Hi Ed!
 EG> Please refrain from using high ascii characters. Even though it's
 EG> 1997, there are still people out there using non-IBM machines that
 EG> don't like them very well.
Oops! Ok I'll try not to use them, but forgive if I forget some time to erase 
the opening question mark. It's just my template and I'm to lazy to change 
it. :)
 SK>> Panthers' success last year was only because of their luck....
 EG> The Panthers were very real. It was a lot more than luck that got
 EG> them where they were. They scored 149 more points than their
 EG> opponents last year -- second to Green Bay. Heck, they were 3-2 in
 EG> games decided by 6 or less points and 9-2 in games decided by 10 or
 EG> more (Jacksonville was 6-3/2-2 in the same such circumstances).
 EG> That's hardly the kind of stats that you'd say belonged to a lucky
 EG> team.
I say that those stats belong to a team with a lucky schedule, that had a 
couple of great games last season (unfortunately, against the 49ers) and was 
helped by an awful season of Dallas and SF.
Saludos,
                                        Sebastian Kessel.
                                         skessel@usa.net
... everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
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