Word: oaklands
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...scale of the Super Bowl happening is staggering. It has commanded the largest audience ever for a single sporting event televised in the U.S. The number should grow even larger when the Oakland Raiders and Minnesota Vikings contend for the Super Bowl title this weekend in Los Angeles. One of every three Americans?male and female, newborn to nonagenarian?will see at least some of the game; just nine nations in the world have a total population larger than the Super Bowl's TV audience. Only the World Cup soccer final, a few heavyweight championship fights, and the Olympics attract...
...have to worry about a punter for ten years." Indeed not, because Guy can boom the opposition into the hole each time the ball is snapped to him. Guy not only kicks long (his career record for Oakland: 72 yds.), but he can also put the ball down uncannily close to the other team's goal line. He has more "touch" in his leg than most golfers find in a bag full of golf clubs; he can roll a punt like a chip shot or drop it dead like a wedge. His value against Minnesota? Probably as much...
...Oakland Coach John Madden is a bear of a man (250 Ibs.) and, on the sidelines, a volatile one. He has patched up a 1976 team weakened by injuries, switching to a three linemen-four linebackers defense to compensate, and ably led his troops through an emotionally trying barrage of accusations: Oakland spent much of the fall under a cloud of charges of dirty play. It began in the season's opening game, when Safetyman George Atkinson decked Pittsburgh Receiver Lynn Swann, leaving Swann with a concussion. Steeler Coach Chuck Noll charged Atkinson with foul play, speaking darkly...
...rookie year, Branch studied his teammate's hands as if they were the Rosetta Stone, and the result is the surest-catching fast man in football. Balancing the act is Tight End Dave Casper, a big (225 Ibs.) all-pro who can block and run as well as catch. Oakland is basically a passing team, but has adequate running led by former Colgate Star Mark van Eeghen and six-year Veteran Clarence Davis...
...lastly, for all of you wishing a prediction, there's no question: Minnesota 31-Oakland...