European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 30,1987 the stars and stripes commentary Bennett s Choice Happy or miserable tiie words came put slowly As if Cornelius Bennett the Best College linebacker in the land was weighing each one carefully to make Jure it sounded just right i be Jot to be Happy As an Indianapolis Colt he said trying to sound Happy. In tact once Bennett bad the phrase Down jus right he repealed it to make sure you understood How Happy he really was. In this less than perfect world Bennett s Choice was limited to Happy or miserable. He chose Happy certainly the preferable option and entirely understandable. Every bit As understandable in fact As the Colts selection of bin As the second Choice in tuesday s nil draft. Operating with the tacit approval of the nil players association the league parcels out College football s Best seniors and does t ask their opinion about their preferred destinations. So Cornelius Bennett has got to be Happy As an Indianapolis Colt. Its like the jury system not perfect but the Best we be  said agent Bob Woolf who negotiated no. 1 pick Vinny Testaverde s $8.2 million six year Deal with Tampa Bay. I Don t know a bet Ter system though. Otherwise you d have  Testaverde who played College Ball at Miami lucked into just the right Bay for him Tampa no Green. What if somebody else had been holding the no. I pick what then Vinny life is a Bunch of adjustments he said. So the message today for Cornelius Bennett is adjust. Bennett s life was complicated enormously by Testaverde the Heisman trophy Winner who has Long complicated the lives of other linebackers. And the quarterback did t exactly make things simple for Bennett s old College coach Ray Perkins who left Alabama to run the show in Tampa Bay. Given Tesla Eric s credentials and his popularity in Flor Ida Tampa Bay had Little Choice but to draft the big quarterback. And that left Ben Nett a Perkins favorite Avail Able for the Colts. Bennett had one Chance out of this bind. When running Back Randy Mcmillian was seriously injured in an Auto Mobile Accident on the eve of the draft there was speculation thai it might alter the Colts priorities. Bennett is a pretty Good football player but not much at carrying the Tail certainly Indianapolis would consider a Trade using that tempting no. 2 Inett pick As bail. When i taunt out about his injury in my mind i wondered Bennett said. There had been Trade  that talk continued tuesday As the Colls used 13 minutes ii seconds of their 15-Minulc time limit before picking Bennett. If Testaverde had t been there for Tampa buy or if Perkins was  some other town with the no. I pick Bennett is sure Indianapolis would not have had this Chance to make him so Happy. I think he might have taken me Bennett said. If he was not at Tampa Bay i m sure he would have. He called to express his feelings to me. I understand Vinny playing in the same stale and All. There Are no Hara  not at All. All along Bennett had wanted to Wear Sliver and Blue. He grew up rooting for the Dallas cowboys. This is a dream come True being no. 2 behind such a great player like  Bennett said not sounding terribly convincing. Come on Cornelius smile. This is your time. Enjoy. Think about the last game of the season when Indianapolis is scheduled to play Tampa Bay and Perkins. It will be a whole lot of fun to see six of my old coaches he said dryly. So you re Happy then right Cornelius i be got to be Happy As an Indianapolis  nil from Page 17 five hurricanes taken in first two rounds starter and Schwedes also would till whole. Then there was Tampa Bay where new coach Ray Perkins wheeled and dealer to come up with a record 20 draft picks in the 12 rounds. It was the most picks any team has had since the 12 round draft was instituted in 1977, in an unusual move the raiders to Kobo Jackson last year s no. 1 pick in the seventh round. Jackson the 1985 heis Man trophy Winner from Auburn opted for baseball Over football and is now b aying baseball for the Kansas royals a became eligible for this year s Root Ball draft when the bucs who took him in last s draft failed to sign him by tues Day. Jackson insisted again that his football career is behind him. The next person who asks me a foot Ball question gels fined $500," Jackson said in Kansas City. Draft left coach with mixed feelings Miami