European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes thursday october 8,1987 tigers cars meet in never series by Herschiel Nissenson a sports writer never Sziy never. Trial i an expression football conch Slike to use from Lime to time especially when someone asks if they might be interested in a Job at another school. Bui the word never really applies in the 26-Gamc series Between Clem son and Virginia. Virginia never has by Alan Clemson or even lied the tigers for thai Mailer. Where Clemson is concerned there is no Santa Claus for Vir Ginia there have been close games eight times the margin of Victory has been touchdown or less and there have been Routs 55-0, 48-0, 47-0but each Lime the a has gone to Clemson Virginia s Best years were 1961, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1975 and 1976 when the Cavaliers did t play Clemson. Small wonder that the eighth ranked tigers Ore new Point favourites when Vir Ginia invades deals Valley on sat urday. The Mcaa record for the most consecutive wins Apa Insl a major opponent is 32 by okla Jam Over Kansas from1937-68. Oklah Jam also holds the record for he most consecutive games without loss against a major opponent 34 including one tic against Kansas slate from 1935-68. The longest such Streak still working is30 wins and one tic by Ohio state against Indiana which provides this week s opposition for the buckeyes. Clemson is 4-0 this season Virginia is 3-2 after an 0-2 Start. The pick is Clemson 28-7. Lust week s prediction record was 36 right and 15 wrong for a percentage of.706. For the season it s 144-53-3 .731. Against the Point spread 1.151week Mark was Only 15-21-2.417 on the year 60-61-3.496. The weekend s Only pairing of to Twenty teams finds seventh ranked leu at no 16 Georgia a game the Odd smak ers rate even. The mys cry is where leu s Offe Sehas gone. True the tigers Are averaging 29.6 Points and 433.6 Yards a game utmost of that came in Early romps against Fullerton stale and Rice. They scored Only 17 Points against Texas am and 13 against Ohio stale and Florida. They arc. However still unbeaten until saturday. Georgia 21 17. No. I Oklahoma favored it 31w  to Dallas it s a Good thing players can t physically sell their tickets anymore because Texas has fallen on such hard times that there might not be manybuyers., Oklahoma 38-14. Kansas at no. 2 Nebraska by 50 Kansas can l possibly be As High As it was last week in napping Southern Illinois 16-15. A team thai lost to Delta slate 24-16nebraska Midland at no. 3 Miami a. By 27 first Lime All season the hurricanes Haven t played a top Twenty team. Re Venge for Maryland s stunning comeback from a 31-0 deficit three Yean ago Miami 42-7. No 4 notre Dame by 7w at Pitt with their rugged schedule the Irish can t begin looking ahead to their nov.28 Dale with Miami this Early. An emotional Homecoming for former pit coach Foge Fazio now Lou Holtz s defensive coordinator. Upsel special of the week. Pill 24-21. Vanderbuil Olvo 5 Auburn by 24 a least Vandy coach Walson Brown knew brother Mack and Tulane would t Roll it up last week. Auburn 42-7. No. 6 Florid stale by 20 at Southern Mississippi another loss could Cost the seminoles a major bowl bid. Florida slate 28-14. Indiana Al no. 9 Ohio state by 14 except for a 04 lie in 19s9, the hoosiers Haven t beaten the buckeyes since 1951and have been oils cored 995-287 Ohio slate 31-14. No. 12 Michigan by 6 at Michigan stale the wolverines have won their last two games by 49-0 scores. Second upset special., Michigan slate 20-17. No. 13 Arizona state by 1 Al Washington will the real huskies please stand up. Washington 28-21. Rutgers Al no. 14 Penn state by my an unpleasant Homecoming for Rutgers coach Dick Anderson class of 63  stale 28-13. No. 15 Alabama by 16 at Memphis slate the Crimson tide gets serious again next week against Tennessee. Alabama 3s-13. Fullerton slate at no 18 Florida by40 the travelling titans already have found Hawaii and leu to be inhospitable hosts. Florida 490. Colorado Al no. 19 Oklahoma stall by 6 the Winner could be a big eight dark horse. If the cowboys remember last year s 31-14 loss to Colorado and Don t look ahead to Nebraska. Okla homa state 21-14. No. 20 Arkansas by b Al Texas tech the weak Southwest conference is giving the Collon bowl indigestion third Upsel special. Texas tech 24-21. Illinois by 6 Al Purdue Fred Akers gels his first Victory in inc fourth upset special. Purdue24-17. Other rim Semi Boston College by 20 3$, army 7 air Force by Al 4 27, Navy 7temple by 3vi 28, Tulsa 24. South Cincinnati 28. East Carolina by 2vi 17 Georgia tech 49, Indiana state 0 Kentucky by 6vj 24, Mississippi 21 Louisville 35, Marshall 24 North Carolina by 11 a 30, Wake Forest 10south Carolina Fay 6 i 24, Virginia tech 17 Northwestern Louisiana 28,southwestern Louisiana 24. Midwest Ball slate 24, Kcal state21 Central Michigan 20, Eastern Michi Gan 14 Iowa state 28, Northern Iowa 14missouri by 24 34, Kansas state 14 Toledo 26, Northern Illinois 19 Minne Sota by 13 31, Northwestern 14 bowl ing Green 28, Ohio a 21 Western Michigan 21, Miami of Ohio 14 Iowa by 17 28,Wisconsin 17.Southwest Baylor 45, Southwest Texas stale 0 Texas Christian by 10 31, Rice 20 Texas am by 2iw 38, Houston 13.far West Brigham Young by 3 34, Wyoming 24 Arizona by 10 28, Cali fornia 14 Colorado stale 27, Utah by z a 24 Fresno slate 28, Southern Illi Nois 14 Nevada Las vegas 35, Utah state 21 Hawaii by 3 28, new mexico20 Southern California by Tai 35, Ore gon 17 Oregon state 27, Akron 14 Pacific 28, Long Beach stale 21 san Diego state pick pm 27, Texas Elpaso 24san Jose state 42, new Mexico state 7 Washington state by 5 / 31, Stanford Parcells says giants Are teetering on brink9 byte Canavan East Rutherford . A the new York giants Are heading to a Point where even the return of striking players might not help the super bowl champions make the playoffs coach Bil Parcells said tuesday. We re teetering on the Brink Sai Parcells adding that even an end to the now two Weck old strike May not Hel the giants. The Way we were playing relatively speaking it does t look like it would make much difference he said. I saying thai Tongue in Check. Bui if we gel much further Down it s going to  the win less giants lost their third straight game monday night As the san Francisco 49ers scored twice in the Lasso seconds of the first half and then unveiled a Wishbone attack in the second hallo Post a 41-21 Victory. It was a game in which the replace ment giants were outclassed by a 49ers team that included 17 players with som Type of nil experience. New York had just four veterans on their roster. Parcells said the giants prospects against the Washington redskins next sunday Are not that Garcal meaning the team might drop to 0-4. There is going to be a Point in time if this continues and we Don t win any games thai you Don t have a Chance tomake the playoffs said Parcells. That time looks like it s going to be  Parcells stressed the giants Are not a that Point yet and that things could change quickly if the veterans came backing and the club got things going. But he acknowledged inc Odds Are against the giants this year with the re placement games counting in the stand Ings when you gel in a Hole and you are0-3 and 0-4 and 0-5, Well you know you Are going to be involved in a lot of Clos games the rest of the Way and two or three May go the other Way he , you re 3-8 or 4-7 or whatever you Are. You just have to string a whole of Bunch of wins in a Row to have virtually any Chance and not Many teams in this league do  the giants did it last year winning heir final 12 games capping it with a 39-20 super bowl Victory Over the Den ver Broncos. The team did not show the same form this year before it went on strike losing n 34-19 decision to Chicago in the season opener and dropping a 16-14 game Lodal Las. If you Are 0-5 you re in trouble said Parcells. You probably Wilt have to get 10 to get in the playoffs Parcells said he was sure the replace ment games would be counted in the final standings and he would not criticize them something the nil has forbidden coaches to do. However Parcells wondered aloud Bow some teams seemed to have their replacement Rasters in place before other teams found out they had 10 be put to Gether. I think it s unfortunate that som teams Are really going to suffer because of it he said and some arc going to Idon t want to say Una Branlly prom but some Are. But that s the  the 49ers were one of those team that seemed to have their replacement squad in place Early and there was Little the giants could do against Bill Walsh s veterans. A 2-Yard run by Del Rodgers and blocked punt that Mike Wells carried i Yard for a to turned a 7-3 new Yor Lead into a 17-7 half Lime advantage for san Francisco. The second half was fun and games Forsan Francisco As Mark Stevens came in to run the College style Wishbone  Wishbone and countless giants mis takes generated 24 second half Points Forsan Francisco which raised its record to 2-t. My dream has come True said Ste Vens who threw a 39-Yard touchdown pass to Carl Monroe and ran 9 Yards for another score. I just wanted to play in the nil i Don t care How i Gol there. One Man s dream was Parcells night Mare As he recalled the touchdown pass to Monroe which came on a play action pass. We talked with the Guy cornerback Doug Smith on the sidelines just before the play and said you stay with the split end no matter what said Parcells you re one on one. He goes to the Bath room you go to the bathroom. Then he goes out and gets beat on the play we jus talked  Montana from Page 17 Mem that no single Issue was to hold Upan agreement. The renewed talks the first in 11 Days followed a weekend in which both sides were  owners suffered through a sunday and monday in which stadiums were filled10 just 25 percent of capacity rather than the usual 90 percent to rating were not Down dramatically for the i . Edt tune Slot but curiosity May have been responsible impart for that. The later games of sunday did show a marked decline however with a assaying the second half of its doubleheader Gol a 10.8 rating compared to 21,3 on sept.20, two Days before the strike began. Among those crossing the picket line on tuesday were All pro defensive linemen Howie Long and Bill Pickel of the los an Geles raiders. That brought to 12 the num Ber of raiders who have crossed the  new orelans saints have 14 regulars in Campana the St. Louis cardinals 13. I think the pressures Are beginning a build on both  commissioner Pete Roc Lac said tuesday in testimony before Senate judiciary subcommittee hearing on the nil s to package. Donlan has said he could reach a agreement on Many of the issues including pension Severance and drug testing if the Union would soften its stance on free Agency. Thus As the a Flea put ils new game plan into effect Chicago bears player rep Mike sing Ciary said he was very optimistic an agreement could be reached by the weekend. But the fact that Donlan and Upshaw made so Little Progress tuesday plus the introduction of new issues brought about by the strike seemingly dashed Hope thata Quick settlement was at hand. The two sides had tentatively agreed ear Lier that the new contract should last for three years. Management however is now asking for a pact of five to eight years say ing it would coincide with the to package. Fear of another strike in 1990 also played a role in that decision. The Union meanwhile is asking tha tall games played by replacement teams be erased from the regular season stand Ings. But Cleveland Browns owner Art Model said tuesday thai the Issue is not