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To: Thomas M. who wrote (2821)	10/11/1999 11:54:00 AM
From: V.	Respond to of 45644

Native Americans have filed a court action to prevent the Cleveland Indians and other sport teams from using the term "Indians". The National Football League recently announced a new era. From now on, no offensive team names will be permitted. While the owners of the team rush to change uniforms and such, the National Football League announced yesterday its name changes and schedules for the '99 season: The Washington Native Americans will host the New York Very Tall People on opening day. Other key games include the Dallas Western-Style Laborers hosting the St. Louis Wild Endangered Species, and the Minnesota Plundering Norsemen taking on the Green Bay Meat Industry Workers. In Week 2, there are several key matchups, highlighted by the showdown between the San Francisco Precious Metal Enthusiasts and the New Orleans Pretty Good People. The Atlanta Birds of Prey will play host to the Philadelphia Birds of Prey, while the Seattle Birds of Prey will visit the Phoenix Male Finches. The Monday night game will pit the Miami Pelagic Percoid Food Fishes against the Denver Untamed Beasts of Burden. The Cincinnati Large Bangladeshi Carnivorous Mammals will travel to Tampa Bay for a clash with the West Indies Free Booters later in Week 9. And the Detroit Large Carnivorous Cats will play the Chicago Large Mountain Mammals. Week 9 also features the Indianapolis Young Male Horses at the New England Zealous Lovers of Our Country. :) [author unknown to me]

To: Thomas M. who wrote (2821)	10/11/1999 7:56:00 PM
From: DSPetry	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 45644

I caught the end of the Eagles game, and the crowd was infectious. The display of the Philadelphia fans towards Michael Irvin was attrocious...No matter how much of a rivalry there is, there's never an excuse to applaud an injury I lost a lot of respect for the city of Philadelphia, and their fans yesterday Dave

To: Thomas M. who wrote (2821)	10/12/1999 2:12:00 AM
From: Andy Thomas	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 45644

Hi Tom, What's your take on the upcoming Rams>ATL game? Buchanan said Bruce was the most difficult wideout he's had to cover. Divisonal/Conference Update: After 5 weeks, the best division by far is the AFC East, with a 14-9 record, or .609. The NFC Central and AFC West are tied for second at 12-11 or .522. This is about how it went for all of last season. The NFC East has moved up from being the worst division to being the 4th best division at this point, sitting at 11-12 or .477. The NFC West is at 10-12/.455 and the AFC Central is at 13-17/.433. In the inter-conference play the AFC has an edge at 39-37 versus 33-35 for the NFC. It looks like last year a bit; the NFC has the best record, but the AFC has more teams in the middle. After you set aside the 4-0 Rams, the AFC has 4 teams at each 4-1 and 3-1. The NFC has only 3 3-1 teams, and no 4-1 teams. So the NFC has the star team while the AFC has more overall power. It's interesting to see the NFC is East is "Least" no longer; at "least" for the time being. **** People have to be wondering what the Jets were thinking when they let Foley go. He's 1-0 as a starter for the Seahawks with a QB rating of over 100, and engineered about 350 yards of second half offense in that road win over the Bears. Holmgren has done some great stuff at GM; the Galloway situation notwithstanding. I did not know the Jags had such an impressive defense. Coughlin was playing percentages just like the announcers said. By the end of the game Keyshon was completely frustrated. Mirer has this bad habit of throwing a number of passes, each about .3 seconds late, or high, or into deadly double and triple coverage. He still doesn't "see the field," and that element which made him so dangerous as a rookie at Seattle - the scramble for yardage - seems missing from his game. I don't know if Parcells is telling him never to run, but sometimes a lane opens up and he never takes it. He is better than he was at Seattle, but still not very good at this level. I would take the Seahawks' backup over Mirer any day. FWIW Andy