European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday november 11, 1938 the stars and stripes Page 25 commentary beef worst of air Force football hold those kickoffs. Sure Rhein Mai will beat Ramstein while Lakin Heath Downs upper Scyford in Safe football s conference title games saturday. Bui not before i he sixth annual stars and gripes  envelope please. Best game Rhein main Al Spang Dahlum. Hoi learns entered this sept. I Shn Wdovin a 2-n, tie rockets had t won a big one since he Berlin  looked headed for another dive a lion they Ira Ltd 13-0 in the fourth Quarter. Only this Lime Tori ill passed for two touchdowns and sneaked for he Winner in a 20-13 Rhein main Triumph. The rockets Haven t qui i rising. Worst game Icahn at Tilburg. The Hawk were penalized 111 Yards and held to three first Downs. And still won 21-0. You figure  special Tilburg Al Lindsay of so Hie Fly ers1 27-7 Victory Means nothing now that both earns went 2-6. But on aug. 27, who thought the Barons fresh off heir Safe championship would lose to Lindsey for the first Lime since 197i? not i. Best team Rhein main. The rockets do it wit depth. Gerald Mason goes Down at tailback Eric Huber Steps in. Scott Wilbur is injured at Light end to. Col Mun docs inc Job. Randal Keif leaves with a bad knee in comes Omega Edwards Al defensive tackle. Their big Gisl loss came Las week when a a Hill was suspended. Tony Smith look Over and beats Mach 21-0 in the playoffs. Worst Cam Chicksands. The Chicks Don t have much fight in them. They were shut Oul seven times including four straight to end their season. All that just to years after winning the Safe Champi  Leem upper Scyford. The sky Kings Beal the contenders Alconbury Mildenhall and Lakenheath by an average of 3-6. They won the Mildenhall game on a fourth-and-18 touchdown Pas with 1 04 left. Unlock isl team Mildenhall. If the marauders had killed that do or die Scyford pass they would be in the  surprising team Rhein Mam. The rockets were 8-18 the previous three seasons they were hardly favourites to make inc playoffs now they re 9 0 and shooting for their first perfect season since1969. Most  team Pitburg yes the Barons lost loads from their 1987 championship edition. Still coach Joe Green sounded euphoric after beat ing Mildenhall in the exhibition season. Now Green s gone after suffering through a 2-6 record Pitburg worn in history. Guises a Leam Hahn. The Hawks figured to fold after blowing two straight 9-0 regular seasons. Their 0-3 Start this year looked natural. Then suddenly William Cotton turned into the Csc quarterback of the future and that Hahn defense displayed some of the meanest hits of the year. The Hawks won four of their last five. They missed the playoffs with a 4-4record, but at least they won heir last game some Bucky Fox thing they had t accomplished since 1984.best running backs Mildenhall. Todd Jackson and . Valdespino rushed for More Yards 1j361 than every Cam in the Csc. Best quarterback Hill. He played for Gerry Faust at Akron. No wonder he looked lost at the Start of Rhein main s season. The Man lived up id his firs name Tor meaning goal in German by completing 53 percent of his passes for seven ads. Too bad an air Force investigation sacked him before the playoffs. Best receiving corps Bonnie Daye. Bunt a ters hardly needed anyone else. The Durham dude hauled in 47 passes for 633 Yards and 11 touch Downs. Thai Aerial yardage exceeded six Csc teams. Best offensive line Mildenhall this was coach Rich Henry s Pel project heading into 1988. By sea son s end the line lived up to its breakfast club nickname. They Wake people up explained  offensive line Fairford. Imagine averaging 1.2 Yards per Rush with blocking like that bring Back he Quick kick. Best defensive line Alconbury worst defensive line Grenham common. Best linebackers Rhein main. Jay Grigson Indira Washington Are the Backbone of a defense yield Inga us afe Low 5 Points per  linebackers Lindsey. In wonder the flyers surrendered 280 Yards per  secondary rams Cin. The rams did l even miss 87 All Star , Taylor a absence from  semifinal. With Randy Clyburn tilling that Comer Back void the rams blanketed the passandwon26-10. /. Worst secondary  game Larry Boldin s one Back Mas Ter plan that finally found he right direction Ingram slain s 28-23 Victory Over Sembach. Bold bold in introduced the one Back offence to the Csc this year and he almost trashed it after the rams 14-2 loss at Rhein main. Then in the crucial game wit Sembach the coach s system tank in. The rams rushed for 24s Yards with Tony Phillips gaining134. Now rams Cin has defences on the run. Worst coached game Bob Lee s surrender i week 1, the Alconbury coach Dame into 1968 with a Power yet inc spartans were spanked 23-10 at Grenham common. Credit Lee with rallying Alcon Bury Inlo the , s Best team by season s end but that loss to a Grenham Leam hat went 3-7 Means no playoffs for a spartans.  quotable coach Gary Covington of Lindsey. Here s a Guy whose 2-6 flyers were ruined by injures yet he always had a Good quip. His latest on theone Back offence that s what we Sherld pc run this year because All we had was one  a close Sec Ond was Grenham s Randy Gar buy who said bin Walers was like the Midas touch without  least quotable coach Dave Lockwood of Spang Dahlum he s still pouting Over lines 1 wrote two req Mhz ago. He has t Given me anything wort writing since week 3.1 prefer the Billy Kilmer method. He did t like a Washington Post reporter so he simply slammed him against i locker. End of ten Sion then again Lockwood is 6-foot-6. Most quotable player Dwayne Harp of  bad he s leaving after five Snappy seasons. Best stadium Simbach. Perennial Champion. Worst stadium Wei Brincken. Ask any player about the pits of the Csc. This is it. Best uniforms upper Heyford. That Black and Orange is one mean combination. Worst uniforms Wei Brincken. Perennial Champi on. Most enthusiastic fans Lindsay. They still make noise even though the flyers Haven t had a Winner since Jimmy Carter was president. Who most vicious fans Ramstein. If enemy teams can handle Tough. No wonder the rams went 5-0 at he my. Best Public address Lindsey. Jim Hill is so versa tile he also called u Rhein main game. It helps that he has the sharpest spotter in Robert Grider. Best name Avis victorian. The Ramstein receive could push rental cars. Me no doubt has too much purple blood for Hal. Best refreshments Spang Dahlum. Worst refreshments Rhein main. While the rockets win and draw bulging crowds half of their food stands make a habit of slaying closed the there s thai Frozen Rhein main Wurst or worst. Best statistician Eugene Griffin of Rhein main. He s part of a slats team Hal includes Fred Kirkendall the rockets offensive assistant whose fetish is numbers. Worst statistician Donald Young of Grenham common. Thanks to him the crusaders. Home games manage to miss the newspaper even when they win. Best press Box rams Cin. Through the last six years its the Only Box that provides food Al Hall time. Worst press Box rams Cin. It s that shaky ladder again Raf Welford where Grenham common opened the season has a scarier climb Loiis Box. Butich crusaders moved to the Grenham common High school Field in mid season. What Ramstein. Needs is a Good brain splattering at the base of that ladder. Then someone will order a new one lad Der that is. " Befrs rec skin game a by Dave Goldbe Gap football writer How Many plot lines do you wan when Chicago visits Washington this weekend  will Mike Dilka come charging Back Early from Bis heart attack to save his Job from Vince Tobin if Tobin wins his Sec Ond straight game will Dexler Manly spit on a polish american tackle for the second straight week with John Wojciechowski the Suc Cessor to Jim Dombrowski. Will the bears be Flat because Ditka snot on the sidelines to yell at them maybe we can get some tapes and play them Back for the effect Tobin said. The bears Are a surprising 3vi-Poinlunderdog, perhaps because they be lost to Washington twice in a Row at so Dierfield both in playoff games. On the other hand the bears won the last time they were at Frk stadium in the 1984 playoffs with Steve Fuller at Quarter Back. This time therb is Mike Tomczak. The other Bis Doug Williams. If Wil Liams has time to thrown the redskins should win if nol. Bears 17-16, new York giants plus 1 at Phoenix new York is due to lose having won four straight against teams with a combined record of 7-23 and played Well for Only 65 minutes 13 seconds of the last241 13 it has played. The question will the cards Miracle comeback Over ihc49ers last week lift them another notch or Lead ton letdown Law of averages says the giants will win at Home the next Lime but this Oneis. Cards 24-20. Cleveland minus 2vi at Denver the Bro is would much rather have beaten the Broncos in the last two acc title games. Earnest byner does t have to worry his time even if he fumbles Al the Denver 3 Browns 27-13. New Orleans plus 3w Al . Rams the rams won 12-10 two weeks ago anew. Orleans. Somehow Home Field does t mean much in the pfc West. Saints 12-10. -. Buffalo pick a at Miami monday the first Lime these teams played in Bills won 9-6. The Bills will score More this time. The dolphins May not Bills 10-6. . Raiders plus 6 w at in Francisco two thoughts. Bill Walsh does t yell at his . The raiders Are 5-0 in the acc West,0-5 outside it. 49ers, 20-17. Houston pick pm at Seattle the oilers arc Only 2-3 on the Road but two of their losses were with Cody Carlson Al quarterback. They re also 6-0indoors. A Happy Homecoming for War Ren Moon. Oilers 17-13, Minnesota minds 3 at Dallas the Vikings can stumble at the most Inopportune moments and this could be one of them particularly i Kevin Sweeney befuddled them. Still when you re Down you re Down. Vikings 24-16. Cincinnati minus 6w at Kansas Cit the chiefs May score 11 Points again his  bengals will score More. Bengals 34-fl. Tampa Bay plus 2w Al Detroit you mean there arc people who will pay real Money to see this Lions 8-5.other games Home teams in Caps Pittsburgh plus 2 20. Philadelphia19 new England plus 2. 21,.new York jets 16 Indianapolis minus 4 20, Green Bay 7 Atlanta minus Svi 26, san Diego 7. Last week 6-8 spread pm straight up. Season 52 84-4 spread86-53-Tfelraight up. Ain sports television basketball Detroit at Boston 2.-05 . Saturday Golden state at Phoenix. 4 30 an. Saturday.  Houston to Miaow 130 Joti. Saturday