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From: nsfadm@ihuxa.UUCP (B A Carpenter)
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Subject: Re: Re: PATS IN SEVEN
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Date: Thu, 6-Feb-86 10:12:14 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb  6 10:12:14 1986
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> 
> It's curious that all discussion seems to assume that football did
> not exist before Superbowl I. Just because they didn't call their
> championship game "Superbowl" does not mean that it was inferior.
> If we want to see a great romp, and a defensive gem, how about the
> '62 Packers over the NY Giants by 37-0? That's a bigger margin than
> this year's Bears, and a shutout, too.
> 
> Of course, that WAS a dynasty, so maybe the Bears are going to be one,
> too. But it's awfully tough to repeat. This isn't hockey, where
> everybody who wins a Stanley Cup repeats for a few years. This is
> the NPL (National Parity League), and next year EVERYBODY will have
> a version of the 46 defense (two linebackers on one side, etc.)
> and every offensive coach is spending the off-season designing
> schemes to deal with such defenses. Things always even out.
> And it's difficult to imagine the Bears winning several Superbowls
> in a row, unless Payton plays until he is 40.
> 
> 				Paul Benjamin
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I think championship games prior to the super bowls 
are less significant. Its hard to compare the `86 Bears to the `62
Packers because their were only 12 teams in the league in `62.
The Bears had to get by 28 teams! I do agree that the Packers did
look unbeatable between 62-67,,, But was their competition comparable
to the teams today... 

I guess in the Packers case, proved they were that good 
since they won the 1st two super bowls... 

Brian Carpenter