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Show BY JIM JARDINE Sports Columnist Most of pro football's fanatic followers, much found the past two weeks' speculation about th V"'; academic than emotional. Without Minnesota's vau nT-Brodie nT-Brodie and the Forty-Niners adding the color of tlr talents or Virgil Carter and the Bengals to gjve nf?'' special thrill, the Super Bowl has settled down 0 games people watch unemotionally just to seewh himself divided between pulling for the Cowboys J"?' ship was Bob Hayes' gold medal in the 1964 Ol'ym0 and Johnny Unitas who have withstood the assault? Joe Kapp to still be No. 1 in the hearts of all clean! For those who point to Johnny U.'s new hair-do selling-out to the new breed of pro quarterback's still wears those high-top black football shoes that R-football's R-football's past when men were men and all was rights.' There is nothing, in short, to produce any villainy that a fan can fire his emotions on. Even the harde-haven't harde-haven't tried tocmbarrass Cowboy backers with tales ofL extracurricular pass patterns or Craig Morton's psycholc-The psycholc-The oddsmakers have contributed to this milieu of - calling the game even, which was a rare bit of sentiir vultures of Vegas. It remains for us to give you the ston will see Sunday. It all comes down to a showdown between Unitas-defense. Unitas-defense. That is not to say that Baltimore's defense can Is' Colt defense is very good, and even though the Dallas resembles racing slicks on a snow plow in terms of its r will basically be Unitas, Jefferson and Hinton versus Ul,: Renfro. I have been watching Johnny Unitas play footb ' as long as I have been watching Perry Mason on the tube -those years it has become an accepted fact that both ' pull it out at the end. Unitas has so much savvy that no ' can tell how the opposing middle linebacker's marital i the way he lines up. His arm has been less than intirnik he can still flutter it there when it matters. In Utah's It 2nd Eddie Hinton, John Mackey, Ray Perkins and Jirniriii good a set of receivers as there is in football. They do not: speed, but they run great patterns and make the big pis year, his offensive line has given him excellent prole, must do Sunday if Baltimore has any hopes of winning ! running attack should cease to be effective about the opening whistle, and this will set the script for most of the Dallas has, on the other hand, probably the finest i since the Bears' great defense of the early 60's and it c than that. Baltimore should not get more than 50 yards ru They will force Unitas to start passing early. Their passu: from Lilly, Andrie and Pugh, that their linebackers selfc to blitz. Against a strong pass rush, a smart quarterback goe;: screen passes, but with no blitzing the linebackers can;; even and stop both. Chuck Howley and Lee Roy Jordar pass defenders and should cover the Colt backs elfe fact, is such a strong pass-rusher that several years ago Dl started sending game films to the Referee's Association s often he was held. After several weeks, one of the it: Cowboy official that it was useless to send the films since; that holding Lilly was fair since it made things even. Dallas also has three All-Pros in thesecondary,G Adderley, who make passing a hazardous activity. Brodie passing for 229 yards against them last week, which is: only a little over 1 0 yards per pass and a bad day for him' games, Dallas has given up one touchdown, and W Baltimore should be able to get. In terms of what Dallas will do against the Colt defer, quite sure. Football purists still question whether a lea championship with plays called from the bench. It is certain, however, that they will probably go awy Smith, who frequently looks as though he camedow1 league to play with everyone. Baltimore plays a zone dt secondary, and Hayes' speed and quickness coupled with of their two tight ends, Norman and Ditka, should gi; opportunities to complete a few passes. The Cowboys . with a running attack, mostly in the form of Duane TnoW gives them some balance. . , Both defenses are so good that one cannot iign' turn-overs. Dallas, with Thomas' running, should be able turn-over when Baltimore can't. On the basis of the a they beat Detroit and San Francisco to get there, D ai the grand old men and finally win the big one bysom |