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The University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, February 1, 2000
Super Bowl XXXIV
Vermeil emotional after Rams' win
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — Yes, Dick Vermeil cried.
A day after his team's Super Bowl victory, he spoke of his late mother Alice and how she was sure he would one day come back and coach an NFL champion team
Other Super Bowl coaches han dled these day-after news confer ences their own way:
Mike Ditkas complained about voters choosing the wrong MVP; Bill Walsh lobbed for George Seifert to succeed him as 49ers' coach; Bill Parcells suggested that for him to lose a few pounds was like throwing a deck chair off the Titanic.
Not Vermeil.
The 63-year-old coach was not about to be flippant at a time like this. This was supposed to be a man too old for the job.
This old-school coach sheds tears when he cuts players, when he discusses their injuries — even when something good happens to them.
Yesterday was no exception
He spoke not only about his mother, but also about a quarterback falling through cracks and a gamesaving tackle that gave the St. Louis Rams — 4-12 a year ago — a 23-16 Super Bowl victory against the Tennessee Titans.
He acknowledged that Kurt Warner, the first player since Steve Young five years ago to be both regular-season and Super Bowl MVP, was the kind of quarterback who didn't get a fair shake in the NFL.
Indeed, Warner needed luck to make it, coming out of Iowa via the Arena League and NFL Europe. But it wasn't luck that resulted in 414 yards passing, including a 73-yard strike to Isaac Bruce with 1:54 left that turned out to be the winner.
Warner inherited the job when Trent Green, their off season freeagent acquisition, went down with a season-ending knee injury in the third game.
down passes, joining Dan Marino as the only quarterbacks in NFL history to throw for more than 40 in a season. Warner was the overwhelming choice for league MVP.
He proceeded to throw 41 touch
"From a quarterback standpoint, it's easier to fall through the cracks," Vermeil said. "Teams tend to line up their."
rarely gets the opening. He's just there to throw balls in practice."
He did a lot more than that Sunday in one of those Super Bowls that will be remembered for decades.
Tennessee trailed 16-0 with 20 minutes to go but rallied and tied the game with 2 minutes, 12 seconds left. Eighteen seconds later, Warner and Bruce connected.
Then the Titans drove back. But the game ended with the Rams' Mike Jones clinging to Kevin Dyson's legs at the 1-yard line as time expired.
"I've given it thought," Vermeil said yesterday. "If I say I'm definitely coming back and change my mind, you'll say You lying son of a gun." I'm not going to be trapped."
So no wonder Warner and Vermeil, both exhausted, seemed more relieved than exhilarated.
Vermiln now faces the inevitable questions about whether he might quit and hand the team to offensive coordinator Mike Martz. He has two more years left on his contract
Vermell's wife has said she would like him to retire. But Vermell is not the sort to easily abandon the sidelines.
So he and Warner might be able to do an encore. And given the state of the NFC, the Rams could well be back in the Super Bowl next year in Tampa, Fla.
Tennessee confident about next season
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — The Tennessee Titans, no longer the NFL's nomads, introduced themselves to the country in the franchise's first Super Bowl.
And coach Jeff Fisher said yesterday this team didn't plan on going away anytime soon.
"This is a team that came from nowhere and did things no one expected us to do this year," he said. "Now we'll be respected and perceived around the league as a team to be contended with the next few years."
The Titans had a chance to force overtime as time expired Sunday night. But Kevin Dyson's right arm couldn't stretch the last yard into the end zone after he caught a pass, and the St. Louis Rams held on for
"We ran out of time," Fisher said. Running back Edie George and
Running back be safety Blaine Bishop, carted off the field with a strained neck and pinched nerve, said the loss would provide incentive
"We can fold our tents or go into camp and not say anything and just go with the flow and work harder than we have before." George said.
The Titans have every reason to think they can return to the Super Bowl next season.
They are a young team led by quarterback Steve McNair, McNair put the Titans in position to tie.
score after he drove the length of the field in the final two minutes
George rushed for 1,304 yards this season and was a threat catching the ball out of the backfield. Jevon Kearse led the AFC with 14 1/2 sacks.
But Fisher said the Titans had work to do. A young secondary, which gave up the winning 73-yard TD pass to Isaac Bruce with two minutes left, must improve. The receivers, who caught only eight of McNair's 22 passes, struggled with Yancey Thigpen out with a broken foot.
Fisher hopes to keep his coaching staff. He also wants more depth and must resign right tackle Jon Runyan, who will become a free agent next week. Linebacker Joe Bowden is another top priority along with tight end Jackie Harris
and backup quarterback Nell O'Donnell, if he agrees to stay.
The top priority for owner Bud Adams and president Jeff Diamond will be signing Fisher to a contract extension. His contract has one year left.
Fisher said everything in the Super Bowl went just as they expected. The Titans held the Rams to field attempts on their first five trips inside the 20 and limited Marshall Faulk to 10 carries for 17 vards.
But Tennessee didn't get the two things that had gotten them to the Super Bowl: sacks and turnovers.
The Titans set a club record with 54 sacks during the regular season and were second in the NFL in turnover margin. That had helped them win eight games, including two in the playoffs, in which they were outgained on offense.
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