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Wednesday, January 11, 1995
NFL PLAYOFF PREVIEW
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Dallas hopes to win third straight title
The Associated Press
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Michael Irvin has put the Dallas Cowboys in the prediction business, guaranteeing another win over San Francisco in the NFC title game. The 49ers say their answer will come on game day.
"He might be trying to take one of those pages out of Jimmy Johnson's book," San Francisco linebacker Ken Norton Jr. said. "They pulled something like that last year. Apparently it worked. So hev, whnnot try it again?"
Norton, who joined San Francisco as a free agent, was a member of the Dallas team that backed Johnson's brash guarantee by beating the 49ers 38-21 en route to a second straight Super Bowl victory.
Barry Switzer is now coaching the Cowboys in place of Johnson, who quit after a falling out with club
owner Jerry Jones. But Irvin didn't hesitate to turn to the psychological play, saying the Cowboys would beat San Francisco, period, when the teams meet Sunday at Candlestick in a third straight title matchup.
"They can talk. We can talk until we're black and blue in the face," Norton said. "If there's talking going on on the field, that's one thing. But as far as talking during the week, that's all good for writing things like that, but we know the game is played on the field."
Last year, the 49ers did not react with such confidence. They seemed taken aback by Johnson's remarks, and San Francisco players, looking for a way to respond, lost their cool in a pregame trash-talking match with some of the Cowboys.
This time, the 49ers say, they won't let the Cowboys' talk get them riled.
Noah Musser/KANSAN
Steelers may win AFC championship Sunday
The Associated Press
PITTSBURGH — There are no Jerry Rices or Michael Irvins in this game. There are plenty of power runners and bruising blockers and massive tight ends.
Somehow, things can work out that way when so much attention is paid elsewhere.
But game-breaking receivers? No way.
Which means that San Diego's Mark Seay or Pittsburgh's Ernie Marsj might come up with a decisive play in Sunday's AFC championship game.
"That would be fine," said Mills, who has had some of his best performances in playoff games, including five catches for 117 yards in the rout of Cleveland last Saturday. "The end result is what counts, though. We're all rewarded if we win. We play this game for us to win, and whatever gives us the best chance to win, we'll do."
Mills made only 19 receptions this season.
although he averaged a team-high, 20.2 yards per catch.
The Steelers used a four-man rotation, with Andre Hastings and rookie Charles Johnson, their No. I pick, playing the first and third quarters, Mills and Yancey Thigpen the second and fourth periods.
On Nov. 27, however, the rotation was scrapped and all four receivers were used in various situations the rest of the way.
Fullback John L. Williams led the Steelers in receptions with 51, mostly on flare patterns and screens.
Tight end Eric Green was next with 46, followed by Johnson (38) and Thiggen (36). Frequent passing simply doesn't fit this team's profile.
"We know what to expect in this type of offense," said Mills, a 4-year veteran from Florida who played in a similar attack for most of his college days. "But I think we all can go deep, we all can make the clutch catches."
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