There's so much emotion for this game, I suspect if Tampa Bay gets a break early they could blow it open. And if they don't, they'll grind it out to a narrow win.

If Oakland catches an early break, Tampa Bay has shown it can come back quite nicely, thank you. Don't know that Oakland can do that.

However, I don't bet, not because I don't like winning. I don't like losing, and I'm not good at this sort of thing. We'll see.

I'd forgotten about Belitnikoff smoking until last night when a bunch of us were talking. (Contrast that with Jerry Rice.) The folks in those days were a bit different. Remember that gut Sonny Jurgenson dragged around for 12 games a season (though not for Oakland)? I suspect he was NEVER sober.

Arf (they don't make 'em like they used to, and a damned good thing it is!)