Johnson Calls Super Bowl: Jones Will Be Difference Against Raiders

Jimmy Johnson, in his new job as a studio analyst for the Fox Network, didn’t wait long to needle Cowboy owner Jerry Jones.

The former Dallas coach predicted that the Cowboys will lose to the Raiders in the next Super Bowl, and blames the loss on Jones.

“I see the Raiders and the Cowboys in the Super Bowl. I see it being a tight ballgame, with the Cowboys being penalized for having 12 men on the field--the 12th being Jerry Jones--putting the Raiders in field position, kicking the field goal. Raiders win it.”

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Trivia time: Since the creation of the Heisman Trophy in 1935, only five ends, wide receivers or flankers have won the award. Can you identify them?

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Raider hater: Gary Plummer, San Francisco 49ers’ linebacker and a native of Fremont, Calif., said he grew up hating the Raiders.

“I just never liked them” Plummer told Vito Stellino of the Baltimore Sun. “(George) Atkinson and (Jack) Tatum and those guys. They had cheap shots going on back then and the guys they have now have tried to mold themselves after that.”

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Overkill: At halftime of a 1916 game against Cumberland, Georgia Tech Coach John Heisman reportedly told his players: “You can’t tell what those Cumberland players have up their sleeves.”

Georgia Tech led, 126-0, and went on to win, 222-0.

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Dangerous weapon: Senior PGA Tour player Dave Stockton on his golf game, as told to Dan Barreiro of the Star Tribune of Minneapolis:

“My strengths are my mental ability and my putting. I’m not a big driver and I can’t pound ‘em into the ground, but nobody is going to be very confident against me if I have a putter in my hand.”

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Appropriate: Calvin Allen, a New Mexico offensive lineman, is 6-feet-7 and 363 pounds. His nickname? The Eclipse.

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Clip and save: A harsh analysis of the AFC West race by Bernie Lincicome of the Chicago Tribune:

“Now that Howie Long is retired, the Raiders no longer have any players who were in Oakland, though their manners are the same.

“San Diego is the NFL’s best-kept secret. John Elway has a whole bunch of new Broncos to drop his passes.

“The Seahawks don’t have a dome to pity in. Without Joe Montana, the Chiefs are dust mites and Montana will not make it to October.”

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Looking back: On this day in 1975, Chris Evert won her first of six singles titles in the U.S. Open with a 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Evonne Goolagong Cawley.

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Trivia answer: Larry Kelly, Yale, 1936; Leon Hart, Notre Dame, 1949; Johnny Rodgers, Nebraska, 1972; Tim Brown, Notre Dame, 1987, and Desmond Howard, Michigan, 1991.

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Quotebook: Notre Dame football Coach Lou Holtz: “The only important thing about time of possession is who gets to keep the ball after the game is over.”