[eazye76]

Fuck Shula

The '72 Dolphins did not play a team that finished with a record better than 8-6. Their leading receiver, Paul Warfield, caught 29 passes all season; that's a good half for Chad Johnson. And, frankly, they got lucky a couple of times against bad teams.

Naturally, as a rosy-cheeked youth, I bet against them every week.

Here are the hard and fast facts about those perfect Dolphins:

- They played only two teams with winning records. Their coach, Don Shula, was such a powerful figure at that time, I believe he was making up the Dolphins' schedule himself.

- They had a powerful Larry Csonka-Mercury Morris running game, helped, I believe, by the fact that the offensive line held on almost every play.

- More to the point, Shula was on the NFL's competition committee, and Rule No. 6, I believe, was "No penalties on the Dolphins."
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- Earl Morrall, replacing the injured Bob Griese, started most of the Dolphins' games at quarterback. When the season began, I believe, he was operating a used-car dealership.

- Two or three of their games, I believe, ended in ties, but the media counted them as Dolphins victories to keep the story of the winning streak alive.

Frankly, the '72 Dolphins couldn't even beat the '05 USC Trojans; then again, Southern Cal, I believe, has a higher salary cap.

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