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Show The Best Thing About USFL Is Tampa Bay By PETE FRITCHIE The best thing about the new United States Football League may be the Tampa Bay Ban-dits Ban-dits not the New Jersey Generals Gen-erals and much-publicized Herschcl Walker. THE GENERALS' Walker hasn't done much (though he still might) but the Bandits have set a high standard for a first-year team in a new league. 'Hi at was evident in their game with another of the better teams in the USFL, the Philadelphia Phi-ladelphia Stars. As they have done consistently, the Bandits in that game continued their awesome offense and high scoring and, it must be said, their attack adds much to the new league's image. COACH Steve Spuricr might not have a team that could play the Buccaneers even today hut he has made offense that would make the j Bandits a threat, an interesting adversary, lor a few ol' the NFL's teams-right now. That is unexpected ol'a first-year first-year team, especially in a completely com-pletely new league. But quarterback quar-terback John Reaves has made the Bandits a legitimate team in a few short weeks. IF HE'S lost, the team may not he deep enough to retain that standard. As Ion,, as Reaves is healthy, his passing promises inloicsliiiK games' 1 and high scoring and that's what any new league badly needs. The Stars are also an in-leresling in-leresling team, with Kelvin Bryant running and Chuck Fnsina or his backup Jim Krolin passing. Philadelphia is a solid team and likely to he heard from. Till''. STARS came back and almost caught the Bandits in their recent game. They may be the league's best teams. |