European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 6, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday december 6, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary rams Wilson poised and confident in Tiik aftermath of his impossible pass ram Stem quarterback Jeff Wilson re entered reality no trophies no jetting around. Of he spoke a the Ramstein american youth activities banquet. Other inn Hal Biggie he joined the military masses Back on the Job As compute operator. Such is life As an air Force staff sergeant who happens to be the Best quarterback in Europe. Hero before thousands one Day working stiff the a Cal. With no More teams to Lucr in 1985, Wilson worked All Day and dreamed at night dreamed about his impossible pass. About the improbable championship. Wilson s wild dream came o pass on a cold nov. 24 at Ramstein a Germany. His rams entered the Usatch title game against upper Heyford hoping to win their third straight football championship. With three minutes left rams Ciri s chances looked As Bleak As the oncoming Winter. The rams trailed 32-26. They faced fourth and 19 from the upper hey Ford 43-Yard line. Only the most optimistic of rams could have Pic tured a comeback. Only a daydream believer Only a Jeff Wilson. When it was fourth Down it was like first Down. No big Deal at Only Jeff Wilson could have said hat. And meant it. And backed it up by calmly searching downfield and lofting a 43-Yard touchdown pass to Clarence Toomir with 2 51 showing Wilson had pulled out a 33-32 Victory in one of the most implausible endings in us apr history. Tilburg coach Dave Lockwood who watched the Sec Ond half from the press Box Shook his head in wonder ment Over Wilson s Winner. Ramstein coach Bill Schulz who called the play said Toomir just out ran Hisgun and Jeff threw the Best pass of the thai s Jeff Wilson. Always saving the Best for last. His response give Toomir credit. All i did was throw the that s Jeff Wilson too. Throw the unbelievable pass and then throw in the unselfish quote. Or sit on the Bench like he did in the 1983 usage final and still Laud his team with we dominated this yet Wilson is no bashful moderate. Not at 6-fool-4,. 220 pounds. Not with his record of comebacks and big game victories. He lets you know his rams arc champions. The championship will be played right Here he said when Ramstein reached the Continental sus photo by track Baher Ramstein quarterback Jef Mason. To dream the impossible Pas sports conference title game where it Alv a a Lockwood called Wilson a cocky after that one. Wilson s Strong Arm tactics led Ramstein to comeback triumphs in the Csc title games of 11 s3. 84 and 85. This year alone Wilson drove Ramstein in top of three straight playoff games by 1. Passing 27 Ards to Toomer with k 33 left to pull out a 27-21 Triumph Over Sembach in the c so semifinals 2. 10 Irtys to Walt Brown with d 2h left to pull out a 14-13 decision Over Hahn in the Csc final 3. Passing impose sigh against upper Scyford. Eve Pyda Pla ers Don t do that. Ever decade cars do. I fee Wilson. Me wins a la Fli final on fourth and 19 and says. When i got to the line of scrim Mage 1 knew i had to hold the until i was sacked or until someone was open. 1 never got scoff at such nervy analysis if you like. The a who had already heard Wilson s Wisdom understand the. 28-year-old alabamian s sensitivities. He s a Man aware of his game he people feeling and and the place of his rams Cin d Nast. Never did football test Wilson s sensitivities like tin oct. 6. Thai was doomsday an afternoon when a icon broke his hand and Raim Lein broke its Back in a 54-7 loss at Tilburg. Wilson could have his offensive line for its no response to Tilburg tackle Mike Coffey s sack he carried Wilson 10 Yards before slamming him to the turf. As if his first loss As a ram did t hurl enough the broken hand threatened to end his season. Wilson showed that his spirit is stronger than his huge Frame. He dressed quickly after that and said of the sack. It was a Good clean hit Early but the officials let it go a Long Way before a was Wilson ticked off at his Tine ? no. Well learn from it. I la be a few Days later with Ramstein Sec Ming . Wilson predicted life by playoff Lime. This was just one loss. We re still the champions he said. Confidence. Unbeatable Confidence. Here the ram had lost i their 22-game winning Vorcak. 2 their Starling quarterback 3 loads of Money and valuables in a locker room robbery and 4 poise during a pu-,1 game fight a Ven Wilson admitted recently i feel Tike my Jockstrap is still up in Pitburg. They whupped it Oil us that he quickly added i wanted to go Back there and earn a j so with the rams in trouble Wilson ignored his broken hand and rescued his team. The ver next game entered the second half of a scoreless game and passed Ramstein past Rhein main 10-7. Now Dio Wilson do if i told them in the huddle to shut up and let s go. I might pc lost some friends but we won and that s All that just win baby. Sound familiar the rams tops other trails of the los Angl a raiders lax practice-., big play offence big offensive linemen projecting to big. Slow quarterback. Nobody in this league uses us As a Good example to run a Wilson said. But we that they do. Even when it takes a Jeff Tuon impossible pass. The in and str Pei air Force of fest Wishbone against Texas Falcons turned Down 7 bowls to play in Bluebonnet Houston up Texas and air Force would rather play in the motion bowl new year s Day. They will Settle however forthe Bluebonnet bowl dec. 31. Air Force ranked no. 8, will put us to Tinl Wishbone offence to the test against the Are very excited about playing Texas la. Col. Dick Ellis who coaches the special teams at air Force said wednesday. We turned Down seven other bowls for this one. Everybody on our team wanted to play Texas. Very few teams have the tradition of Texas. We re a Young pro Gram and looking to build our tradition. The two teams were headed for a possible Cotton bowl matchup before air Force was beaten by Brigham Young 28-21. The fal cons went on to finish the regular season 11 i the most victories in their history. Texas 8-3, ended up in the Blu Bonne bowl after losing to Texas am 42-10 on thanksgiving with the Southwest Confer ence title at stake. We have to get that out of our minds Texas coach Fred Akers said. Our players won t have to look very Long or very hard to find out that air Force has a very Good team. When we Sec the films i Hope that our players will be sparked. There s no Way that i can convince our players that they d rather be in the Blue Bonnet bowl than the Cotton bowl. But they do respond to one of the longhorns challenges will be stopping air Force quarterback Bart Weiss who rushed for 1,032 Yards and passed for 1,449 Yards Only the third player in Divi Sion 1 to do so. The longhorns also will have to concern themselves with defender Scott Thomas who completed a rare feat by returning for touchdowns a pull. A Kickoff and an interception. Fylis said the Falcons chose the Bluc Bon net bowl because they recruit heavily in Texas. The Falcons have More players on the team from Texas 26 than from any other state. We also wanted a game As close to new year s Day As Ellis said. We Felt there was a lot of prestige involved with the Bluc Bonnil bowl air Force will be seeking its fourth straight bowl Victory after triumphs in the 1982 Hall of Fame bowl and the 1983 and 84 Independence bowls. The Falcons have never been to the Blue Bonnet bowl and will be the first service Aca Cui to appear there. The Hope to break a three game losing Streak in bowls having lust in the Sun bowl in 1982. Cotton bowl in 83 and Freedom bowl last year. This will be the first Lime air Force has played Texas. Duke from Page 21 outscored was Lorn Carolina 13-6 to Start the second half taking a 57-37 Lead Wuh 16 14 to p a. Danny Manning and Greg Dreiling had 21 Points apiece for the 5-1 Jay Hawks. Kansas look its biggest Lead of the game. 79-51, on a jumper by Ron Kel Logg with 8 42 to play. After that. Western Carolina got no closer than 18 Points. Second ten Illinois held wingless Wisconsin Green Bay a division ii school to just 14 first half Points in route to a 50-Poinl Victory. Bruce Douglas scored 14 Points. Ken nor Man had 11 and Efrum Winters 10 for Illinois 3-1. The Victory was Illinois 25ih Slraight at Home while Douglas became the 19th Zillini player to top 1.000 Points entering the game with 999. Jerome Mincy scored 17 Points and Alabama Birmingham pulled away from fast Tennessee slate in the second half to win easily. The Bla ers led 29-23 at half time but outscored the buccaneers 12-6 in the first 10 minutes of the second half. In miked Sophomore guard John Johnson scored a career High 19 Points As undefeated Vir Ginia rolled to a 101-58 Victory and handed Virginia military its first loss in five games this season. The Cavaliers Are 4-0. Michigan Sale also remained undefeated Al 5-0 with an 87-61 Victory Over George Washington gelling 20 poems from guard Scon skills. Clemson went 5-0 with a 79-3h icon Over wingless Morgan stale getting 11 Points from guard Larry Middleton. Mid Lelon has hit 16 of his lust 18 Field goal attempts including four of five against Morgan stale. Forward Randy Allen s i1 Points helped Florid slate upset North Carolina slain 76-67. Cd Nice David Robinson scored 21 Points that boosted Navy to a 103-50 victors Over Penn state which absorbed the Wor i loss of is 89-year Basc Kluball his or
