European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 09, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes saturday november 9, 1985 raiders7 coach prefers spartans by Bucky Fox stiff writer while upper Heyford visits Alconbury at 12 30 . Saturday to break the american division tic in the . Sports conference a coach Way Down South will keep score. He s Jim Kirksey of the Torrejon raid ers champions of the Mediterranean sports conference. I d rather play Alconbury Kirksey said. They re big and Strong and i want to test my  the Winner of Alconbury upper hey Ford will Advance to the . Title game against National division Champion Chicksands. The . Champion will then play Host to Torrejon in the Safe semifinal. Kirksey Hopes Alconbury wins the . Title something the spartans Haven t done in 24 years. Kirksey can empathize with that frustration. An Mac team has never won the Safe semifinal and Torrejon has lost the last three. This is it said Kirksey who was player with the raders Dunn the period 1970-1982. No Nore 71-0 and 67-0 lotto like i went through in the late 70s. We have Calvin Mathis at one defensive end he s a big Guy they All run from. We have Harold Green at the other end and Bill Hoxey at nose guard and Ralph but Tommy Gaines. Torrejon s fullback Ler at outside linebacker for the fifth  re  Torrejon went unbeaten in the Mac and beat hell Nikon 3s-0 in last sat urday s title game. Quarterback Lenny Washington keyed the raiders final Victory with three touch Down passes. Tommy Gaines and Bobby Sledge join him in the Backfield. From 1982 to 1984, the raiders guaranteed Victory in the Safe semifinal. Then they took the dive. How s 1985 different the difference has to be the coach said Kirksey a 35-year-old first year coach from Omaha neb. I m not brag Ging but i be been there. I be been through the 71-0 game. I be been through the 55-0 loss to Pitburg when i was Panaug Montec with Aviano in 1980. I be been out with this team since the 16th of april. I never let up. We be got to continue what we rebuilt. I Don t get satisfaction with winning the Mac. That s not my goal. I want  if the raiders beat the . Champion they would face either Ramstein or Hahn in the Safe title game. The rams an Hawks play saturday for the Continental sports conference championship. Torrejon lost to Ramstein 14-10 in an aug. 18 exhibition. Two weeks later the raiders beat Hahn 17-15. Despite those scores Kirksey expresses reluctance to play Hahn. We be got Ramstein s number. We love to play them again he said. The hardest hitting team we played was not Ramstein not Sembach. It was  Kirksey has a supporter in the Csc. Span Dahlem coach Bruce Ackerman whose sheiks lost to the raiders 20-0 in september exhibition said Torrejon is my pick. The two teams that executed the Best were Sembach and Torrejon. I think Torr Jon will win it  every year the Mac Champion plays either the . Or Csc Champion in the Safe semifinal. The med team never gets a Bye through to the Safe title game. Safe sports chief Dick Mullins says the med Champion must win a semifinal to prove it deserves a Bye. We have to earn it Kirksey arced. Nothing in this world is  extra Points the stars and stripes player of the week is Torrejon Washington. He fired touchdown passes of 42 Yards to Harold Jackson 23 Yards to Donald Taylor and 15 Yards to Randy James As the raiders beat hell Nikon in the Mac title game. Predictions last week 5-0 season 36-13, .735 upper Heyford at Alconbury sat urday the spartans woke up in time to tie the sky Kings for the divisional title. If Heyford wins this it la Mark one of the great comebacks in . History considering the sky Kings 0-2 Start. Don t count on it. Alconbury by 2. Hihn at rum teen saturday the Hawks Are just Happy to be in the Csc final. Their problem is a Zero running game. The rams pass run and kick. Ramstein by 7. Battle of wishbones spices Grid menu orce puts 9-0 Mark against army the associated this one shapes up to be a Loti e than just a typical mid season matchup ice academies. In fact says air Force Center Derek Brown two teams like this going had to head is in the Best tradition of col lege  the fifth ranked Falcons put a 9-0 record on the line saturday when the play Host to army 7-1 and nationally ranked in the Early pan of the season. It s going to be a Brown Good game o see Brown said. It s not going to be hard for us to get up for the game this week because it s  the two teams had one common oppo nent notre Dame. Air Force beat the Irish 21-15 in the fifth week of the season while notre Dame represents army s Only loss 24-10, three weeks ago. The loss to the Irish knocked army out of the rank t of saturday s schedule includes no. A to Targia at no. 1 Florida in Jack Sonville a Cal Penn state at Cincinnati Iowa state  no. 4 Ohio state at North web Illinois at no. 6iowa, no. 7 Oklahoma Missouri no. 8 Miami against Maryanov Baltimore Purdue at no. 9 Michigan he Cansas state at no. 10 Oklahoma state. In the second ten the schedule no. 11 Baylor against no. 12 Arkansas Little Rock East Carolina at no. 13 a Burn no. 14 Urcla at Arizona no. 20 Alabama at no. 15 Louisiana St South Carolina at no. 16 Floridano. 18 Brigham Young at Utah no. 19 Tennessee at Memphis both air Force and Arm jote Utcy the Wishbone offence to fashion outstanding seasons. In fact Rumor has some of the bigger schools trying to lure away air Force coach Fisher Deberry. "1 Haven t for one second thought about that Deberry says. I m being honest with you. Nobody s talked to me about Job and there s no reason for any lation. I just can t think of a rather be than the air . I m very very Happy Here Hythe area. I love the Academy gym proud of what this team . Next week la Falcons face Brigham Young Laj pcs National Champion in a game to kit airy will determine thew athletic conference title. Jerry moved from offensive Coordie r in head coach last season after Kenya tire heft to become head coach at a Kansas. To Rry s current contract runs through thmu9 season but he will be offered a Newi at the end of this sea son. Florida 7-0-1, took a pie no. 1 spot in the associate Jtj Oil this week after Iowa lost . It is the first Lime in 50 via Fame gators have been top e nation. _ Tien you consider that leu Miami ind Tennessee All have one loss this sea son and that Florida gave it to them you know they Are quite a football team Georgia coach Vince Dooley says. While calling quarterback Kerwin Bell the inspiration of Florida s team Doo Ley was particularly impressed with the gators defense. They turn size and tremendous Speed he said. They held a Burn who has the no. 1 Rushing attack in the nation to Only 10  the Only blemish on Florida s record is a 28-28 tie with Rutgers a team that army beat 20-16. The gators shut out leu and southwestern Louisiana and held both Auburn and Tennessee to just 10 Points. Georgia is 6-1-1. Texas prep Sui Asfar or i Bresor new team Mertzon Texas a Jason Burleson pro Bah will do the same thing nearly everything football team at Bis new school. Just he did at the old one until comp Lauffs from teammates and parents caused him to quit a is dad to resign As coach. J Burleson a 6-foot-6, 230-Pound soda More regarded by Many As a potential superstar in a Cral sports became eligible wednesday to join the it my team of undefeated Irion county High school in thu Antral Texas town. His father Hershel resign has head football coach an left Hamilton High Schoder about 155 Miles away when other players created a Jockus Over his son s starring role in the offence. Jason a to soon afterwards. 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