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Goal Post also falls victim to what close scrutiny discovers is rather imprecise analysis. In assessing the chances of Tampa Bay, the magazine "predicts." "In what appears will most assuredly be another hotly contested battle for NFC Central Division title honors in 1982, the Bucs will once more be among the highest bidders." The king of football annuals, Street and Smith's Pro Football, similarly waffles. The magazine writes: "The Washington Redskins could win it all"--but also says the same thing about the Detroit Lions, St. Louis Cardinals, the New York Giants and a bunch of other teams...
...year I.B.S. (before strike), the New York Giants came within two touchdowns of the NFC championship game, despite a mediocre--and the adjective is generous in this case--offense. The Giants had DEFENSE...
Recently, I am sorry to report, Susan's disease has escalated in severity. When the Forty-Niners were behind the Dallas Cowboys in the recent NFC playoff, Susan was as vocal as any of the men in the Kirkland House television room, screaming her directions to the oblivious coaches on the screen, and exultantly replaying every Forty-Niner first down verbally. When wide receiver Dwight Clark made the amazing catch in the final seconds of the game that lifted the Forty-Niners to victory, Susan was almost deranged in her delight. In fact, my normally frugal roommate called home...
...1970s were not kind to New York's football teams. The Jets faded fast after pulling off their stunning upset of the Colts in Super Bowl III in 1969, and the Giants monopolized the NFC eastern division cellar, never coming close to seeing post-season action...
...euphoria in New York disappeared with Christmas. On the 27th New York had one less team in the playoffs, following the failure of Todd's last-minute comeback attempt against the Bills. The Giants, however, upset Philadelphia, scoring a surprising knockout of last year's NFC representative in the Super Bowl. The magic didn't carry over to the next week when San Francisco demolished New York's last survivors, 38-24. After all, by then it was already...