European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes Friday september 16, 1977 results May discourage Advance scheduling sectional matches top Grid card by Bill Madden up sports write some Long awaited intersection Al and inter conference matchup Are on tap for College football fans this weekend but one wonders whether the results will discourage any similar scheduling in the future. For example Alabama and Nebraska meet for the first time Ever in the regular season. However off last week s results where Alabama dubbed Mississippi and Nebraska was upset at Home by unheralded Washington state the Cor huskers May be sorry this was the year they decided to finally meet the Crimson tide so Early in the  there s the first Iowa Iowa state matchup since 1934. No doubt the cyclones would have liked to meet Iowa any time during the late 1960s and Early 70s when they were ranked third or fourth in the Tough big eight and the Hawk eyes were struggling for survival in the weak ened big  this year Iowa state has Quarter Back problems and Iowa appears ready to make some Waves in the big ten under Bob commings especially after last week s Romp Over Northwestern. Similarly Ole miss probably would have welcomed a shot at entertaining notre Dame during the 1950 s when both teams were powerhouses. Now that the fighting Irish have agreed to venture South they might just have caught Mississippi in an off year even at Home. Of course if the Irish Don t play any better than they did last week against Pittsburgh they could wind up doing won Ders for Southeastern conference  another interesting matchup has in Diana playing Host to Louisiana state. Interesting because Paul Dietzel who won a National championship at leu in 1958, is now athletic director at Indiana. There s also been some talk about luring Dietzel Back to leu and a tigers loss Here could fuel those rumours even More. The picks East Penn state 24 Houston 16 another most interesting intersection Al matchup with All sorts of National implications. Give the nit Tany Lions the Home Field Edge plus the fact the cougars May not have had enough time to recover from monday night s big win Over Urcla. Upset of Cor huskers is big uplift for cougars Rookie coach Powers by Brian Mottaz Pullman Wash. Up winning football seasons have been far and few be tween at Washington state in recent years and upsets even More so but Rookie coach Warren Powers has them smiling again Inthis wheat farming Community. In his first game As a head  guided the cougars last saturday to a 19-10 upset Over the Nebraska Corn huskers earning him up National coach of the week honors. Usu which faces teams like Michigan state Kansas and Southern Cal on the Road in coming weeks is still a Long Long Way from challenging the trojans for supremacy in the Pacific-8 conference but the 36 year old Powers can t be blamed for taking particular pleasure from this win. Powers played College Ball at Nebraska and later spent eight years As an assistant in the Cor Husker football program before setting off to Pullman to become Usu s third football coach in As Many years and inherit a program which had produced Only one winning season in 11 years. I did t like going Back to Nebraska to play because i knew How Good a team they had so to go Back and beat a team like Nebraska is great Power told up. I thought if we could execute Well and not make any dumb mistakes we had a Chance of winning. We had to do every thing right and Nebraska had to make a few  and that s just about what happened before More than 75,000 Cor Husker fans at Lincoln last saturday afternoon. Former Heisman Star is dropped by fourth nil club by the associated press former Heisman trophy Winner Pat Sullivan was dropped by his fourth nation Al football league team wednesday while a handful of rejected veterans and rookies were Given another Chance by nil clubs. Among the veterans picked up after being waived previously were wide receivers Randy Vataha and John Gilliam defensive end Bob Lurtsema defensive Back oily Woolsey and fullback Mike Francko Wiak. Another new arrival was Baltimore Colts defensive end John Dutton a holdout who returned to the team although he apparently still had not agreed to a new con tract. Sullivan was the Heisman trophy Winner As Auburn s quarterback during the 1971 season. He played four years for the Atlanta Falcons before playing out his option and signing with the Washington redskins. He was Cut by the redskins and later the Chicago bears before the san Francisco 49ers gave him a tryout this year. But the 49ers also Cut Sullivan wednes Day along with another Well known player former Urcla running Back Kermit Johnson and linebacker Rod Martin. Sanfrancisco also placed wide receiver Elmo Boyd on the injured Reserve list and put linebacker Mike Baldassin and Quarter Back Steve Deberg acquired on waivers from the Dallas cowboys on the two Man taxi squad. Another Veteran running Back former Northwestern Star Mike Adamle was re leased by the Chicago bears to make room for Gilliam who had a standout 10-year career with the Minnesota Vikings but was Cut wednesday by the Atlanta Falcons who signed him last year. Vataha was claimed on waivers by the Green Bay packers from the new England patriots who Cut him tuesday. Vataha who teamed for years with quarterback Jim Plunkett at Stanford and new eng land replaces Rookie offensive lineman Gerald Skinner of Arkansas on the pack ers roster. Skinner was put on injured re serve. Lurtsema an 11-year Veteran acquired by Seattle from Minnesota last year was re signed by the sea Hawks wednesday after being Cut tuesday. Seattle also waived Veteran tight end John Mcmakin to make room for tight end John Sawyer of continued on Page 24 quarterback Jack Thompson who finished last season ranked second nationally in passing completed 18 of 30 passes for 174 Yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions. The Cougar defense also nailed Nebraska quarterback Randy Garcia in the end zone late in the game for a two Point safety and earlier held Nebraska on fourth and one at the Usu 27. On the other hand while the Cor Husk ers amassed 470 Yards total offence to the cougars 294, and dominated the statistics in just about every other category As Well they fumbled the Ball away four times twice on the Usu five and once at the two. I m sure the players  about their performance but these Are a differ ent Bunch of kids. They be got a pretty Good feeling of  that in itself is remarkable As Powers admits since he s the third Man to coach the cougars since 1975. They be had three different people Tell ing them three different things in the past three years but they be showed a lot of character in staying  Powers admits that having coached at Nebraska for eight years was probably something of a Factor in the cougars win but to what extent he s not sure. It had to help a Little bit because i knew the players but i did not know what they would do defensively because they had a new defensive staff Powers said. As far As an Edge i Don t really know if there was  while Powers said any team needs Confidence to pull off an upset like the one the cougars did last saturday he Hopes his players realize they Are going to have to work hard for each game especially now that very few teams if any will be taking them for granted. This is the toughest thing to live with a Victory. It s easy to lose but it s Tough to  Syracuse 17 North Carolina St. 14 Nei ther team going anywhere this year but the Orange have to win this one to stay respectable with the Hometown folks. Yale 20 Brown 14 Early Ivy showdown. Pittsburgh 24 William & Mary 10 pan thers although minus Cavanaugh re bound. Midwest Michigan St. 38 Washington St. 35 a real shootout with cougars getting caught still Savouring last week s upset win Over Nebraska. Leu 24 Indiana 16 Charlie Mac hears the rumours and takes it to his old Mentor Dietzel. Ohio St. 38 Minnesota 10 buckeyes get rolling. Missouri 17 Illinois 3 tigers going with a freshman quarterback but in this inter sectional meeting they should have enough to uphold the prestige of the big eight. South Maryland 31 West Virginia 20 one of the few real tests on Maryland s schedule this year but the terms look Good enough for almost any test. Texas am 28 Virginia tech 21 aggie should beware of the perils of Blacksburg. Tennessee 21 Boston College 10 this is the one Johnny majors wanted last week. South Carolina 31 Miami 0. 10 game Cocks May finally have come up with a team with top 20 staying Power this year. Midlands Alabama 37 Nebraska 21 and Tom Osborne can Start to really worry now. Iowa 21 Iowa state 17 Isu experiencing quarterback problems this year. Hawk eyes enjoy Home Field advantage and an improving team. Oklahoma 47 Utah 6 sorry utes okies had a bad time of it last week with Vandy. Rockies Colorado 52 Kent state 10 rumblings from Boulder say this could be the year the buffaloes Rise to the top of the big eight. Arizona St. 35 Northwestern 0 a Case of a bad team making a Long trip to take a predictable beating. Arizona 38 san Diego St. 14 again the Home Field wins. Southwest Oklahoma St. 30 Arkansas 10 Point of information Terry Miller had his worst game last year versus the arkies. Might have even Cost him the Heisman. Baylor 17 Kentucky 7 an interesting meeting of different conference foes. Bears lost a Tough one at Home to Texas tech last week. Florida 37 Rice 10 gators always lose one or two they should t every year. This one won t be one of them though. Texas 44 Virginia 0 longhorns could be Back quicker than anyone expected them to be. Far West Urcla 35 Kansas 7 Wishbone versus Wishbone. Jay Hawks Breaks. California 38 air Force 3 Golden bears Are no Pansie pandas this year especially at Home. Southern Cal 51 Oregon St. 10 beavers most engaging hosts to the class of the Pac-8. Offer by Ferrari has Andretti soul searching Nazareth a. Up race Driver Mario Andretti said wednesday he has until next tuesday to decide whether to accept an offer to drive for the Rich ital Ian based Ferrari racing team on the grand prix circuit next season. Andretti who now drives for team Lotus of England is Ferrari s first Choice to replace Niki Lauda who is leaving the team after this season. But the italian born Driver who re turned to his Home Here after winning Sun Day s italian grand prix in Monza is finding the decision a difficult one. The situation is not simple Andretti said. Although we have not signed a con tract for next year i do have a half commitment to  Only last week Andretti was nearly con Vinced he would turn Down Ferrari s offer. He had known the italian team expected its Drivers to race for them exclusively and Andretti has not been willing to give up occasional United states Auto club racing where he drives for Roger Penske in the Indianapolis 500 and other Citicorp cup events. But Andretti s visit to the Ferrari works on monday brought a surprising offer. They said they would allow me to race in any no conflicting events in the Sac or in the International race of champions he said. The champions event begins a four race series saturday at the Michigan International Speedway. They said i would t have to live in Italy and agreed to anything i asked for Andretti said. Now they be made the decision even  his goal always has been to capture the world driving title but his greatest con Cern is leaving Colin Chapman and his friends on the British Lotus team. It could be a mess he said