on 12/25/00 6:29 AM, Vince Lavieri at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Michael Paz first wrote, before he went to rhe football game:
>
> I am off to watch NFC West Champs, the New Orleans Saints. Whoo hoo!
>
>
>
> But on 12/24/00 1:20 PM, Penny of the West Coast at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>>> I think I can speak for fellow Ram fan, Don Rowe, when I say "enjoyed the
>>> game much, Michael." ;-) And another bigtime thanks to all our Chicago
>>> Bear supporters on the list - Jody?, Vince?, Laura?, John?
>>>
>>> WHOO Phew
>>> Penny
>>
>>
>
> Then Michael Paz, apres' football, cried in anguish :
>
>> ARGH! Rams! Oh well we [the Saints] are still NFC West Champs.
>>
>> Paz
>
> No bigtime supporter of the Bears here. The Chicago Bears have always been an
> arrogant organzation so back in 1967 I decided the become a Miami Doiphins fan
> based on the fact that Bob Griese quarterbacked the Big Ten team {Purdue, but
> that was irelevant} to a win over USC in the Rose Bowl.
>
> I have been 2-3 in Super Bowls withn the Dolphs, not all bad, and Bob Griese
> begat Brian Griese, who took Michigan to the 1997 National Championship, which
> is nothing but good.
>
> Having to endure Jimmy Johnson and no Dave Wannestadt, inept former Bears
> coach, as Miami coaces, has tried my fan-ness but I outlasted one and I shall
> outlast the other.
>
> The 1985 Super Bowl Bears caught my imagination however, and I have kind of
> been pulling for them ever since, but as I do live in Michigan now, I am
> obstensively a Lions fan and I kind of pull for them.
>
> All the Lions had to do was, at home, beat the helpless, dissension-ridden,
> team in revolt Bears to clinch a playoff spot (and eliminate the Rams). The
> Lions, copached by a former Michigan coach, the only Michigan coach I have
> disliked (as a coach, not as person) and didn't feel bad when he was
> (properly) fired, took the Lions to that home loss..
>
> thus plunging thje State of Michigan into gloom, the Detroit Lions being one
> of the very few teams to have never, ever played in the Super Bowl (can you
> name the others?) and hardly ever even qualify for the play-offs,
>
> and this plunging the State of Illinois into gloom for nothing is worse than
> false hope with the Bears, who need to be totally re-vamped and every fluke
> victory keeps ownership from doing what it has to do,
>
> and striking fear into the New Orleans Saints, who see in the tunnel the train
> coming at them because
>
> thje Lions loss let the Rams slip into the playoffs in what would have been
> the Lions spot, and the Saints would rather have played the Lions (although we
> as a nation are spared the sports/religions cliches of that contest... "Not
> since the saints were thrown to the lions in The Colesium during the Roman
> empire have yada yada yada") than played the Rams.
>
> And my love for Penny and my JMDL bond with Paz keep me from saying more about
> the Saints, the former N ew Orleans Aints, vs Rams, the former LA Rams, the
> former Cleveland Rams.
>
> Next week-end, right? Why are two teams from one division playing in the
> first round? I thought that was forbidden.
>
> (the Rev) Vince, who has all the Christmas services done and behind him now
> and has all day to bore people in the JMDL... sorry.
My old favorite team the Lions could have done me the favour of beating the
Bears so the Saints did not have to play the Rams again. Yea it seems like
they should play someone else in the first round. I think the nfl just
changes things around to keep me confused. Hope everyone had a lovely
holiday.
Michael (getting ready to get back to the grind)
