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Show cs The Salt Lake Tribune SUPER BOWL Sunday, January28, 1996 pa eS e Steelers WhenPittsburgh has the ball offense Cornerback B Wide receiver or: aH 14 0'Donnell \ 5 Running back 20 Pegram ‘ ay kle ie aaeeon 31 Marion 5 a 1 Guard 22 Smith 2 ‘a 4 48 Johnston: ¥Center i Kennard er Tackle Guard \ 92 Tolbert }/ yypyvy SOURCE: Knight Riddow them the chance to @ Continued From C-1 hardly pounds, dainty Myfather turned them down himself at 330 “Andnowit’s not a fine line anymore between loving and hating the Cowboys. You either love themorhate them If Pittsburgh plays we! likely to be a good game Steelers’ blowout isn't as one by the Cowboys it So are the their third title their shoulders The Steelers are relatively Salt Lake City. And Dallas is beatable The Cowboys lost Toughduty. eh? says “Well, I wasn't But 200-pounders wreaked havoc. “The NFL had Never a greater manput onthis earth,” says Farmer. “You know that man never made a dime on sports until TV and the 1970s Steeler glory days.” Farmerscoffs at any attention about his career. “I was only average . player. My biggest in threecars. hands wrapped in adhesive. One down in his ‘41 Chevy. chop to the chin and I’m out cold. Turns out they had a three inch- was a little-known Farmer player for Clemson University in South Car olina. But he was 6-foot-2 and weighed 215 pounds And the Steelers were looking for a half-dozen good 215-pound ers. “It was no big deal that I land long piece of iead wrapped up in there Nobody stayed out of the lineup long. A minute was a long time. Cowboys’ driving sel in my nose and thought for Francisco team playing ‘vithout Steve Young: andlost in Philzdelphia They'vealso been beset ali sea- son bydistractions. Punter lege coachin over his head. Hired in March 1994 Few doubt Dallas is the most after The Steelers are pretty good too A teamthat usedto be content nothing less than a Super Bow] to send a running back up the relationship with Aikman is tion to say almostall of the 29 other owners will join the fans in shaky rooting for Pittsburgh just one thing andthat’s winning football games,” Aikman said Someof those folks might even be rooting against Switzer, per: ceived by detractors to bea col- talented teamin football Jones and Jimmy Johnson had their much-publicized divorce, Switzer came in knowing that vietory was acceptable. It's probably not an exaggera- | 27 Williams 3 Stark “Coach Switzer and I are after That's about as far as ourrelationship goes. middle for 4 yards and a turf burn, the Steelers opened up thi year after that 3-4 start. The sometimes usefive wide receiy ers, occasionally even spreading out quarterback Neil O'Donnell when Stewart drops back to quar terback. PEt,(vei(ae Ali Signs Point To Savings! LARGE SELECTION OF SUNFIRES ARRIVING DAILY from?42, GES Phoenix limousine. in a “Guys MSRP $16,309 Net after rebate like that they're ready for a fall, like those ss A bigheads in Columbia.” Whichis Farmer's way ofpick- ing his beloved Steelers today in Super Bow] XXX. “Stop [Emmitt] Air, Spoiler, CD & more Smith and make[Troy] Aikman leather helmet, ask my mom where | went after Washington, which won only four other games: lost 38-20 to a San ' Cornerback star Nate Newton is around $1.000-a-day used to mark the field. I've had that stuff get into a rupturedves- Tight end eee traveled to TheCitadel stand choking on the limethey eda spot. Nobody wasexactly ex cited back home. People would Sree ey 4 / Lh Wide receiver KL. apirvin Helaughs when reminded that pass. 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Pleasant High[S.C.] team against those big Class A Hell-raisers. Foul-mouthed guys.” Some things never change I wouldn't say we had dirty fighters. But I often received chinners from guys who hadtheir Linebacker three touchdowns for mylittle raw-boned mud_ fighters then. warring factions in Europe Long before he began tooling 39 Perry | 1 thrill in sports was whenI scored when hefrolicked on the nation’s cocked to developments from the to throughthepain, then a deepdevotion to owner Art Rooney was dance as he recounts the days gridirons while keeping an ear twice torch up there getting tackled by 300-pounders: and I didn’t have to block 300pound defenders either. Vitamins weren't real big then.” Neither were steroids. enough oftheir last 11 games But if making car payments wasn't enoughincentive to play called middle guards then,” Farmer's eyes stay with Dallas. sure someonewas aiming a blow back anda linebacker — we were He's now 81 and a full-time con sultant for The Home Depot in Maybe, maybe not ‘He’s tion with a man in motion, players went both ways. “I was a running a foxtail on the antenna. All for $630. knee Another mismatch? In those would say, full-time. were popularizing the T-forma- Chevyconvertible — loaded with ter reconstructive surgery on his a blue-collar team days of the single wing. just about the time George Halas’ Bears the WPA. In 1941, my $2,000 con. tract with the Steelers got me a Lloyd. @ Kordell Stewart, a rookie nicknamed “Slash” because he plays quarterback /widereceiverrunning back @ Rod Woodson, asix-time Pro Bowl cornerback who will attempt to play just four monthsaf- After starting 3-4, they won 10 field. Working @ Continued From C-1 backers Kevin Greene and Greg on their helmets and on This is a team with stars on the working in Pittsburgh Recalls Tough Days in NFL whose The Nasty Boys, outside line- It might be closer than most people think There's something about these Steelers that indicates they can “America’s Team college and Steeler city But these are the Cowboys of Aikman Deion Sanders Emmitt Smith and Michael Irvin. anonymous. point favorite blue-collar best-knownplayers are becamethe sec Troy they're a 132 in four years. Still So Staubach’s Cowboys, who ouldn't quite penetrate the ond-choice bed Mavbe that’s because the NFC’s Cowboys, seeking said Dan Rooney. the team’s lowprofile owner. 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