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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 18, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 19 Washington leu climb in up poll by David �. Nathan new York up Washington and Louisiana slate impressive winners last saturday against highly ranked teams jumped into up s top 10. Washington opened its season with a 40-7 Victory against Fanner no. 12 Ohio state to improve six places to no. 7. Right behind was leu which dumped former no. 7 Texas am 35-17 in the season opener for both learns. The Tiger were ranked 17th last week. Idle Oklahoma. 1-0, retained the top spot collecting 42 of 49 tint place votes to outdistanced no. 2 Miami in the poll or up s Board of coaches released tues Day. The hurricanes collected three no. 1 votes after a 61-11 Romp Over Texas tech to remain second. Oklahoma and Miami meet sept. 27 at the Orange bowl. Michigan 1-0, slipped part notre Dame 24-23, to keep he no. 3 position and earn one first place vote. Alabama 3-0, also picked up a no. I vote and remained fourth after beating Southern Mississippi 31-17. Idle Nebraska edged out Penn slate which also had the week off into fifth. The n Litany Lions in sixth earned the remaining two first place votes. Baylor 2-0, Defeated Louisiana tech 38-7 to stay at no. 9. Georgia 1-0,upended Duke 31-7 to move up four places to no. 10. The next 10 included Auburn Arkan Sas Brigham Young Iowa Arizona Maryland Arizona stale Florida stale tests am and Southern Ca Arizona stale Florida state an Southern Cal made their first appear ances in this year s regular season rank Ings. Urcla Ohio state and Tennessee tumbled out of up s top 20. Kemp gets a a nod sunday 49ers try to Cope without Montana by Steve Wilstein Redwood City Calif. A As Joe Montana Lay in a Hospital room following Back surgery his season gone and his National football league Ca reer threatened the san Francisco 49crs scrambled tuesday to find Quick fix. Coach Bill Walsh predicted that Montana will recover from monday s delicate surgery for a ruptured disk in his lower spine hell Start and play next year Walsh told reporters. Think hell return to  Walsh said Montana is still some what nah cd but he s in excellent spirits and was asking for pizza  he s doing Fine. Hell be in the hos Pital five Days. The surgery was very successful. He was in some discomfort last night and will be today which is very natural but they expect that to subside in the next couple of  even As he tried to be optimistic though Walsh prepared for the worst. Jeff Kemp will be the 49ers Quarter Back on sunday against the new or leans saints and probably Tor the rut of the season Walsh said but he emphasized that Kemp is not the Quarter Back of the 49ers" Long term future. The 49crs began retooling their of sense to fit the talents of Kemp who runs Well and can throw with As much accuracy As Montana and for greater distance but so far is not As proficient Reading defences and calling Newin plays on the line of scrimmage. There Are certain sophisticated things that you would just assume Joe Montana would do Ana did do Walsh said. You can t be As sure those responses will be there with Jeff because he just has t been with us that Long and who s to say anyone is really com Appow 49ers a Meh Bill Walsh expects Montana Back in 87 parable to Joe in his Basic i Nisi acts As a player i Don t want to draw our plays but there Are certain things that Jert would do better than Montana Walsh  s very Active and he can run with real authority so hell do More of those kinds of things rolling out and throwing play action and passing anymore of the  Walsh praised Kemp s first game forthe 49ers on sunday a 16-13 loss against he los Angeles rams. Kemp completed 19 of 24 passes for 252 Yards and looked steady after two Early interceptions one on a tipped pass. Two free agent quarterbacks Edlu ther and Bob Guagliano threw for about 20 minutes each in tryouts at the 49ers Headquarters but neither was signed. The 49crs want to have a quarterback ready to put on the roster in Case Kemp or backup Mike Moroski arc injured. The More significant response to Montana s loss came in Telephone discussions. The Sera stocked with High draft choices next year made an offer to Houston for unsigned quarterback Jim Everett of Purdue and Are also interested in Tampa Bay s Steve Young. Walsh was not confident however about getting either player. I m not sure the oilers Are sure i their own minds at this Point what they can get for Everett Walsh said. We have made an offer to them but i do not believe that it would be accepted and i think they re looking for other commodities so to  the oilers reportedly wanted nose guard Michael Carter and several draft picks in their first talks with the 49ers about Everett who was the top quarterback and third player picked Overall in the College draft. The 49ers rejected that Deal but made another offer. Walsh said he has High regard for Young the former Brigham youngster who signed for $40 million to play in the . Football league but now n a second Stringer at Tampa Bay behind former 49er Steve Deberg. Walsh Laid however that he did no believe Young is available for Trade. Of no top rated Young quarterback i acquired through a Trade Walsh said the 49crs will go with Kemp this year and try to draft a quarterback such As Stanford s John Paye this Spring. We do know hat Al some time we will be drafting a Young quarterback Walsh said. Whether we Trade for one this year or draft one next year we re looking Al it closely four members from each of the Southeastern and Pacio conferences made the rankings along with three teams from the Southwest conference. By agreement with the american football coaches association teams Onn Caa or conference probation Are ineligible for the top 10 and National championship consideration by the up Board of coaches. Those teams Are Florida Southern methodist and Texas Chris Tian. The coaches selected 15 teams with total Points based on 15 Points for first place 14 for second Etc. Miami gains on Oklahoma in a ranking by Herschel n1ssenson a football writer saturday s 61-11 rout of Texas tech enabled second ranked Miami to close ground on no. I Oklahoma in this week s associated press College football poll As their meeting on sept. 27 took another step toward becoming a 1-2shoolout. Oklahoma which was Idle and plays Minnesota this saturday received 55 of59 first place Voles and 1,175 of a Possi ble 1, 180 Points from a nationwide panel of sports writers and Sporis casters. Miami which raised its record to 3-0 by routing Texas tech received on first place Vole and 1,099 Points. Last week s Firul place votes also were 55-1 but the Point differential was 1,175 1,050. Michigan remained a Distant third with 1,000 Points after edging Notredame 24-23. The setback in Lou Holly debut As notre Dame coach boosted the Irish into the top Twenty for the first Lime since the second week of the 1985season. The Irish Are no. 20. Alabama held onto fourth place with 992 Points by defeating Southern missis Sippi 31-18 Penn stale Idle Over the weekend remained no. 5 with 538 Points and Nebraska also Idle stayed sixth with 924 Points. However Texas Aam lost to leu 35-17 and slipped from seventh place to 16th.Washington, a 40-7 Winner Over Ohio state shot from 17th place to seventh and knocked the buckeyes out of the  huskies received the remaining first place ballot and 751 Points. Leu climbed from 14th to eighth with 747 Points. Baylor trounced Louisiana tech 38-7 and jumped from i2lh to ninth with 629 Points. Auburn which was Idle slipped from ninth to Lola with615 Points. Broncos say officials admit error on to Call Pittsburgh a Denver players say game officiate admitted they erred i nullifying a 79-Yard touchdown pass play during the Broncos 21-10 Victory Over the Pittsburgh Setlen monday night. With Denver leading 14-10 and just Over nine minutes to play in the nation ally televised game quarterback John Elway lateral to running Back Gerald Willhite who threw a pass to Steve wat son for an apparent touchdown. The play was called Back when line judge Boyce Smith ruled Jetway s toss was i Forward pass. Rules prohibit two Forward passes on the same play. Although television replays showed thai Willhite was about two Yards behind Elway when he caught the Ball a in Utu prevented the instant replay official in the press Box from overruling the Cal the Field official apparently did not know that the play was being reviewed and by the Lime the replay official had reviewed it the Broncos bad run another play meaning it was too late for the error to be corrected. "1 Guem the Guy in the press Box could t get anybody s attention on the Field Elway said. The referee Bob Mcerwee did t make the Call the line judge did. He was standing 7 Yards in front of lie play and i said there s no Way you could see it. My one Job on the play is to make sure throw a lateral because i know we can t throw two Forward passes Elway said. Elway said the officials said we blew the Call. We made a mistake but they id since we d already run another play they could t Lake it Back. I m just glad it did t Cost us the  the nil also admitted that the play was Legal. The touchdown should have been Al Lowed Joe Browne the nil s director of communications said. There was a discussion in the replay Booth on what the exact Call was on the Field he added. By the time the replay official had contacted the Field the next play had been run. When the next play is run there can be no change by the replay official we re continuing to work the wrinkles out of the system Browne said about the instant replays which Are being used this season for the grit time. It was Lough to see that kind of play go to waste Denver coach Dan Reeve said. I was so Upsel. There was a replay. But they did t change it because on play was run. I think the replay a  Mcelwee would not admit an error had been made. He referred questions to Art Mcnally the nil s supervisor of officials. Now you know Why i voted against instant replay Broncos owner Pat Bow Len said. The controversy became moot when the butlers committed three fourth period turnovers and the Broncos got an insurance to on Elway s 13-Yard scoring pass to Sammy Winder with 1 53 remaining Tex Schramm president and general manager of the Dallas cowboys and head of the nil Competition committee was angry. Inexcusable he said after Dallas coach Tom Landry s weekly Pryst con Ference. What you saw was exactly what instant replay was designed for to gel the proper decision. In thai Cate it immediately showed the proper   
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