European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 06, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday january. 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 31 super bowl repeat seen but oilers could make it All Texas game in by Dave Goldberg a football writer a Dallas Buffalo repeat in the super bowl the teams that met in Pasadena last january 52-17 cowboys enter the nil playoffs As the top seeds in each conference. But look out for the Houston oilers. Not Only Are they playing at least As Well As the Bihss but they re bickering a lot better making the first All Texas superbowl a very rear possibility assuming Emmitt Smith returns in two weeks from his separated shoulder. That could make for a fun week in at Lanta leading up the Jan. 30 title game. The oilers who will be off next week begin the playoffs at Home a week from sunday. Whether they can repeat their performance of sunday night when two Sepa rate fights broke out Between assistant coaches is another question. The fights break the record of one set in 1989 the season of the truly bickering Bills when Buffalo assistants Nick Nicolau and Tom Bresnahan slugged it out in the locker room. These were in Public View Charlie Baggett and Frank Bush fought to a draw on the under card in the press Box and buddy Ryan hit Kevin Gilbride with a right Cross in the nationally televised Fea Ture before referee Curtis Duncan stopped the fight. They May go to the super bowl if their coaches Don t kill each other jets quarterback Boomer Esiason said after the 24-0 beating by the oilers. The biggest problem for Houston which started 14 and then became the first team since the 1973 dolphins to Fin ish the regular season with 11 straight wins is winning in Buffalo where the elements cause trouble for a run and shoot team that plays indoors. That was the site of their last loss a 35-7 thrashing on oct. 11 and was also the place where they blew a 35-3 Lead in last year s playoffs. Because of it owner Bud Adams hired Ryan to run the de sense turned Pardee into an impartial arbitrator. And also turned the Houston defense into a major Force. Or As Joe Theismann put it sunday night buddy Ryan is a great coach even if he is a Jerk at Here s a look at the playoffs narrow ing Down the legitimate contenders to Houston Buffalo and Kansas City in the acc Dallas san Francisco and new York in the pfc. Pfc first since it has won nine straight super bowls. National football conference Jimmy Johnson feels Good about the cowboys chances even though he s taken to whining lately about injuries. Has he checked with Don Shula in Miami lately or Rich Kotite in Phila Delphia or even Dan Reeves whose new York giants almost beat them de spite the absence of deep threat Mike Sherrard and a banged up jumbo Elliott and Michael Brooks still Dallas 12-4 has Home Field and remains the nil s Best team on paper if they have Smith Back in two weeks when they play either the giants or Green Bay packers. The doctors Are talking like i la be out three to four weeks but it will be seven to 10 Days Smith said monday after a night in the Hospital resting the right shoulder he separated in the 16-13 Over i tune win Over the giants that won the i vision and got Home Field for the cow boys. Gary Brown scoring Here last sunday against jets could be key performer As oilers strive to make it an All Texas super bowl. This week s games Are Minnesota 9-7 at the giants 11-5 and Green Bay 9-7 at Detroit 10-6 in the second game of a doubleheader the Lions t eat the packers 30-20 sunday to win the pfc the packers win they go to Dallas and the Minnesota new York Winner goes to san Francisco West Champion and second seed. If the Lions win they go to san Francisco and the Vikings or giants play the cowboys. The logical seeding would be new York at san Francisco and Green Bav at Dallas the giants cowboys and 49ers Are the Only teams with realistic chances to get to Atlanta. Despite the loss Sun Day a lot of the giants Felt More confident afterwards. Everybody was trying to Tell us we could t play with them but we knew said safety Greg Jackson whose tackle on Smith at the end of a 46-Yard run caused the shoulder injury. The giants cowboys matchup has the making of a class rivalry unlike the one Between feuding Houston coaches. Jim Jeffcoat of Dallas for example had a couple of chances to body slam his longtime adversary Phil Simms and did t. It seems like i be been playing against him forever Simms said after the two exchanged a hug and a hand shake after the the giants refrained from trying to do further harm to Smith after he injured his shoulder. They respected me he said. They helped me off the ground. They knew i was in pain. They re a class american football conference Buffalo 12-4 and Houston 12-4 Are the Clear favourites although Kansas City 11-5 could be a spoiler if Joe Montana stays healthy and gets hot. The chiefs biggest weakness is what used to be their strength they Don t have the big smash Mouth Back like Christian Okoye and Barry word to change up on the slashing attack built around Marcus chiefs could have trouble with enigmatic Pittsburgh 9-7 saturday be cause of that the Quick but undersized Steeles defense can Best be attacked with a 250-Pound rusher. Now that we re in the playoffs we hopefully can get straightened out says Rod Woodson the Steeles All pro cornerback. It took a Tongue lashing at half time by linebacker Greg Lloyd to Wake up Pittsburgh against Cleveland on Sun Day and qualify for this game. The other acc game this week is Sun Day the Broncos 9-7 at the raiders 10-6reprising sunday s 33-30 overtime win that got los Angeles into the play offs. That was the raiders eighth win in their last nine games against the Broncos. It also was the 17th game in their last 21 meetings decided by less than a touch Down and the sixth of those 21 to go into overtime. Buffalo and Houston get a week off. If Kansas City wins it goes to Houston and the raiders Broncos Winner goes to Buffalo. If the Steeles beat the chiefs then they go to Buffalo while the Winner of the raiders Broncos game goes to Houston. In any Case Buffalo and Houston will be favored to meet in the acc title game in Buffalo. 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