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Daily sar Upfl Qeveland to Be This Year’s AFC Super Bowl Sacrifice BYADAM DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR It’s sort oflike racing to the edge ofa cliff or trying to be the next guy to fight Mike Tyson, but 15 AFC teams will spend the next five months hoping to earn their way into Super Bowl XXX. Every year, some group of suckers makes the mistake of winning the AFC Champi onship Game. And every year they get squished like bugs in the Super Bowl. The last time the AFC won the Super Bowl, Men at Work was a popular band and Michael Jackson’s Thriller video domi nated MTV. That was in January of 1984, when the Raiders, who had just moved to Los Angeles, beat Washington 38-9. Since that day, the NFC has won 11 straight Super Bowls, by a combined score 0f429-185. This year, there are a gaggle of teams with a chance to make the big game, and barring an upset in the NFC Playoffs, none that could actually win it. AFC WEST: Many expect the Kansas City Chiefs to take a nosedive now that Joe Montana is gone. But such naysayers are overlooking an important point: Steve Bono is better. Bonocan’ttouchtheMontanaofold, of course, but Montana’s arm was too weak to stretch defenses in his final years. Neil Smith and a revitalized Derrick Thomas will make K.C.’s pass rush hell on offenses. The only question is whether the secondary, comprised mostly of last year’s New York Jets, can guard anyone. Last year’s NFC Super Bowl fodder, San Diego, will have a hard time repeating in its own division. The Lightning Bolts lost safeties Danen Carrington and Stanley Richards to other teams and comerback Damen Gordon to injury, leaving gaping holes in the secondary. But as long as Junior is still making opposing running backs Seau, the Charg ers will be good. John Elway has been reunited with coach Mike Shanahan, and Mike Pritchard is back at wide receiver for the Denver Broncos. Elway should have a big year, and the defense may improve from awful to just crummy. 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Their best receiver, Brian Blades, has been charged in the shooting death ofhis cousin. Their coach, Dennis Erickson, chipped in with a DUI. And their best player, Chris Warren, was in a major auto accident a few months back. At least the Mariners are still in the wild-card hunt. AFC CENTRAL: Cleveland Browns and Super Bowl is kind of an oxymoron. They’ve been close many times, they’ve been not close many times, and they’ve never made it. But magical things are already happen ing in northern Ohio (see Indians), and the Browns have the tools to become this year’s Super Bowl sacrificial lamb. Cleveland has added Tim Goad and Reginald Jones to an already vicious de fense, which should have the dog biscuits flying at the Mistake by the Lake. With Andre Rison giving Vinny Testaverde a superstar target and Lorenzo White aiding Leroy Hoard on the ground, the offense will be die average unit it needs to be. In January, the Pittsburgh Steelers needed just three yards to reach the Super 9 Lecher's : expression : 10 Vast chasms : 11 Soft leather : 12 Retinue : 13 Vaulted church ‘ recess ‘ 22 Quayle or < Rather 24 Landed 26 “I Remember —•” 27 Gen. Bradley 28 —and file 29 Dutch colonists in Africa 30 As well 31 A Reiner 33 Capt. Hook's mate 34 Cheer 35 Art deco artist 36 Tunisian rulers 38 Chosen ones 39 Pound, the poet 40 Lighted torch 44 Half 45 Finished, to poets i p [3 p BHS p 17 la [9 112 113 His Hrs _ H.. H 20 2* U 26 27 28 ■■29 30 ■MmSI ■■33 35 M 37 |3B |39 40 41 fI|HM42 MH43 in j*46 50 |sl 52 53 ■■S4~ 55 56 57 58 61 64 J Hi: Come Check Out Chapel Hill’s Newest Hot Spot! HI Central Cleveland 13-3 Pittsburgh 9-7 Cincinnati 5-11 Jacksonville 5-11 Houston 2-14 |H West Kansas City 11-5 San Diego 10-6 Denver 9-7 Oakland 8-8 Seattle 5-11 Bowl. That they didn’t get it shows where their problem lies. Comerback Rod Woodson may lead the team in scoring, unless Bam Morris has a big year. The last three teams in this division may not beat anyone except each other. The Cincinnati Bengals get third by default because of their excellent receivers. But one Queen City resident captured the es sence of the team when he suggested that a proposed new stadium be dubbed Possum Stadium, because the Bengals play dead at home and get killed on the road. One thing is certain about the Jackson ville Jaguars —their colorsare ugly. Some have questioned Coach Tom Coughlin’s dictatorial style, but he’s just practicing his yelling for when the games start. It takes an amazing lack of talent to be picked behind an expansion team, but the Houston Oilers qualify. At least they have a balanced offense they can’t ran or pass. It’s appropriate that this team may move to Nashville, because you could write a lot of depressing songs about it. AFC EAST: Any team except the Jets could win this division, but if talent is the deciding factor, the Miami Dolphins will dominate. Everyone knows what Dan Marino can do, and this year running backs Terry Kirby and Keith Byars are back from injuries. Irving Fryar and Gary Clark give Marino fast targets, and tight end Eric Green gives © 1995 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved. 46 Earthy pigments 47 Classic Western 48 Spiral 49 throat 50 So 51 Fathers 52 Basso Pinza Do you want to help fight diarrhea? Water-related disease is responsible for 4 out of 5 deaths for children under age five. These deaths usually result from dehydration brought on by diarrhea. See what you can do to help fight this problem. Slides —Volunteer Opportunities— Refreshments 12:30 Wednesday, August 30th McGavran-Greenberg 2301 Questions? Call or fax 929-1820, e-mail Waterprtnr@aol.com "aer U v W/JfprP/iffuovc International <—^—A jmmuniersprinosß/e him a really big one. As usual, the one thing that will keep Miami out of the Super Bowl is its defense. Louis Oliver is back after the Bengals re leased him, but the secondary is still sus pect. And the run defense wishes it could upgrade to suspect. But the additions of Trace Armstrong and Steve Emtman should help some. If Miami doesn’t win, it will be de throned by the Indianapolis Colts. No, that is not a misprint. The Colts have always had a decent defense, but they were being outscored by the Colorado Rockies. This year, they’ve got a legitimate quar terback, Craig Erickson, who’ll be hand ing toabetter-than-legitimaterunningback, Marshall Faulk. Plus, Willie “Flipper” Anderson (who really should play for the Dolphins) will compliment underrated Floyd Turner at wide receiver. A popular pick in the East this year is the New England Patriots, who won their last seven regular season games in ’94. The Pats do have a likely future Hall of Famer in quarterback Drew Bledsoe and a terror at tight end, Ben Coates. But other than Coates, big No. 11 has few places to toss the pigskin. 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Fans of the New York Jets may want to change the cheer J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets to L-O-S-E, lose, lose, lose. Boomer Fsiason is an above-average quarterback, but like most QBs, he doesn’t throw very well from his back. The defense might have enough talent to prevent a turtle from crossing the field. But maybe not. 967-8665 | 7
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