European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse The super. Bore hey done to forget is option by Timothy Cahill new York Bureau. Every sports fan knows that the super bowl is often a bore and that usually by halftime there a a nagging voice in our Heads reminding us we could be doing something better with out time. Why then will More than 120 million americans watch the game on television tonight maybe its because there have been just enough decent games the last sunday of the season to keep us afraid of missing something Good ,. The first super bowl on Jan. 15,1967, started the tradition of blowouts when the a Fly a Green Bay packers crushed the afle a Kansas City chiefs 35-10, despite the fact that the event Wasny to yet officially called the super bowl there was plenty of hype and an air of excitement As if everyone were witnessing something magnificent like the birth of a Volcano or Hippopotamus. The first half of the game was in fact pretty interesting with the two teams trading scores twice. At intermission it was Green Bay 14, Kansas City 10. A the pack dominated the second half however producing the first in a Long line of super sunday Laugher. In the 25 games since then 13 have been decided by 17 Points or More six of those by three touchdowns or More. Its fitting that the Republican �?T80s, which took such Comfort in the widening Gap Between haves and have not contained three of the super bowls biggest defeats. The Chicago bears 1986 Triumph Over the new England patriots was by 36 Points 46-10and in �?T88 Washington swamped Denver by 32 42-10. And in 1990, the san Francisco 49ers, who had already won three bowls in the 80s, proved that the Rich really do get Richer. Their humiliation of the Broncos to the Tunc of 55-10, carried its own per verse pleasure Tike watching a monster truck crush a Row of escorts. A a a a a _. Just As computers can turn nuclear explosions into elegant number models so too do super bowl blowouts produce their own fascinating patterns. Its interesting to note that Many teams who lose really big score Only 10 Points. Along with the games mentioned above this happened in 1981, when the Oakland raiders easily handled Phila Delphia 27-10, and it nearly happened again in �?T84,when the raiders by then of l.a., ravaged the redskins 38 to 9. In All the period from i981 to 1990 had seven games decided by 17 or More Points other patterns appear As Well. Teams from isolated snowy cities rarely perform Well in super bowls. Statistically speaking scientists now know that no team from Denver or Minneapolis will Ever win the big game. And the numbers suggest that coming from a crumbling rust balt town Cincinnati 0-2 Buffalo 02 is almost As bad As representing one of the cradles of american Liberty Philadelphia and new England both 0-1. It hard Given this data to understand the sue Cess of Green Bay two super bowl victories and Pittsburgh four until you Factor in Bart Starr and Terry Bradshaw. \ the above patterns also Combine in eerily elegant ways. In three of their four super bowl losses the Broncos scored Only 10 Points twice getting All the Points in a single Quarter. In the other one when they lost to the new York giants 3920 in 1987 they scored 10 twice once in the first Quarter and again in the fourth the Vikings on the other hand would have welcomed 10 Lousy Points. Except for a 1977 whipping by Oakland 32-14, they managed to score just 7,7 and 6 in their bowl appearances. Compassion is not. A trait usually associated with professional football but at least four times teams have allowed their opponents to keep their self re Spect by letting them score near the end of a game last year for instance Washington was sitting on a cozy 3710 in the fourth Quarter when Buffalo suddenly Quot earned two late touchdowns. If Frank Reich had been playing this m get have carried More excitement than it did. And the bears had All but hibernate by the end of their game with new England when pats passer Steve Grogan finally got around to throwing for a touchdown. A fila Giro yep Mcminn with Ball was t exactly super. In 1973 and 74, Miami showed similar generosity after the game was in the bag. In 1974, the dolphins let fran Tarkenton scamper into the end zone in the fourth Quarter to give Minnesota its Only score that year. This followed what still stands As the most famous example of sports largess bestowed upon any team performed exactly a year earlier. Miami setting up for a Field goal seemed about to take a 17-0 against Washington with 207 remaining. Instead coach Don Schula called adoption pass from kicker Garo yep Rumian knowing the play would end up with a rousing Redskin turnover. The tactic worked better than it had even in practice. a performance was Superb. He bobbled and bungled inc Ball like a circus scat disarming any suspicion that the dolphins were Quot letting the redskins the Ball finally landed in the hands of Washington a Mike Bass who ran it Back for a 49-Yard touchdown. The dolphins still won m-7, but with that one play also secured themselves a place forever in the memories of super bowl fans a everywhere. This sort of thrill can happen at any time during the big game. That a Why its necessary even when the outcome of the contest is obvious to stay glued to the tube. Disregard the rational comments of your friends and family. Done to touch that dial. You might miss something unexpected fascinating even historic. Why else would they Call it super sunday if Bills and a boys done to draw viewers Brooks Jackson Willby Robin Rauzi tos Angeles times a he super bowl. Its not just for sports fans anymore. Tonight s super bowl in Pasadena calif., <12 18 . Get monday on an brings head to head not Only the Buffalo Bills and Dallas cowboys but also two of the biggest names in pop music a Garth Brooks and Michael Jackson. Brooks will be singing the National Anthem Jackson will be headlining the halftime show which in recent years has involved thousands of people with a finale by an entertainer. This one will focus on Jackson As he performs a mini concert culminating with his heal Rie world Anthem. Producer director Don Mischer said it will be unlike anything the super bowl audience has Ever seen. A Michael chose to do this because he is trying to get a certain message out a Mischer said. A a he realized a potential in terms of an audience around the world.�?�. bowl grabbed the top spot in the 1992 Nielsen ratings. Tho pregame show took a close second and the Post uric show came in at no. 7. The National football league estimates the 1993 game \ a will draw an audience of More than 1 billion people a in the United states and 86 other countries. Jackson s Deal with the nil includes a 30-second and spot $100,000 in donations from the nil and Gaunic sponsor frito Lay and several stories in the super bowl program a All for his heal the world 260-Pcrson team assembled by radio City music Hall productions has about five minutes to As semble a22-Picce, 75-by-75-foot , Complete with audio lighting and pyrotechnic equip mint. About 3,500 children Ages 5 to 17, will take the Field As part of a spectacle using the whole stadium and its 102,000 spectators in a massive card stunt. Stilt Mischer said he is trying to maintain an intimate feeling a can we in this environment create something that will feel emotional Quot he said. Quot stadiums Are very irreverent places. People Don t pay much attention to what s going on. The spoken word or the words to the song Are hard to the King of pop Wili not be lip syncing but May a using along with a track Quot Mischer said which is common during such Large Vemic events. A Jackson s rehearsals were closed to the Media to preserve the mystery of the show. Executive or Educ or Arlen Kantarian insists it will be the Quot most action packed must Sec 10 minutes in television and this year even the expected has a touch of the unexpected. Brooks Isnit just going la croon 7 he sur Spang de Banner he so going to be part of an expanded portrayal of the National Anthem Quot according to Don Garber vice president of business development and special events for nil properties. Garber go into detail but said Quot never 1 before have we built up our relationship with an Anthem sirt Ger As we have this year Quot Brooks will sing two songs As part of int s super howl saturday night show. Dennis Miller will Host from Hollywood As int broadcasts live from tile nil experience a sports entertainment Therne Park adjacent to the Rose bowl nil Otti vials will Honor the player and Rookie of the year and introduce the 1993 pro football Hail of Fame inductees. January 31,1993 sunday a t i Page 1
