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ly have a home-field advantage
w'hen the Boilermakers steam into
"South Bend on Saturday.
-When the leprechaun comes run-
ning out, the home-field advantage
gets pretty big," Colletto chuckled.
Purdue has struggled in its annual
intra-state squabbles- with Notre
ame.
Wouldn't Colletto like a year off
from the series?
"I'd like them all off," he said.'
WACKY WACKER: Ball State isn't
exactly a national power. So why
would Minnesota coach Jim Wacker
find David Letterman's alma mater
anything but a bad joke when he
takes his Big Ten team down to
Muncie, Ind., on Saturday?
Well, because the Mid-American
Wonference isn't funny anymore.
Miami (Ohio) upset Northwestern
and gave Michigan trouble last sea-
son. Central Michigan beat
Michigan State in 1991 and '92.
"If we take them lightly, we're
crazy," Wacker said. "They scare the
daylights out of you."
-DAZED AND CONFUSED: Against
Arizona last Saturday, Fry's football
nowledge was tested.
Apparently, the Wildcats were
playing some silly defense or some-
thing.
"We had a difficult time trying to
figure out what they were doing,"
Fry said.
Well, all that head-scratching paid
off. Iowa won, 21-20.
VIvA LAs VEGAS: Fan support has
been a storied tradition for Wisconsin,
whose infamous crowds have been
mown to paint faces, drink excessive
amounts of certain liquids, and yank
down goal posts when the Badgers
beat Michigan every couple of
tdecades.
But this is really ridiculous.
Nevada-Las Vegas- is reportedly
bringing in 12,000 extra seats for
Saturday's Wisconsin-UNLV show-
down in Las Vegas to accommodate
hordes of Badger fans.
* Over 40,000 are expected to make
the.trip, and they are expected to boost
attendance at UNLV to a record level.
-"It doesn't make any difference
where we go, they come;' Wisconsin
coach Barry Alvarez said.
But are they really coming, or are
there just a lot of Wisconsin alums
working the roulette wheel and the
blackjack table?
"No, I don't think they work in the
/ainos,' Alvarez said. "I think a lot of
alumni like to go to those casi-
nos."
The Sporting Views:
Same old, same old in the boring NFL; back the Pack
By James Goldstein
Daily Sports Writer
Never before have I felt sorry for ref-
erees.
But never before have I been so turned
off by the NFL.
If I had to write a letter to the men in
black-and-white, it would go something
like this:
To the referees of the National
Football League:
As an avid sports and concerned NFL
fan, Inam writing you to say I'm sorry.
I'm sorry for yelling at you, through
the TV when you ruled that an obvious
completion for a touchdown was incom-
plete.
I'm sorryfor cursing at you when you
called a penalty on an offensive lineman
when he wasn't even involved in the play.
I'm sorry for laughing at you when
you got bowled over by a linebacker
while trying ;o get out of the way.
I take back all the bad things I said
about you. Yes, all of them.
In return, I offer my sincerest condo-
lences for having to referee a 17-week
schedule, plus the playoffs.
Being on the samefield as these play-
ers must be painful. Watching the games
are as exciting as following one's clothes
round and round in the washing
machine.
So, you have myfull sympathy. I hope
your job gets better as the 1996 season
gets into full swing. Good luck
Your No. 1fan,
James Goldstein
PS. - Ifyou have any hope at all, root
for the Green Bay Packers to win the
Super Bowl this year: Or root for the
unthinkable - an AFC team to actually
win it all. It's our only shot of saving the
NFL from utter monotony.
I'm not exaggerating, folks.
The first two weeks of the season have
told me one thing: Do something else on
Sunday afternoons.
The NFL season runs like a cliched
script. You know what's going to happen
before the year begins.
There's no need to go to a psychic to
find out the fate of your favorite team.
Your team's outlook is as predictable as
the result of a Mike Tyson fight.
But for all you pro football fans who
need a refresher course, here it goes:
OK, first of all, if you don't know
already that the NFC is the dominant
conference, then you haven't followed
pro football for ... a decade.
You've got the two powerhouses:
Dallas and San Francisco, whom, com-
bined, have been the past five Super
Bowl champions. The two teams just
take turns winning the Super Bowl.
Who wants that? We need some fresh
blood, and that's where the Packers step
in.
In beating the 49ers last year, Green
Bay looks to be the next team to make
the step up to the Super Bowl.
Let's hope, actually pray, that Green
Bay makes it. Because if it doesn't, then
you know who will be going to Disney
World again. Troy Aikman or Steve
Young. Jerry Rice or Michael Irvin.
The rest of the conference? Well, you
know what's going to happen. The
Detroit Lions will win the last five
games of the season to finish the season
9-7, saving Wayne Fontes' job once
again. Then they'll lose in the wildcard
playoff game ... once again.
Philadelphia, Minnesota and Chicago
will all show glimpses of greatness, and
then fade to mediocrity. This happens
every year. Maybe now, you can under-
stand how bored I am of the same
results.
And for the AFC - what's the point?
You know the inferior league will never
win the Super Bowl.
The Buffalo Bills, who are a veteran
team that is bound to host the AFC
championship in zero degree weather,
have a good shot.
The Pittsburgh Steelers, with their
three-quarterback rotation, could be in
the hunt. And the Kansas City Chiefs,
with Marcus Allen running, Steve Bono
passing, and Pete Stoyanovich shanking,
always are in the race.
It's a boring mess. There's no team to
be excited about except ... the Packers.
So put on your cheesehead. Root for
Brett Favre and Reggie White to save
this monotony called the NFL.
Or maybe you should place your bets
because you already know what's going
to happen.
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Then Canada said, "Maybe not, eh?"
Now, Team U.S.A. has to travel to
Aontreal, which coincidentally, is in
Canada, for the final two games of the
tournament.
Quite frankly, it looks like Canada
is going to top the Americans again.
There is another contest on the hori-
zon; though.
A promoter is trying to set up a race
between American Michael Johnson
and Canadian Donovan Bailey.
You may remember Johnson and
Bailey as blurs across your Olympic
Wlevision screen.
Johnson set the world record in the
200-meter dash, and Bailey set the
world record in the 100-meter sprint.
The race between the two would be
a 150-meter dash to settle who gets the
title of Faster Than Most Automobiles.
If the race takes place, it will be just
one more example of two countries
with growing disdain for each other
ompeting on the playing field.
Yes, folks, we have a true interna-
tional sports rivalry building here.
It's another red scare, but this one
has a maple leaf as its symbol, eh?
- Ryan White has a tendency to be
sarcastic about US.-Canadian issues.
:lfe can be reached over e-mail at tar-
get@umich.edu.
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Vinny Testaverde and the rest of the AFC has been fumbling quite a bit over the past decade. With the contin-
ued domination of the NFC, this season should be no different when the Super Bowl
,champion is crowned.
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