European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. September 9,196s the stars and stripes Page 25 commentary Dierdorf knows is football abcs Dan Dierdorf or. Is missing the Best act on to his dad. Not Hal Dan or. Is avoiding his father. It s just that while Dan or. Works football Fields Dan or. Hits battlefields these Early weeks of the nil season. Dan Dierdorf or. Is a private first class Wilh co a 1st in. 4slh inf in Geln Hauson. He s grunting through reformer in inc hinterlands of Germany which leaves no Simc for to. Dan Dierdorf or. Is a first lass broadcaster with Abc television. He s Barking through monday night football broadcasts along with Al Michaels and Frank Gifford. That monday night Trio returned to action Tor the redskins giants opener. It was a historic game for sports fans in Europe. For the first time the Ameri can forces network went live Wilh the monday night football telecast. If you awoke at 2 . Tuesday for the game or watched a taped version which i did you caught daddy Dan on an All pro level. He played that Way As a St. Louis tackle. Now he s broadcasting that Way. Dierdorf is big. Not Only physically he played at 6-fool-3, 280 Pound but also in an entertainment sense. He s the hottest analyst in television. Dierdorf earned his raves by sweating through Knox radio work in St. Louis and lbs football telecasts. He switched to Abc last year and mad viewers forget his monday night football predecessors Joe Namath , Simpson Don Meredith and Alex Karros Why because Dierdorf knows football and knows broadcasting. He s an sex Jock who does t sound like one Dierdorf d in t m iss Many beats in inc giants 27 20 Victory Over the redskins. When new York fans Bucky Fox booed scan Landeta who followed a holdout with three straight bad punts Dierdorf said if you re going to hold out you Butler produce Quick. When Uzdela rebounded with a punt to Washington s i Yard line Dierdorf said. Scan Landeta has been saved at least this time.". When inc camera spotted inc giants gatorade which players habitually splash on coach Bill Par cells Dierdorf said it better not be scan  when the camera eyed Doug Williams Limp Dierdorf said keep in mind when you see Doug Williams Limp Jay Schroeder is now a los Angeles Raider when another new York holdout Light end Mark Bavaro slipped on a reception Dierdorf said you be got to believe with mining Camp he would pc stayed on his  when the redskins1 defensive tackle Dave Butz grabbed the face masks of Joe Morris and Doug Ricson Borg at the same time Dierdorf said this is steer wrestling by big  like sex Jock col Ormen Dierdorf knows strategy and rules unlike most sex jocks he knows How to explain the game without making your cars Buzz. While the giants prodded through the first half Dierdorf noted that football is a game of offence defense and special teams and you re not going to beat the world champions firing out of one  when a replay showed Why redskins tight end Don Warren was called Tor holding linebacker Carl Banks Dierdorf said if you have your right hangup there gel it Down in a hurry. Every official can Sec it after the redskins called timeout with the giants perched inside the a Dierdorf explained that new York had two receivers split to the right and noway Washington s defense could react in  also unlike most sex jocks Dierdorf rips players when they deserve it. When redskins Center Mike Scully was flagged for running Down Flold before the punt. Dierdorf said it s Nice to be enthusiastic but it helps to be smart at the same  Scully was waived the next Day. He also said of his least favorite punter Landria has been  Dierdorf looks big enough to pick up his Abc males Michaels and Gilford he certainly lifts them to a High level of broadcasting. Gifford used to tiptoe around nil problems. On this night he mentioned the Lawrence Taylor sus pension and said i Don t see Why they Call it sub stance abuse. Why Don t they Call it drug abuse this stuff is ruining the game of  Dierdorf followed Wilh i Don t know if it s ruining the game of football bul i know it s ruining some of the lives who play the game of  Dierdorf made chop chop chop sound effects on Jim Bun s touchdown. Michaels followed Wilh he was running like he still had his son on his Shoul  Dick Doris son would pc liked thai telecast. At last it s a Long season. Daddy diced Orwill deliver again. Nebraska picked Over Urcla by 4 by Herschel Nissenson a football writer there will be a game within a game when second ranked Nebraska visits no. 5 Urcla on saturday. The Odd makers have made Nebraska Urcla a pick pm affair. There is no line on the Sieve Taylor tray Aikman encounter for the second time this year two play in prominently mentioned in the preseason Heisman hype go had to head. Last week Miami quarterback Steve Walsh 37 passes 18 completions 22s Yards iwo touchdowns won by a knockout Over Florida stale tailback Sammie Smith 10 carries six Yards. This week it s Nebraska quarterback Taylor is-of-32 for 268 Yards and Twords plus ids Rushing Yard on 27 carries in victories Over Texas am and Utah state against Aikman u-of-17 for is5 Yards and three ads in Little More than a half a Ainsle san Diego state. Nebraska has won the last four meetings and seems to be in a 42-Poinl rut. The Corn huskers won 42-10 in 1983, 42-3 in 1984 and 42-33 last year when Taylor threw a school record five touchdown passes Aikman was 14-of-22 for 211 Yards no ads. The co huskers won t score 42 Points this time but the pick is still. Nebraska 24-20. The first week s tog was 35 right eight wrong Tor a percentage of.814. No. 9 Michigan at no. 13 notre Dame favored by 2 21, Syracuse 17 Toledo 20, Western Michigan 14 Eastern Michigan 35, Youngstown Sale 14, Southwest Arkansas by 19 38, Tulsa 17 okla homa Sale 42, Miami of Ohio 7 Texas Elpaso 35, Weber slate 7. For West Arizona 8 34, Texas tech 24 Arizona state by 20vi 38, Illinois 14 califor Nia 42, Pacific 7 Colorado 24, Fresno slate 17 Colorado stale by 3 24, Hawaii 17 new Mexico slate 24, new Mexico 20 Oregon 41, Long Beach stale 14 air Force by 8 34, san Diego stale14 san Jose stale 27, Oregon Sale 20 Utah 35. Idaho stale 24. An sports radio baseball Cleveland at Boston 1 to cd. Saturday