European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 15, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 23 a huskers get Chance for revenge against the Bear and Nissenson says they la take it by 21-17 Edge by Herschel Nissenson new York a a funny thing happened to the Nebraska Cor huskers last weekend. They were looking Forward to husking Alabama s Bear Bryant this saturday when Surprise they were husked themselves by unheralded Washington state. But this is the weekend they have been awaiting in Lincoln neb. For two years Ever since Bear Bryant decided he wanted to play Penn state rather than Nebraska in the 1975 sugar bowl. In fact just after coach Tom Osborne laughingly told a sugar bowl representative to Tell that son of a gun not to Duck us Bryant did just that. At least most nebraskans think he did. There Are no nebraskans in this Corner just a Hunch even though Osborne says no that the Cor huskers were looking past Washington state. And that Hunch says Nebraska 21, Alabama 17. The opening week produced a record of 51 right 15 wrong and one tie for a .773 percentage. Houston at Penn state Houston is coming off monday night s 17-13 Triumph Over Urcla a game it probably would have lost but for an injury to Urcla s placekicker. Now the cougars must invade the Den of the Kittany Lions who have been Idle since sept. 2. Trust Joe Paterno to be pre pared Penn state 20-10. Duke at Michigan How about this for the upset special Don t be ridiculous Michigan 42-7. Southern California at Oregon state Osu coach Craig Fertig has a score to Settle with his Alma mater which clobbered him 56-0 last year. But All he can Hope for is a closer game and that s what hell get Southern Cal 34-14. Notre Dame at Mississippi the fight ing Irish did t have much in the Way of of sense and were Lucky to beat crippled Pitt last week. But they won t need much in the Way of offence against Ole miss notre Dame 16-6. Utah at Oklahoma the utes get a break of will be looking ahead to Ohio state Oklahoma 49-0. Minnesota at Ohio state the gophers get a break Osu will be looking ahead to Oklahoma. And Minnesota which gave the buckeyes a 9-3 scare last season is better than Utah. But not Good enough Ohio state 24-10. Texas am at Virginia tech the gobblers get a break am will be looking ahead to next week s Southwest Confer ence Biggie against Texas tech. Even so Vii is no match Texas am 35-13. New Mexico at Texas tech the Lobos get a break tech will be looking ahead to Texas am. Ergo Texas tech 27-12. West Virginia at Maryland the feeling begins to grow that West Virginia is better than expected while Maryland had a surprisingly Tough time against Clemson in its opener. A passing fancy Between Wavu s Dan Kendra and ume Mark manges or Larry Dick provides the upset special of the week West Virginia 29-28. Oklahoma state at Arkansas this rivalry has proved to be a bitter struggle of late. Two Fine running backs Osu s Terry Miller and Arkansas Ben Cowins go head to head Oklahoma state 24-17. Clemson at Georgia Clemson gave Maryland fits last week but the tigers Are a different team at Home in death Valley Georgia 24-11. Washington state at Michigan state would you believe a team which beat Nebraska is the underdog Michigan state 33-28. Brown at Yale Ivy league showdown comes Early just like last year when Brown won 14-6. Or perhaps not quite like last year Yale 20-13. Boston College at Tennessee Johnny majors records Victory no. 1 at his Alma mater Tennessee 24-14. Vanderbilt at Wake Forest can the commodores get up for Wake Forest after their bitter loss to Oklahoma particularly with Alabama coming up next week the answer Vanderbilt 20-17. Iowa state at Iowa the entire state of Iowa has been awaiting this one Iowa state 27-17. Other games East Pitt 28, William & Mary 7 army 28, Vii 14 Colgate 30, Lafayette 10 har Vard 25, Columbia 8 Dartmouth 19, Princeton 17 Grambling state 37, Morgan state 19 Navy 45, Connecticut 7 Penn 15, Cornell 14 holy Cross 28, Rhode Island 17 Rutgers 21, Bucknell 7 Syracuse 22, North Carolina state 20 Temple 23, Drake 13 Ball state 28, Villanova 16. South Tennessee state 34, Alabama am 7 Alcorn state 24, Alabama state 14 appalachian state 27, Tennessee Chattanooga 20 Auburn 35, Southern Mississippi 12 the Citadel 18, Western Carolina 6 Furman 25, East Tennessee state 15 Georgia tech 15, Miami Fla. 12 Cincinnat Michigan tops a College ratings trojans second notre Dame third by Herschel Nissenson a sports writer the Michigan wolverines Are the new no. 1 team in the associated press College football ratings. While the Oklahoma sooner no. 1 in the preseason poll were having their prob lems defeating unheralded Vanderbilt 25 23, last week a struggle that dropped them to fifth place Michigan clobbered Illinois 37-9. That pushed the wolverines from pre season runner up to the no. 1 position in the first regular season poll with 42 of 62 first place votes and 1,162 of a possible 1,240 Points in nationwide balloting by sports writers and broadcasters. Southern California fourth in the pre season ratings jumped to second by thumping Missouri 27-10. The trojans received four first place votes and 980 Points. Notre Dame a hard pressed 19-9 Winner Over Pittsburgh held onto third place with nine first place ballots and 894 Points while the defending National Champion panthers skidded from seventh to 16th. Alabama trounced Mississippi 34-13, and climbed from sixth to fourth with one first place vote and 771 Points. Then came Oklahoma followed by Ohio state a 10-0 Winner Over Miami of Florida but Down from fifth place to sixth with one first place vote and 647 Points. Texas am vaulted past Texas tech from ninth place to seventh by Downing Kansas 28-14. The aggie received 502 Points but no no. 1 ballots. Texas tech however received one first place vote and 498 Points after a 17-7 defeat of Baylor. The aggie and red raiders were followed by a third Southwest Confer ence team Houston which shot from 14th to ninth by beating Urcla 17-13. The Cou Gars received one first place vote and 422points. The remaining no. 1 vote went to another Sec team Texas which crushed Boston College 44-0. But the longhorns who failed to crack the preseason top Twenty were Only 18th this time. Penn state 13th in the preseason rat Ings rounded out the top ten. The Kittany Lions Idle last weekend opened their season a week earlier with a 45-7 smashing of Rutgers. They received 375 Points and supplanted Maryland no. 10 in the preseason poll but Down to Lith after a come from behind 21-14 Triumph Over Clemson. Following Maryland in the second ten were Colorado Mississippi state Urcla Oklahoma state Pitt Georgia Texas Florida and Brigham Young. Brigham Young made the rankings by thrashing Kansas state 39-0. The preseason second ten consisted of Urcla Colorado Penn state Houston Nebraska Mississippi state Arizona and Florida tied for 17th, Georgia and Oklahoma state. Nebraska and Arizona state dropped out of the ratings. Nebraska was upset by Washington state 19-10, while Arizona state begins it season this weekend. The top Twenty teams in the associated press College foot Ball poll with first place votes in parentheses season re cords and total Points. Points based on 20-18 16-14-12 10-9-8 7-6-5-4-3-2-1  42 1-0-0 1,162 2.Southern Cal 4 1-0-0 980  Dame 9 1-0-0 894 4.Alabama 1 1-0-0 771  2 1-0-0 701 6.Ohio stated 1-0-0 647 7.Texas aim 1-00 502 8.Texas tech 1 1-0-0 498 9.Houston 1 1-0-0 422 10.Penn state 1-0-0 375 11.Maryland 1-0-0 298 12.Colorado 1-0-0 261 13.mississippist 2-0-0 150 14.uclao-i-0 ill 15.Oklahoma St. 1-0-0 86 14. Pittsburgh 0-1-0 78  1-0-0 3 18.texai d 1-0-0 2 19. Florida 0-0-0 42 20. Brigham Young 1-0-0 34 to 21, Louisville 17 Marshall 23, Morehead state 21 Mcneese state 30, West Texas state 10 Memphis state 20, Utah state 12 North Carolina 26, Richmond 7 Arkansas state 29, Northwestern Louisiana 16 South Carolina 32, Miami 0. 14 Texas Southern 17, Southern u. 7 Stanford 35, Tulane 14. Midwest Colorado 38, Kent state 7 Bowling Green 21, Eastern Michigan 7 Missouri 24, Illinois 13 Central Michigan 28, Illinois state 7 Louisiana state 24, Indi Ana 14 Florida state ?.l, Kansas state 14 Purdue 24, Ohio u. 20 Southern Illinois 28, Indiana state 20 East Carolina 33, Toledo 9 Tulsa 30, Northeast Louisiana 20 West Ern Michigan 21, Texas Arlington 11 wis Consin 56, Northern Illinois 0. Southwest Texas 51, Virginia 0 Florida 35, Rice 14 Baylor 17, Kentucky 13 southwestern Louisiana 34, Lamar 14 North Texas state 22, Southern methodist 21 Jackson state 21, Prairie View 14 Texas Christian 28, Oregon 26. Far West Urcla 21, Kansas 14 san Diego state 27, Arizona 14 Arizona state 38, Northwestern 6 California 27, air Force 14 Fresno state 30, Boise state 10 Colorado state 27, Hawaii 10 Idaho 24, Pacific 20 new Mexico state 27, Wichita state 21 Washington 27, san Jose state 16 Wyoming 17, Texas Elpaso 7. Cosmos rowdies set for exhibition tilts with China in oct. New York a the Cosmos Cham pions of the North american soccer league and the Tampa Bay rowdies will entertain the National soccer team of the people s Republic of China in exhibition games next month it was announced Here. The Cosmos currently in China for games this week at peking and Shanghai will meet the chinese oct. 8 at giants stadium in East Rutherford . While the rowdies will face the chinese oct. 13. The chinese will play a total of five games on their american tour including three against the . National team at Washington oct. 5 or 6 at Atlanta oct. 10, and at san Francisco oct. 16. Aba names Drucker supervisor of officials new York a Norm Drucker has been appointed supervisor of officials of the National basketball association com missioner Larry o Brien has announced. Drucker became a College referee in 1948 and joined the Aba in 1953. In 1969 he jumped to the american basketball association where he officiated for seven years and also served As supervisor of officials for four of those years. Me rejoined the Aba last season. He succeeds John Nucatola who announced his resignation earlier this  experience and his excellent record As both an official and a us  important factors in his  said o Brien. Guidry stops red sox As Yankees stretch continued from Page 21 Kees ahead 3-2. With one out Munson singled to Knock out Paxton and Jim Willoughby relieved and got Reggie Jack son to hit into a Force out before Chris Chambliss lined a double to right to score Jackson. The red sox looked As if they might get to Guidry in the seventh when Scott led off with a line single to left. But Guidry got Hobson on a Lin out to left Field and then struck out Pinch hitter Bob Montgomery and Rick Burleson. He then shut out the red sox in the eighth and ninth and finished with nine strikeouts. The Victory which snapped the red sox s five game winning Streak was the Yankees fifth in six games against Boston at Yankee  red sox have won four of their five meetings at Fenway Parks and will meet the Yankees there for two games next monday and  in the  Chicago put away Minnesota 6-1, California dubbed Texas 12-7 and Milwaukee edged Seattle 6-5. Oak land at Kansas City and Detroit at Cleve land were both rained out. White sox 6, twins 1 Jim Essian hit his 10th Homer and Oscar Gamble his 29th for the White sox who extended the twins longest losing Streak of the season to six. Francisco Barrios 13-5, pitched his ninth Complete game spacing eight hits three of them to Rod Carew. The win also increased the White sox use cond place Lead Over Texas in the  West to 2 2 games. Angels 12, rangers 7 Dave Kingman belted his first two Amer ican league homers and drove in four runs for the Angels. California overcame a 7-4 deficit with eight runs in the eighth inning when Tony Solaita and Kugman hit two run homers. The rangers 38-year-old starter Gay lord Perry struck out nine batters in seven innings to move past by Young into fourth place on the All time strikeout list with 2,824. Brewers i mariners 5 Don Money hit a Solo Homer in the top of the 10th inning to win the game for Milwaukee after Robin Yount erased a 5-2 Seattle Lead in the ninth with a three run Homer. Money s Homer was his 24th