European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 32 the stars and stripes sports sunday january 30,1994 flow of words finally slows for Buffalo Dallas coaches Atlanta a Mary Levy stepped to the podium for his final pre super bowl news conference Friday and was greeted by silence. This will be the shortest press Confer ence Ever he said. I guess you be asked them  Levy nor Jimmy Johnson had much to say Only 48 hours before Levy skills meet Johnson s cowboys in the super bowl. So Levy in particular tried to put some perspective on things. I have a fan who Calls me on my radio show every week and tells me football is War you have to go All out All the time " he said. I finally told him that i knew someone who hit the Beach wit the marines at two Jima Yelling War is football War is football " Johnson meanwhile suggested his Loy Alty to the cowboys want necessarily lifetime one although he did t necessarily say he was going somewhere else. It s very easy not to be interested i anything else if you have Multi Multi Multi million dollars and own the Dallas cowboys he said in a reference to owner Jimmy Jones. It s different when you re a working stiff like i  most of the Day s news came from commissioner Paul Tagliabue s annual super bowl news conference Sec Sepa rate Story below. As for the coaches How much More could be said about the game a rerun of last year s contest won by Dallas 52-17?neither predicted Victory As Johnson did before last week s win Over san fran Cisco in the pfc title game. Our goal Levy said is not to Winthe super bowl championship. Our goal is to defeat the Dallas cowboys. If we do that the result is that we win the super bowl  a Subtle distinction perhaps but on of those psychological subtleties that coaches use to motivate their players. Johnson readily admits he uses those  year he brought an obscure Book on psychology called flow to the game and on Friday he readily discussed How he uses tools including the Media. We All have ulterior motives in what we do and so do the players he said. Johnson also exhibited another typical coaching trait paranoia. While the Bills got out of the rain Fri Day to practice in the Georgia dome Buffalo coach Marv Levy is in a Good mood As he talks with reporters in Atlanta. Johnson kept the cowboys outside at the Atlanta Falcons facility in Suwanee. We Felt there was better Security there he said. There Are a lot of peo ple walking around the dome and you never know who they , meanwhile resorted to one of his Pat answers to one of the Pat questions How do the Bills feel about the possibility they might become the first team Everto lose four straight super bowls there s one Way you can t lose super bowl game he said. Don t get in  \ Jones writer to win by 10 by Dave Goldberg Atlanta a Jerry Jones owner of the Dallas cowboys sat Down this week at a computer programmed to pick the Winner of sunday s super Bow Between the cowboys and the Buffalo Bills. First Jones typed in his own pick the cowboys 20-10, which Means without giving it conscious thought he picked Buffalo to cover the 10 /2-Point spread. Then he answered the computer s questions which asks for the four mos important factors in the game and uses the regular season statistics for the two teams to determine the outcome. When the computer factored All of Jones choices it picked the Bills to win 29-27. Fortunately for the cowboys the game in t played in a computer. Unfortunately for the Bills the cow boys Are better on the Field even if defensive end Charles Haley who has Back problems sees Only spot duty. Last year the cowboys won 52-17 be cause they got nine turnovers. They won t get nine turnovers this time. But they won t have to they Only have to hang onto the Ball. As Long As we Don t turn the Ball Over Well score said coach Jimmy Johnson who in t predicting Victory like he did last week in the pfc title game. Dallas biggest Edge is its defensive Speed which should be enough to neutralize Thurman Thomas who ran for183 Yards in the acc title game against Kansas City. If Thomas is held to eve half that the Bills will need help from the passing game. Jerry Jones first pick was right but add 10 Points for each team. Cowboys 30-20 nil eyes Fig Pat scoring changes by Hal Bock Atlanta a with kicking efficiency at record High Levels the nil Competition committee is examining dra Matic changes in the Structure of Field goal and extra Point scoring commissioner Paul Tagliabue said Friday. Tagliabue said the league wants to de emphasize Field goals and re emphasize  at his annual state of the sport address before the super bowl the commissioner also said the league is considering adopt ing the 2-Point conversion option after touchdowns As Well As changing other rules of the game. Nil teams were successful on a record 76.6 percent Field goal attempts last sea son connecting on 673 of 879 attempts. There arc proposals that would alter the value of Field goals from 3 Points to 1 Point depending on from where the Ball is kicked. I Don t have recommendations the commissioner said. I want to hear Opin ions. One school of thought is you give 1 Point for kicks inside the 20-Yard line 2points Between the 20 and 40 and 3 Points beyond the 40. Another would Reward movement of the Ball downfield and award 3 Points in Side the 20,2 Points from the 20 to the 40and 1 Point outside the 40." i m pleased to announce we have 14 teams on one Side 14 on the other and Carolina and Jacksonville Are unde  Tagliabue said people in the league Are seeing the 2-Point option after touch Downs As something More than a Gim Mick. Views in the league Are Chang ing the commissioner said. Whatever was past we re now going to have a fresh analysis of  Tagliabue said the Issue would be addressed at nil meetings March 30 in Orlando and again in May. The commissioner said other changes Are under consideration. They would in clude elimination of the Chuck Rule which permits defensive players to make con tact with receivers within 5 Yards of the line of scrimmage. Changing it would free up receivers to run unimpeded. Defensive backs Are bigger than some of the wide receivers Tagliabue said. The feeling is they might have too much of an  Tagliabue said the league also is looking at expanding the Neutral zone at the line of scrimmage forcing defences Toline up 1 Yard further away from the offensive line. On other subjects Tagliabue said the league is looking at helmet headsets and audio liners for quarterbacks to counter stadium crowd noise. The world league of american football will return in 1995 with a four year commitment and six teams Proba Lyall based in Europe. Among cities involved will be Frankfurt London an Barcelona. He will examine whether Wayne Huizenga s Purchase of the Miami dolphins impacts on the league s rules on Cross ownership. Huizenga owns franchises in major league baseball As Well As the nil. The Dallas cowboys will play a pre season game next summer in Mexico. The league will continue to bar col lege freshmen and sophomores from the draft. The line we have drawn is with sophomores he said. We will defend that  the league is not taking a position on the flying of the Georgia state Flag Complete with its Confederate Symbol atthe super bowl. It a political Issue Tagliabue said. We Are not a political advocacy group. We Are a football  teams considering moving will find opposition from the league. We have policies designed to encourage continuity and maintain traditions Tagliabue said. Teams need to demonstrate a financial basis for  realignment will be considered at the meetings in March and May when decisions will be made on where the Jacksonville and Carolina expansion franchises will be placed