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From: stevev@tekchips.UUCP (Steve Vegdahl)
Newsgroups: net.sport.football
Subject: playoff predictions
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Date: Tue, 31-Dec-85 13:37:44 EST
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My predictions for the wild-card games (Jets over Pats, Niners over Giants)
went so well :-), so I thought I'd take a crack at this week's games.

Giants/Bears
  The Bears are playing so well, that I expect them to go all the way to
the Super Bowl before losing to the Dolphins or Raiders.  First-time
Super Bowl participants generally lose the first one when playing against
a team with Super Bowl experience (exception: when they're playing the Vikes).
Let's call this game Bears 24, Giants 14.

Cowboys/Rams
  Dallas generally has trouble with the Rams in the playoffs.  Rams will
probably get two or three scores from turnovers and special teams.  How 'bout
Rams 30, Cowboys 20.

Pats/Raiders
  Even though I'm a Raider fan, I'm not all that thrilled with the way
they're playing.  I expect this game to be close and low-scoring.  NE
generally plays the Raiders tough.  (Remember the '76 playoff game in
which the Raiders won on the blown pass-interference non-call on Phil
Villapiano?)  Let's go with NE 10, Raiders 7.

Browns/Dolphins
  Do the Browns deserve to be in the playoffs?  Does the AFC-Central deserve
to be in the NFL?  Dolphins 45, Browns 17.

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Next round: I expect the winner of the Bears/Giants game to be in the Super
Bowl.  I expect the home team to win the AFC championship game, unless
by some miracle the game is played in Cleveland.

		Steve Vegdahl
		Computer Research Lab.
		Tektronix, Inc.
		Beaverton, Oregon