Show Sports i thoughts The Uintah Utes will battle the Murray Spartans in an away contest Friday and no matter how optimistic the fans fare fansin in Vernal are the Uintah Utes will still be rated as a great underdog due to their 7 0 record Also the Utes will figure as the underdogs because Murray is 2 0 in Region Five and has bombed its first two region opponents Judge Memorial and Carbon However there are many underdogs underdogs un un- un who have bombed the rankings and acquired a triumph in their contest ONE OF TilE THE most known l underdogs will have to be the David of the David and Goliath contest Goliath was a super tall taU strong 7 or 8 footer who was covered with a great deal of armor Goliath was figured to tobe tobe tobe be able to easily blast David who was rated by the odd odd- makers a as ai a 1000 to I 1 shot David was only armed with a slingshot This reporter will go directly to the site of the David and Goliath contest in the Middle East When asked to comment on the upcoming match with Goliath David of Bethlehem remarked That Goliath might be a tall dude but the bigger they are the harder they fall Goliath is just an old bag that is filled with hot air I will only need one shot from my slingshot to drop Goliath I will win this contest easily Goliath commented Im going to pound that David into the ground That David has got gota a lot jot of nerve in saying that he heis heis heis is going to knock ck out the mighty amazing fantastic extraordinary Goliath with one blow I wont won't have any problems with that pipsqueak David Other than those remarks I dont don't have any more comments on this meaningless match against David OKAY OKA Y FOLKS David and Goliath are in their corners The bell sounds and David darts out toward a slow-moving slow Goliath David swings his slingshot around and sends a ashot ashot ashot shot to Goliaths Goliath's head Goliath crashes to the ground with a great thud Goliath is done for and it looks as if the giant wont won't be causing any more problems for members of the various communities communities com com- in the surrounding areas David is a winner with one shot fired in the first round Of course a more recent underdog would have to be the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League The Tampa Bay team entered the NFL as an expansion team in 1976 The Buccaneers posted an 14 0 record in the 1976 season and had lost their first 12 games in the 1977 se season season son Tampa Bay had an 26 0 mark in its existence in the NFL and they had become the joke of football TAMPA BAY was set to battle the New Orleans Saints Inthe in inthe inthe the NFL game of the year for both clubs Before the battle with Tampa Bay New Orleans Orlean's quarterback Archie Manning remarked that it would be disgraceful for the Saints to lose loseto loseto loseto to the B Buccaneers Well everyone except the Tampa Bay team members and fans figured the Buccaneers would lose their game of the season seabon They figured Tampa Bay would extend their losing record to 0 However Tampa Bay surprised sur sur- surprised the football world as they bombed New Orleans 33 to 14 for the first Buccaneer win Inthe in inthe inthe the National Football League Tampa Bay players stated that they arent aren't going to be the laughing stock of the league RICHARD WOOD a Tampa Bay player said in an article Inthe in inthe inthe the Sporting News I dont don't think anybody should give any mouth before any game It doesn't need to be said But he said what he wanted to say and he got a foot in his mouth The Tampa Bay Buccaneers gained their second win in a row rowand rowand rowand and their first home win when they upset the St. St Louis Car Cardinals 17 to 7 on December 18 The Buccaneers finished the season with a 2 12 record and a two year mark of 2 It took the Buccaneers 26 games to acquire their first victory and only one game to gain their second NF NFL triumph Baseballs Baseball's Brooklyn Dodgers were quite often an underdog when they entered the World Series to compete against the New York Yak Yankees THE TilE DODGERS were so often the underdog that one of the Brooklyn pitchers Billy Loes figured that they would l lose e to the Yankees Charley Dressen manager of ot the |