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Grackles · Divisional round · 1979

30-14, and the bracket is a mess

Chip Nutbeam, hot take

Grackles

Seeds are a way of guessing, and this is what guessing looks like: 30-14. The Grackles were the sixth seed and spent the whole week being told what was about to happen to them. They led from the second quarter and were never seriously asked about it again.

This story ran on the wire in Divisional round of 1979. The rest of the season is in the paper.

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