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Monte Kiffin looks like a sidekick to an old-time western movie star. His face is thin, lined and Florida tanned, and he sort of crackles when he talks. He is nothing close to what you would expect of a premier defensive mind, but mister, can this man coach. He''s been at it 20 years alternate in the NFL, seven with the Bucs, a career assistant with gifts matched by very few of his peers.In a Super Bowl full of these dark and shining story lines, Kiffin''s aw-shucks demeanor isn''t going to command the room. But his schemes will envelop the Raiders'' offensive coaching staff, for sure, in the days and hours before this championship game."They put you to an extreme mental test," says superman costumes for kids chris palmer, the texans'' offensive coordinator. "what they do is not extremely complicated. but it is executed incredibly well by a lot of great athletes. you face a team with undersized linebackers but with overall discount costumes adult tremendous team speed. they say speed kills. tampa is a perfect example." the nicktoon spring fling vacation is priced from $384 alternate per adult, double. the super hero summer vacation is priced from $450 per adult, double.kids stay free when sharing a room with their parents and pay an add-on for the park pass and city walk admission.commission is 10% on the package price. to make reservations, visit www.universalorlando.com or call (800) 407-4275.copyright 2003 northstar travel media, llccopyright 2003 gale groupyou know what americans want. they want a buccaneers victory in super bowl 37. they want the choirboy with a thousand looks to slay the dragon. they want a feel-good story, light to prevail over darkness, the villain to be vanquished by the all-american hero.so i am now scrooge and darth vader and the grinch, the guy who spoils the punch line. superman no life of the party am i, not with this bit of bad news i am about to deliver. it is so tempting to project the demise of the raiders, this brooding franchise with its paranoid owner and obsession with greatness and slights, real and imagined. you can hear it now, the way they will proclaim ad nauseam their virtues and achievements, costumes ignoring how they haven''t been to a super bowl since the 1983 season--a lapse that threatens their self-labeled "team of the decades" boast.they will drag with them the worst fans in football, weirdos who buy tickets for the right to act as if they come from some faraway planet covered in silver and black. these strange folks are reason enough to wonder about a raiders win.yet win they will. there is something to how planets align at times, falling nearly into place even in the alternate nfl universe. this is the raiders'' time, the next step in their progression. beaten by the ravens in the afc title game after the 2000 season, by the infamous tuck rule in last season''s playoffs, they have cleared away all but one obstacle superman this season. and it just happens to be, of all folks, jon gruden, the admired chucky whose costumes national persona, of course, was molded as the coach of these very same raiders.
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