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Miami. Sunday, Jan. 18, 1976. Time is running out at the Super Bowl as the Pittsburgh Steelers are plodding down the field. They have controlled the ball for eleven straight minutes and have slogged to the Dallas Cowboy 18-yd. line. Franco Harris rams off tackle yet again for two more yards, and Coach Chuck Noll sends in Kicker Roy Gerela. His field goal gives the Steelers victory-3-2. There is total silence in the Orange Bowl. Everyone is sound asleep...
...championship game of professional football annually produces more ennui than excitement. "Ball control" is the Super Bowl battle cry. Stay on the ground, eat up the clock, kick a couple of field goals, and take home the trophy. Super Bowl X may be more of the same monotonous brand of play. Dallas has a stifling defense-as both the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Rams found out in the playoffs. Pittsburgh (TIME cover, Dec. 8) merely has the best defense in the N.F.L...
...Dallas comes to the Orange Bowl this weekend with a zany offense that could turn the game into a wild, crowd-pleasing Shootout. Says Cowboys Assistant Coach Mike Ditka: "We have a chance to make the Super Bowl do for football what last fall's World Series did for baseball...
Luckily, there are a couple of generous compensations. Carole Shelley is so stingingly sarcastic as Ruth that the scenery shrivels. As Sarah, the super-housewife, Estelle Parsons yaps through the trilogy like an angry Peke. Funny is as useless a word to describe them as high is for Everest...
...superior size and pass-catching skills. Like Chuck Foreman, the Minnesota Vikings' multitalented running back, Muncie is called "a devastating runner with the moves of a halfback." Griffin, though he may not be the top draft choice, is hardly a forgotten man. "He's superquick and super-competitive," notes a scout. Griffin is also durable. He has never missed a college game because of injury, though he carries the ball an average of 20 times per game. For a team in the market for a scatback like Terry Metcalf of the St. Louis Cardinals, the answer...