Wild Card talk and hall of famers color this football off season
Murray Olderman discusses the growing wild card concept in pro football and hints at a 1980 adoption in baseball format. He answers readers on Rickey Young’s receiving stats, a rule change idea to label passes behind the line live, Tony Dorsett’s role in Dallas’s season, Eddie Brown’s status with the Rams, rookie of the year candidates, veteran coaches' ages, and notes on teen pitching speeds.
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Milt Plum
Tony Dorsett
Dallas Cowboys
Dallas
T.D
Lafayette
Cowboys
Dorsett
Eddie Brown
Washington Redskins
Melissa Robbins
Homewood
Ala
Tennessee
Redskins
Los Angeles Rams
George Allen
Washington
NFL
Los Angeles
Allen
Rams
Brown
Bud Wilkinson
St. Louis
L.M
St. Charles
Wilkinson
George Halas
Paul Brown
Weeb Ewbank
Sid Gillman
Steve Owen
Halas
Parting shot on college football bowl scramble and playoffs
A critical take on the college postseason football bowl scramble condemns last minute maneuvers to line up attractive games. It advocates a regulated national playoffs system and notes no personal responses will be provided to sports questions sent to Murray Olderman.
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P.O. Box
Incline Village
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Tarkenton sets team and NFL records in Viking win
Fran Tarkenton, age 38, threw a Vikings single game record 56 passes with 30 completions for 289 yards and four touchdowns as Minnesota beat the Eagles 28-27. His season totals rose to 304 completions in 500 attempts for 2,921 yards and 21 TDs, tying for first in the NFC Central race with Green Bay. Rick Danmeier added the decisive extra point after a late 20-yard TD to Ahmad Rashad, producing an 8-5-1 Vikings record and a first place tie in the division.
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Bert Rosenthal
Los Angeles Rams
Dallas Cowboys
Pittsburgh Steelers
Minnesota
Fran Tarkenton
Tarkenton
Vikings
Philadelphia Eagles
Ahmad Rashad
Rick Danmeier
Green Bay Packers
Green Bay
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Los Angeles
Ray Malavasi
Chuck Knox
New York Giants
Dallas
Sugar Bowl shootout for Penn State, Alabama
No. 1 Penn State meets No. 2 Alabama in the Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day in a post-season clash that may decide the national championship. Alabama's Jeff Rutledge says a win could secure the top honor, while Notre Dame's 1972 outcome colors recent expectations as USC, Oklahoma, and Michigan sit near the top following late-season results.
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Herschel Nissenson
Penn State
Alabama
Bama
Jeff Rutledge
Auburn
Ohio State
Notre Dame
Southern California
Oklahoma
Michigan
Associated Press
Clemson
Openings for Bulls trip to Chicago game
Channahon Park District still has openings for a Feb 2 trip to the Bulls New Orleans Jazz game. Residents should mail name, address, phone and a $8 check to Bulls Game, Channahon Park District, Box 274, Channahon 60410. Bus leaves Channahon Middle School at 5:30 p.m. and returns 90 minutes after the game.
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Channahon Park District
Chicago Bulls
New Orleans
MALS Standings and Results From Sunday Night Games
In the MALS Men's Basketball League Gretencord Realty defeated D and L Garage 53 to 33, led by Joe Robinson with 14 points and Dick Parker with 11. Olson's Tap beat Marben's 82 to 53 as Bill Gerrish scored 22 and Don Crater added 17. Syl's trounced Brandt's Tavern 94 to 58 with Tim Heintz scoring 18 and Paul Rodgers leading Brandt's with 22. KG-9 edged Stags 60 to 53 as Mike White tallied 17. Dozers lost to McElvain Construction 107 to 63, Dan Darlington pouring in 34 for McElvain. Schedule shows games Wednesday evening with multiple matchups including Gretencord Realty vs Dozers.
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L Garage
Gretencord Realty
D and L Garage
Joe Robinson
Dick Parker
James McDonald
Olson
Marben
Bill Gerrish
Marben’s
Don Crater
Denny Christianson
Jay Tibbett
Syl’s
Brandt’s
Brandt
Tim Heintz
Jeff Heintz
Dan Robinson
Keith Robinson
Don Jennings
John Bogart
Paul Rodgers
Mike Nelson
Stags
Mike White
Chi Kovel
Dale Talkington
Steve Paulson
Mitch Oung
Dave Matteson
Dozers
McElvain
McElvain Construction
Dan Darlington
Brandt’s Tavern
Marden’s
McElwain
Tap
Black Hawks back in first place after comeback win
Chicago rallied from a 3-1 deficit to defeat the Colorado Rockies 4-3. J.P. Bordeleau scored the tying goal in the third period and the victory moved the Black Hawks into first place in the Smythe Division by one point over idle Vancouver.
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Black Hawks
Chicago
Bob Pulford
Chicago Black Hawks
Colorado Rockies
J.P. Bordeleau
Vancouver
Colorado
Michel Plasse
Bill Oleschuk
Hawks
Bob Murray
John Marks
Rose to announce choice in four way bid
Pete Rose, 37, on the verge of declaring his decision among the Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, and Atlanta Braves. He plans to announce by Tuesday after possibly appearing at the winter meetings in Orlando. The Pirates also pursue Dave Parker. Rose seeks three-year terms to chase Stan Musial’s NL hits record.
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Cincinnati
Pete Rose
Cincinnati Reds
Orlando
Fla
Rose
Reds
Kansas City Royals
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals
Atlanta Braves
Reuven Katz
Stan Musial
Musial
Pirates
Dave Parker
ICS Knights Fall In CYO Clash At St Joseph Joliet
The ICS Knights lost their first CYO game 41 to 36 to St Joseph Joliet, dropping their CYO record to 2-1 and 5-5 overall. Jim Paulson led ICS with 16 points, followed by Mike Niewinski with 12, and next play Tuesday at St Mary Streator at 6 30 p m.
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ICS Knights
St. Joseph
Joliet
ICS
Jim Paulson
Mike Niewinski
St. Mary
Streator
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