European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 11, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 25 bears dolphins favored in title Battles by the associated press the two survivors in Llie 2s-Tcam National football league s season Long championship Chase will be decided sunday when the Miami dolphins iry to become Only the second team this decade to play in consecutive super bowls and the Chicago bears try to Lake another step toward the nil title they re expected to win. The bears will play the los Angeles rms for the pfc title at Soldier Field in Chicago where the temper attire is expected to to just no voc to and the dolphins meet the new England patriots at Miami s Orange bowl where it May be about 70 degrees warmer. The Chicago los Angeles game begin at 12 30 . Est. The Dolph ins patriots go me begins at 4 . Est. While the pressure is High on everybody More seems to be on the bears who finished is i during the regular season then beat the new York giants 21-0 in a playoff game last Wei. Ever since their 44-0 rout of the Dallas cowboys for their 10th Victory in a Row there has been a feeling in Chicago and around the nil that no team can Stop the bean combination or an overpowering turnover producing defense and an opportunistic offence. But the Assumption that the bears will win the super bowl makes a few of their players nervous. Nothing is promised to you i can attest to that said running Back Walter Paylon who Remc Mars last year s 23-0 loss to san Francisco in the pfc title game. Quarterback Jim Mcmahon missed that game with a kidney injury and was replaced by Steve Fuller when we lost last year. I kept thinking nine More years. My body can t take that. I la be too old. I la be a two foot running Back Paylon said. Chicago is a id Point favorite Over los Angeles which nil playoff schedule blanked the cowboys 20-0 last week As Eric Dickerson ran for a playoff record 248 Yards. But the rams will need More than Dickerson against the Chicago defense and quarterback Dicker Brock was just 6-for-20 passing for 50 Yards last week. The rams actually reached Chicago ahead of the bears lying in thursday to acclimate themselves to the chill while the bears stayed in their Winter Retreat at Suwannee co where they be practice the past two weeks. We re looking Forward to this said los Angeles coach John Robinson whose rams beat the bears my 3 in their Insl meeting during tic 198-1 regular Stu inn. It s what you play the regular season for to Pel  at Miami the five Point favorite doll int will be seeking to get into position to alone for last Mason in 16 super bowl loss to san Pra Cuco. The Only other learn this decade logo to two straight super bawls Washington which beat Miami in inc 19k2 season then lost to the los Angeles raiders. Miami has played the patriots twice this season losing 17-13 in new England then winning .10-27 at the Orange bowl. Thai was new England s Ichih Sini Buhl loss at Miami. But both teams arc playing Down that Streak. We arc not concerned about what happened in the  Miami coach Don Shula will. We Are worried about now and tomorrow. When teams arc this far along when you re playing for the acc championship. Anything can happen. I Nave a lot if resp Sci for  the patriots who Teal the new York jets 2 -14 in the acc wild card game then upset the raiders 27-211 lust week Are seeking to become the third wild card team Ever to qualify for the super bowl. If they Beal the dolphins they la become the first to make it with i rec Road wins. The other wild cards teams to reach the super bowl were Dallas in the 1975 season and the raiders in the 1980 season. Miami reached this stage by winning its last seven regular season games after starting 5-4. Then rallying from a 21-3 third Quarter deficit to beat Cleveland 24-21 last saturday. Several Miami players said this week thai they probably took the Browns who entered the Kami x 8, Loo lightly. North Carolina rips fore Ham or 15-0 record Alabama ends leu s unbeaten string by the associated press Louisiana stale basketball coach Dale Brown was thinking of going Back to the drawing Board not to draw on it but to break it. The eighth ranked tigers lost their first game of the season thursday night Bow ing 83-67 to Alabama at Tuscaloosa Crimson tide coach wimp Sanderson called the Southeastern conference Victory one of the biggest in his school s basketball history. It s the same group of Guy that came in 14-0. So you have a tendency to come in and ask should you put your fist through the blackboard " Brown said afterwards and that s the Way the league is. The Way the Competition la. Buck Johnson the leading scorer in the Sec with a 22.5 average scored 29 Points and had 10 rebounds for Alabama 9-3. Other top 20 results no. I North Caro Lina 92, Fordham 68 no. 5 Georgia tech 85, Rutgers 46 no. 6 Memphis state 73. No. 17 Louisville 71 no. 12 Nevada Las vegas s5, Pacific University 80 no. 14 Alabama Birmingham 72, Virginia Commonwealth 70 in overtime and no. 20 Purdue pkg Michigan stale 83. Alabama led 10-31 at Thalf time and built its Lead to As Many As 17 Points with College basketball 7 14 to play. Tide Forward Jim Farmer s steal and breakaway slam Dunk made the score 50-33. They probably would have beaten a lot of teams tonight and we probably would have lost to a lot of teams Brown said because i thought hey took All of our momentum from  John Williams paced leu with 16 Points. Top 10 Brad Daug Liertz scored a career Hiigli 33 Points 23 in the first half to Lead unbeaten North Carolina Over Fordham in a Madison Square Garden double header. The 15-0 tar heels led by 32 Points with ll53 to play when coach Dean Smith sent in his reserves. The tar heels led Only 21-19 when they outscored Fordham 20-2. Led by Dougherty s 10 Points. James Robinson lopped the rams with 16 paints John Salley and Mark Price scored 16 Points apiece As Georgia tech romped Over Rutgers in the second game of the doubleheader winning its i2lh straight game. The yellow jackets 13-1, matched the second Best Stan in their history Lead ing by As much As 82-34 with 5 21 icel. Tech outscored Rutgers 12-5 at the Start of the second half then Well on a 14-2 run to Lead 70-31 w ill 10 11 to play. Memphis slate which trailed much of the first half took its biggest Lead at 68-63 with 4 35 left Hen held on to beat Louis Ville in a metro conference game behind the 20 Points of Junior Center William bed Ford. The Victory was Memphis slate s 30th straight at Home and the tigers now arc 14-0. Louisville 8-4, led 37-36 at halftime but Memphis state pushed ahead 62-60 with eight minutes left on a jumper by freshman Center Marvin Alexander. Her Bert Cook led the cardinals with 14 Points. Second 10 Fred Banks made two Quick baskets to expand a three Point Lead to seven and Nevada Las vegas won its Pacific coast athletic association game with Pacific. Banks took advantage of two Pacific turnovers to give the rebels a 78-71 Lead with about three minutes left and he finished with 31 Points. Anthony Jones had 19 for univ 14-2. Which trailed 49-47 Early in the second half. Michael Charles missed a Chance to win the game from the free throw line in Regula Tion but hit two foul shots in overtime to give Alabama Birmingham its two Point Victory Over Virginia Commonwealth in the Sun Bell conference. Charles Hail i mild Tsvi foul shots with ii seconds left in regulation before Michael drown of ecu hit a 20-fool or with 10 seconds left to Send the game into overtime. Lab 15-2. Was led by Steve Mitchell with 27 Points. Troy Lewis hit three lung jump Slius in the final five minutes to help Purdue Sta ahead of Michigan state in a dig Tun conference game. Todd Mitchell led the 14-2 boilermakers with 27 Points and Darryl Johnson had 30 for Michigan state. A ranked Center David Robinson scored 26 Points had is rebounds and blocked ii shuts to Power Navy Over James Madison 85-54 in a colonial athletic association game. In other big ten games Dennis Hopson scored 15 of his 23 Points in the second half As Ohio state rallied to Cal Wisconsin 78-61, and Indiana won its first Confer ence game getting 20 Points from Ricky Calloway and 19 from Steve Alford Lubeal Northwestern 102-65. In the Pacific-10, Steve Kerr scored 24 Points to Lead Arizona Over Stanford 77 69, and Chris Welp scored 28 paints to Lead Washington Over Urcla 90-65. Ron Strickland scored is Points a de Paul beat Pupp Erdinc 70-57. Austrian Gutensohn posts world cup ski win bad Castejn Austria a Katrin Gutensohn of Austria mastered the Tricky Grauvogel coarse Friday and edged out two canadians to win the third women s world cup downhill of the season the winning time was two minutes 3.05 on the three Kilometre track which was dusted with new Snow and had a vertical drop of 80 meters. Liisa Savi Jarvi was Sec Ond in 2 03.38 and Laurie Graham held on id first place in the downhill standings with third place in 2 03.95. The new Snow hampered the Early Start ers but times started to pick up alter la racers had gone Down the course. The draw was really nerve wracking Gutensohn said. It was really Good Luck for me that i got number 14. Then i knew i had a Good Chance to win " Gutensohn and the Canadian women did have to contend with fog that set in during the race on the lower part of the course. Friday s race was a makeup for a Down Hill scheduled in Haas Austria which was cancelled for Lack of Snow. Another downhill was scheduled Here saturday and Guten Sohn a 19-year-old from Kirchberg said she fell she had an advantage. Sure it s Good she said. If you win you go into the next race with a big feeling of Security and  Friday s race did not seriously affect he commanding Lead in the Overall standings held by Erika Hess of Switzerland. The course caused several injuries during training and one during the race. Ariane Ehrat of Switzerland tumbled Al High of Peck on a jump just before the finish and suffered a broken wrist. Debbie Arm Strong of the United states the 1984 olym Pic giant slalom Champion Tore a ligament in a tall during training on thursday Savi Jarvi Starling no. 21, mounted a Surprise Challenge to Gutensohn setting the fastest time on the upper part of the course but slowing Down considerably at the Bot Tom. I really came out of the track and had 10 gel Back  said Gutensohn. Bui it certainly happened to the others too. It was More difficult than in the train ing because the Snow was soft and you had to ski smoothly. I was really relaxed and was certain i would run a Good  other late starters look advantage of the hardening course. Miriam Vogt of West Germany started As no. 44 and ended up in 11 the and Ann flare key of France made nth with a no. 50 bib number. Austria s team had a Good Day Overall of four skiers in the top 15 collecting cup Points Canada had three including Karen Percy in 15th