Game 22: Grover Cleveland vs. Super Bowl XXII
Not to confuse the point of this exercise, but this is about as close as Cleveland has gotten to a Super Bowl. Unfortunately, it's Grover Cleveland. Look, nothing against Grover Cleveland's presidency, in this case his first go-around in the White House. He put up decent numbers and remains in the record books. He won the popular vote three times -- 1884, 1888, and 1892. But Washington gets the better of President Cleveland here -- and by Washington here we mean the Redskins.
The Redskins broke all kinds of records while busting the Broncos, 42-10. They set Super Bowl records for most TDs in a game (6), most offensive yards (602), and most rushing yards (280), most of that running footage gained by unheralded rookie Timmy Smith, who put up a new Super Bowl rushing record with 204 yards (and 2 TDs). The Broncos has been preparing to defend the run against the big Redskins RB George Rogers, but agile Smith got the start instead, and he blew their minds. Redskins QB Doug Williams became the first African-American QB to win a Super Bowl. Pretty good stuff. Sorry, Grover. The Super Bowls pick up another America Bowl point here - and now they're in striking distance.
Score at halftime: Presidents 12, Super Bowls 10
Go to next match.
The Redskins broke all kinds of records while busting the Broncos, 42-10. They set Super Bowl records for most TDs in a game (6), most offensive yards (602), and most rushing yards (280), most of that running footage gained by unheralded rookie Timmy Smith, who put up a new Super Bowl rushing record with 204 yards (and 2 TDs). The Broncos has been preparing to defend the run against the big Redskins RB George Rogers, but agile Smith got the start instead, and he blew their minds. Redskins QB Doug Williams became the first African-American QB to win a Super Bowl. Pretty good stuff. Sorry, Grover. The Super Bowls pick up another America Bowl point here - and now they're in striking distance.
Score at halftime: Presidents 12, Super Bowls 10
Go to next match.
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1 Comments:
Fun site. I found it via the piece on the current New Yorker - Jan. 18 issue, "Talk of the Town" section. Good press.
For more info, and some humor, on the presidents, see the site "One Through Forty-Two or Forty-Three", a series of book reviews on all the presidents not including the current one. Grover Cleveland's two terms is the reason for the "or" in the title - he only gets reviewed once. Here's the URL:
http://allthepresidentsbooks.com/
The author, Bob Timmermann, is clever and funny. He has also written a lot about baseball. I think the two of you could have a good dialog.
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