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Charles L. Spirrison (cls4@Ra.MsState.Edu) wrote:
: kclenden@iac.net (Kevin Clendenien) writes:

: deletions

: >Well, I must admit I'm a little frustrated.  Pittsburgh had ten
: >more first downs, 50 more yards, and controlled the ball 7 more
: >minutes than Dallas, but still lost.

: True, but this also illustrates the problems with statistics.
: The Cowboys offense had fewer opportunities for statistics in
: The second half.  They had two very short but fully effective
: TD "drives" following the Larry Brown interceptions.  Although
: these possessions yielded 7 each, neither allowed the Cowboys
: to gain significant time of possession nor yardage.  Yardage
: wise, Emmitt Smith was shut down.  Touchdown wise, he certainly
: was not shut-out.

: The Cowboys offense also lost a possession opportunity with the
: Steelers' well executed onside kick.

: >Although I have to believe even some die hard Dallas
: >fans were beginning to wonder with four minutes remaining in the
: >game, Dallas did what they needed to win.  That is what separates
: >the great teams from the good teams.  Congratulations Cowboys!

: I had major doubts.  More relief than joy.

: I thought the Steelers showed a great amount of character.  Although
: they started out nervous and uptight, the team relaxed and showed
: much poise in the 2nd half.  The Steelers kept focus and refused
: to get negative when other teams would have (e.g., Bills).

I feel you are being unfair to Buffalo.  This is Pittsburgh's first (recent)
appearance in the Superbowl.  Buffalo's first appearance was also a gutsy
performance just like the one yesterday.  The difference between the two
teams was Dallas' experience.  Pittsburgh is certainly good enough, and I
believe relatively young enough to also hit 4 straight.  They are, however,
also still a class below the best teams in the NFC.  Pittsburgh too could
lose 4 straight.  They never gave up.  Neither did Buffalo in their _first_
appearance.  The comparison is a fraud until we see 3 more appearances.

/Mike



: cls

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