European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday septembers 1988 the stars and stripes Page 25 commentary Prog nose actors Puzzle pigskin play sport Magazine predicts a Denver Minne Sota super bowl. What kind of Dud is thai the Broncos 0-3 in super bowls is. The Vikings 0-4. Forget the roman numerals. This one would be super of and seven. Pole Roc Lac would be forced to say at his slate of he nil address there Are no winners Only so no i m not picking the Broncos and Vikings to reach the National football league s championship game. Sport Magazine can have them. With College football in full swing this weekend along Wilh the pros my predictions Nave smites on them. You Don t pick me Broncos and Vikings and smile about it. I pick the Houston oilers to beat the Philadelphia eagles in the bowl and i laugh about it All the Way to inc Bank if Warren Moon and Randall Cunningham Wing it right but let s Start with the colleges since they play a Day before the nil s opening sunday. I m out to win the Sas weekly College football predictions race this year. You can laugh at that one what with my previous record Reading like North Western s. Yet this it a new season. Meaning new strategy pick the teams i like. The new game plan turned up these predictions for saturday air Force Over Colorado slate Tennes see Over Georgia Washington slate Over Illinois Texas am Over Ltd. Maryland Over Louisville Miami Over Florida slate Memphis slate Over Mississippi Arizona Over Oregon state North Carolina Over South Carolina and Syracuse Over Temple. That Miami Over flu pick deserves a special Smirk. Or at least a shake of your head because i m choosing Florida stale As the National Champion. Huh Florida. State loses its opener but still wins ils Only National title with an unproven Quarter Back yes. Just like Miami in 1983, when the Hurri canes lost Early to Florida and rebounded to win it All behind an unknown a a named a comic Kosar. Florida state will also win it All Only the seminoles Bucky Fox won t win game 1 against the defending National champs on the Road. Why this infatuation with Florida state Bobby Bowdon. The scminolcs1 coach is a neat fellow. You discovered thai if you attended the Safe football clinics in july in England and Germany i figure if Bowdon has the interest to teach blocking footwork in Pitburg. He sure has it in Tallahassee. There you Are. Florida state has a 1988 lock on the National title and coach of the year. The his Man trophy too no. Steve Taylor will win that. If the Nebraska quarterback can capture the k Kickoff classic s out standing player award on 125 Yards passing and 34 Rushing he can bamboozle Heisman voters. Notre Dame s Tim Brown did last year. Taylor s Heisman will give Nebraska its second in five years. Which brings up Mike Rozier Heisman. 83 and the oilers. Why pick Houston to win ils first nil title two reasons t. Jerry Glar Tville is the league s most enter Taining coach. 2. The oilers have the league s Slickest receivers and one of the them Willie Drewrey is the son of Reggie Drewrey the Rhein main coach of Here s Glanville defending Houston s hit on new Orleans kicker Morten Andersen Anderson had a helmet right he had shoulder pads right and hews covering a Kickoff right sounds like a football player to Here s Glanville on fellow acc Central coaches i can t imagine anything worse than to have to spend a week with Chuck Noll Marty Scholie Nheim or and Sam Wyche. Hell it i take Marty two month just to gel All his Vince Lombard speeches Ogeth has something to say. Think of him Wilh a super bowl forum. The Man will finally earn a deeper reputation than his Black garb. What about the other picks after Houston in the acc Central Cincinnati will take second Wilh a Wychec saving wild card spot. Then come Pittsburgh and collapsible Cleveland. In inc acc West bless the los Angeles raiders and their new coach Mike Shanahan. As Denver s offensive brain last year he carried my Brief Case White i interviewed him in London s Hyde s bound for coach of the year glory while return ing . To the division title. And just think if he had t Cut Jim Plunkett he would pc coached four Heisman winners at once. Marcus Allen to Jackson and Brown Are still raiders. The rest of the acc West will have Seattle As a wild card entry then Denver Kansas City and san Diego. In the acc fast Buffalo will ride Jim Kelly to the Lille and the quarterback will ride off with the most valuable player trophy. This Wil prove to be the league s weakest division with the new York , indy and new England trudging behind. In the pfc Central Chicago a a Jim Mcmahon says he s healthy enough to play a whole season. Thai s after he said in june he was Hurt enough to skip a whole season. The bears will win big which is what it will take to shuffle Minnesota olt to wild card status. Detroit Tampa Bay and Green Bay will Anchor the division. Watch the los Angeles rams win the pfc West. That Means the 49ers and saints Are overrated. The Falcons Are rated right fourth. From Bottom to lop in the pfc East it s Phoenix Dallas new York wild card Washington and Phila Delphia. That s right the eagles will return to the to after a seven year playoff absence. And return to the super bowl after an eight year break. Philadelphia trying to Ulgun Houston. Buddy Ryan trying to out gab Glanville. Smile. The sea son s starting. Tow sure and stripes flu s Bowden Ideal time to play Miami by Herschel Nissen soap sports writer for the first time since inc associate press look its first College football poll in 1936, the learns that finished inc pre Vious season ranked no. 1 and no. 2 will open against each other. Saturday night s game Between de fending National Champion Miami no 6 this year and runner up Florida state no. I in both 1988 a polls Cornel i you this Early Courtesy of lbs to which could t wait until oct. 29, when the rematch of Miami s dramatic Cote from behind 25-25 Victory of a year ago originally was scheduled. Florida stale coach Bobby Bowden inexpert poor Mother is delighted to be ranked no. I but that does t Stop him from blowing some smoke Miami s Way. There s no doubt who is no. 1 in the country Miami Bowden says. The hurricanes finished tast season undefeated and the National champions and nobody s beaten them yet. In fact no body has even scored on Bowden thinks the opening game is an Ideal time to play Miami. By the sixth or seventh game bold of us or one of us probably would have lost one or iwo this is a strange series one without a Home Field advantage. Miami is 9-1 in Tallahassee and Florida slate is 12-9 in the Orange bowl site of saturday night s seminoles also arc 4-Point favourites. The a s first preseason poll was in1930 and the no. I learn has failed to win its opening game four times. Nebraska lost to Urcla 20-17 in 1972 and was tied by leu 6-6 in 19t6, Michigan was beaten by Wisconsin 21-14 in 1981 and Auburn lost to Miami 20-18 in the 1984kickoff classic. Fat photo flu coach Bobby Bowden ,. Blowing smoke at hurricanes Miami by the Way was inc defending National Champion that year too. Dejavu the first prediction of the season ,.Miami 24-20. No. Ii Texas am at no. 17 leu favored by 3 the aggie have a game under their belts but Nebraska a 23-14 Winner in the Kickoff classic has Scalp. Am also is hurting Wilh at least four starters 24-14. No. 18 Tennessee at no. 12 Georgia by 3h Vince do icy Calls the vols the Busl offensive team Hal we be Ever faced in an opening that May be Why he has junked his beloved split 60 defense in favor of an Odd Man Frontas he starts his 25th season at. Georgia 21-17, Utah stale it no. 2 Nebraska no line the Utah state aggie won t be As competitive As the Texas aggie. Nebraska 42-7. Virginia tech at no. 4 Clemson by 20 Clemson has allowed just iwo Kickoff re turns for touchdowns in the last 10 Yean both by Virginia tech Danny Ford is 7-2 in openers and one of the losses was Lvirginia tech in 19s6. Just thought you d like to know. Clemson 35-10. San Diego slate at no. 5 Urcla by 24 you know this could be a screwy season when a quarterback named Troy Aikman does t play for Southern Cal but rather for Crosstown rival. Urcla 45-14, no 8 Southern California by 6 Al Boston College us begins its 100th season of football with its first visit to Massachusetts and the trojans will have played in 28 of the 50 suites. One is not allowed to mention Urcla s Troy Aik Man this season without giving us s Rodney Peete equal time. Southern Cal 31-20. No. 9 Tow by 20v, at Hawaii the Hawk eyes Are one of the few top Twenty teams that does t play a powerhouse september schedule. Iowa 38-14. Bowling Green Al no. 16 West Virginia no line will Don Nichlen Roll it up on his Alma mater the mountaineers have been picked As the Best learn in the East and thai would be a Good Way to Start. West Virginia 35-7. North Carolina at no 19 South Carolina by 14 Hope Mack Brown Unis new coach has a Long term contract. Two of his nest three opponents arc Oklahoma and Auburn. South Carolina 28-21. Duke by 9w at Northwestern these teams have quiz kids not Whiz kids. Upset special of the week., Northwestern 28-24. Air Fern by 8 Al Colorado stale it does t seem right for the High flying air Force Academy to run n ground oriented Wishbone. Second upset special. Col Orado stale 24-21. Other games a a Navy 15, James Madison 14 fill 37, Northern Iowa 7 Syracuse by Ivi 24, Temple 10 Wake Forest 28. Villanova 14. South East Carolina 33, Tennessee tech 13-, Florida 56. Montana 0 Ken Lucky 21, Central Michigan 14 Mary land by 13 24. Louisville 17 Mississippi by i a 28, Memphis stale 21 Mississippi stale 34, Louisiana tech 14 North Carolina state 28, Western Carolina 1 Southern Mississippi 35, Stephen Faustin 7 southwestern Louisiana 27,Fullerton stale 17 Tulane 42, Tennes see Chattanooga 14 Virginia 34, Wil Liam & Mary 14. A Loveit Toledo 20, Ball slate 10eastern Michigan 24, Miami of Ohio 14 Washington state 24, Illinois by 4 i 17 Kent Sute 34, Youngstown slate 7northern Illinois 27, Akron 20 Wisconsin 24, a Lem Michigan 17. Southwest Arkansas 42. Pacific 0 Baylor 35, Nevada Las vegas 7 Scias Vej paso 38, Pankalo slate 7 Texas tech3s, North Texas 14 Tulsa by l4vi 35, Kansas state 24. Far West Long Beach state 31,Boise state 24 Fresno stale 35, new Mexico 14 san Jose stale 31. New mexi co state 14 Arizona by ism 38, Ore gon slate 17 Brigham Young 35, Wyom ing by 3 21
