European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes saturday october 12, 1985page 26 f g Berry has eagles on the move by Bucky Fox staff writer you re tied 7-7 with 10 seconds left and 53 Yards Between you and the end zone. What in do  quarterback Dan Berry did this fired a 53-Yard touchdown pass to Robert i ills to Hoosin the Lia Gles to a 13-7 Triumph Over Chick Sands last sunday. Berry s performance which included an earlier to Aerial to Giles earned him the stars and stripes player of the week for the air Force s . Sports conference.  was How Berry de scribed his feeling after his winning pass. Things Jakc that Don t  that s about How Lakin Halh fans could describe Berry s ascension As one of the . S most consistent quarterbacks. Two years ago Berry was a 20-year-old airman fresh out of Omaha neb., who had never played quarterback. He had spent a semester at Kearney neb state without playing football because he said i did t think i was Good enough. I did t even try out. I guess 1 did t realize my  in that first season at Lakin Calb Berry played tight end. In i9s4, he went out for quarterback. There was no quarterback so 1 figured Why not " he related. With Berry at a a the eagles improved from 1-8-1 to 2-6-1. Not exactly title material. But this year with Berry calling the plays Lakenheath has again doubled its victories with a 4-2 record.  Woholo by gut so Nelll a Lakenheath s Dun Berry. Unbelievable winning pass i wish i were better said Berry whose offence has generated less Points than any other . Team. The offence can do much better. Our defense is the reason we re  i  coach Baron Burton lauds Berry. It s just his second year at quarterback Burton said. We put him at quarterback for his athletic ability. He s getting better and better. He Calls his own plays after the second game we let him go. He mixes them up real  Berry had to concoct something drastic in that Chicksands game. After throwing three income Lutcs at his 47-Yard line he had one More Chance. Berry huddled his team and called a pass designed for Short yardage to his flanker Jarryl acc. Berry wanted to push the eagles into Field goal Range. Berry took the snap and rolled Back to set up in the pocket he said when i dropped Back. I saw the split end Giles open and just threw it up. I just wanted to get Illo him so he could run under  Giles beat the safety and caught the pass inside the 10, then ran in for the Winner with two seconds left. The safety for some reason did t have him covered too  Burton said. It was a Beautiful pass just like in the mov  Lakenheath Hopes for a similar ending in the . Season. The eagles stand two games behind unbeaten Alconbury. Lakenheath entertains Mildenhall at 1 . Monday then plays bunt Waicus Alconbury and upper Heyford in the drive for the american division title. Right now said Burton i think we can Knock off Alconbury the Way our of sense is going. But if nobody else beats Alconbury we re out there. But upper Heyford is coming on. There s always a  extra Points the Mediterranean sports conference opened last sat urday and Torr Jon opened defense of ils title with a 31-0 she lacking of Aviano. That rams Cin Tilburg showdown in the Continental sports conference turned Inlo a 54-7 Pitburg . The Barons ran at will through the rams. Jeff Wilson who Quarter backed Ramstein to the Safe title last year sat out the second half with a hand injury. Predictions last week 6-0 season 20-6. .769 san Vii at Torrejon saturday an other lock for the raiders. Torr Jon by 20. Hell Nikon at Aviano saturday the olympians might be building Competition for Torrejon. Hill Nikon by 14. Fairford at Alconbury saturday the spartans finally finish cleaning up on the Small bases before preparing for the playoffs. Alconbury by 17. Benh raters at Chicksands saturday the phantoms have too much muscle for the Chicks. Bunt Walers by 4. Grenham common at upper Heyford sunday the pirates return to first place for Good. The sky Kings end their playoff Hopes. Grenham by 6. Mildenhall at Lakenheath monday the marauders fluid offence against the eagles Cement defense. Lakenheath by there s no t in the word team right stuff keys of football Success by John Mossman air Force Academy Colo. A although its record and ils National ranking indicate otherwise the air Force Academy is no football factory. The players practice time is severely limited by classes few rival coaches covet them and a five year military commit ment after graduation takes care of professional aspirations. Rcd shirting the practice of stockpiling Talent by keeping a player out for a year is unheard of Here. Undersized and Over matched week after week the air Force Academy nonetheless has carved out a 31-11 record in the last 3 i seasons doing it with a lot of intangibles old fashioned values like unselfishness discipline and perseverance. There s no shortage of the right stuff on this sprawling Foothills Complex. I think the key for us in turning around this program is the attitude of our players the Way they feel about each other said head coach Fisher Mcberry who arrived at the Academy As an assistant at the end of eight losing seasons in 1981. We be been Able to develop a family atmosphere Here. We be got a lot of unselfish people. We be fostered a total team concept. I Don t think our players give a rip who gels the credit. There s no t in the word  col. John Clune the Academy s athletic director agrees. These kids really believe in themselves and one another he said. They love each other. They re not worried about individual accomplishments because none of them is going into pro football. One of my favorite players on this team is backup quarterback Brian Knorr. Brian sits there and roots for starter Bart Weiss. It s very obvious. He genuinely rejoices in everything  linebacker Pat Malackowski said we re a family out on the Field. We know we can t win if we Don t play with intensity and a lot of heart. We re All Good friends. There s no me attitude. That s the personality of this  it was t always this Way. In the aftermath of the Vietnam War the service academics suffered image problems and were unable to recruit effectively. The Falcons routinely had records of 2-9,2-8-1 and 3-8 in the mid to Iate-i970s. Gradually that turned around. Former coach Ken Hatfield now at Arkansas needed four seasons to produce a Winner cracking through with an 8-5 Campaign in the next year the Falcons were 10-2, then 8-4. Each of those three winning campaigns was capped by a bowl Victory. Heading into saturday s game at Navy the Falcons Are 5-0 and ranked 13th in the nation. Last week the Falcons beat notre Dame for the fourth year in a Row. Everything has come together for us said Clung. We be been Able to recruit better athletes for a number of reasons. Vietnam is dead and gone. The country is a Little More patriotic and i think More Young people today Are conservative and arc worried about their futures. We be worked a Little harder on our recruiting. We be got two computers and six people working full time who Contact High school coaches across the country. The 30-scholarship limit has helped us. We re getting the athlete who has Tal ent but was passed Over by another school because they ran out of scholarships. Well never get the great athlete unless he just wants to Fly. Napoleon Mccallum went to Navy Only because he wants to be an astronaut. Well never get the 6-5, 265-Pound lineman who runs a 4.6 in the 40. But we May get six linemen who arc 6-4 and 200, and two or three of them May grow some and develop into pretty Good players. "oi1" schedule also helps us. We can t play a notre Dame every week and Lake thai  of physical abuse. Being in the was turn Miletic conference and playing army and k Ivy gives us some opponents More our size.1 air Force of Tiball players used to be puny by College football standards. They re still on the Small Side air Force s Starling offensive line averages 6-2 and 246 Pound but a weight program and year round training table have helped Nar Row the deficit. In Large part says Clung we grow our own players. We be got 100-plus fresh men out for football right now. I doubt that notre Dame coach Gerry Faust or Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer would Lake any of Ihm. But As juniors hopefully Faust or Switzer would take two or three of them. Out of those 100, perhaps 25 will be Good football players in our program by their Junior year. The others will be  maniac Gastineau too rough bengals say Cincinnati up Cincinnati bengals general manager Paul Brown says new York jets defensive end Mark Gastineau should have been lucked out of last sunday s game. Bengals quarterback Boomer Esiason knocked out of the game by Gallineau called Gastineau a  Gastineau was flagged three times for unnecessary roughness in the jets 29-20 win Over the bengals. How Many unnecessary roughness penalties do you think a player should be Al Lowed before he s thrown out of a game asked Brown. There s no question that he should have been out of the  on one play Gallineau quickly jumped offside raced to Esiason and delivered a jolting tackle that knocked Esiason out of tic game. He Hurt me pretty bad when he jumped offside and creamed me said Esiason. But i knew i had to get up and leave the Field on my own. There was no Way i was going to let them carry me off while that maniac was out there doing a sack dance. You can t deny that being Nasty is part of what has made Gastineau a great player in this league. He makes the offence compensate for his presence. He obviously does t get unduly penalized for the Way he plays and his fellow players Reward him every year with a trip to the pro bowl the Guy obviously in t stupid he knows How to get noticed said Esiason. But to me there s a Fine line Between being a great player with class and being a great player who s a  some Cincinnati fans wondered Why the huge bengals offensive linemen did t Reta Liate against Gastineau. You want to do something but you re con stantly taught not to hit Back because the officials always seem to notice the Guy who retaliates said guard Max Montoya. You Hare to weigh whether it s Worth getting a penalty or being thrown out of the  but after being blasted by the jets some of the bengals May get tougher. I think some of us Are leaching the Point where we fee we have no Choice but to play More aggressively said Montoya