European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 19 commentary make a fake Oklahoma Pete Rose May have to wait until next sea son to break to Cobbs career hit but How about a football team waiting several sea sons to break a record held by Oklahoma if it played 1 2 games a season that 11 regular season games plus a bowl game it would have to be perfect Over four that would give it 48 straight wins one better than Oklahoma Mark Between the seasons of 1953 and National Champion Brigham Young has a Good Start on the sooner starting from the second game of the 1983 season through the cougars have won 24 straight by has a 13gamc slate this season plus a possible bowl but the likelihood of any team accomplishing what coach Bud Wilkinsons sooner did in the 1950s is very thanks to football teams go through a season unbeaten and1 much less four the record is nearly untouchable like Lou Gehrig baseball career game Streak of Bryon Nelsons 11 straight Golf tournament Yankee Joe Dimaggio 56consccutive game hitting and Duclas Streak of 88 basketball wins in a but Oklahoma Doest live in the its right now that counts with the new generation of sooner and what if Barry Switzer won the National championship in 1975 and 1976 and has the Best winning percentage of All Active he still has some detractors though not Switzer has up righted himself after three straight seasons 1982 and 1983 of losing four games in each of last year the former Arkansas grinder went 921 to run his career record to 115 23 losses and four ties for a considering playing the likes of Texas and plus some other big 8 Toughie every Switzer can be considered a coaching Genius or better yet a recruiting this will be a test year for Switzer and his Switzer has gone Back to the the pre dominant running formation that is especially when Heisman trophy Winner 1978 Billy Sims from Texas ran in and Switzer has the quarterback to execute the Roll outs and option Hes Troy Aikman pronounced 213pound soph Omore from Henryetta not but Oklah like the spirit of indians in the wild Switzer and other sooner head coaches made successful raids across the red River into Texas for some of the schools outstanding football of the 10 greatest sooner As voted by a panel of state sports experts who have followed of football since world War four of the elite Are native okla one is from new Mexico and five Are from Billy the 1952 Heisman trophy Winner from Heads the Back to he was on target in a full scrimmage which was held instead of the scheduled red White intr squad injuries to a number of running backs had created the Aikman threw four touchdown passes As close to fans watched the As they of simply reloads and starts from the looks of its freshmen the sooner arc primed and the sooner Are not just get Ting out state players from they have file photo Oklahoma slashing halfback Spencer Tillman Al America candidate reached As far As Washington state Kansas and nearly All of the 27 Frosh signers have made some All Oklahoma Blue Chip Al newspaper the daily the Dallas morning news Allstar Parade and Usa today Al America Here Are some of the 27 Michael line considered the Best lineman in the daily oklahoman Blue Chip list Glen named Back of the year by the daily oklahoman Scott defensive Ever Parade and Usa today considered one of the top defensive backs in nation Terry tight end defensive Oklahoma Blue Chip daily oklahoman lineman of the year Lonnie wide receive defensive Del Dallas morning news All Star team Lameille Holieway los Angeles City player of year Eric Pine Parade one of the top quarterback prospects in and David tight end defensive Del Allstate and All City by the daily oklahoman in Junior and senior seasons Anthony split Louis metro player of year Mark Van Shaw one of the nations Premier line Parade and Usa today Al America Andre Oklahoma City Oklahoma Blue Chip list Dante Wil Texas rated As the top lineman in consensus and Gregory the Only oklahoman listed among the nations top 26 players on the National school athletic coaches association Alameri Ca you can Book it that Many of the aforementioned players will blend in with this years Oklahoma has a new offensive coordinator in Jim who was the Atlantic coast conference player of the year in 1967 As a quarterback with North Carolina the most valuable player in the ild7 Liberty said based on what occurred in the we fee we will have a Good football we be a Little More option oriented than we were a year ago and will have the Chance for bigger plays than the bal control style of last we arc attempting to establish the fullback and also get the Ball pitched on the we Are going to Start with the thre Eback Prin but we will break the formation at 1 us when we unlike last we still be i am excited about our says who Felt the offence accomplished a great Deal in the we May be As close to being More exception ally Well balanced offence to defense than we have been in quite some when Switzer talks like that then Circle the the sooner Are to Start with Al America candidate Spencer till the 203 Junior halfback from is healthy and roaring to Tillman had the finest freshman totals in the history of the school in but injuries in 1984 Cut into his Mike the of sports information says Tillman  himself in the dropped Between 10 and 15 pounds and became the kind of runner he was two years Spencer is quicker and More says that Means trouble for archrival Texas and be with the latter sharing the big 8 title last year with Tillman will Start at left half in the new Wishbone and former defensive standout Damen still Oklahoma City will be at right Lydoll Carr returns at he was Ous leading rusher in his first of season conditioning program As Well As his first Spring training resulted in a 15pound weight gain without any loss of Carrs stature fits the Bill of a perfect Wishbone fullback to a so to even though the Wishbone is Oklahoma will continue to have a potent passing when two of the receivers arc split end Derrick Sheppard and tight end Keith then there is no need for As a no team in the country can top Sheppard Texas grabbed 24 passes in the eighth highest in of Switzer says Jackson Little has the ability to become the Best tight end in of unlike Many of the major colleges which open their seasons the first week of of Doest go into action until 28 when it travels to Minneapolis for a first Ever meeting with Switzer remembers the Golden Gopher coach Hes Lou Holtz whose Arkansas team the sooner 317 in the 1978 Orange rest assured Switzer wont be ambushed again by voted 2 behind Iowa in the lop 20 teams by the football Many believe this will be a National championship year for the this season is the 10th anniversary of the last the wagons Are at the starting line and the fastest ones reap the whats the sooner have already left the stars and stripes Mcaa declares georgias Henderson eligible a the Caas eligibility committee ruled tuesday that univer sity of Georgia basketball player Cedric Hen Derson is eligible to play in the 198586 Henderson had been declared ineligible May 23 when the National collegiate athletic associations infractions committee found he was involved in a recruiting Henderson and the Appeal was heard by the eligibility committee tuesday in a conference Telephone georgias faculty chairman for William participated in the conference Call along with Kent an attorney for the and de hendersons Georgia athletic who announced the committees decision after receiving offi Cial word from the said hendersons eligibility was restored effective it was a very i depth said Law it was obvious that each member of the committee was Well versed in the details of the Case As evidenced by their comments and questions during the the committees thoroughness made it very obvious that this was not a situation of automatic restoration of the eligibility of the after a careful consideration of the totality of the Circum stances involving each the com Mittee concluded that the violations in question did not constitute either a recruit ing advantage or material Benefit to the member institution or the the Mcaa infractions committee had found that As a High school be had accepted a ride from Georgia coach Hugh that violation was one of nine found by the Mcaa during an 18month investigation of the Georgia basketball the investigation resulted in a oneyear probation for the bulldogs basketball the 6foot9 a Cente for Ward who averaged 15 Points and eight re Bounds per game last year during his fresh Man has been attending summer school because of academic he had said earlier that he expected his eligibility to be restored so he could play next