He Knew There Was Something Fishy About Team

Woody Paige of the Denver Post ridiculing the Miami Dolphins before Saturday’s game with the Broncos:

“The Mahi-Mahis are looking for bulletin board material. Well, stick the following in your blowhole Miami: BRONCOS 35, DULLFINS 0.

“Miami’s defense is called the new ‘No-Name Defense’ because not even [Jimmy] Johnson can remember the names of the defensive players.”

“My friend Edwin Pope, columnist for the Miami Herald, three weeks ago proclaimed that [Dan] Marino is superior to John Elway. The only ring Marino has is around his bathtub.”

Woody didn’t have to eat crow and he had the right point spread as the Broncos routed the Dullfins, er, Dolphins, 38-3.

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Trivia time: What was Atlanta Falcon Coach Dan Reeves’ defining moment as an NFL player?

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No validity: Several of the Chicago Bears said they were sorry to see Coach Dave Wannstedt fired.

Comment from Bernie Lincicome of the Chicago Tribune: “How valuable is a vote of confidence from a 4-12 team? That’s like a gelding endorsing the surgeon.”

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Backward marksman: Mark Rodenhauser, Pittsburgh Steeler long-snapper, is so accurate he can snap a football through a basketball hoop.

Rodenhauser said he learned to do it while growing up in Chicago, and he was accurate enough, he said, to make two of 10 from full court and six of 10 from half court.

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Too late: Ken Rosenthal of the Baltimore Sun on losing Florida State quarterback Marcus Outzen in last Monday’s college football championship game:

“His nickname is Rooster, in tribute to his red buzz cut. Alas, the game was played in prime time, not the crack of dawn.

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Nowhere game: Tim Cowlishaw of the Dallas Morning News on the Cowboys losing to Arizona in the first round of the NFL playoffs: “The Cowboys’ next game is against the Cleveland Browns in Canton, Ohio, Aug. 9. Should be an interesting matchup. A team with no identity against a team with no roster.”

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Looking back: On this day in 1986, Denver defeated Cleveland, 23-20, in sudden-death overtime in the AFC championship game.

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Trivia answer: As a Dallas halfback, he threw a touchdown pass to Lance Rentzel against Green Bay in the NFL title game, the “Ice Bowl,” in 1967.

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And finally: The resignation of Georgetown basketball Coach John Thompson, who was known for his reclusive policy in regard to his team, recalls the Hoyas’ visit to Los Angeles in December 1982 to play in the Winston Tire holiday tournament at the Sports Arena.

When asked in a media conference call where his team was staying in L.A., Thompson said he never reveals that information.

An inquisitive Times reporter randomly called hotels in the area and learned that that Georgetown was staying in Marina Del Rey.

Then, it was reported in The Times where the team was headquartered. Thompson was not amused.