European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday january 29, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 25 commentary another unravelling of an acc team by Jim litre Minneapolis apr truth be told Bud bowl was probably More exciting and less predictable than the Dud bowl played on either Side of it. And the Way this acc pfc business has been going of late the nil is going to have to steal some of the Thunder Back from the Brewers and throw in a few valuable super bowl premiums of its own. In that vein we suggest something along the lines of a fans pick the moment when the acc team started unravelling like a cheap  if a pick the moment Quot had been in effect sunday which moment would you have picked 1 when Singer Harry Connick or. Ended a record length 2 minutes 6 seconds rendition of the National Anthem. 2 the a a inadvertent Kickoff. 3 the real Kickoff. 4 when running Back Thurman Thomas missed the first two plays of buffaloes first offensive series because he was rummaging around under the Bench chasing his helmet. 4 when Buffalo stumbled across Midfield for the first time 27 minutes into the game and the modest achievement a they did begin the drive at the 40-Yard line after All a Drew nothing More than modest applause. 5 when Buffalo coach Marv Levy trotted off the Field and toward the Locke room at halftime crawled up into the face of a member of the officiating Crew and yelled something that looked to lip readers anyway like a you be been  personally i d take 5, even if Marv denied having said it. A no Way in a going to comment on the officiating. And whoever said i said that Quot Levy said a is a poor lip  maybe so. But bribing the officials at least is a novel Way of trying to explain the otherwise inexplicable dominance the pfc teams have enjoyed of late. They have now won eight straight super bowls and 10 of the last 11. In fact the 37 Points Washington scored sunday was the third lowest total rung up on a defenceless acc team by their pfc Brethren in the last eight meetings. And they re coming up with new More creative ways to inflict punishment. With the help of a deflection by onrushing Redskin defender Fred Stokes buffaloes Jim Kelly May have become the first quarterback in the super bowl to Complete a pass to himself. Unfortunately it went for an 8-Yard loss. Its getting so bad and stretching on so Long remember when the people on both sides kept insisting it was a cyclical thing that its getting harder to scare up anyone willing to tackle the subject. Buffalo quarterback Jim Kelly endures the deluge a Washington a Fred Stokes 60 and James leathers. A i ought to know a Little about it because 1 played in both Quot Redskin tight end Ron Middleton repeated incredulously. A but i can to put a Finger on  he did t have to if Only because at h-foot-2 and 270 pounds his presence in the pfc Speaks volumes about the difference. A maybe that a it a he said. A i mean you can t teach size. And we play so Many physical teams All the time that we re used to it. A when i played in Cleveland we d run into a few teams that play smash Mouth but where we Are now the pfc East that stuff happens every week. We be got Philly twice the giants twice Dallas and so on. If you re not big in our league you have a Tough time just defending  coach or player Veteran or Rookie the argument always seems to boil Down to that size. A that s the Best offensive line i Ever played against a Buffalo linebacker Ray Bentley said. A and they re relentless. They Pound on you until your body a so tired that they can run As fast As you can. And then they just run Over  Levy would prefer blander Bills by Rich Cimini new Day St. Paul Minn. A Marv Levy a idea of Bliss is coaching a team that never makes inflammatory statements never excites the Media with colourful quotes and never uses the word  it would be a team like the super bowl Champion Washington redskins. Dull but efficient. Levy does no to have that kind of team. He has a group of Loose cannons players who will say anything to get attention. It provides fodder for Lively conversation but the Buffalo Bills coach is not amused one bit. In a candid interview 12 hours after the Bills humiliating 37-24 loss in super bowl xxvi Levy said his players Quot would be better off Quot if they Learned to think before they speak. A i think you re better off being totally Bland in your comments a Levy said in an Impromptu interview at the Bills hotel in St. Paul. A sometimes i done to think the players realize that a comment they make is interpreted to a greater depth than the depth of thought they gave to the matter before making the  that a Levy a convoluted Way of saying the Bills spout off too much. A they make an off the cuff comment and Are stunned to see How much attention is paid to it a Levy added. A a they re better off just talking football. They Haven tall gotten the message they need to. This team would be better off if they  from the time they arrived in the twin cities for the super bowl the Bills succeeded in creating an image of a team Laden with huge and sensitive egos. It started with defensive end Bruce Smith who complained about racial hate mail and said he wanted out of Buffalo. He apparently has changed his mind claiming after the game he wants to stay then came running Back Thurman Thomas who whined All week about a Lack of recognition. So what did the pouting Thomas do about it the National football leagues most valuable player  find his helmet at the Start of the game and had to miss the first two plays. After his 10-carry, 13-Yard Rushing performance t Homas had the Gall to say the Bills made a mistake by not giving him More running opportunities. A this assessment was wrong a Levy said emphatically. Defensive end Leon seals also joined the pos game com plainer a club crowing about his desire to be traded. What a Happy family a we have Guys with personalities that Are deep a cornerback Nate Odomes said. Quot they have Good personalities and i done to think we have Guys bickering to the Point that it takes away from our play on the  Levy insisted bad chemistry is not undermining the team and said he has no intentions of making wholesale changes. A i think the Public a perception is somewhat twisted Quot he said. A some of them can use better judgment in their Public statements that Sall. As far As their internal chemistry it s excellent. Excellent. Its As Good As any team in be been  what makes the situation so laughable is that the yapping Isnit coming from Only the players. Its the coaches too a specifically defensive line coach c Huck Dickerson. The outspoken Dickerson in a television interview last week made some unflattering comments about the hogs the redskins offensive line who used it As motivation Lor the game. But the biggest violator As Lar As super bowl xxvi was concerned was Thomas. He mapped All week then embarrassed himself and the team by losing his helmet. To make matters worse his replacement Kenneth Davis ran the wrong play on second Down resulting in a busted play. A i recall a lot of players losing their Heads but never their helmets a Levy joked. A it was the first time in 40 years of coaching Marv i Wavy that a happened and it happened to be on the opening of the super bowl with your Star running Back. Quot you Tell the players to have their helmets with them at All times. But what am 1 going to do run around and say. Quot whereas your helmet where s your helmet a a a that would make him sound As if he a coaching a Hunch of children. T Hen again