European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 18, 1986 the stars and stripes Pago 17 sports stripes readers picking Miami to win fiesta  the no. I rented Miami hurricanes the Best College foot Ball team in the land Wil they beat the no. 2-Rankcd Penn slate Villany Lions in the Ficula Bowlon Jan. 2? yes. Yes. According to the first Edo Sta Sand stripes renders to enter this year s super bowl contest Sec ballot on Page 12the nod goes to Miami by a 62-38 vote. In other key matchup 91 per cent of the same contestants say Oklahoma will turn Back Arkansas in the Orange bowl 78 percent predict a Victory for Michigan Over Arizona state in the Rose bowl 68 percent see Nebraska defeating leu in the sugar bowl and 65 percent predict Ohio state will defeat Texas am in the col ton bowl. Fiesta bowl overtime ruled out by Mcaa Phoenix. Ariz. A the idea of playing an overtime period if the Jan. 2 fiesta bowl game Between top ranked Miami and no. 2 Penn stale winds up in a lie has officially been rejected by the Mcaa. Bruce Skinner fiesta bowl executive director confirmed tuesday that bowl officials had been notified by the Mcaa of its decision against allowing an Over time period. But Skinner said that the Issue in t necessarily dead. You know we May cake another run at it Skinner said. He said the Ficula bowl had not formally applied to the Mcaa for permission to play an Over time period. We might ask them and we might gel another no " Skinner said. Certainly we will do whatever the Mcaa  the answer is very simply no Mcaa spokesman Bob Minnix said tuesday. I base that on the Mcaa foot Ball rules interpretation for this year. Those Are simply the rules. They stale that an overtime period can Only be used in one of two situations. The tint is when you have a progressive Post season game situation a number of teams Start ing with the quarterfinals Etc. Obviously in that kind of system you need a Winner in each instance. Secondly it could be used if there were it National championship game being played. And even though Penn state Miami is being viewed As a nation Al championship As far As he Mcaa is concerned they Are just two teams play ing in a bowl game. We re viewing the fiesta bowl As no More or no less than any other bowl  overtime periods  permitted in Mcaa divisions i a ii and Iii All of which have playoff systems to decide the National championship. Skinner said fiesta bowl officials would decide in a Day or two whether to apply formally for permission to play an overtime period. Frankly it s not a very High priority with us Skinner said. Our priority right now is to Pul on this football  the final associated press College football poll of writers and broadcasters will be conducted Jan. 3, the Day after the fiesta bowl. Utah wins 7th straight on Griffith s 3-Pointer from press dispatches Landover my. Darrell Griffith hit a 26-foot three Pointer from the top of the key at the Buizer tuesday night to Power the Utah jazz to their seventh straight Victory a 109-106 decision Over the washing Ion bullets. The jazz leaders in the Midwest division improved to 14-7 with their longest winning Streak since 1983, the longest current Streak in the Aba. Griffith came o t the Bench to score 27 Points hit Ling 12 of 18 from the Field including four of  three Point Range. He scored ii Points in the final Quarter. Moses Malone hit two free throws to tic the score with three seconds left before Griffith responded with his Basket As Lime expired. Moses Maione finished with 3s Points including eight in the final 3 13, an grabbed 21 rebounds to Pace Washington while team mate Jeff Maione added 29 Points. Karl Maione who finished with 24 Points score nine during a 13-4 fourth Quarter spurt that gave Utah a 91-86 advantage and consecutive three pointers by Griffith extended inc Lead to 100-90 with 3 23 remain Washington responded with eight straight Points capped by Jeff Malone s in footer that pulled the bul lets to 100-98 with is seconds left. Kelly to Pucka converted a three Point play nine seconds later an Thurl Bailey s follow up tasket increased the Lead to 106-100 with 25 seconds remaining. Two free throws each by Moses Maione and Ennis Whatley preceded Moses Malone s game tying tree throws Catledge who scored two Points in the first halt scored 1? in the third Quarter to finish with 19. Cat ledge hit his final eight shots of the Quarter while Moses Malone scored 11 in the Quarter. No Roundup in other games tuesday later 121, Cavaliers lift Richfield Ohio magic Johnson had 25 Points 14 assists and 11 rebounds to Pace los Angeles past Cleveland. Kareem Abdul Jabbar also scored 25 Points and James worthy chipped in with 22 for the lakers. After a 59-59 halftime tie Cleveland look a 73-66 Lead on a stuff by Brad Daugherty with 8 33 remaining in the third Quarter. The lakers then outscored the Cavaliers 26-7 to take a 92-80 Lead with 1 37 remain ing in the Quarter. Worthy scored 10 Points during the spurt and . Green added  lakers had five stuffs and five layups during the sum As they unleashed their vaunted running attack. Bucks 103,76ers 91 Milwaukee Ricky Pierce led Milwaukee with 24 Points and Terry Cummings added 20 As the Bucks beat Philadelphia handing the 76ers their third straight  opened the third Quarter with a 10-3 run with Cummings scoring eight of his Points. The Bucks whose largest Lead was 67-47 at 7 so of the third Quarter opened the fourth with a 6-2 run for an 82-68 Lead at the 10 20 Mark. Pierce had 10 of his 24 Points in the final period. The Bucks jumped out to a 7-0, Lead in the first two minutes of the game and never trailed. Celtic 107, Onkka 96 new York Larry Bird sinking three three Point shots bunched his 29 Points into the first three see Aba on Page 22 Darrell Griffith Lead surging Utah jazz to Victory Morris twins can t agree on contract. J in _ onto Hinn in 1988. Or. Moss said Morris was will said. Minneapolis a Jack Morris and the min Esou twins were unable to reach or T � contract tuesday and Morns agent is agent right hander would turn his York York Yankees. $2 of Millio in 1988. Or Moss said Morris was will ing to sign a three year Deal for 11,8 million a year or a four year Deal for j1.7 million a  said and we believe that those proposals Are reasonable Moss Taid. We said that if there was an disagreement we were willing to have the salary Deler owner Carl Pohlad s executive vice president Andy Mac be we Moss Morris 31, who has a career record of 144-94 in his nine seasons with the Detroit Tigen said i totally expected to sign a  Morris who was 21- last year told the tigers last week that he would not sign with them. When asked if tuesday s development would Lead him to consider returning to the tigers he said it does t change a the twins were the first team Morris met with after announcing he would choose from among four teams tie twins Yankees. Philadelphia Phillies and Cali fornia Angels