Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucla-cs.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!bellcore!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!ucla-cs!lor From: lor@ucla-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sport.football Subject: Re: PATS IN SEVEN Message-ID: <8593@ucla-cs.ARPA> Date: Wed, 29-Jan-86 19:50:37 EST Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.8593 Posted: Wed Jan 29 19:50:37 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 1-Feb-86 04:12:12 EST References: <2b974567.2a75@apollo.uucp> Reply-To: lor@ucla-cs.UUCP (Edward Lor) Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 52 In article <2b974567.2a75@apollo.uucp> tbg@apollo.uucp (Tom Gross) writes: > > Yesterday's first game of Superbowl XX > reminded me a lot of the first game of the last > Celtics-Lakers Championship series. In that game, > as some of you may recall, the Celtics clobbered > the Lakers and caused quite of bit of concern > among Laker fans. > ...... > Nevertheless, if the Championship series > had consisted of that SINGLE game we might STILL think > that the LAKERS did not belong on the same court with the > "mighty" Celtics. Don't mistake the Laker-Celtic matchup with the Bear-Patriot matchup. The Lakers and Celtics are in the same class. Total domination in one single game has little bearing in a seven-game series. This is also true in game one of last year's Stanley Cup final, when the Oilers were completely embarrassed by the Flyers, and in the 1982 World Series, when the Cardinals were blowout 10-0 by the Brewers. As a matter of fact, even though the Lakers won last year, another 7-game series against the Celts will just be another dogfight. However, the Patriots and Bears are in different classes. Teams in the same level, like the Dolphins, Raiders, Giants, 49ers, Broncos, and Cowboys, may turn a superbowl tournament into a bloodbath. However, with the Bears, at least two classes above, the playoffs won't be that exciting. In a seven-game series, the fired-up Pats (after an embarrassing loss) may be able to beat the Bears PROVIDED the Bears also beating themselves, but one game is the most they can get. Bears in at most FIVE. However, before you Bear fans talking about dynasty, just look at the 1984 Raiders and the 1985 49ers. These teams, when sweeping the playoffs, were by no means inferior to the Bears of this year. Their defenses were just as AWESOME as the 46! What did they do for an encore? I predict a lot of injuries to the Buddy Ryan-less Bears in 1986. They will just become the 49ers of 1985. -- Eddy Lor ...!(ihnp4,ucbvax)!ucla-cs!lor lor@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU Computer Science Department, UCLA