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Roughnecks · Divisional round · 1991

The seventh seed puts out the Sentinels

Chip Nutbeam, hot take

Roughnecks

Seeds are a way of guessing, and this is what guessing looks like: 24-13. The Roughnecks were the seventh seed and spent the whole week being told what was about to happen to them. They pulled clear late, once the game had stopped being an upset and started being a result.

This story ran on the wire in Divisional round of 1991. The rest of the season is in the paper.

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