European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes january 1981 playing conditions will be perfect continued from Page 21 grow two weeks Between games leaves fans and by the time Kickoff the anticipation has reached fever there is no denying that the nil enjoys that but there is another Factor the extra week Between games gives the com Peting teams More time to heal if youre playing the ultimate you want the competing clubs at ultimate operating suppose Ron Jaworski had been banged up in the pfc title game against suppose he was limping around on a lame ankle and had six Days to heal instead of suppose Joe Pisarcik had to Start at quarterback for the would that be a fair test of Philadelphia abilities of course so the nil takes out an insurance poli giving its teams an extra week to put the pieces Back with the extra the eagles might regain wide receiver Charles who suffered a broken jaw in the last game of the regular if Smith it increases the eagles and perhaps produces a better game for the is that so very bad All the league wants is the Best show to get you avoid Snow and the other vagaries of and you also try to get both teams in the Best shape possible for the instead of the nil deserves a vote of thanks for the even if the country Long John manufacturers dont think in a Happy Presper bowl some eagles Clown for photographers at the a photo continued from Page 21 its world series tickets Between the the two competing with a few thousand going to the National and american league so the peo ple who pay the freight during the the season ticket holders and other get a decent shot at a couple of seats for the big in the less than half of the super bowl seats go to the teams thousands of others go to the 26 teams which dont make it this and thousands More Are parcelled out by the league the sucker who supported the team All season has about As much a Chance of buying a ticket to the game As he has of playing in the nil also says logistics re quire that the site of the game be determined months even years ahead of time in order to Block out hotel space and All so we does baseball survive each year when not but two cities Are and there not known until Only a couple of Days before the Start of the world series which brings up another matter this business of a two week spread Between the conference championships and the super who needs it certainly not the More than one coach has complained about the disruptions in routine caused by the so it must be the nil officials feel the game has to be but its not it Al ready has been thoroughly some might Call this a its its a game and its time to give it Back to the excited raiders indulge in a few altercations at workout continued from Page 21 after the defensive backs and the receivers started going at were really excited about this game and were starting to feel the momentum we May have to shoot them with tranquil Izer guns to keep them from Peak ing too that the problem with hav ing two weeks off in Between games people Start getting Flores feels the fact that the raiders now Are under curfew in the festive Atmo sphere of new Orleans could be adding to the As the big Day gets the nights get said this town is starting to come alive the fans Are pouring in and the parties Are starting to Roll and we wont be part of it not until sunday night at safety Burgess Owens said he didst feel the flare ups would affect the raiders the big thing is that with the two weeks we Haven worked out in pads for so he weve been working in shorts since we got Back to we put the pads on yesterday and suddenly it got very i could feel a Little of it As soon As the pads went everybody started to really get but were not going to Peak if that the weve rested up and gotten our legs Back again and Well be ready to go we understand that were Here to play in a football fun is basically for the fans to go out in the French Quarter and party and have a Good we have to perform sunday and prove that were the conditioned to i think there staying on a pretty even things have been just super Down you hear a lot about All the distractions and the Media Down Here but the press has been just our players Haven been bothered at All and i think both the press and the players have been everyone has cooperated and everything has gone really Vermeil does admit to one i think the Only real problem weve been having is All the sporting goods salesmen and representatives coming around to get the Guys to sign contracts to Wear these shoes or this he sex we have some Young Guys who get confused and sign with two different a lot of them Are Young Guys who be never been exposed to this Type of situation and they need to be warned about Tom Flores spirited session champions of the National football we All recognize that we have five months to party after the who run perhaps the Long est and most intense practice sessions in the Haven been experiencing such weve stayed pretty said coach Dick the players understand what they have to do and that they have to maintain their intensity level and concen we have a lot of work to cover in our practice sessions and our players Are Navy Luck somewhere at sea members of the nuclear powered submarine Philadelphia sent the Fol lowing message to the Philadelphia eagles from the Depths of the oceans around the weve followed your successful the winning team on the Philadelphia wishes the winning eagles from our namesake City Good Luck on super let the Liberty Bell beat