Football

It is interesting to read the impressions of events at that time and what we know about them now. For example, a Riley column during the Lewinsky scandal and the HR chase between Sosa & McGwire. He labeled the HR chase the only thing that is pure going on in America at the time.

Anyways, I remember reading about the 4 teams that first round byes for the 97-98 playoffs and that article reminded me of it by saying the 49ers have more rushing attempts than passing attempts. 3 of those 4 teams had more rushing attempts than passing attempts, Chiefs, Steelers, & 49ers. Only the Packers had more passing attempts but they still ran the ball a lot w/ Dorsey Levens. It had a stat, 9 out of the last 10 SB champions (at the time) had more rushing yards than their opponent. The last 10 out of 10 NFC Champions had more rushing yards in that game.

Jerome Bettis made two predictions that turned out to be accurate in that article. The AFC would end its 13-year losing streak in the Super Bowl and a running back would be MVP in that game. However, I think he was talking about himself.