European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. Augusi 25.1989 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary a fall full of mets oilers hurricanes Pennant races napping at a feverish  football kicking Oil thursday. Pro football two weeks away. Tis nearly the season to be Jolly about waking Pat 3 . To watch such Eye openers As the Kickoff classic starring notre Dame and Virginia the first monday night football game starring Washington and the new York giants and the baseball playoffs starring. Well who last april. I predicted the american league play offs would be a Battle Between Oakland and Toron to. Looking Good. Then there s the National league where i foresaw a playoff series Between the new York acts and Cincinnati reds. My face is Rose red Over that one. But that s the forecasting business. Some years you pick a Detroit san Diego super bowl like i did in 1984, and feel sick forever. Some years you go with the acts to win the series which worked perfectly for me in 1986. These predictions in this space last april still have a shot i. Oakland in the Al West. 2. Toronto in theal East 3. The acts in the no East. These picks from last april deserve shredding i. Jimy Williams Al manager of the year. 2. Pete Rose no manager of the year. 3. Danny Jackson no by Young. Of. That takes care of baseball where if you predicted Kevin Mitchell would play the role of giant Call your stateside Bookie. What about football for 1989? do you have the guts to say Arkansas will win the National Champi Bucky Fox on ship. Or the Seattle so Hawks will win the super bowl neither do i. Here s what i do forecast for this top kick College teams i. Miami. 2. Southern cat. 3. Nebraska. 4. Leu. 5. Oklahoma. Bottom five College teams i. Sum. 2. Kansas stale. 3. Northwestern. 4. Rice. 5. Missouri. Top five Heisman trophy candidates i. Tony Rice notre Dame. 2. Tommy Hodson. Leu. 3.percy Snow Michigan slate. 4. Emmitt Smith. Flor Ida. 5. Major Harris West Virginia. College coaches moving up 1. Steve . 2. Gary Gibbs. Oklahoma. 3. Dick Sheridan. North Carolina state. 4. Dick Anderson. Rutgers. 5. Mike Archer. Leu. College coaches moving out i. Galen Hall Flor Ida. 2. Rickey Folk or. Mississippi state. 3. Billy Brewer Mississippi. 4. Elliot a Ciao. Navy. 5. Bobby Ross. Georgia tech. Top five super bowl contenders 1. Houston Oil ers. 2. New York giants. 3. Philadelphia eagles. 4. New York jets. 5. Buffalo Bills. Most improved teams i. Jets. 2. Pittsburgh steel cars. 3. Detroit Lions. 4. Los Angeles rams. 5. Los Angeles raiders. Most disappointing teams i. Cleveland Browns. 2. Cincinnati bengals. 3. Minnesota Vikings. 4. New Orleans saints. 5. San Francisco 49crs. Top five nil quarterbacks i. Randall cunning Ham. Eagles. 2. Phil Simms giants. 3. Joe montana.49ers. 4. Dan Marino. Dolphins. 5. Warren Moon oilers. Top five nil rookies i. Broderick Thomas sues. 2. Troy Aikman. Cowboys. 3. Sammie Smith dolphins. 4. Rodney Pete. Lions. 5. Derrick Thom As. Chiefs. Hot nil coaches i. Jerry Glanville oilers. 2. Buddy Ryan. Eagles. 3, Wayne fonts Lions. 4. Joe Walton. Jets. 5. Mike Shanahan raiders. Nil coaches ready for the Freezer i. Ray Berry patriots. 2. Ray Perkins bucs. 3. Gene Stallings cardinals. 4. Ron Meyer Colts. 5. Chuck Knox sea Hawks. What does All this mean it s the year of the Miami hurricanes Houston oilers and new York acts. Who will beat Oakland in the world series. Then again maybe the Baltimore orioles will win it All capping the most amazing turnaround in base Ball history. More amazing than the team they lost to in the 1969 series the amazing acts. From last place from the infamous 0-21 Stan from a major Laguc worst 107 losses to the world series title in one year if the orioles pull that off you would believe anything. Like the oilers winning a super bowl. Remember super eagles no doubt dear editor this is in response to Bucky minor league sports writer Fox s article no doubt about it brits like football which appeared in your aug. 11 Issue. I generally do not waste time Reading his articles As they Are written for Only Small audience or for people who Don t know anything about sports. If he writes on anything other than pee wee football you folks should have some one with a general sports knowledge proofread the article first Well i got As far As the sixth paragraph where Fox slated that the Philadelphia eagles never reached the super bowl. This is an obvious error that Damn near any sports fan realizes. Being an eagles fan. Fox s ill knowledge finally hit me at Home. Why can t the stars and stripes hire a sports writer instead of taking on Charity you Don t actually pay this Guy it is a shame that you cannot provide us with a Nubuor sports writer such As the intelligent knowledgeable or. Randy Barnett your motor sports writer. Stars and stripes we deserve better and so do you Bucky Fox maybe they could Call brie of those Pec wee championships he writes about the Bucky bowl and they could have a boy scout Jamboree outside on the parking lot and they could hire a Frise cd catching dog for halftime entertainment of Don t feel bad. Stars and stripes about getting rid of Bucky Fox. He could easily find another Job. Every town and City in the All so states have Little league and Pec wee football. And Bucky Fox could write whatever he wants to and get it printed just any old thing. Just like he docs for the stars and stripes sol. Robert , West Germany fire the Fumble dear editor i am a sports fan who knows sports unlike this Complete charlatan Buck Fox you pay who is ignorant and Slipshod. He stated in his aug. 11 Arti Cle neither the eagles nor Browns have reached the big bowl. This is not the sports letters Case. In 1981, the eagles made the bowl under Dick Vermeil. They lost 27-10 tothe Oakland raiders. How Long docs it take to scan the list before making off hand incorrect statements Lack of at Tention to detail and the like arc grounds for firing the bum. We Are not As stupid As you think out Here. Spec. James Quinn Katterbach West Germany . Any one of the editors should have caught this so while you re at i you might examine their credentials to remain on your staff As Well. Docs this mean . Servicemen deserve Only second rate journalism that is the Way it appears. Loss deserved dear editor. Read with interest Bucky Fox s article on Ernie Treubig s return to Pitburg a football coach particularly Treubig s tired worn comments on the 1986 Safe title game against Chicksands which Chicksands won 29-22. As the line coach on that Chicksands team plus 87, 88 and the preseason this year since i pc cd on aug. 9let me give you a different perspective yes the Field conditions were Muddy but seven of the 11 games we played in 86 were on a Muddy track soit s a poor excuse for losing a game. The Novelty of football is that it is played in All weather. Each team had equal Opportunity. The Bottom line is we had a better kicking game and better defense. The officials. Pitburg deserved virtually All of its 200 Yards in penalties. If you curse the referee you deserve the penalty. If you make the late hit. You deserve the penalty. We had studied Pitburg on film and saw the same tendency they showed during the game. They were voc Daggres Sivc and liked to argue. We As a coaching staff fell that would turn in our favor because our team had much More discipline and patience. The to cubits of the world like to ascribe their butt kicking to something or someone other than themselves and right there lies the fundamental reason we beat Pitburg Chicksands in 1986 won As a team and lost As a team. No one person was bigger than the team and no external Factor like weather officials bus rides on away games or any thing else was credited or blamed for our Success or failure. What trouble failed to do in Assem bling his football team in 86 was instill the team concept into his players. It was apparently expedient to him to have an undisciplined few players for the Short term goal of intimidation ver sus the More proper goal of teamwork and playing within the framework of a team scheme. When Chicksands did t Roll up into a fetal Ball and Retreat his team became More unravelled and aggressive and the flags justly flew. Regardless How Many games he wins until lie. As a head coach learns to take the bitter with the Sweet and be personally responsible for instilling total team discipline and stops ascribing every butt kicking he gets to some external Factor he will never be a Complete coach. Master sgt. Gene Isbill Raf Chick Sanik England second not Nunn dear editor i m writing this to you because i m in Europe but i m directing it to the entire cadre of sportswriters. What must Michael Nunn do to gain their respect exhume and beat up on Davy Crockett it seems they the sports writers have this anti Nunn thing going perhaps due to his Valley boy image or maybe because he looks and conducts himself More like a Sec Ond year Law student than a pug or lastly possibly because of his Holly Wood Showbiz following. Putting his comportment and fans aside look at his record 1. He s 34-0 with 23 Kos. And they say he can t punch. What happened to Frank Tate and Sumbu Kalamay 2. He Defeated the Man who knocked out Thomas Hearns in the third round of their encounter. 3. Sugar Ray Leonard has stated on esp that he wants no part of a Light Ning fast Southpaw who can hit like  yet people Are saying Michael should fight Hearns and company for respect. That s a Crock of stuff that makes Flowers grow.". Hearns Leonard and Roberto Duran were great let Dick Vermeil s eagles reached 81 bowl lost 27-10 to raiders them go out with dignity not with an unnecessary beating for an extra pay Check. And give Michael Nunn the re Spect and adulation that is due a great Champion. In my opinion he u Sec Ond to  Tony Horowitz Fried Borg West Germany wolfhounds right dear editor this letter is in response to your Arti Cle in the july 28 stars and stripes. Correct me if i m wrong but in t the purpose of the football program to have fun and increase morale so what if we wolfhounds Aren t the greatest football players thai s not what we get paid for we arc a Small Mission oriented base. Well put our professional reputation against anyone else in Safe. So what if other teams bad to drive to Holland to play games. As i recall we wolfhounds made quite a few Road trips also. It s not easy putting a football team together from a Small base. Many units on our base work 12-hour shifts through football season to enable a few people to play. Maybe if a few of these football powerhouse bases paid a Little More attention to their jobs they would t be failing tac Evans and losing aircraft. Sgt. Phil Cox a Oesterborg a Netherlands