European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 32 a the stars and stripes sports Friday january 29,1933never a Dull moment no but first xxvi Jot Montana pitched a three minute masterpiece to beat the gun and bengals in 1989. Not As tiresome As we cowboys Randy White left and Charlie Waters smother Denver a Craig Morton in 1978, eight Routs of the Broncos and Vikings have fuelled super bowl s reputation for boredom. By Bob Oates the los Angeles times after 26 super bowls Only two things remain As they were in the 1960s when the series began. 1. Each january the nations sports fans look Forward expectantly to a rip roaring game. 2. They never get it. A dose Well played super event won late in the last Quarter a a True Blue Chip masterpiece has never happened. And might never happen. Have any red chips been played Well a few. In the week that brings the Buffalo Bills against the Dallas cowboys in super bowl xxvii it is still possible to say a Many years after the fact a that the 13th game and the 10th game were something special. Those were the Terry Bradshaw Roger staubach super bowls. The mighty Pittsburgh Steeles is. A gifted Dallas team. And the 13th game a 35-31 Steeler Victory was probably first in Spectator Appeal. But As a piece of entertainment super bowl Xiii had a flaw a an unhappy ending a and strangely so did super bowl a except of course in Pittsburgh. Both times the Steeles shot ahead in the fourth Quarter. And both times the late game drama was All in whether the cowboys could catch up. As it turned out they . Baseball fans compared each game to the late innings of a no hitter when the drama is All in whether anything will happen. Whether anybody can get a hit. Staubach swung hard but could not produce a hit. Super bowl Xxiii a a Joe Montana super bowl a was a diametrically different kind of game. Beginning with 57 quiet minutes it ended As a three minute masterpiece and a 20-16 san Francisco Victory. Super bowl Xiv a the los Angeles rams Only super bowl a was an unexpected David is. Goliath struggle for three quarters. The rams 9-7 led the Steeles 12-4 at All three milestones but then once More Bradshaw pulled away and soon he was out of sight 31-19, the most dramatic super bowl its still game Iii the one Joe Namath guaranteed to win and did uniting a torn league. There is however a further truth Many other super bowls have been Cut from the same cloth. It is Only a myth that the games of the last 26 Winters have been continually Dull and lopsided. Eight of them to be sure were pretty bad a the four games the Minnesota Vikings lost and then the four the Denver Broncos lost All blowouts. The Vikings and Broncos Are primarily responsible for the reputation of the past super j by bowl m champions 11 super i a bowl teams of 1 Green Bay packers nil ii Green Bay packers nil Iii new York jets Al in Kansas City chiefs Al v Baltimore Colts acc i Dallas cowboys pfc Vii Miami dolphins acc Viii Miami dolphins affix Pittsburgh Steeles acc x Pittsburgh Steeles acc i Oakland raiders acc Xii Dallas cowboys pfc Xiii Pittsburgh Steeles acc Xiv Pittsburgh Steeles acc Xiv Oakland raiders acc Xvi san Francisco 49ers inf cd xvii Washington redskins pfc xviii los Angeles raiders acc Xix san Francisco 49ere pfc xxx Chicago bears pfc xxi new York giants pfc xxii Washington redskins pfc Xxiii san Francisco 49ers pfc xxiv san Francisco 49ors pfc xxv new York giants pfc xxvi Washington red skins pfc a super bowl As a repository for dullness. Otherwise super sunday crowds have watched Good competitive football nearly every Winter a for a while that is. For a Quarter. For a half. For even three quarters occasionally. The 26-year pattern of the super bowl is in a sense extraordinary a almost every year there Are some big plays some dramatic moments some competitive action some entertainment. A in almost every game one team or the other drops behind at some Point in the second half and then falters losing momentum and swiftly losing Confidence when it discovers that a really big dream the dream of super bowl Victory is irretrievably evaporating. A simultaneously almost every time the super bowl team that advances into what seems to be a Safe Lead in the last 30 minutes of a Long season is overwhelmed by exhilaration. Sensing that a big dream is about to come True it pounces confidently. It kills. And High above in the press Box More than one reporter turns to his neighbor and says a another Dull super  Well maybe