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It’s time to kick back and watch the Bolts ow that llit* Super Bowl matchup is set. it’s tirn** X a for NFL luii far and ->* Ida lo i elebrnte Celebrate what, you say’ 1 know that all thus** Cowboy fans out there are probably in no mood for festivities considering tin* foul ending lo lh**ir first year under the gmdam e of head conch Marry Swit/nr Hut con trary to popular b*tli«*(, thorn is lifo beyond tint boys from Big I) Speaking strictly os a fan, it is a pleasant surprise to see the San Diego Chargers represent the AFC in the biggest game of the season. Not since the IPtitt New York Jets has then* l»*«»ri such a dei id ed underdog in the Super Bowl And it doesn't lake a nw ket sci entist to figure out what hap Chris Mktv petted in (hat garni’ 1 can certainly empathize with the idea that the last weekend's Dallaa-San From im o game was an important game, important enough for Sports Illustrated to label it is the real Su[>er Bowl But as far as I can tell, the 4‘ters thumped the Cowboys pretty good Actually, the Cow boys did a dandy job of beating themselves with an impressive array of early turnover* on the quagmire at Candlestii k Park Enough Cowboy bashing though It's very refreshing to si1*' the Chargers make it to their first Super How! if not just bet ause, tili.iliy. NK1 bin-. Hr t;> ir.-(i 0 the messy blue anti red mas s.u.re* that have taken place in the last four NK1. Champi onships A round of applause is In order for the Buffalo Hills in recognition of their efforts above and beyond the threshold of pain Not sim w a Richard Sim mons visit to the Lite Sluin' with l * ;i i / h-t!r: :n h is there '.. such a blatant display of disre spect for the human spirit as there has been in letting the Hills into the big game for four straight vcars without a win So tins year, instead of ready ing ourselves to once again fool sorry for the Hills and their cast of postseason undent! hiovers. yvo fans can oat, drink and he nierrv knowing full well that the 4‘ters are going to pound the hv ing daylights out of the C hargers anyway I'm not so red-hot on the 1A-20-point spread, hut if things go according to my Tin - mo Super Howl on Nintendo (4'ters win 42-13), there could be some happy gamhltng -t'ler fans stumbling around on Super Howl Sunday For (Iregon fans, the game fea turvs three ex Ducks, at least on the sidelines Frit Castle figures to see pot kets of time In the San Turn to METZ, Pmjo 12 Oregon’s other basketball team overcoming obscurity PORTLAND (API For years. the Portland Pilots have played, and usually lost, in relative obscurity. They are Oregon's "other” college basket ball team, and they never attracted much attention to their picturesque campus on the bluff above the Willamette River in north Portland Until now The Pilots are off to an li t start under first-year coach Rob Chavez anil, for the first time to tire school's history, opened their West Coast Conference season with two road wins and look, to lump their record per fect with home games against St Mary s Thursday night and Santa f.'lara Saturday night. Tin surprised probably more than any thing of how quickly our kids are picking up our system,” Chavez said. That system is pressure defense and Iran sition offense. “Everything is spawned off our defense,” center Kurt Kantn said. "Wo just play tough. aggressive out-in-thu land dofen so that i re atea a lot of turnovers and easy transition baskets ' Chavez, 36, took over after evi’ortland Trail Blazer lairry Steele was fired Inst year, Chavez compiled a 1 tt• 24 record at Chemeketn Community College in Salem Indore leaving to coach at Maryland ! astern Shore in llt*)2 His first Maryland team was 12-i'c and his set one) w as lt>-12, the school's first win ning season in 13 years as an NCAA Division I school Kanta. a fifth-year senior, says the differ ence between Steele's regime and life under Chavez is discipline. "Coach Steele knew the game ns well as Coach Chavez." Kanta said "it’s just that he tried to implement it in a way that a pro coach would use with pro players I don't think it worked at the collage level Chavez had 10 prove he meant what he Mid Al tM point he kopt star forward Canaan Chatman out of the starting lineup for one game for missing a team meal "It's hard when you've got some guvs in the program who are used to having their way," Raida said ' He knew that and instead of just trying to change it night and day, he make* corrective steps in little amounts ” Chavez said he understands how difficult it has been for Chatman and guard Kay Ross, who started their careers at Oregon State, then transferred to junior college Indore moving to the Pilots "1 tlnnk they have adjusted extremely well." Chaver said I tfiink I'm their fifth coach in five years They've lieen bouni ed around a lot from coaching staff to coaching staff " Chatman is averaging 1H points and fid rebounds |wr game Ranta is averaging t > l) point* and ti t rebounds per contest. Turn to PILOTS, Pa )« 12 Charger fans anxiously wait for chance at Super Bowl tickets SAN D1K(X) (AP) — \V ml lies day was T-Doy for thousands of season-ticket holders, the momentous day they found out whether they were selected to buy tickets to see tfieir beloved San Diego Chargers play in tfieir first Super Bowl For many, there was disap pointment For the i hosen few thousand, there was glee at get ting a chance to see the Chargers play the heavily-favored San I mm isi o 4‘iers in Miami on Jan. 29. "God, ! was nervous," said Timm Teach of San Diego, w ho went to the Chargers' ticket office at Jack Murphy Stadium and calmly absorbed the news that his name was chosen in a computer lottery to buy two tickets for $200 apiece. "I don't know what to say," said Tesch, who quickly real ized his good fortune. "! get face value, whereas some people are paying $1,000 apiece I've got reservations for two with a bro ker for $900 apie< e I'll call the guy back and politely tell him to keep his tickets " Two of Tesch's friends also are season-ticket holders One SUPER BOWL. 49ers vs. Chargers JANUARY 29, 1995 got lit Lets, the other didn’t. Ur might have to ilVlVl! the women at home,” said Tesch, who's hod ins season tickets for nine years 'We’ll have to han dle that delicately." The (Chargers conducted the lottery Sunday night after San Diego upset liie Pittsburgh Steal ers 17-13 at Three Rivers Stadi um. The lottery was based on longevity, meaning a person who held season tickets since 1961. the Chargers' first year in San Diego, had 34 chances Letters were mailed on Tues day to notify the 4,500 lucky season-ticket holders that they could buy two tickets apiece. Many, like Tes< h. were loo impatient to wait for the mail ana headed for the stadium "I didn't want to wait," Teach said "I couldn't wait." Ron Tuck, director of tit Wet operations, said reactions were obvious. "Disappointment if they didn't get them, or ecstasy, lumping up and down, scream ing and hollering if they did " By midday, at least 300 peo ple had called the ticket off it e For the majority, the news wasn't good "We didn't get any I'm very cranky," said Cathie Fryer of Orange County, whose father first bought season tickets when the Chargers moved from l.os Angeles in 1961 to play in San Diego's Balboa Stadium For Fryer and her husband, Steve, it yvas a double loss Besides the account her father opened in 1961, they bought more tic kets when the stadium was expanded in 1983. Ceding tickets through the lot tery was the only realistic way of going to the game And the odds were slim. Ron Tuck, director of tii ket operations, said the Chargers have 16,700 season-ticket accounts, fur a total of 4H.OOO season seats "VVr worn hoping to got thorn." fry or said ''We've (men fans forovor. and unfortunatoly. wo rn not tho type of fans who turn pay $1,000 a In lot '! talked to a couple of othor poopltr and thoy said. Cathie, that’s tho way tho Super Bowl is People are going to pay > 1 ,OtH) a ticket Fryer works for a travel agency in the l.os Angeles area, hut tho agency did not buy Suj>or Bowl to kots and shu said she'd have to go through a hro ker to get some Despite her disappointment, ' I will always cheer for my beloved Chargers." Fryer said So will Test h, who was off to make travel arrangements He had heard it might take four or five days after the Su|M>r Bowl to get a return flight from Miami. "It'll be well worth it." he said. "It's a once in a lifetime thing This is the very first time they've gone, and I've never been to a Super Bowl." And he thinks the Chargers are going to upset the 40ers. 2-4 17. January 19. 1995 Volume '*». InMie SO The Super Bow! Matchup Chargers-49ers Series History 6y The Associated Press 49ers lead senes 4-3 (Home Team In CAPS) 19?? SAN f RANG I SCO 34 San Osgo 3 1976 SAN DIEGO 13 San f ranctSCO 7, OT 1979 SAN DIEGO 31 San I rancisco 9 198? San Oogo 41 SAN FRANCISCO 37 1988 iOn Framasco 48. SAN DIE. GO 10 1991 SAN f RANCISCO 34 >. i1' t 1 * ■ )< > ! 4 1994 San I rancisco 38, SAN DIE GO IS Super Bowl Facts and Figures At SIAM Nation.)’ f oottrail l eague CHumpt Otaitup lor (ha Vince LomOar tli trophy PARTtCIPANIS San Diego Chargers (AFC) and i t rant o -Piers (NFC) I hit, wilt be the hr st appear ance tor San 0<ogo and ttre fifth for $an FranctSCO Slfl J- *• Robbie Si ad i uni. M am This s the :,n oho game to be played at Jots Robb»e Stadium and the sixth n Miami St AIINU CAPA(STY 74 500 KICKOFF 6 18pm Eastern Standard Time Nf I WORK COVt RAGl Ry ARC. fv to approximately ?26 stations and throughout the United States pius Puerto Rico, Bermuda. Bahamas, a; d A:-* ; ,,i By CBS Radio to more than 375 stations within in ttie United States The Armed Forces Teievison and Radio Network will also provide broadcast through out the world The game will be distrib uted internationally by the Nf l and ESPN International to more than 150 countries The game telecast wilt include '8 cameras (includ ing three super slo-mos). five hand field (including two super slo-mos) two blimp cameras, two remote pan and tilt cameras on the goal posts, and 70 videotape tape machines Former umpire dies at his N.Y. home ENDICOTT. N Y (AP) for mer major league umpire Ron Luciano was found dead Wednesday »n me garage of his ftome f te was 57 Police said Luc>ano was discovered at about 3 50 p m m the garage area of his home in Ended!, just west of Binghamton Luciano wrote a book about his baseball experi ences, The Umpire Slnkes deck, m 198?
