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...this year's Cup playoff has been something of a disappointment. Competition began two years ago with elimination rounds that eventually pared 90 national teams down to the 16 that reached Germany. Predictions were legion that this playoff would have exceptionally exciting, high-scoring battles reflecting a new, wide-open soccer style popularized by Holland and West Germany. That so-called "total football" involves mobilizing an entire team for rushes against an opponent's goal. But total football is apparently a forgotten strategy. Staid defense quickly took over the competition. In the opening game, defending champion Brazil played...
...which Rosann's was most impressive. The glib prankster has the timing of a well-practiced magician; he turns banal lines into comic magic. Cardon and Stone have their moments too, especially when they alternate in reciting a tale of their unexpected urge to relieve themselves on the wide-open beach...
...free: Trembley is defending champ, but as usual the race is wide-open. Harvard's scoring chances are minimal...
...rivals had swapped baskets three times after the opening tip-off, when Sanders's squad exploded for 11 straight points to go up, 17-6, in the first five minutes of the game. Scoring mostly on wide-open layups after breaking Yale's full-court man-to-man press, the Crimson continued to race away from the hapless Elis, and went up, 38-19, with 1:24 remaining in the first half...
Though the score was more lopsided in the Rose Bowl-Ohio State overcame U.S.C. 42-21-both teams played wide-open football. Even conservative coach Woody Hayes had his Ohio State team passing, and once again both quarterbacks ran brilliantly. In the Orange Bowl, an acrobatic touchdown catch helped Penn State defeat L.S.U. 16-9, and Nebraska beat Texas in the Cotton Bowl 19-3 with a breakaway running attack. The message was clear: this year's college players will offer the pros a bright chance to loosen up their game...