European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                , november 23, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports bowl bids will have few surprises by i nit cd press International College football bowl invitations will be officially extended saturday but for the must part the Surprise will be missing. Most of the bowls already have been filled. Although the Mcaa does not allow any official announcements until nov. 23, Sci oils have Given verbal commitments to the bowl committees. College football has More bowls than your grandmother s Kitchen Cabinet so if a team especially one from a Well known conference can win slightly More than half its games it has a Good Chance of participating in postseason Competition. Must fans arc interested primarily in the four major new year s Day bowls. Fortunately for the die hard fan there is still some suspense left in the selection of pairings for those games. The game that shapes up As the show Case postseason event is the Orange bowl at Miami. A. On Jan. 1. This could pit the no. 1 and no. 2 teams against each other for the National championship. Penn stale ranked no. 1. Has agreed to play in the Orange bowl and the nit Lany  will face either no. 2 Nebraska or no. 3 Oklahoma. Those two teams meet saturday at nor Man okla. If Nebraska wins it will be the big  conference Champion and earn an automatic berth in he Orange bowl. If Oklahoma wins however the soon cars would still have to defeat seventh ranked Oklahoma state on nov. 30 to Clinch the Orange bowl berth. Saturday s Nebraska Oklahoma Winner is guaranteed to be ranked no lower than no. 2 in next week s ratings and could be no. 1 if Penn state should happen to lose saturday to its Arch rival. Pittsburgh in its season finale. Naturally the Orange bowl committee will be rooting for a Penn stale Victory. Any team in the country would relish the Opportunity to Knock off an unbeaten Penn state  said Penn state line Backer Rogers Alexander. It s no sur prise Pitt wanted us undefeated so they could beat us at Home. We re going to do our Best to see that they Don t feel As Good about Pla Jinji us after the game As they do  the Rose bowl at . Calif., on new year s Day matches the big ten conference Champion again. The Pacific 10 conference Champion and neither title race has been decided. Iowa the nation s fourth ranked team can win the big ten title with a Victory saturday Uver Minnesota and claim an Iutin Nusic Rose howl berth. Ii Iowa loses and Michigan beats Ohio state then the sixth ranked wolverines would go to the Kosc bowl should Iowa lose and Ohio state defeat Michigan then the ill ranked buckeyes will be the big ten s representative at Pasadena.  is the Likely Choice As the Pac 10 s Rose bowl representative but the see bowls on Page 23 nuggets nip lakers with Surprise shot by the associated press Denver la was t in Doug Moc s playbook but he was willing to take credit for in. Wayne Cooper Wilh Only one other Field goal to his credit during the game hit a 20-foot jump shot with four seconds left to give the Denver nuggets a 121-120 Vic tory Over the los Angeles lakers on thursday night. The loss ended a seven game winning Streak for the defending National Baskel Ball association Champion lakers 11-2 the nug gals had t beaten inc lakers in Denver in 10 games since Jan. 19, 1982. In was a Porf Cully designed play for Coop Moc said unable to hide the irony in his face. He was l-for-7 and the last Guy to throw the  Cooper admit cd the play actually was to have gone to Mike Evans but fearing a turnover. Cooper instead put the Ball in the air. I knew As soon As i got it i Isaulo  he said. We did t gear up for Cooper s  lakers coach pal Riley said. He did whal he had to do and he buried  the lakers had a final Chance to win the game but a Arcco Abdul Jabbar missed a jumper from the Corner and ear Vin magic Johnson s rebound Shol also missed. Alex English led Denver with 30 Points. Calvin Natt had 23, Mike Evans had 22 Aba Roundup and Bill a Hanzlik added 21. Abdul Jabbar had 10 of his game High 32 Points in the fourth Quarter and Reserve Forward Maurice Lucas contributed 10 key Points in inc last Quarter. In the of her Aba games thursday Trail blazers 112, clippers 108 los Angeles Portland handed the clippers their eighth Slraight loss pet Ting 21 Points from Forward Kenny Carr. Including a three Point play with 18 seconds to play. The Bla ers meanwhile snapped a four game losing Streak. The clippers made a 12-2 run including eight Points by Marques Johnson to tic the score Al 99-All with 4 56 left and they led 108-105 with 1 10 to go. Kiki Vandow Chc hit for Portland with 51 seconds left and Carr added his three Point play to make in 110-1 of Vandew Chc had 23 Points and Rory while led the clippers with 18. Bucks 131, Kings 97 Sacramento Calif. Milwaukee won ils sixth in a Row. And Alton Lister scored 10 of his 19 Points in the third Quarter to help inc Bucks build a 40-Poinl margin going Mlo inc final period Randy by cur added 19 Points for Mil Waukee while Eddie Johnson had 28 Points to Lead inc Kings. Golden state s Eric Floyd lands on Philadelphia s Maurice Cheeks. During 7 night Bruins he islanders stay unbeaten at Home from press dispatches Bosto Rookie Kraig Nienhuis capped a third period rally Wilh an unassisted goal with less than five minutes remaining in regulation play and the Boston Bruins earned a 4-4 overtime tic Wilh the new York islanders on thursday to re main inc Only National hockey league team Wilh an unbeaten Home record. Boston goalie Doug scans turned in an outstanding performance with six spectacular saves in the five minute sudden death period As the Bruins extended their Boston Garden record to 6-0-2 this season. Pat Lafontaine scored two goals and assisted on another for the islanders while Ken Linsman had two goals for Boston. The islanders and Bruins battled to a scoreless standoff for 31 minutes before Linseman was credited with a Power play goal when new York  Stefan Persson accidentally flipped the puck into his own goal. That stung the islanders into furious action and they retaliated with i rec goals in a seven minute Span. Nil Roundup Brent Sutler tied the score at 11 41, 35 seconds after Linsman scored and John Tonolli put new York ahead at 14 33. Lafontaine then gave the islanders a 3-1 advantage at 18 35 with his 10th goal of the year scored from close to the incl. Rookie Dave Pasin scored his sixth goal on a goal Mouth pass from Nienhuis 44 seconds into inc third period but Lafon Taine regained the iwo goal advantage As he took a pass from Mark Hamway and went in All alone to beat Keans Al 2 35. Linsman scored his second goal of the game and eighth of the season at 4 25 before Nienhuis tied inc score Al 4-4. In other nil games thursday blues 4, North Stan 2 Bloomington. Minn. Brian Sutler playing in a club record 663rd game scored one goal and assisted on an other leading St. Louis past Minn Sola. Sutler who passed Garry Unger on the Lues All time games played list set the Only score of the first period. I blues up no with 7 29 left on the clock he intercepted Minnesota goaltender Don Beaupre s Al Lemp cd pass behind inc incl. Afler Beau pre blocked Sutler s Shol. Greg Paslawski hammered Home the rebound. Tom Mccarthy tied the game for the Forth stars Al 4 25 of the second period. Bui at 5 26, Kevin Lavalice Skald the length of inc ice and Beal Beaupre to give inc blues the Lead for Good. Midway through the period. Sutler was credited with the eventual game Winner when his pass in from of the net deflected off the Skale of Minnesota s Brian Bellows and rolled past Beau pc. Joe Mullen added a Power play goal in the final period to ice inc game for St. Louis. Kings 5, red wings 4 Detroit Phil Sykes scored with 1 01 remaining in overtime to Cap los an Geles four goal rally and give the Kings a Victory Over do Broil. Sykes took a pass from Marcel Dionne. Who had four assists in he . And pushed the puck into the net. Dave Taylor scored with 7 28 remaining in regulation Lime to lie the score at 4-4 for inc Kings who collected three unanswered goals in the third period newly acquired Morris  started the comeback when he scored on a rebound at 6 40 of the third Perukel and  Brian Engblom brought the Kings to 4-3 Al 10 36 when he skated in alone on goalie Greg Stefan. Philadelphia 3. Hartford 0 Philadelphia Derrick Smith scored the game winning goal Al 8 28 of inc first period and Bob troese recorded his first shutout of inc season to Lead Phil Adelphia Over Hartford. The win kept the flyers in first place in the Patrick division at 16-3. Hartford re Mains in last place in the Adams division Wilh a record of 8-10-0