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Double Bow-Out. To do that, the Colts will have to rely, as always, on the passing arm of 37-year-old Johnny Unitas. In the A.F.C. championship game against the Oakland Raiders last week. Johnny U. completed only eleven of 29 passes, but most were long gainers in clutch situations that helped lead the Colts to a 27-17 victory. Showing a newfound aggressiveness, the Colt defense sacked Raider quarterbacks five times and intercepted them three more. A late-blooming rookie running back, Norm Bulaich, bulldozed his way to 71 yards and two touchdowns in 22 carries...
...kicker. Never happy under Halas ("He was too cheap to even buy me a kicking shoe"), Blanda came into his own when he switched to the American Football League and led the Houston Oilers to the championship in 1960 and 1961. Rescued from possible retirement in 1967 by the Raiders, he reciprocated by leading the A.F.L. in scoring that year with 116 points; so far this season, he has completed 14 of 24 passes for four touchdowns and kicked 24 extra points and eleven field goals to lead Raider scorers with a total of 57 points...
...almost embarrasses you," says Raider Center Jim Otto. "He's out there, 43 years old, running the wind sprints, yelling all the time, coming in to pull it out for us." Adds Coach John Madden: "I don't even think of George's age. If we need him, he's ready. Besides, I'm the coach and I'm 34, so I'd rather not discuss ages." Neither would Blanda, who earns $40,000 a year and says he will keep playing "as long as I can walk to the bank...
...Nader's Raider called the CRIMSON from Washington last summer and announced that they had discovered scandals in the Agriculture Department bigger than Billy Sol Estes. He said that halt of the Ag Dept, was so corrupt that they d have to be fired...
...Nader's Raider called the CRIMSON from Washington last summer and announced that they had discovered scandals in the Agriculture Department bigger than Billy Sol Estes. He said that half of the Ag Dept, was so corrupt that they'd have to be fired...