Women's Basketball vs. Minnesota Friday, 7:30 p.m. Crisler Arena SPORTS Wednesday, January 15, 1986 Wrestling vs. Indiana Tonight, 7:30 p.m. Crisler Arena The Michigan Daily f Page 7 Bears, Patriots conquer old curses In Miami . Upstart Pats ... In Chicago,... Ecstatic fans. . . By ADAM OCHLIS . . . By MARK BOROWSKY . . . love their Bears To use a line in a song sung by almost every Miami and/or ponchos three hours before kickoff. The entire idea that the Bears are in the Super Bowl 'Dolphin fan up until about 6:45 Sunday night (and Don't be put off, however, since Miami will be playing A dull football game. A windchill that approached boggles the Chicago mentality. The fact that the Bears rearrange a few words), "When you say New Englandin a new and better stadium early next season. You will zero. Being surrounded by drunk slobs whose are in the Super Bowl is not strange - they are the best .Ou're talking Super Bowl " not have to pass through communities like Little cumulative IQ approached 70. Combine these elements team in the game. But since they are the C lago Bears It was indeed a happening. It was unbelievable. It was Havana" or "Little Haiti" (no joke) in order to get to the and they do not equate fun for normal human beings. - a team that featured Bobby Douglas, Bob Avehni, something neither I, nor any other New England fan will game. No, I did not wear my "Squish the fish" T-Shirt to But Chicago Bears fans are not normal human beings. Mike Phipps, and Rusty Lisch among other celebrities ever forget. the Orange Bowl and while I did "high five" more people In obscene weather and a slaughter of a football game, at quarterback - it comes hard to believe. Sinceh e mwho I will never see again the rest of my life, I kept my myself and 63,000 other abnormal people celebrated and Now ther are no unbelievers, especially in the action Sne1960, this franchise's theme has been commit- enthusiasm in check until I reached the car. had a better time than one thought possible. In ripping packed section I sat in. Perhaps the only sober person in fent to ineptitude. They've gone through head coaches Then there was the game, oh, the game. Raymond the Los Angeles Rams, 24-0, the Bears turned an other- the surrounding rows, I learned uses of four-letter words as fast as William Perry goes through Mc DLT's. It has Berry's club dominated in a way defensive end Julius wise miserable afternoon into a city-wide party that is and certain things about sex that I never knew existed. not been a pretty sight. Adams said they would at a rally in Boston last week. still going and will not likely end until long after the What really made things interesting was that the Needless to say, the team often referred to as the Pat- "We're going down there and we're gonna rip them Bears mop of the New England Patriots in Super Bowl plethora (five or six) of Rams fans, complete with (I kid sies has captured the imagination of faces out," he said. How eloquent, XX. you not) body-length fur coats, enough gold jewelry to all New Englanders. Some 11,000 fans made the trip south and at least Julius. Of course, the Ram's offense was finance my tuition for the next five that many will be heading that way The game in New Orleans will be somewhere in between pitiful and years, and, of course, well man- again in six or seven days. different, however. All the respect in pathetic, with Dieter Brock bounce- nequined tans. Needless to say, the. the world has to go out to Chicago. passing balls to receivers and Eric resulting clash of cultures provided From all the smiling faces in the They are indeed awesome. But while Dickerson getting tackled in his own enough field material for an an- Sonesta Beach Hotel last Saturday, everyone is looking for a Chicago offensive backfield more often than ; r thropologist thesis. It was obvious the players ap- rout, I guarantee you, the Patriots in the Bears defensive backfield. reciated the support. It was even will not go into early winter hiber- The Bears' defense was awesome, Yet by the time Wilber Marshall more obvious that the fans ap- nation. as usual. was dancing in the end zone late in preciated the reason they were Four All-Pro's will be knocking the game, no one cared about L.A. there. Football championships grow heads in the trenches as New And, sure, sitting in a stadium chic, for all that mattered was that on Miami palm trees - not New England's Brian Holloway and John with the wind mashing in one's face Chicago was in its first championshp t be 2 Hannah should give Richard Dent while an intoxicated fellow below game in 22 years when the Bears E.dand Dan Hampton all they can han- screams "Rams suck!" in your face 77 x-F> won- the NFL Championship game. years since the Pats last par- die. Also the Bears' secondary is while a thin stream of saliva leaves All that was on the radio afterwards ticipated in an AFC Championshipde.AsthBerseodris wieahnsramfslvaevs Avulnerable, and Berry simply does his lips does not appear to be a fun was the "Super Bowl Shuffle" and game - a 55-7 loss, not let his Patriots make mistakes. Sunday afternoon. chants of "Squish the Fish!" The magnitude of the moment while they cause many. The most in- Initial appearances are deceptiveNow that the Patriots are the op must be put in perspective. A 1985 teresting matchup of the afternoon however, and just to be in Soldier ponent, it takes a bit of the edge off pwill unquestionably be that of Field while the Bears chewed up and AFC Championship game, don't Berr- William "The Refrigerator" Perry spat out the Spams made all MeM ahon the Bears who are looking for include the Super Bowl, is bigger "". error-free football against Steve "The House" Moore. awfulness disappear. ...the defiant one revenge of their only loss of the than any Celtic banner hanging from the rafters of Moore, who stands 6-3 and weights in at 320 pounds is In a championship game, of course, no one cares how season. Doesn't matter, though. Unless William Perry oston Garden. It is just not supposed to happen. as big a load as Perry. NBC will definitely eat up that good the contest is or how it is won just as long as it is eats/fumbles the ball at the goalline, or Jim McMahon matchup.Final Score: New England23, Chicago 17, won. For Chicago, championships come at about the gets decapitated by the NFL for wearing a "Rozelle" The journey to Miami had surprises other than the same rate as Halley's Comet. headband, these Bears will deliver a 17-0 Super Bowl pasting the Pats laid on the 'Fins. First of all, the Orange Making matters worse, whenever a Chicago team win. Bowl is a pit. No wonder New England had not won there manages to streak across the sky in brilliance, it usually God Willing. 18 consecutive times. The players see the field they're crashes and disintegrates into dust before the end of its About to play on and vomit. Kudos to NBC for making it flight. The Cubs' memorable collapse in 1969, the White building looks like your local high school stadium. The W Sox shrinking in the 1983 playoffs, the ball (and the roof above the overhang in the upperdeck leaks, the con- World Series) slipping through Leon Durham's legs as cession stands are filthy and they ran out of raincoats the Cubs lost in the 1984 playoffs, and the Bears getting annihilated 23-0 in the NFC Championship game only last year. All this misery heaped on one town. MA TMEN TR Y TO BREAK SLUMP: .Grapplers By SCOTT SHAFFER PREN After two consecutive disappointing from hi meets, the Wolverine wrestling team 126. Ton will try to end the recent slump and Wy against Indiana University tonight at the nati 7:30. "Dou Although not the official home William opener, the meet will be the first of getting the season at Crisler Arena. Last go with Saturday, the team had to make its yesterd '*home debut at the CCRB while the Bahr basketball team battled Purdue in Joe Par gs ler. in the n JHE OUTCOME of tha home opener at the was an unsatisfying split, with Notre we've b ime going down to defeat but the situ Clarion State beating the Wolverines Michae bya surprisingly easy 30-12. Previous taleo w to that, Michigan was beaten by OTHE Lehigh in an away meet. 2Indiana, while not considered a werhouse, is on the rise. In their WIM st recent action, the Virginia Duals, the Hoosiers shocked the collegiate wrestling community by upsetting eighth ranked Syracuse 23- 22. Other Indiana victories have come against Ohio State, Miami of Ohio and Ashland. While the competition it has jaoed is not as tough as the Wolverine's schedule, their dual meet { record of 4-4 is superior to Michigan's mark. When the teams hit the mat tonight, Mikhigan head coach Dale Bahr will continue to juggle his lineup in an at- HI tempt to find the best combination. The emergence of freshman Doug A Wyland as one of the squad's most dependable wrestlers has made it dif- sat f4cult for Bahr to find a spot for dophomore William Waters. host Hoosiers oiorr PICTURES CORPORATION DETE VIOUSLY, Waters was moved s familiar 118-pound spot up to night, Waters will return to 118 yland, who is ranked ninth in on, will make his debut at 126. gie's a little bit bigger than is, and he said his weight was a little high so we're going to him at 126," said Bahr before Jay's practice. will move another freshman, ntaleo, up to 167. Pantaleo, 15th ation at 158, sports a 1-1 record higher weight. "This week been holding tryouts to resolve ation at 157. Against Indiana, 1 Amine will go at 157 and Pan- ill move up," said Bahr. ER than those moves, Bahr will go with his usual lineup. Freshman Kyle Garcia will continue to fill in for the injured All-American John Fisher at 134 pounds. Despite the recent downturn in their fortunes, Bahr expects his team to fare well against Indiana. "I think we'll win. We may be down a bit men- tally, but our practices have been very competitive. Even though we have lost two out of three, both those losses were against top ten schools." Indiana's coach, Jim Humphrey, who Bahr calls "a good recruiter and a hard worker" wouldn't predict the outcome of the meet but said, "We're gonna go out and fight like dogs against Michigan." PRESENT THE COLLEGE SNEAK PREVIEW SERIES IIANNAI 1 AID RIEL RESTAURANT & DELI Flexible Breakfast Hours ALL YOU CAN EAT DINNER BUFFET 3:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. ;4.95 SPECIALS GROCERY AND EALTH FOOD STORE OpenMon Sat 8am 12am Sundays 8am.10 pm. RIEL RESTAURANT Open Mon.-Fri. 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 pm. 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