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The Fighting Ostriches · Divisional round · 1991

The sixth seed puts out The Custodians

Chip Nutbeam, hot take

The Fighting Ostriches

30-23, and the seeding meant nothing at all. The Fighting Ostriches were the sixth seed and spent the whole week being told what was about to happen to them. It went to the last possession, which is the only way this was ever going to go.

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

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