Page 8-Thursday, January 17, 1980-The Michigan Daily The s PITT Champions TIME FOR SUPER BOWL XIV: Favored Steeler 0 The Challengers By BUDDY MOOREHOUSE A Daily Sports Analysis They call it Super Sunday. It happens every year during the dead of winter. It is the culmination of 20 weeks of intense competition. It features a game pitting the best football team in the American Conference against the best from the National Conference. Yes, whether you are ready or not, another Super Bowl is upon us. In only four days the once-placid community of Pasadena, nestled peacefully in the San Gabriel Mountains, will fill to the brim I 1 :Jan 21-23 Special.1am-6pm M-Pin Bowling:Win a free game Billiards: at 1/2 price At the Union:open 8:30am to 5:15pm # mighty Pittsburgh Steelers against the team that had the worst record of any of the playoff teams, the Los Angeles Rams. At this year's affair, the Steelers will be trying to collect an unprecedented fourth Super Bowl victory. According to the oddsmakers, the Steel City boys should accomplish that feat with ease. The Steelers have been established as solid 10-point favorites going into the game. Only two other times in Super Bowl history has a team been established as a double digit favorite,, and in both instances the favored team lost. It is, however, a point spread that ap- pears to be well deserved. Terry Brad- shaw will be trying to better his per- formance in last year's game where he threw for 318 yards and four touch- downs. He has two of the best receivers in football, Lynn Swann and John Stallworth, to catch his nearly flawless tosses. If the Rams manage to bottle up the Steelers' air attack, they can shift to the ground game, led by the old warhorse, Franco Harris. Harris holds the Super Bowl record for most carries (34) and yards (158) ina game. THE RAMS, on the other hand, must be feeling a little like Rodney Danger- field. They "don't get no respect." Due to the fact that they come into the game with a measly 9-7 record, many people have suggested that the Rams have no business even being on the same field as the Steelers. This is upsetting to many of the Rams players, who feel that they are deserving of a little more respect. In an Associated Press story, Rams running back Wendell Tyler said, "Some peoplekare saying that it's going to be a cakewalk for Pittsburgh Sun- day, but anything can happen in foot- ball." Tyler went on to say that, "We'll answer our critics on Sunday." Tyler has been one of the brightest spots. for the Rams this season. The second-year man from UCLA rushed for 1,109 yards this season. The Rams also sport one of the best offensive lines in the league and a capable quarter- back in Vince Ferragamo. s eye ng ONE OF THE biggest factors in the game may be the attitude being em- ployed by some of the Steelers. Pit- tsburgh defensive back Mel Blount was quoted by the AP as saying that it it is "just another game." You can bet that the Rams aren't looking at it as just another game. Back when the Cowboys were eliminated by the Rams, Steeler defensive tackle Joe Greene said, "I'm disappointed that the Cowboys lost. We're the best and we want to play against the best." Depending on how far the Steelers carry this-attitude, we may see the "Gator Bowl Syridrome' come into play, where one heavily favored team takes their opponent too lightly. The Rams can only benefit by being such a heavy underdog. If this game attracts your interest enough to make the trek to Pasadena, be prepared to set out a healthy amount of money for tickets. According to Rocky McAlister, Public Safety Director for the Pasadena Police Department, scalpers are asking "$150 for cruddy seats in the end zones and $350-450 for the better ones." And you thought that $40 was a fortune to pay for Ohio State tickets! "WE'VE EVEN HEARD a report of six Pittsburgh businessmen who are willing to pay up to $1500 each for six together," remarked McAlister. All in'all, it should be an interesting game indeed. Will the Steelers live up to t No.4 their expectations and blow the Rams off the field? Or will all the Rams' critics be silenced, as Wendell Tyler has promised? Due to'the fact that the Rams appear to be at their peak, as evidenced by wins over Dallas and Pittsburgh Steeler coach Chuck Noll will be looking to bring an unpre- cented fourth Super Bowl champion- ship back to tle Steel City Sunday with the aid of his star quarterback, Terry Bradshaw. The Steelers enter the game as solid 10 point favorites. Tampa Bay to earn the trip, the game,, should be closer than expected. The , final score? Pittsburgh 27, Los Angeles 24. Not sure which HP is right for you? We are having a Hewlett-Packard Demonstration Thursday, Jan. 17, 10-1 and 2-5, A company representative will demonstrate all Hewlett-Packard calculators and the new HP-85 Personal Computer, MORE THAN A BOOKSTORE 549 E. University at the corner of East U. and South U. 662-3201 Los Angeles Ram coach Ray Malavasi and his quarterback, Vince Ferraga- mo, are preparing for this Sunday's Super Bowl XIV battle against the heavily favored defending champion Pittsburgh Steelers. with rabid pigskin enthusiasts from all over the land. Pity the poor residents of Pasadena. Three short weeks ago their lovely little hamlet was invaded by countless hor- des of people who came to witness the yearly Rose Bowl spectacle. As if that onslaught wasn't enough to overwhelm them, they now must prepare them- selves for an even bigger assault. AT THE CENTER of all the hoopla and celebrating will be the game itself. Super Bowl XIV will pit the high-and- SPORTS OF THE DAILY WInmgs whip Rockies From the Wire Serv ices STAR BAR 109 N. Main St.-769-0109 APPEARING TONIGHT: STEVE NARDELLA BAND "Ann Arbor's original Honky Tonk Dance Bar" DETROIT-Pete Mahovlich scored a pair of goals and set up another to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-1 vic- tory last night over the Colorado Rockies. As the Wings notched their first triumph in three meetings this season with Colorado, they pulled to within eight points of fourth-place Pittsburgh in the NHL's Norris Division. Colorado shares the basement with Edmonton in the Smythe Division. Duke 67, Wake Foresi 66 DURHAM, N.C.-Mike Gminski stuffed in 27 points and fifth-ranked Duke overcame a six-point deficit and a Wake Forest slowdown as the Blue Devils pulled out a 67-66 victory over the Deacons in an Atlantic Coast Con- ference basketball game last night. Duke took a 43-38 lead at the half but the Blue Devils committed three suc- cessive turnovers and Wake Forest went into the lead, 47-45, on a shot by Jim Johnstone with 17:05 remaining. The Deacons held onto that lead, building it up to as much a six before Duke took control of the game with steals and rugged play on the boards. Virginia 69, Penn 39 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.-Lee Raker, returning to the lineup for the first time since a Dec. 29 injury, sparked a 22-4 surge in the second half that propelled 12th-ranked Virginia to a 69-39 blitz of Penn's Quakers last night. Raker, who finished with 14 points, scored 12 in the Cavaliers' surge that began with 14:43 left and Virginia ahead by only eight points. Virginia's Jeff Lamp led all scorers with 19 points while Ralph Sampson scored 10 points, grabbed 20 rebounds and blocked four shots. Mar laI 84, Clemson 83 *6 COLLEGE PARK, Md.-A driving one-hander by Greg Manning with three seconds remaining gave Maryland an 84-83 victory over 17th- ranked Clemson in an Atlantic Coast Conference game last night. The losing Tigers, now 11-3 including 3-2 in the ACC, made two passes on an inbounds play after calling time out, but the final shot by Billy Williams was attempted after the final buzzer and it went through the basket too late. Le s go., sn o) ALBANY, N.Y.-Weather officials plan to meet this week apparently to consider cloud-seeding to make snow for the Olympics at Lake Placid. Bill Drewes, meterologist in charge of the National Weather Bureau office here said yesterday Olympic organizers were "very concerned about the lack of snow on the cross country trails." He said he believed the meeting bet- ween weathermen and the Lake Placid Olymic Organizing Committee would be today or Friday in the Lake Placid area, but had no further details. ENGINEEP1NG & CC*APUTER SJENCE MAJORS I W(" 10OCI FA E10FAC SCORES College Basketball Marliand84, Clenson 8:3 D~uke 67. Wake Forest 66 Virginia >, Penn :t9 Eastern Michigan 67, Ohio 65 Georgetown 64. St. Peter's 19 Bowling Green 69. Central Michigan 62 Toledo 72, Ball St. t30 Penn St. 75.,IW. Virginia 71 \Y hangers i. Winnipeg 1 Detroit 5. Colorado I N BA Boston il. ('hicago 104 Indiana 117, Denver 99 0 ------ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - IIIbI I ND CHE ENOS in a variety of colors 0 If you're about to graduate with an engineering or computer science degree, we'd like to talk to you about your future. Will it be in commercial jetliners? We're building two new planes - the 767 and 757. While the orders for 727s, 737s and 747s keep coming from all over the world. Perhaps you'd like to get into the aerospace field, where we have Boeing, you'll enjoy living in Seattle - one of America's most beautiful cities. DOEHG WE*%- K OIN CAMMZ SOON.~ Boeing will be here within the next two weeks. 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