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Playing in the deafening delirium of the Metrodome, Robert Smith set a team playoff record with 124 yards and Leroy Hoard grabbed his own team mark with three TDs as the Vikings rolled to a 41-21 victory over the upstart Arizona Cardinals...
...Cardinals (10-8), who were 15 1/2 point underdogs after beating Dallas last Saturday for their first playoff victory in 51 years, doomed themselves early...
When three blatant officiating blunders led to losses for the Seattle Seahawks, Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers in recent weeks, the whole playoff picture was torn from its frame. The NFL politburo announced that instant replay, in use from 1986 to 1991, may be revived for the playoffs...
...NCAA refuses to switch to a playoff--the season would be a similar length, the schools would get a ton of money and ratings would be incredible. Wouldn't you want to watch Kansas State, UCLA, Ohio State, Tennessee and Florida State play each other...
...however, like the name Super Bowl. It was coined by the son of Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt, whose imagination had been captured by the newly invented Super Ball.) It is now commonplace for a regular-season football game to attract ratings that surpass the playoff games in other sports. And the reason for that is Pete Rozelle...