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Roy,
 
You said something in an earlier post that I was saying throughout the  
Outback (and afterwards).  I think it is putting too much on Demos to have  him 
handle (a) punting, (b) PK'ing and (c) Kickoffs.  He is not that big a  
guy, and there are very few "two-way" kickers around--for a good reason, it  
doesn't usually work well.  I was sitting a few rows behind the NU players,  
and I got to see and hear Demos' agony head-on, including one "F---"  roar.  
Unfortunately, the Demos at the beginning of the season (who  resembled 
Valenzisi) was just not there at the end, when it was most  needed.  But he 
didn't lose this game; the team did.  They came close,  but fell short.  A 
better running game and pash rush would have obviated  the need for Demos to kick 
from as far as he had to.
 
Also, I think MacCall and Fitz may have beentoo conservative when we  
recovered the fumble in the last minute or so.  We didn't really attack as  much 
as I thought we might have--i.e., to make the last-second kick in  
Regulation a 25- or 30-yarder, rather than 44 yards.  Demos kicked the snot  out of 
the ball; the sound when his boot hit the ball resonated throughout the  
stadium.  However, I think he may have hit it too hard, because he had a  long 
distance to send it, with swirling winds.  Had we not settled for the  
3rd-down run up the gut, fate might have well smiled on us.
 
Paul Levinson