European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 01, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 36 the stars and stripes sports tuesday february 1, 1994 is did opposite of Levy s advice another super Atlanta turn up the furnaces in Buffalo it s going to be an Ever longer colder Winter now the Bills super bowl. Order More shovels and Rock Salt All those Snow Banks and ice Slicks might never melt now. The Bills lost another super bowl. Send thousands of earmuffs to Buffalo everybody there will final the jokes unbearable now. \ the Bills Lbert bowl. And to make it worse up there on the Bleak shores of Lake Erie for a while it appeared that the Bills might win that the Bills would finally shrug those three super bowl monkeys off their backs. But now there s a fourth Monkey perched there after sunday s 30-13 loss to the Dallas cow boys in the Georgia dome sound studio. To make it even More galling the Bills lost it by doing exactly the opposite of what their scholarly coach Marv Levy had advised them to do one Levy had said in listing what the Bills must do if they were to win Don t think you an Stop pm Mitt Smith and you be got it won. Two no play is Over until it s Over and then it s Over. Three protect the Ball and get the when the Bills were leading at halftime 13-6, they had held Smith to Only 41 Rushing Yards. But the Bills did t have it won. Early in the third Quarter they violated two of Levy s tenets. Thurman Thomas forgot to protect the Ball James Washington scooped up the Fumble some of the Bills seemed Frozen in time As if a whistle had blown and the cowboys free safety hurried 46 Yards for the touchdown. Dave Anderson commentary with the game now up for grabs at 13-13, Emmitt Smith showed Why he is the National football league s Best running Back. With the cowboys starting at their 36-Yard line he rushed for 61 of the 64 Yards in the touchdown drive including a 15-Yard burst into the end zone. -. -. A Emmitt Smith right for 9 Yards Emmitt Smith right for 3 Yards Emmitt Smith right for 9 Yards Emmitt Smith left for 7 Yards Emmitt Smith right for 14 Yards Emmitt Smith right for 4 Yards to the Bills 22. After a 3-Yard gain on Troy Aikman s Short pass to fullback Darry Johnston created a crucial third-and-3 at the Bills 15, Aikman pitched to Smith who slipped through nose tackle Jeff Wright As if he were a greased pig and rumbled across the goal line. At the end Smith had rushed for 132 Yards on 30 carries and two touchdowns an improvement even on his performance a year ago when he had 108 Yards on 22 carries and one touchdown As the cowboys crushed the Bills 52-17. Blocking for Emmitt said the 325-Pound guard Nate Newton is the easiest Job in the world because you Don t Block Long a split second. When we had Herschel Walker we had an elephant offence hers chel to the right Herschel to the left Herschel up your Back. We got Emmitt and it was Emmitt to the right Emmitt to the left Emmitt around Emmitt Smith did for the cowboys what Thurman Thomas had hoped to do for the Bills. During the week of super bowl hoopla Smith kept saying that Thomas was pro football s Best run Ning Back and Thomas kept saying that Smith was pro football s Best running Back. Thomas was right. If the Bills were to win Thomas had to rumble. Instead he not Only was limited to 37 Yards on 16 carries but he lost two fumbles that provided the cow boys with a total of 10 Points. I told Thurman that i loved him Smith said later that he s a great football player that i probably would t join him next week at the pro bowl and i love Thomas needs that love. He now must live with an even bigger Monkey on his Back than the rest of his teammates. But even before the Kickoff fran Tarken ton More than anybody else understood the Bills Bur Den. -. As the Minnesota Vikings quarterback two decades ago Tarkenton had been on the losing team in three super bowl games in four years. And when the super bowl hoopla finally came to his Hometown last week he had been the forgotten Man. Forgotten because he in t wearing a super bowl ring. I m tainted he said saturday night. Tainted because the Vikings had lost those three super bowl games to the dolphins the Steeles and the raiders after having also lost super bowl in to the chiefs when Joe Kapp was their quarterback. Such is life when you re unfairly tainted by the super bowl syndrome As Tarkenton has been. But maybe the next time Atlanta is the super bowl Host the nil will remember fran Tarkenton for what he did in his career and for what his three Viking teams did in getting to the super bowl instead of forgetting him for what the Vikings did t do. Sooner or later in sports time usually absolves those tainted instead of sainted. But for All that Thurman Thomas Jim Kelly Bruce Smith and Mary Levy have done for the Bills they won t be elected to the pro football Hall of Fame As soon As they re eligible fran Tarkenton knows. He had to wait three years. The tainted Are never sainted immediately. Than a Yorac time non Jones hugs hide a f rag lie truce by Steve Wilstein Atlanta a in the exhilaration of the moment the final seconds of a Sec Ond straight super bowl championship Dallas cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson and owner Jerry Jones put aside their differences and hugged each other warmly. Their caustic relationship is heading toward a breakup for the worst of Rea sons their egos Are getting in the Way of their Success. They be been sugar coating the tension Between them for a while now pretending in Public there is nose rious trouble in Pri vate acting like a married couple who Don t want everyone to know they re in the throes of i Jones Vorce. It s easy to see through that frosty veneer. But at the end of the cowboys 30-13 Victory sunday Over Buffalo Johnson and Jones shared one More Triumph that could keep them together a Little longer. I Don t worry at All that we will be los ing Jimmy Jones said we have a great Opportunity to do something that has never been done and that s to win three straight super bowls. I know that Jimmy enjoys the challenges and i know that he will 6e Johnson was t so sure. He has t decided anything he said though he imagined he would return to Dallas next year. He owns the team Johnson said coolly. He hired me so he deserved a no one is sure when the split will come. Not even Johnson or Jones. They May gnash their Teeth and stick together for a few More runs at the super bowl. Or they could take separate paths Start ing tomorrow. Either Way there s almost no Chance Johnson will stay in Dallas for the next five years of his 10-year contract. Johnson s next Stop could be the Miami dolphins should Dan Shula retire or it could be the expansion Jacksonville jaguars of the right offer is made. Johnson has never worked anywhere longer than five years and he lusts for new challenges. Thirty years ago Johnson and Jones were roommates on Arkansas National championship team smart and ambitious buddies pointed toward great things. Johnson says he s never met anyone better at making Money than Jones. Jones says he s never known a coach who can build a Winner like Johnson. They seem a perfect match Riding High after two straight super bowls. But when titanic egos clash Sparks turn to thunderbolts. And if Jones tries to enforce his threat not to let Johnson go to another team under any circumstances folks around them would line up for a seat., they be already fought verbally Over decisions about trades draft picks and player signings. Johnson did t take kindly to Jones contract dance with Emmitt Smith at the Start of the season and the wounds from that still fester. As the rumours swirl that Johnson wants out Jones remains Adamant about keeping him on a tight Leash. There is no equivocation in the agreement. There Are no clauses Jones said. The Only reason Jimmy won t be coaching football for the Dallas cowboys is that he s out of coaching in football period. At any level. There Are no circumstances that i would agree to let an other team talk to him about those words rankle Johnson. He knows a Deal is a Deal but he also knows contracts often Are torn up. Especially when a coach has done so much for a franchise and has the Opportunity to move on. Dallas head coach Jimmy Johnson gets the traditional dunking near the end of cow boys super bowl Victory Over the Bills sunday. At right is guard Nate Newton 61
