Word: nfl
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...football fan who doesn't call a spade a concave instrument for delving or flensing whale blubber knows that the New York Giants and Jets are sleep-walking through the NFL season and show little sign of regaining consciousness...
...axed third-year head coach Bill Arnsparger in what should prove a futile attempt to shake up the moribund squad. His successor is assistant coach for "research and development" John McVay, who played collegiate ball with Arnsparger on a 1950 Miami of Ohio squad that included 19 other present NFL coaches...
Unlike the Giants who have hung tough in the face of the hardest schedule in the NFL, the Jets have shown as much stability as a toupee in high wind. Things got so bad that owner Phil Iselin suffered a heart attack watching Denver trounce his club. The Jets were even euphoric after holding the Colts to only 20 points while former all-pro guard Winston Hill benched himself, missing his first starting assignment since...
...Bears have been a perennial NFL loser since 1967, the last year they were coached by founding father George Halas--and the last time they enjoyed a winning season...
...Super Bowl in Florida will be the natural conclusion for a sunny NFL. season. Despite, or perhaps because of, the collapse of the rival World Football League, the N.F.L. this fall registering a jump in attendance (averaging 56,000 per game) and an increase in TV ratings. And why not? Some 40% of the games are being won by 7 points or less, not to mention a rash of sudden-death thrillers...