61.   The ticket-revenue situation brightens considerably when a divisional playoff series goes to a fourth and fifth game.

62.   The two leagues begin their divisional playoff series with two distinctly different scenarios.

63.   The Vikings will meet the winner of the divisional playoff between the Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles for the NFC championship next Sunday.

64.   Their first steps will be taken in the best-of-five divisional playoffs.

65.   Their season prematurely concluded after a loss to the Carolina Panthers in a divisional playoff game last week.

66.   Then there was a memorable five-game divisional playoff series with the New York Yankees.

67.   They entered this divisional playoff game backpedaling, defensive and downright ornery.

68.   They upset New York in the divisional playoffs before beating Baltimore in a classic American League Championship Series.

69.   This is the scenario that was presented to the Cowboys yesterday as they struggled in a divisional playoff game against the Carolina Panthers at Ericsson Stadium.

70.   This is the second straight year these teams have been matched in the American Football Conference divisional playoffs.