European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Silver anniversary xxv comes with a Silver lining by John Eisen Berg the Baltimore Sun Tampa Fla. The super bowl is All a about sensory overload corporate excess minutiae mindlessness brilliance Trum a cling Market share High rolling dream seeking self promotion myth making Vince Lombardi a fierceness Lynn Swanny a elegance and John Elway a agony. It is not about football. Not anyway about compelling evenhanded can to take my eyes off you football. We Don t get that Lucky on super sunday not often. The same statistics circulate every year updated. So Many of the games a its five of the past seven now an even dozen Overall Are fait a comply by halftime. The Day is a roaring Success As an unofficial american Holiday but it is not historically a Good Day to watch a game. This irony is so ingrained in the minds of the sporting masses that the  an interesting competitive super bowl simply refuses to stick. You say the matchup looks Good there has to be a catch. A Pigeon toed cornerback who a been hidden in a zone defense All year. A brooding quarterback Given to jangled nerves a contender propped up by faint oppose Tori. Somehow the mix will sour. We All know that by now. It is thus with a fair amount of trepidation that one assesses the upcoming sup As carrying four Star potential. That is the report from this seat in the press Box. It is hard to envision the methodical new York giants and any collection of souls hailing from by a Buffalo As the twin leads in a smash hit but there is reason to suspect one is looming. The Bills have been Given the Odd Smuk Erst Chalk by 61/2 Points but that a too much. This game is going right Down to the nubs. Its a pie fight and both sides have the same amount of meringue. Its a hunk off Between Kevin Costner and Richard Gere. Its a world cup soccer game. Its a draw someone will win in the end but not by More than a thimble. There Are those who disagree who believe the Bills Are in already their 51-3 rout of the los Angeles raiders last sunday evidence of a teeming unmatched wherewithal. But lets not get carried away with this notion of a mismatch. The Road the giants undertook to reach Tampa was far More challenging than the Bills evidence of a similar Potency. The Bills Are indeed terrific. There is no debating that. They re the Best to emerge from the american football conference since the raiders team that beat the Washington redskins seven years ago. They Arentt a Denver like i Staklon tender. Their defense is Strong. Their no huddle offence is the closest thing to the lakers fast break that football has seen. It is a mistake though to get too carried away in the Rush of blowouts and fat statistics that the Bills have engendered. They play in a weak conference no matter that the pfc acc intergalactic wars ended 26-26 this season. In the playoffs the Bills have beaten a Young Miami Dol phys team with a suspect defense and an even younger raiders team that rolled Over and begged for a Bone faster than you can say a attaboy  not exactly Gehrig and Ruth. The giants on the other hand arrived Here fresh from knocking the three peat out of the 49ers, in san Francisco no less. It was t a Fluke. The giants dominated the second half and deserved the game. They Are a sound resourceful team. Their offence makes few mistakes. Their defense is the Best in the league. Six Point underdogs they be lost one game by t hat much this season. The Bills will move the Ball sunday. They will score. But they will not approach the overwhelming Success they had in the playoffs. The giants defense is just too sound. See an important part of the no huddle is the confusion it creates when the defense can to make its usual substitutions. But the giants done to Susti. Silver anniversary Kickoff 12 18 am monday armed forces to Milf Ntoni sunday armed forces radio 11 45p.m, times Are Central european time tute much. Their front line defenders Are substantive enough to play All Downs in All circumstances. The no huddle is not Over their Heads. The super bowl just has a different feel this year. There is no Joe Montana to dominate with his passes and profundity a i done to really know the answer to that a there Are no monster mashers emerging from the pfc leaving opponents with Little Hope. Most importantly there Are no Denver Broncos. Lets put our hands together for that people. The Broncos Are a More than a thousand Miles away. The super bowl is alive. Go the encores a by Hal Bock a sports writer Tampa  super bowl history suggests that familiarity Breeds an Edge that playing a team for the second time in a season can be beneficial especially with a championship at stake. Six times in the past super bowls have been re matches and in four of those games the team that won the first match won the second. The last time was 1986, when the new York giants beat Denver 19-16 during the season and 39-20 in the super bowl. Running Back Ottis Anderson remembers the. Sequence and How coach Bill Parcells handled it. A Bill said a be careful what you say. Enjoy the win but keep it in perspective. You might see them  a that was unbelievable. We got to the super bowl and there they  thai taught Anderson a lesson. Five weeks ago Buffalo beat the giants 17-13, and As the game neared its end Bills safety Leonard Smith Andersons former teammate with the cardinals went into a Victory dance. A the was shaking his Finger in the camera saying a we got those Guys a Quot Anderson said a a thought of �?T86 and Denver and said to myself a you know we might see each other  a there we  the first game was memorable because both teams lost their starting quarterbacks. Buffaloes Jim Kelly went out with a sprained left knee returning for the playoffs. New Yorkus Phil Simms is still on crutches with a sprained right Arch replaced by Jeff Hostetler. Kelly Hurt his knee w Hen Bills tackle will Wolford fell into him. At the time Wolford was More concerned with his own right knee sprained on the same play. Center Kent Hull remembers the scene. A i turned around and saw our starting tackle and our quarterback both on the ground both holding their Knees a he said. A i thought a of great a a when Kelly went off he said a ill be  he did no to say it would be three w Cess  Wolford was blocking Leonard Marshall on the play. Jim Ritcher knocked Carl Banks off his feet and into Wolford s right knee. Wolford rolled into Kelly. A i never knew i hit him a Wolford said. A i could t Bruce Smith 78 can count on More double teams from William Roberts 66 and John Elliot in round 2 sunday feel the Bottom of my leg i thought 1 had torn a ligament. I thought i was  when he got to the dressing room. Wolford found Kelly there. "1 Saidoff a what happened to you a and he told me 1 fell on his  the episode deprived the Bills of two pro bowl players and occurred after Kelly had driven the Bills to touchdowns on their first two possessions a enough to hold on for the Victory. A we had our opportunities a new York guard William Roberts said. A we kept misfiring at key moments on crucial plays.�?�. It was the last time the giants lost. Hosteller Quarter backed them to narrow wins Over Phoenix and new England to finish the regular season then to playoff victories Over Chicago and san Francisco. Page 2 the stars and stripes super bowl special Friday january 25, 1991