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From: rsk@pucc-j (Wombat)
Newsgroups: net.sport.football
Subject: Re: The Raiders are out!
Message-ID: <701@pucc-j>
Date: Wed, 8-Jan-86 11:02:17 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan  8 11:02:17 1986
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Reply-To: rsk@pucc-j.UUCP (Wombat)
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I'd like to take this opportunity to speak in defense of my second favorite
football team, the Raiders.  I was really looking forward to a Bears-Raiders
Super Bowl, as I think it would be the kind of hard-hitting game that a
Super Bowl ought to be.

Now, then; the Raiders certainly are a physical, intimidating, brutal team;
but there are plenty of other folks out there who take the occasional cheap
shot or extra hit.  The Cowboys are one of the worst at this; the Jets,
Packers, and Redskins have done their share of dirty work as well; remember
Payton getting dumped over the bench by Green Bay a couple of months ago?

So before condemning the Raiders too loudly, consider how many blindside hits
*your* favorite team's defensive backs have laid on wide receivers lately.
-- 
Rich Kulawiec pur-ee!rsk purdue!rsk rsk@purdue-asc.arpa rsk@asc.purdue.edu