Word: playoff
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...break him." Breaking Montana seemed a small danger to Assistant Coach Sam Wyche, a man who can speak of the relative gifts handed out to quarterbacks. He was a backup in the N.F.L. for nine years. "Montana made this fake against the Giants," says Wyche, referring to the first playoff victory over New York. "The linebacker was slackjawed. That's some thing you don't coach. You take credit after it's over, as if you did. A coach can improve technique but not instinct. I guess I envy Joe something he started with that I never...
...December 21, 1980, in the last game of the regular season, Cincinnati faced Cleveland. For McInally and the Bengals the game could bring no tangible benefit. They were out of the playoff picture. For Cleveland a win meant a divisional title. With nothing to gain by winning, everyone expected Cincinnati to roll over and play dead. The Bengals, and especially McInally, had other ideas...
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...
When I said that Susan adores only three things, I forgot to mention a fourth obsession--Dwight Clark. Not only did Clark make the reknowned playoff catch, but he also had dinner with Susan's family at her home last summer. Clark, according to Susan, is as close to perfection as anyone can be--he is tall, muscular, good-looking and nice. The only problem, says sorry Susan, is that he currently dates Miss Universe...
...York's playoff hopes, for both teams, have long since been dashed, but the glow remains. For once the Big Apple doesn't have to say, "Wait till next year." It can point...