Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!rlgvax!cvl!umcp-cs!petec From: petec@umcp-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sport.football Subject: Re: Some Thoughts on Super Bowl XVIII - (nf) Message-ID: <4911@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Sun, 29-Jan-84 04:53:52 EST Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.4911 Posted: Sun Jan 29 04:53:52 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 31-Jan-84 03:49:47 EST References: <648@ihuxv.UUCP> <698@elsie.UUCP> Organization: Univ. of Maryland, Computer Science Dept. Lines: 26 >>> From cvl!elsie!mark Fri Jan 27 09:10:26 1984 >>> Organization: NIH-LCM, Bethesda, MD >>> Will they (the Skins) be back >>> next year? I hope so, but they are Old, and DC is not a good town for >>> football support -- too much else to do here. This is a pretty ridiculous statement. The Skins have had 131 consecutive sellouts dating back to the early-to-mid 60s, with a waiting list for season tickets of about 10,000. This town loves their team, and a thorough drubbing in the Super Bowl isn't going to change that. As to the team being old, I dispute that too. Tony McGee is the oldest, and he won't be counted on for too long; Riggins is 34 and close to the end of his career, although it's pretty hard to tell that by his play over the last couple of years. Other than that I believe that only Starke, Butz, and Theismann are over 30; their positions, quarterback and lineman, are positions that can be played for a long time. Your words are even more suprising since they are coming from a local (not to imply that you like should the Skins because they are the local team, but that I think that you would be aware of the love affair this city has with their team. The media blitz is incredible.). -- Call-Me: Pete Cottrell, Univ. of Md. Comp. Sci. Dept. UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!petec CSNet: petec@umcp-cs ARPA: petec.umcp-cs@CSNet-Relay