European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes Friday december 2,1988 is weekly College football predictions army vib. Navy by it Miami a. Oregon at Hawaii  is. Texas tech Pittsburgh at Syracuse . Austin to a. Southern Furman at Marshall Western by. At Eastern by. Nola. At Idaho Portland St at Tbs Fufla a Kwint Johnson season 89-41,. 685 army Miami Fla. Oregon . Pittsburgh a. Southern Marshall Eastern by Idaho Texas Al Walt Morrissette season 8743, .669 Navy Miami Fla. Hawaii  Syracuse a. Southern Marshall Western by. Nola. Texas Al Rusty Bryan season 85-45, .654 army Miami Fla. Oregon okla. St. Syracuse a. Southern Marshall Western by Nola. Texas Al Bueky Fox season 85-45, .654 army Miami Fla. Hawaii  Syracuse a. Southern Marshall Eastern by Idaho boo Odem season 82-46. .631 army Miami Fla. Oregon Owa of Syracuse a. Southern Marshall Eastern by Idaho Texas Al Tom sounders season 81 -49, .623 army Miami Fla. Hawaii okla St. Pittsburgh a. Southern Marshall Eastern by. Nola Portland. Bob Wicker season 78-52, .600 army Miami of a Oregon okla. St. Syracuse a. Southern marshal Wavern by. Idaho poll anti St Tracy Tanner season 76-54, .585 army Miami Fla. Oregon Okia. 31. Syracuse a. Southern Furman Eastern by. Idaho Portland St. Sen Abrams season 74-56, .569 army Miami Fla. Oregon okla. St. Pittsburgh . Austin Furman Eastern by. Idaho Portland St Tom Benson guest army Miami Fla. Oregon okla. St Pittsburgh a. Southern Marshall Western by. Nola. Texas Al consensus 825-475, .635 army 9-1 Miami Fla. 10-0 Oregon 7-3 okla. St. 10-0 Syracuse 6-4 a. Southern 9-1 Marshall 8-2 Eastern by. 6-4 Idaho 6-4 Texas Al 6-4 Reader s picks Benson likes Green machine by Walt  Tom Benson coach of the . Shape All Star basketball team and the final stars and stripes guest picker for i tic 88 season was confident Hal he army Green machine will overwhelm Navy saturday i Don t link the midshipmen can hop the ground alack of the wish Bone he said. It s Loo potent. The Green machine  Benson a native of Pine Bluff ark., played basketball football and ran track at Pine blunts Coltman High school which no longer exists be  had dreams of playing pro Bas Ket Hail but when that did t work out he shifted to coaching. Felt military basketball was a level below my skills Benson said. It was no longer Tun As a player. But As Acoach i could spend the Resl of my life being associated with the game j dearly care about. I m 38 now and for 31 years. I be been associated with basketball As a ref Eree coach or player. I Haven t missed a  he coached the 1978-79 Mannheim Mustangs to a 24-6 record and took the 1986-87 squad to a 38-4 Mark and they Sarteur championship game where Wiesbaden  he moved to Heidelberg As the Community sports coordinator Benson started rebuilding Heidelberg s Basket Ball program in 1987-88. Heidelberg bypassed the regular season and played in the Usa eur positional in March when i could gel Only four or five gusto come to practice. I be got about 16 players now. He said he applied Tor the . Shape coaching Job just like every one else but believes he was selected because of his International coaching experience. I i coached us Heidelberg in the second league in 87-88," Benson said to took Over a rebuilding program i m still coaching the 14-16-year-old youth program for us Heidelberg. We re 8-now."when asked to be this week s guest picker he quipped you would wait until you have All these Small College playoff games before 1 gel to  then he dug right in and took his Best ? we All know How that one will turn  Oregon Over Hawaii the Pac 10  Szalc Over Texas tech no one has stopped Barry Sanders this year neither will Texas  May raise a few eyebrows by picking Pill to win at Syracuse to think Pill had some problems but i think Pitt is a better Ball club than Syra Cuse Benson said. The notre Dame game really took a lot out of Pitt. They played notre Dame Tough and 1 think they will end the season on a High note. I m familiar with the Small schools basketball Wise Benson said. He chose Georgia Southern and Marshall on reputation and Home Field advantage and Western Ken Tucky on instinct  Portland state at Texas a&i7 wow that s a Lough one. Portland state has done Well in past playoffs but since its being played at Texas Al i la pick Texas a i Benson picked Northwestern Louisi Ana to win at Idaho because of the football heritage of his Home  s a lot of Good football in Louisiana Benson said. Leu Gram bling and Southern in the swag South Western athletic conference Louisiana tech southwestern Louisi Ana and of course the Mew Orleans saints in. Pro football. So i m going with the Rich state football tradition  there was one More Loose end. I monday s preview of the shape team. Benson left out guard Robert Martin of Chicksands by mistake. Martin is a Good outside shooter with Good Quick Ness and  it s a Light two Way race going into the final week of the 14-week picking season Klint Johnson went 8-2 to maintain the Lead he s bad since week 8. Walt Morrissette who led for the first seven weeks of the season went 9-1 to climb to two games Back last week s guest picker. West Point is Lenaw spirt turn Benson. Army too potent lineman and former Heidelberg High All Europe Star Pete Andrysiak went 7-3, second to the 8-2 Marks by Hanau Boxer Garry Grant and Hanau prep football coach Darrell mood the sports staff of the stars and stripes would like to Lanka la the guest pickers who contributed their Lime and football Wisdom to the weekly College football predictions this season. Olympian Maynard delivering a message with punch Denver a Andrew Maynard the olympic Boxer has some advice for youngsters who might be inclined to goof off in school Experiment with drugs or break the law1. Do As i say not As i did. Maynard is making. The rounds of several dozen schools in Colorado spreading his message As he serves out the remaining Days of his . Army hitch. Along the Way he occasionally throws in a recruiting pitch for the military. He will leave the army on dec. 16, then will firm up plans for a promising professional boxing career. Maynard. 24, was at Denver s Montbello High school on tuesday. There he said he hoped to serve As an inspiration to troubled teen agers or those who might be headed in that direction. I messed up but got a second Chance he said. "1 changed my life and i want them to know they can do it too. It All starts by slaying in school. These kids ars protected by lie school system from the  unprotected by school himself a poor kid in rough neighbourhood of Landover md., Maynard fell in with his friends on the Street. He ran away from Home and supported himself by Selling marijuana and stealing. He spent six months in jail for breaking into a store and possessing stole goods and 12 months for Auto theft i did it because my friends did it he said. But when i got locked up there was nobody around but me that neighbourhood. It let me see a better world when came Back 1 was stronger  is