European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                _. A a a. A get time to revamp by John e1senberg the or Lielet moment of super sunday occurred not when the Dallas cowboys began piling up Points in a Blooper Eccl fourth Quarter out later when the Buffalo Bills Frank Reich suggested to interviewers that his club had the wherewithal to make it Back to a fourth straight super bowl. Reich is by All accounts a decent fellow but this was an act of unqualified sadism. The inno cent sporting Public was still choking on the latest indigestible super Nugget featuring the Bills As the sour guacamole and he was already talking about feeding us More please. The Bills have lost the last three Stipes by one 13 and 35 Points an ascending scale that according to my calculations Means they would lose next year by approximately 80, the exact figure depending on How Many fumbles were returned for ads. The Only satisfied customers would be the Grid ghouls for whom the Bills have remade the super bowl into a car race watched Only for the inevitable Gore. But there a a big problem. As obviously incapable As the Bills Are of Matching whatever the National football conference offers they re the studs of the Junior varsity the rest of the american football conference still looks a Long Way up to them. Reich a jut Jawed prediction could easily come True Bills again. There ought be a Law. How about it after nine straight pfc wins by an average score of 39-16, Isnit it time for a new format for the super bowl tournament commentary a i just some random spin cycles As Many in the league contend. The of cd a Ball is palpably inferior and there a no change in sight. The Pittsburgh Steeles and san Diego chargers Are the rising acc teams the Only ones with the Houston oilers who could unseat the Bills and they re pulp next to the cowboys san Francisco 49ers, new Orleans saints and even the crazy Philadelphia eagles. The Law of averages and vagaries of football always will account for an occasionally close super bowl under the current format and maybe even a Fluke acc win one of these years but at age 27 the game has basically become an institutionalized Blowout. The nil can shrug if it chooses of course. The super bowl has become such a popular spec talc that the league will pocket its millions even if the Seattle so Hawks play Slippery Rock. But interest will begin to dwindle if the game does no to begin delivering More regularly. And it wont. What to do there Are several possibilities. The Best would be to do away with the conferences. Keep the divisions aligned As is so the Best rivalries remain intact. But at the end of the season just collect the teams with the 12 Best records seed them accordingly and let them play. Would anyone shed a tear at the demise of the conference championships they re barely two decades old so its not like you re tearing Down some Century old tradition As the baseball owners Are threatening with their wild card talk. As is winning a conference title Isnit Worth a Nickel. Just ask the Bills if those three straight acc titles Are any Solace. Another solution would be to keep the current playoff format intact except for flip flopping the four teams left at the end. In other words the top pfc team would play the second Best from the pfc and vice versa. At the very least that would have led to a cowboys-49ers super bowl a matchup of the two Best teams. Isnit that what the championship game is supposed to be a More Radical idea would be to realign the league entirely spreading the Power around. But the other ideas Are better. In any Case the league needs to recognize that it has a problem and do something. The current format is just silly. The Baltimore Sun spurs Roll Lead san Antonio up1 the san Antonio spurs Riding a wave Ever since John Lucas took Over As head coach finally reached the highwater Mark tuesday night. The spurs Defeated the. New Jersey nets 111-93, for their 12th win in their last 13 games and took Over sole Possession of first place in the Midwest division. San Antonio which started the season 10-11 before Jerry Tarkanian was fired moved one half game ahead of Idle Utah. The spurs improved to 173 under Lucas. A the spurs Are for real a new Jersey Center Sam Bowie declared. Other Aba games on p. 30 a they Are one of the Best in the league and have a right to think about a  Dale. Ellis scored 24 Points to Lead the attack against the nets. David Robinson contributed 17 Points and 12 rebounds and Sean Elliott and . Reid each added 16 Points for san Antonio. Avery Johnson dished out 15 assists. Derrick Coleman had 22 Points and 12 rebounds and Chris Morris had 20 Points and 10 rebounds for the nets. The stars and stripes ports february 4,1993 a Page 32 Hula Nate guard Nate Newton models a Hula skirt at pro bowl Media session tuesday in Honolulu. Newton is one of six cowboys selected for sunday s pro bowl. The others Are quarterback Troy Aikman the super Bow map running Back Emmitt Smith tight end Jay Novacek Center Mark Stepnoski and wide receiver Michael Inin. Bills Thomas Kelly Wolford quit pro bowl Honolulu up a quarterback Jim Kelly and two other members of the american football conference Champion Buffalo Bills pulled out of the pro bowl because of injuries tuesday. Kelly a Reserve for the pro bowl starting running Back Thurman Thomas and Reserve tackle will Wolford were injured in buffaloes 52-17 super bowl loss to the Dallas cowboys sunday and will not play in sundays pro bowl. Kelly suffered a sprained right ankle in the second Quarter of sundays game and did not return. Thomas has been bothered by a hip Pointer for the last month and aggravated the injury in sundays game and Wolford suffered a knee injury sunday. Neil of Donnell will replace Kelly As the backup quarterback to Dan Marino of Miami and Houston a Warren Moon on the acc team. Running Back Ronnie Harmon was named to replace Thomas. Barry Foster of Pittsburgh and either Harold Green of Cincinnati or Lorenzo White of Houston will Start at running Back for the acc team. Kansas City tackle John Alt was named As a Reserve tackle to replace. Wolford. Richmond Webb of Miami and Howard Ballard of the Bills Are the starting tackles. Guard Jim Richcr of Buffalo was named to replace injured starter Steve Wisniewski of the los Angeles raiders. Mike Munchak of Houston and Carlton Haselrig of Pittsburgh will Start at guard. Cowboys Johnson makes staff changes Irving Texas apr even when Jimmy Johnson is in the Bahamas the Dallas cowboys world keeps turning. While he relaxed with his family on a Beach Johnson named a new assistant head coach a new defensive coordinator and a new offensive line coach tuesday. Line coach Butch Davis was named defensive coordinator of the world champions replacing Dave wants 0 is coach of the Chicago  ,8reat to be taking Over the leagues top defense a said Davis. In another move the cowboys promoted offensive coordinator nory Turner to assistant coach replacing Wannstedt in that capacity. Turner will continue to be offensive coordinator. Offensive line coach Tony Wise who will leave the cowboys to go to Chicago with Wannstedt will be replaced by Hudson Houch Seattle a offensive line coach