Word: buts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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In ancient days, when television covered--but didn't control--sports, bowl games were scheduled after Christmas Day and before New Year's Night, as a holiday treat for the football fanatic.
The 90-pound weakling before, Yacowar magically transforms him into the beach bully of the art world. For some of us, precisely Woody Allen's redeeming feature is that he places himself on the 'before' side; he knows that it's good to be able to laugh at yourself, but...
BUT IT'S distinctively Woody Allen's quality that he doesn't say these things; he limits himself to lighter moods. Conscious that his comedy doesn't do justice to the world around him, he won't permit himself to generalize. The airs of Yacowar's flimsy elevated prose exactly...
But while purists may condemn these less-than-earthshaking contests, the opportunist can find some damn good matchups in some of these so-called lesser bowls. And in the big ones, too.
ROSE BOWL: Ohio State (11-0) vs. USC (10-0-1)--Earle Bruce's Buckeyes boast one of the nation's top offensive threats in quarterback Art Schlichter. Southern Cal boasts two of the others in quarterback Paul McDonald and Heisman trophy-winning halfback Charles White, plus a stingy defense...