Python stemming from my ignorance of the group's background...
With an expanded, more competitive schedule, the result may be an even bigger letdown if the Super Bowl continues its recent form of understated, cautious football. Purists insist that fans cannot appreciate great defensive games like the 27-10 Cowboy victory; neither can they appreciate the fine line between mechanical proficiency and boredom, the main fare of recent Super Bowls. While this year's contest between Denver and Dallas had its moments of suspense, perhaps the most exciting event of the evening-and arguably the Super Bowl's premier athletic feat-was a 60-yd. bomb thrown...
Despite a letdown from the loss, the cagers came back the next day against Long Island, leading virtually the entire game an route to their first road trip victory. The Blackbirds threatened near the end, but six unanswered Harvard points put the game away...