Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 8, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free january 1995 c3 Steeles win shot at acc title football associated press Pittsburgh Chuck Noll was watch terrible towels were twirling and Barry Foster was doing his Best Franco Harris just like old the Road to the super bowl runs through the Steeles returned to what they do Best with a relentless running and Vinny Testaverde reverted to his old form with two costly interceptions As Pittsburgh stormed into the acc title game by beating the Browns 299 Steeles Browns 9 the Steeles dominated in winning their first Home playoff game since the 1979 sea the last of their nol coached four super bowl championship there Are a lot of Noll just like those they have some Good just As those play ers Are Good a Onega handout playoffs loser under coach Bio Cowher the last two the Steeles will play either the dolphins or Char Gers in the acc title game in three Rivers stadium on Pittsburgh last reached the conference final 10 years losing to Dan Marin oled we had to win a game in january that was a big key for Cowher the Steeles fed off Fosters determined a frenzied crowd and the Blit Burgh defence that pressured Testaverde Hurt Early by several dropped passes into repeated bad throws a that our Al pro linebacker Greg Lloyd we dont try to fool we just come at you and beat this Steeles Bam Morris 33 tries to get by Browns Pepper Johnson in second Quarter of acc playoff game the offence and All the defence had to do was keep them off the were one game from the super said who gained 133 Yards despite playing with two broken vertebrae in his lower i cant express what that Means to this we were not Only did the Steeles beat the Browns three times in a season for the first time in the rust Belt rivalry 45year they did it thoroughly and bolting to a 170 Lead by scoring on their first three posses Ive never been around a better half of football than what we played in the first said who grew up so close to three Rivers stadium that he could hear the crowd noise from his front Fosters running so preoccupied Cleveland that it allowed a mistake free Neil Odonnell to pick apart a helmet slamming Browns defence that was the Nils Sti Giest during the regular they talked smack to us All saying we haunt seen them at their Lloyd i guess Well see it next tagged As the weak link on a team loaded with Odonnell was 16of23 for 186 Yards and touchdowns of two Yards to Eric Green and nine to brow Skiller Yancey Thig both in a decisive 21point second Quad if we can establish the everything else Falls into place for Thigpen pointing to the Steeles 23855 Rushing and 424186 to Tal yardage Neil had a great with great throws and the right Deci barely resembling the Quarter Back who was so efficient in beating the Patri ots last was Only 13of31 for 144 More he had eight interceptions in the three Steeles losses four of them by Darren i thought i was playing aggressive and playing but we had some dropped balls and i made a costly Testaverde liners strut do Over bears associated press san the Sec Ond Merton Hanks was doing a Duck Cele Brating with a strut As showy As Deion Sanders by the third Steve Young and Jerry Rice we rent even in the left with Little to do but prowl the sidelines and by the end of the the score was 4415 and the san Francisco 49ers were headed to their fourth pfc championship game in five years with a revamped team anxious for another crack at even though the Chicago bears scored first the outcome was never in it tells me were playing into the postseason the Way we finished the Young were playing our Best i didst want to leave our Best Ball in after spotting the bears a 30 the 49ers reeled off 30 straight Points in the first half to put the game and Chicago improbable playoff run came to an end on candlestick Parks shredded i didst see much of anything we did san Francisco coach George Seifert were pleased with our first we know we have to Crank it Fehr tells agents to delay signings baseball associated press Chicago Donald sex of the major league players told agents and representatives yesterday to wait until at least 16 to sign players under the new salary Cap system implemented by in not sure right now if we Are going to advise agents to sign under this system at Fehr the input we receive from players and agents during this trip could have a major bearing on what we the Chicago including one Friday with 86 is the first of a seve City update tour by the meetings will conclude Fehr Laid out three areas of his discussions yesterday telling agents what the players were told updating agents on the Legal system and explaining the elements of the next and answering ques Tion about 49ers bears 15 san Francisco 143 will be at Home next sunday against either Green Bay or who meet to Day in another divisional the cowboys beat the 49ers in the last two pfc title games san fran which Defeated Dallas 2114 on Hast been to the super bowl since winning it in it Doest really mean nothing if we dont go out and do something next said san Francisco line Backer Ken Norton one of six new starters on the remade an upset Winner at Minnesota in a wildcard game last finished 108 in Dave Wannstedt second season As with Young passing effectively and also joining Ricky Walters and William Floyd on a Power running the leagues to scoring team surpassed 30 Points for the ninth time in the last 11 games despite the wet it Felt like their offence was on the Field forever in the first said Chicago guard Jay Leeuwen i thought we were playing then the next thing you were Down by 20 Young threw for 143 Yards and a completing 16 of 22 he also ran five times for 32 including a touchdown that set off a Floyd had scoring runs of two and four san Francisco took advantage of two interceptions against Steve Walsh and a botched fake punt Dur ing their scoring the 49ers made it 373 in the third Quarter and Young and most of the other regu Lars were lifted with left in the Young and along with Sand Gary Norton and other defensive had nothing to do but walk the sidelines and congratulate one another and await their next 03 in its playoff history against the proved to be no match despite forcing a turnover on san Francisco first Brent Jones fumbled after catching a pass and Alonzo Spellman recovered at san Francisco but Chicago had to Settle for Kevin butlers 36yard Field from it was All san fran Young directed a 68yard drive capped by floyds two Yard scoring run for a 73 first Quarter then the 49ers pulled away with a 23point second Eric Daviss interception set up san Francisco next an eight Yard pass from Young to Brent and floyds four Yard touchdown run made it Walsh was intercepted a second with Hanks bringing it Back 31 showing a strut every bit As dynamic As Sanders celebrated the play with a Duck walk and the 49ers converted the turn Over into Doug Briens 36yard Field Down 233 and struggling to move the the bears tried a fake punt with left in the the Ball was snapped to the Tony but he dropped it As he be Gan to run and Dedrick Dodge swooped in to Stop the 49ers took Over at the Chicago and Young capped the drive with a six Yard scramble for the touch putting san Francisco ahead 303 at the healthy chargers favored in acc tilt by Mike Jensen Knight Ridder newspapers the san Diego chargers Are the forgotten children of this seasons Treyve had a Bye until today 3 Cost matchup with the Miami there a Home game away from a spot in the acc championship but hardly anybody gives them a second and a lot of that is their it was the chargers who roared out to a 60 Start and got their Sun splashed fans All and the rest of the country mildly interest they started they lost four of their next they had to sweat it out just to make the right weve got that Confidence Back to where we were at said chargers coach Bobby we were the front and to maintain that Posi Tion All year Long was a Little diff particularly when everybody is waiting for you to fall on your when the fall there were san Diego Best linebacker Junior was work ing with one due to a pinched there were injuries up and Down the offensive the Char Gers were Down to a third Stringer at tight end and a Stan who was playing with a sprained coming after mid season Elbow the chargers Are healthier running Back natron Means is an Al pro in just his second and Odd makers have made them a Fiel goal favorite since the game is at Jack Murphy West coast Road trips have never been a fun time for the since Don Shula took Over in the dolphins Are 912 in West coast regular sea son 01 in the and 12 in West coast super the dolphins have lost three of their last four in san they showed up last season and got bounced Means scored three ads in that it All starts for us with stopping the said dolphins linebacker Bryan we have to be Success Ful in that area to be successful in this the weather in san Diego Over the past few Days was More like what the dolphins Are equipped to Deal almost three inches of rain flooded Down in one 24hour there were 80 Kwh winds and a re port of a and More wet weather on Call for this right up until near game Ive had a lot of flashbacks the last few said chargers defensive Back Sean he was referring to the playoffs two seasons the on an eight game were deluged with a fierce Winter storm that made practice All but that they left the wet weather be Hind and travelled to where they found More and were torn we were More worried about the weather and the practice conditions than we were the horse this were a lot better theres so much More in our bettors prefer pucks to hoops by Stevens wild staff reporter canadians dont like bet Ting on basketball As much As they like betting on and old movies and replays of great hockey games from the past just dont Cut it with hockey players and their teams Are not the Only people losing in comes As the National hockey league labor dispute stretches into its fourth bitter John Matheson of the Western Canada lottery says sales of sport select tickets Are Down about million since the Start of the Matheson says the loss of hockey games is the primary for the entire season the lost sales would be about is a Premier Nacim Elisii Matheson he said at this time of with the National football league winding hockey usually be comes the big draw for sport be he said the corporation will try to make up the difference with National basketball association in terms of 59 per cent of our sports select sales Are he normally Only 10 per cent would be its getting Tough on radio and television As Bob assistant general manager of c Job which was to broadcast All Winnipeg jets said while his station has not yet lost advertising sales from the that wont last if the season is he said the jets Are important because they draw a younger Audi ence than the station usually gets and the games Are usually Broad cast in the otherwise Low ratings time for hockey brings in people who would not be listening at that Mcmahon Alan head of sports for said the loss of the Satur Day hockey games has been attempts to replace the famous saturday night games with mov and with classic hockey games like the famous confrontation be tween the Montreal canadians and the soviet have not pulled in the ratings that fresh games the Wayne Gretzky Allstar teams tour of Europe Drew about on third of a Normal he this saturday the Csc will re play a famous Montrea Boston game from the 1979 but Clark warned the real Trou ble will Start if there Are no play april and May usually see playoff games in Csc every night of the playoffs get the highest ratings and generate the most Clark if we dont get hockey there will be a real fiscal in Gord producer of nil coverage for said he has tried to replace major league hockey with american and inter National league but with a loss of there is no doubt its Hurt Cutler hockey is one of our top he said one Bright spot was the recent world Junior Rick general manager of which was scheduled to broadcast 16 jets games this said freelance people in broadcasting Are being Hurt by the strike ;