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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (59432)	5/15/1999 3:01:00 PM
From: KM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

That Buffalo game has to be the worst choke in Houston history, if you don't count the UH-Notre Dame Cotton Bowl (Montana - remember?) or maybe the Astros' el foldos in the 1980 and 1986 National League Championship series (the 1980 tank led by Nolan Ryan), or possibly Phi Slamma Jama getting kicked in two consecutive Final Four games by Georgetown and NC State. Or maybe, that inspired drafting of Ralph Sampson instead of Michael Jordan by the Rockets. Remember this quote, "Last year, we knocked on the door. This year, we beat on the door. Next year, we're gonna kick the sonofabitch in!" (Bum Phillips, 1980 after the Oilers lost their second consecutive league championship game to the Pittsburgh Steelers). To be a Houston sports fan is to know endless disappointment. Truff

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (59432)	5/15/1999 3:17:00 PM
From: John Pitera	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

ROTFLMAO....the Manilla Folders. A real Gem. I remember after game 2 of the Rockets first champion season, the Chronicle had a Huge Headline Choke City...their was total outrage and dejection on the part of the press and the fans and then a couple of games later and It's Clutch City . That was one of the biggest swings in mass psychology that I have seen in a city and a sporting community. The oilers disappointing in the post season all of those years helped to set up the defeatist mentality. The last playoff game in 1993 when they had gone from 1-5 to 12 and 4 to finish the season, and then to be up at half time 20-10 against KC in the 2nd round, only to have Joe Montana pull the last rabbit out of his magic hat... oh the woes of the Houston fan. Are you one of the rare breed of Native Houstonians? John