As their coach, George Allen, keeps saying, the Los Angeles Rams are a team of emotion and enthusiasm and guys who give 110%, and they needed all of that plus a little bit of luck to beat the Dallas Cowboys 2423 last Sunday in Memorial Coliseum. The game was much closer than the score indicates and, if the Rams and Cowboys meet again on Jan. 4 for the NFL title, that game may be decided on a safety in the fifth overtime period..The Cincinnati Bengals are probably at the butt end of more jokes than any other football team. They have been sued by taxpayers for not putting together a competitive team. Their players seem to get more headlines for being arrested than scoring touchdowns.

In the end, it didn't matter. When the Bengals set their goals at the start of the season, one of them was to learn how to close out tough games on the road against premier teams. They wasted their first chance to do it.Visitors continue to flock to Carmel today to experience its vast cultural o