European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 08, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 8, 1977 the stars and stripes it it Page 25 notre Dame is favored to top Pittsburgh by 10 in key season opener by  York a As we were saying when we were so rudely interrupted by the end of the 1976 College football season. Return with us now to those glory Days of yesteryear Well actually Jan. 1 of this year when Pitt whooped Georgia 27-3, in the sugar bowl to Nail Down the National championship. This Corner picked it 28-17 to Cap a perfect 11-0 record in bowl game prognostications. For the season the score was 549 right 222 wrong 13 ties for a percentage of .712.if we had put a few Bob on those bowl picks we d probably be retired million Aires by now and would t be around to make this year s picks. But we did t. And Aren t you Lucky a Small warning before plunging into the first picks of the new season we won t get them All right. The highlight of the season s first big weekend is a rematch of last year s opener notre Dame is. Pitt. The panthers 31 10 Triumph in South Bend got them off and winging toward the National title. This one s in Pittsburgh with notre Dame ranked no. 3 and Pitt no. 7. Both coaches have been plying a Little psychology this week. This is not a must game for us says Pitt s Jackie Sherrill who took Over when Johnny majors loped Back to Tennessee. It is a must game for notre Dame. They re ranked higher than we Are. There s no Way they la be National champions without beating  Over to you Dan Devine Pittsburgh could be the no. 1 team inthe nation and they could have three first team ail americans. When a team can count on 30 returning Letterman including 11 starters from a National championship squad then i would say that opponents had better be prepared for a real  so had the forecasters. Notre Dame 27-17. Urcla at Houston notre Dame Pitt is Abc to s first National telecast and this monday night encounter is the second one. It s also the week s Only other meeting be tween ranked teams Urcla is no. 11, Houston no. 14. The Bruins had a great recruiting year keep your Eye on Billy Don Jackson a defensive Hoss from Sherman Tex. So quicker than you can say Manu Tuiasosopo. Urcla 28-14. Southern California at Missouri another rematch of a 1976 opener. You la recall Missouri upset us 46-25, the trojans Only setback and one which ultimately Cost them the National championship. And the year before that the tigers upset Alabama and All that did was Cost the Crimson tide the National championship. 01 Mizzau s string of upsets has got to end some time. Southern Cal 38-14. Vanderbilt at Oklahoma sooner Are no. 1 in the preseason poll but they d Hunter oks Seahawk pacts through 1980 Seattle a running Back Al Hunter of notre Dame has agreed to a series of contracts through the 1980 season with the Seattle sea Hawks the National football league team announced. Hunter who last year became the first notre Dame player to Rush for Over 1,000 Yards in a season was expected to arrive in Seattle this week to sign the contracts a team spokesman said. The 5-foot-ll, 195-Pound Hunter who has run the 100-Yard dash in 9.3 seconds was taken by Seattle in a special draft and will not count against the sea Hawks player limit until sept. 27. Better not be Reading their press clippings against underrated Vandy. Oklahoma 27-7. Michigan at Illinois Gary Moeller Illi Nois new coach was an assistant at Michi Gan last year so to Schembechler will go easy on him. Right Bobo Welcome to the violent world of head coaching Gary. Michigan 42-6. Miami Fla. At Ohio state and Welcome Back to the College football ranks Lou Saban and the violent world of opposing Woody Hayes. Ohio state 42-6. Washington state at Nebraska Warren Powers Nebraska s new coach was an assistant at Nebraska last year so Tom Osborne will go easy on him. Right Tom right. Nebraska 28-17. Mississippi at Alabama the Crimson tide stumbled against Ole miss a year ago and they just might be looking ahead to next week s trip into the violent world of the big eight namely Nebraska. Bear Bryant won t let that happen. ,. Alabama 28-10. Texas tech at Baylor on paper this seems like a mismatch with Rodney Alli son tech s clutch quarterback leading the red raiders while injury plagued Baylor goes with third Stringer Scott Smith for openers and keeps its fingers crossed that heralded Sophomore Sammy Bickham May see action thanks to a Spe Cial pad to protect his injured shoulder. However things Aren t always what they seem on paper so for the first upset Spe Cial of the season. Baylor 19-12. Kansas at Texas am when Wishbone meets Wishbone someone s Gonna come away with broken Bones. Texas ,35-14. Stanford at Colorado Guy Benjamin is the most accurate passer in Stanford s Long line of great quarterbacks but this is the Best Colorado team in a while. Co Lorado 35-21. North Carolina at Kentucky seems like Only yesterday that these teams wound up the 1976 season in the peach bowl with Kentucky winning 21-0. This time. Kentucky 21-0. California1 at Tennessee Johnny majors has told vol backers not to expect any pit Type miracles right away but the first five games Are at Home and none of the opponents is a world beater. Tennessee 24-21. In other games East army 35, Massachusetts 6 Colgate 24, Rutgers 17 Navy 33, the Citadel 13 new Hampshire 24, holy Cross 17 Temple 25, Southern Illinois 12 Villanova 28, Youngs town state 14 wast Virginia 34, Richmond 14. South Maryland 45, Clemson 0 Georgia 27, Oregon Grambling state 22, Alcorn state 12 Auburn 19, Arizona 13 East Carolina 26, Duke 21 Tennessee state 20, Jackson state 16 Louisiana tech 30, Sacramento state 0 Louis Ville 34, Northern Illinois a Ohio u. 24, Marshall 14 Mcneese state 28, Indiana state 12 Memphis state 26, Tulane 14 North Carolina state 33, Virginia 13 South Carolina 21, Georgia tech 20 Florida state 27, Southern Mississippi 17 Southern u. 20, Tuskegee 7 southwestern Louisiana 28, Fresno state 21 William 8. Mary 17, Vii 14 Wake Forest 37, Furman 17 Western Carolina 17, Tennessee tech 10 Western Kentucky 27, Tennessee Chattanooga 20. Midwest Oklahoma state 40, Tulsa 14 Central Michi Gan 28, Eastern Michigan 14 Cincinnati 30, Northwestern Louisiana 20 Arkansas state 21, Drake 14 Bowling Green 41, grand Valley state 14 Indiana 24, Wisconsin 14 Iowa 27, Northwestern 16 Lova state 48, Wichita state 0 Kent state 34, Illinois state 14 Michigan state 28, Purdue 17 Minnesota 24, Western Michigan 21 Toledo 17, Ball state 10. Southwest Arkansas 35, new Mexico state 17 North East Louisiana 26, Lamar 12 Rice 28, Idaho 21 Texas 24, Boston College 14 Texas Christian 28, Southern methodist 17, ,man27, Texas Southern 22. Far West Mississippi state 20, Washington 14 Brig Ham Young 30, Kansas state 28 new Mexico 27, Hawaii 13 Oregon state 21, Syracuse 20 Colorado state 32, Pacific 16 san Diego state 40, Fullerton state 10 North Texas state 19, Texas Elpaso 12 san Jose state 23, Utah state 21 air Force 28, Wyoming 24. The football Campaign approaches Dodd eur sports coordinator Lee Mawby has submitted a letter to remind us of some important things concerning the Grid program. For the third straight year there will be three playoff games the Blue Champion will Host the red Winner the Silver South Champion will entertain the Silver North and the Gold East Kingpin will be at Home to the Gold West Champion. Those games Are scheduled for nov. 5. Frankfurt beat Mannheim Baum older toppled Wil Ryburg and shape hammered Ansbach in last year s playoff games. Mawby also informs that the teams records against each other and the Point differ ence total on split games will be the key factors in determining who will represent a con Ference in the playoff game in Case of a regular season deadlock. If everything is still equal or if More than two teams deadlock then a drawing will be held to determine the playoff representative. Playoff tie breaker format the playoff games definitely will end with someone coming off a Winner. The Dodd eur playoff games will use the following tie breaker system 1. The tie breaker will Start three minutes after the final gun with a flip of a Coin. The Winner of the Coin toss has the Choice of either the goal line to be used for the entire tie breaker or whether to take the Ball first the loser has the other option 2. Each team will have four opportunities to score from the 10-Yard line unless it loses the Ball via Fumble or a pass interception and Only a touchdown counts. There will be no Pat attempts or Field goal attempts 3. And if there has been no score after each team has had four Downs the process will be continued until one team wins. Both teams will have equal opportunities to score. If the first team scores and the second does too the process will continue As in the begin Ning. Mawby also stated that the tie breaker system will be used in the regular season games in the Gold East conference because those teams meet each other Only once in league strife during the year. All other conferences May use a lie breaker if the coaches agree beforehand in non conference games Only. Dodd eur rules modifications Dodd eur will use the official Mcaa rules with the following revisions 1. Cleats larger than one half Inch will be permitted 2. Numerals other than 8 and 10 inches will be allowed 3. Flags May be used for Goa line markers 4. And two Point Chin straps will be  that those rules have been reviewed it becomes time to turn to the upcoming season and that Means prep Pickin s has to Start out on that proverbial limb and Tab the  year was t one of the really Good years in fact it was our third worst in eight seasons of prognostication As we managed to pick Only 83 right missed on 42 and had 10 others end in deadlocks. That was a .664 percentage and it lowered the lifetime average to .697 on 607 right picks 264 astounding upsets and 11 standoffs. The Best year was 1972 when we compiled a 78-28-3 , whom do we like this week As a new season bows in with a three game slate we pick Hahn to beat bad Kreuz Nach 20-12, Karlsruhe Over Bonn. 12-0, and Bremerhaven Over Ansbach 20-12. Last year that first week was an indication of things to come be cause we missed the Hahn Bonn game and the Karlsruhe Ansbach tussle ended in a tie. Hahn bad Kreuz Nach game advanced the bad Kreuz Nach at Hahn game has been moved up to Friday afternoon at 2 30 be cause Hahn of the Safe Csc has a Home game scheduled on saturday. Both the base team and the High school use the same facilities so the i Hawks had to reschedule their game. If As the season progresses any of the other schools have conflicts or change their schedules for any reason please let us know in plenty of time so we can real Range our work program so we can cover As Many games As possible. A Hose three games Are the Only official ones on the Agenda this week. However most of the schools will be engaged in game style scrimmages against nearby teams in preparation for next week s league openers and Nurnberg Kaiserslautern and Laken Heath we be been told will be staging jamborees involving three or tour teams playing Shorter games. Kaiserslautern also is planning to Host a Cross country Jamboree. Frankfurt won the Blue division title Mannheim took the lied laurels Buin Holder prevailed in the Silver North Wurzburg triumphed in the Silver South shape took the Gold West and Ansbach and bad Kreuz Nach shared the Gold East title Ansbach getting to the playoffs on the strength of its win Over bad Kreuz Nadi in the bearkals1 opening game. Bad Kreuz Nach finished with six straight wins but the die had been East. Other football championships went to Lakenheath which won the . Crown for the seventh straight year six outright and one shared As it ran its undefeated Conte once skein to 31 games 30 wins and a tie Naples in Italy Lloyal Oaks in Spain and a Mir in Turkey. Dolphins sign Spurrier to beef up quarterback ranks Miami a the Miami dolphins apparently worried by quarterback Bob Griese s vision problems beefed up their signal calling depth by signing 10-year vet eran Steve Spurrier. Spurrier joined workouts for the dolphins nil exhibition finale against the new York giants at East Rutherford . This weekend. Griese who wears Contact lenses experienced blurred vision in the dolphins 17 10 preseason loss to new Orleans saturday night and was forced to Wear eyeglasses. The dolphins also said that no. 3 quarterback Gary Valbuena had been placed on waivers and fourth year defensive Bac Jerris White traded to Tampa Bay Tor a draft pick