European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday August 28, 1987 the stars and stripes Paga 23 commentary More shaky picks sooner raiders Charlie tuna had a Good one on an radio wednesday morning. The la. Disc jockey gave his definitive football forecast for 1987 so twill go undefeated untied and unsfored Gelil maybe some sum Fra Emily Flag team will go 12 0, bul forget what s left of the varsity Mustangs. The Only thing they la be doing in Dallas is attending football death Penally 101, taught by some inca prof. Hard to believe a football player in class Ai skip math University. This Wisn t meant As a slam at Southern methodist Only that Charlie tuna brought it up. I m inter ested in forecasting Tome Lhing tuna grasps an something i wish i did. With College football starting sunday the Only game i can guarantee is Missouri at Oklahoma on nov. 14. My to piers will get within 70 Points. It s a lock. No More 77-0 misery like last year otherwise Why subject myself to More predictions it s downright painful when my picks gel licked. I could pick Psi to push around Fullerton slate on sept. 12 or Ohio state to beat Oregon the following week and you could Bank on upsets. If to knew my record he d order me to pick Long Beach state to Knock off his Michigan wolverines Onset 26. How bad can i get look at my baseball Prudic Tom from april and my deserved grades american league East Yankees on top. Lou Piniella a hero. Don mailing map. Ted Higuera Yyoung. Indian collapse. Brewers Surprise. Grade d. Updated pick the Only thing Piniella will be is fired. Bucky Fox american league West a s on top. Reggie comeback. Mariners Surprise. Bret Saberhagen Flop. Gene Mauch gone. Graded. Updated pick Oak land will still win it. National league East mels on top. Pirates sur prise. Sid Bream map. Cardinals slide. Whiley her zog axed. Grade f. Updated pick St. Louis All the Way. National league West dodgers on lop. Fernando Valenzuela by Young. Astros dive. Larry Bowa manager of the year. Chuck Tanner fired. Grade f. Updated pick Ted Turner gets canned for not firing Tanner. It hurts to read those predictions. And that s Only baseball. Now we re headed for football where my weekly stars and stripes College forecasting percent age makes Kansas slate look like a National Champi on. So what team will win the National championship not Penn state no one repeals. Nol Miami Don t Trust Jimmy Johnson. Not Urcla Pacio teams doze off in no hum games. Not Nebraska Tom Osborne s red pants White beit ensemble does t Cul would pick Stanford but Here s a school that Pur ports to produce geniuses and in spells the Cardina without an that leaves oooo Oklahoma where the wins come sweeping Down the dig eight. The sooner would have to Fumble on every option to lose the first two months. They play North tas stale North Carolina Tulsa Iowa stale Texas Kansas slate Colorado. Kansas Oklahoma state and mis Souri before finding serious football at Nebraska. So Oklahoma s headed Jbf an Oihi t no. I. What about the pros1. Acc East Miami Hrc pics. Dan Marino Puis his Finger on map after in ruler 2 million Yards passing. The jets go nowhere so goodbye Joe Walton. Buffal surprises. Acc Central Cincinnati finally. The bengals have to be the Best team that never makes the they do. Sam Wyche coach of the year. I m a sucker for Pittsburgh. A wildcard to the steel cars. Houston dumps Jerry Glanville. Who acc West i love the raiders so they re in. Allie Way Wilh to Jackson who announces after the super bowl that he has lost interest in his other Hobby baseball. The rest of this division Boies me. Denver gets a wildcard. Pfc East no repealing. Giants. Thai leaves Washington on top. I m still waiting for Dallas to Trade Dorset. St. Louis sends Gene slayings pack ing. Pfc Central Del Roll s Darryl Rogers gives Heball to Chuck Long and says. Jusi win he does Mike Dilka wishes he could do the same Loever injured Jim Mcmahon. Pfc West the rams make it an All los Angele super bowl. Jim Everett emerges As the Best bin the conference. New Orleans slops the presses. The saints land a wildcard. Maybe i la get better than an f this time. Which might get me a football scholarship to sum. Sun devils add fourth goal to two of three list in 86 by Walter Berry Tempe Ariz. A Arizona state football coach John Cooper says the fun is just about Over and it s Lime for his Sun devils to Start playing games. Last year in Cooper s second season Arizona state went 10-1-1, won ils first Pacific-10 conference championship and went on to beat Michigan 22-15 in the Rose boat to wind up ranked fourth in the final poll. "1 was trying to get the season postponed by Aboul a month or so became i m having so much fun enjoying last year with the banquet circuit and things like that Cooper said. But in a Way i m Annious to get started and forget about what we did last year. In s time for us logo to work and find out what kind of football Tea we re going to bul first Cooper said he must select a starting quarterback. Slut t i biggest preseason headache. Three year Larter Jeff Van Raaphorst has graduated to the Proi and Cooper has to choose from four re shirted understudied juniors John Walker and Dan Ford and freshmen Paul Justin and Kent Kicfer. Walker who started four games As a freshman in 1984, hat played Only sparingly Ever since because of recurring Elbow problems while Ford completed 11 of is passes for 163 Yards and three touchdowns Incampo roles last season. Quite honestly 1 Don t know who our quarterback a going to a Cooper said. If we had to play Nel week it would be ont of the veterans Walker Orford. Ii t very unusual for a freshman kid to come in and play against the Competition we play on this level. So i would lean right now Wilh going Wilh a Veteran quarterback. At least the rest of our offence is pretty Well returning in the Backfield arc senior tailback Darryl Harris Ujj Yards 205 carries. 8 touchdowns and senior fullback charming Williams 540 Yards 129 car Ries 8 ads. Also returning arc senior split end Aaron con 29 catches 591 Yards. 2 ads Junior punier Mike Schuh 39-Yard average and Junior place kicker Kent Bertram 15 of 19 Field goals 41 of 45 extra Points. Obviously How Good we will be offensively will be determined by How Well our quarterback plays Coop or said. Bul i m a great believer in that you win games College football 87 Wilh a solid kicking game and Good defense. We got All our kickers Back bul we be lost sin starters on defense mostly linemen and linebackers. Our com cracks seniors Eric Allen. Anthony Parker and Jeff Joseph Are All Back so our defensive strength should be in Parker just missed leading the nation in punt re turns last year with a 22-Yard average and Cooper is counting on him to Anchor that segment of the Sun devils special teams. How everything else will fit together is still up in the air. The greatest satisfaction i had last year was thai our football team played As Well As we were capable of playing. I think we pot the maximum out of those players Cooper said this year we need the Sam Type of Effort. I think Well be very competitive and Well have another outstanding football last year s Lone loss came in the regular season finale when Arizona beat the Sun devils 34-17. The Wildcat fifth consecutive Victory Over their Archeri Vals ended Asu s Hopes of a National championship and the school s first undefeated season since 1975. Our goal this year is to shoot for the lop Cooper said. Last year we had three goals win the National championship win the Pacio championship and win the Rose bowl. This year we be added a fourth goal beat the u of a. I want to see us win every game. In s going to be Tough to do bul that s our goal. Arizona state which had seven Home games in 1986, has seven More this season including a sept. 26 Date with Nebraska. As far As he Pacio race is concerned you d hive to be a Village idiot not to pick Urcla to win said. If i were handicapping the conference leaving us out of in i d pick Urcla Washington. Hsc. Arizona and Stanford not necessarily in that on Jar As the lop five teams. If i had to Pul us in. I d put us right at tru Damn lop again. We have a Good schedule although we have to play Washington at Seattle and that s always a hard game to win. But a lot of teams have to come in hire to play us. 11 Ike our Ari Ianu Smyc so Aaron Cox
