European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday september 20, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary football May help your marriage Washington this is the time when trouble makers write their mean Lillic articles about football widows Well i be done a poll of american women Hal shows football season to be the favorite of women who like football As Well As those who think the is a place to store leftover turnips. My husband and i Are always looking for some thing to do together one woman told me. Watch ing football is one such activity where we Don t have to talk to each other. Some cold Beer and a unified cheer can save a the couple Hal shouts together avoids bouts to Gether said a Perky redhead who says she never misses a game. One Happy housewife threw me a quote from the great British statesman Disraeli it destroy one s nerves to be amiable every Day to the same human she says it is really Balm for my nerves to Send my husband to the stadium to do his Yelling at a Bunch of one Bright eyed Mother of three boys explained that football season brings rare Leisure Lime. All year Long she explained i keep telling my men Hal sunday is my Day off. No cooking but the breakfast plates Aren t cleared before one is asking what s for dinner Wei during football season i just put out 10 bags of potato chips and pretzels and a Lub Ful of store bought Popcorn and 1 go my merry Way till the gun ends the last game. At breakfast time monday the Guys arc so glad to see me that Cook with a song in my another woman told me that not Only is football the greatest Liberator of women since no Faull divorce but Hal in is a godsend for women who arc married to Tightwad. The col cuts and three paints behind and in their Turc minute Drill then i sashay through the to room modelling my new clothes. Old Scrooge never sees a she says that Days later when they Are at a party her husband Shouls Don t Tell me you be bought a new dress "1 already told you last sunday Honey and when i modelled it for you you did t have a single my poll shows that All wives Aren t imaginative enough to plan shopping sprees Bridge panics and lounges in the Sun for All the sunday afternoon and night. Monday night thursday night and saturday afternoon football games. But several of the Marc thoughtful wives offered these tips on How to enjoy football hours alone finally look Al All Hose Var tapes you made of dynasty and Dallas programs because you knew you d fall asleep before the regular broadcasts ended. Really try to Cook some of those dishes _ for which you got the recipes from hour Magazine darn the holes in the Hubby s and boys thick socks so they can Wear Ihm on cold Days when he learn is playing Al Home. Consult your lawyer on How to Divide up the property. Bears just can t Bear monday night games by Randy Minkoff Chicago Dpi the National football league need not worry about the invincibility of the Chicago bears As Long As there Are games played on Mon Day nights. Mondays you see Haven t been kind to the defending super bowl champions throughout their history. It s As if the late George papa Bear Halas was saying the game was meant to be played on sunday. Chicago went la rough the 1985 season unbeaten on sunday. Its Only loss was to Miami 38-24. The 24 Points equated the most Chicago Ever scored on monday night. Monday night football to ant been kind to the bears. Maybe it s the curse of the cubs and Wrigley Field thou shall not play at night under the lights. In the past we just Bayen l per formed too Well on monday night said pc Iran safely Gary Fencik. To lot of times we be slunk up the joint the bears will enter monday night s contest Al Green Bay with a 5-12 recording 16 years of monday night football. They Are 0-9 on the Road on monday night. No other nil club has a worse monday night Road Mark. Only Buffalo the giants and the saints have a worse record on monday night. Maybe the Law of averages is about to catch up with us says bears coach Mike Ditka. Ditka growled at the nil earlier this year for scheduling the bears three times on monday night and then facing the to play on the Road the following week. The monday night thing is disruptive enough without having to come Back and travel the Nel week echoed bears Gen eral manager Jerry Vainisi. Chicago did beat the packers on Mon Day night last year. 11 Wai the game that helped vault William refrigerator Perry into he National limelight. But it has been a Little shop of horrors for the most part for the bears. There was a 40 7 loss to san Diego in 197s it was one of the worst games the bears have played in the last decade. Eric hippie hardly a household name outside Detroit went wild on a monday night in a 48-17 rout by the Lions on ocl 19,198 threw three to passes and humiliated Chicago. M Miami also whipped the bears 34-3 in 1971 at the Orange bowl. When one Speaks of monday night Suc Cess the first franchise that comes up is the Oakland los Angeles raiders in 28 appearances the raiders arc a sparkling 24-3 1, the Best in the nil. The raiders Are 12-0 at Home compare that to a 5-3 Ledger for the world Champion bears. Other learns have nourished playing be fore the co Sells Meredith Michaels and i fibres. The Colts Are 8-4, signalling More a record of limes gone by. Kansas City is 7 4, including 6-1 record on the Road. Miami is probably right behind the raiders which should have been a warning the dolphins Are 21-10 on monday night including it at Home Good news for the bears. Green Bay is 7-9-1
