European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday september 14, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 25commentar 1airing it out in a Fly a opening week chapter one the nil. The National football league is the Only outfit that can drag you an hour out of your Way to pick up Nacho chips at the shop Pette. Its the one organization that hypnotize you into a staying up watching to until 6 . Or b taping the games and watching to the whole next Day. Such is the Way some of us follow the nil from Europe. Rush for snacks. Invite the Guys Over. Spend the night in front of the tube. And All we have is 15 More games in the regular season. Last sundays opening week reopened fiery feelings among my gang. One Guy High five his Way through his Green Bay packers 36-24 freight Job on the . Rams something the rest of us endured throughout the an telecast. If you did no to know Anthony Dilweg went to Duke you do now. Another pal about jumped from the 11th floor when her Detroit Lions blew a 14-7 Lead to that heretofore listless Bunch the Tampa Bay buccaneers who won 38-21. Turn out the lights the Pontiac party is Over. After Green Bay sent the rams packing an brought us the . Open title match where Andre Agassi confirmed he a the Denver Broncos of Tennis. His second grand slam final his second Blowout loss. It was most appropriate then for an radio to air the Broncos loss to the . Raiders while Agassi took Gas on the screen. For the football fanatics in our group that turned out to be a drag. Afna a radio feed from the armed forces radio and television service in California usually keeps you posted on scores around the nil. Usually. On this night Marty Bonderoff the arts announcer during the commercial Breaks must be escaped into the Twilight zone. Instead of updating us with late aft Moon scores he read essays about the Broncos. So Here we were pulling out our hair and i done to have much waiting for reports on our favorite teams. One Guy nearly had a nervous breakdown hearing his Pittsburgh Steeles led Cleveland 3-0 at halftime then hearing nothing the rest of the night. By the time he awoke to the Nightmare of Pittsburgh a 10-3 loss he was too drained to explode. Another dude went to bed thinking his Dallas cowboys were losers again. He turned euphoric monday upon learning Dallas 10 Points in the fourth Quarter beat san Diego 17-14. My monday was depressing. It normally is when you re a jets fan. After hitting the Hay with a fourth Quarter Lead at Cincinnati i woke up to reality a 2520 Bengal Triumph Over new York. The British Guy in our group had the happiest Wake up Call of All. His Buffalo Bills had put Indianapolis and quarterback Jeff George in their place by a 26-10 count. Another of his favourites the Atlanta Falcons had draped their Black uniforms Over Houston in a Deion Sanders led High stepping 47-27 Fox after All that a plus catching the int monday morning telecast of the giants 27-20 Victory Over Philadelphia and realizing Pat Haden is a Superior color Man to abcs Dan Dierdorf who Analysed the 49ers�?T 13-12 tuesday morning number at new Orleans a what does this Eye numbing football mean besides new glasses. It Means the pfc division winners will be Washington Green Bay and san Francisco. Pfc wild cards will be the giants Chicago and Atlanta. The acc division champs will be Buffalo Cincinnati and the raiders. The acc wild cards will be Miami Cleveland and Kansas City. Why they All won last weekend. Jumping on the bandwagons. Who will go to the super bowl Jan. 27 at Tampa Cincinnati and Washington with the bengals winning it. Then we can hear reams from the most honest quarterback around Boomer Esiason the one Guy with guts enough to say this about one of his receivers Reggie Rembert a i think his techniques Are a Little Rusty because i done to know if they really teach football at West Virginia. They just teach you to run around throw the Ball and let your natural ability take wonder what Boomer thought of the jets secondary after sunday done task. Chapter two the Olaf. Here it is september already and the world league of american football is moving about As quickly As Bubba Paris on a cold Day. You remember the Olaf. The Spring league that plans to kick off March 23,1991. The league aiming for four teams in Europe and eight in North America. World league Boss Tex Schramm said All Spring and summer that every teams owners and Headquarters would be in place by september. This month. The Olaf has announced no owners. It has publicized no office openings. It Hasni to even filled the three remaining franchise slots. The league has made eight cities official London Frankfurt and Barcelona in Europe plus san Antonio Sacramento Montreal Orlando and Birmingham ala., in North America. Schramm said Milan will join the fold in Europe with new York and Mexico City locks across the Atlantic. That leaves one City which the Olaf keeps secret. Probably because it was burned by Nashville and Memphis both of which rejected this nil backed league. That last team might find its Way to san Jose or Charlotte or even to late candidate Honolulu or Canton Ohio. Canton is Home of the a Fly shall of Fame. It could be a your Green Bay a said the we aft a european coordinator Billy Hicks. But this is All talk. When will the Olaf make All 12 teams official announce owners open offices All Hicks could say was six months to Kickoff. So much for the Olaf to finalize. If it Waits much longer this league will have to wait another year. Chapter three a Safe a league. Now that Fairi Oid no longer plays football much less anything else there a one team left with guaranteed problems the Oesterberg wolfhounds. The wolfhounds latest loss was 31-0 sunday at Sembach. That jacks their losing Streak to 16 games dating Back to 1987. Good thing they sat out 1989. Its no Surprise then that Oesterberg switched coaches in mid sinking. Jerry Nelms was ejected after a 40-6 loss at Span Dahlem three weeks ago. Curt Wright took Over and promptly lost by a combined 78-6 to Pitburg and Sembach. If Wright makes right the wolfhounds have the right stuff for their Home game against Wiesbaden saturday. Wright played wide receiver on Sembach a division champions of 1978 and �?T79 and also played for the wolfhounds in their dismal first two seasons of 1984 and �?T85. Now he a a 38-year-old master sergeant with a Bright yet realistic Outlook. The wolfhounds first real shot at Victory comes saturday. Wiesbaden is 1-4. Oesterberg stands 0-6. Since eight of the nine Continental sports conference teams make the playoffs this game could determine the final spot. A your chances Are really Good a Wright said by phone tuesday. A i did no to really expect to win at Sembach sunday. I just wanted to avoid injuries and play a decent Wright from mount pleasant s.c., is hardly pleasant about his teams transportation trouble. He says his players drove their cars to Sembach last weekend rather than ride on a shuttle bus. A you done to travel eight nine hours on a shuttle bus and expect players to play a Wright said of the Holland to Germany trek. Saturdays game will be at Home. But come sept. 23, the wolfhounds have a season ending Date at Wei Brincken. Wright wants a decent bus. At least Wright stands up for his Guys. Watch Oesterberg stand up to Wiesbaden by 3 Points. My other Csc picks Hahn Over Sembach by 6, Pitburg Over Rhein main by 2 and Ramstein Over Spang Dahlem by 4. Pitburg will win sunday at Rhein main despite Terry Maki reportedly suiting up for the first time for the rockets. Maki was an All conference linebacker at the air Force Academy four years ago and should Stop nearly every Baron. Then again Pitburg coach . Shwedo also played at the Academy four years ago. Hell figure out How to Block Maki. In the . Upper Heyford Over Mildenhall by 10, Ben Waters Over Greenham common by 17 and Lakenheath Over Chicksands by 44. The 8tan and strip Vikings Karlis nearly Drew the line on Lynn by Ted Brock los Angeles times after Minnesota Viking kicker Rich Karlis ended his holdout last week he recalled a trip the teams players and management took last Spring. The Retreat held in new Mexico by a private consulting firm was designed to instill Trust and cooperation Between the team and the front office. Karlis remembered a Drill in which he helped general manager Mike Lynn who was blindfolded walk along a Steep path. Karlis told Frank Cooney of the san Francisco examiner a i had my Chance to unhook his safety line and i did a add Vikings Minnesota Center Kirk Lowdermilk told the associated press Why he ended his holdout wednesday a a what made me decide to come in it was probably my wife. She stopped going to the grocery store about three weeks ago stopped cooking about two weeks ago. She said she wanted me to know what it was like living on skid notes a trivia time in 1949, which West coast College football team went 11-0-0, outscored its opponents 575-66, finished 10th in the associated press poll and was not invited to a bowl game a unbelievable torture Ultra marathoner Zoltan a a Nick Kraynik plans to run 487 Miles from the Federal Reserve Bank in san Francisco to the Bank a offices in los Angeles Between sept. 15-29. Kraynik recalled a 24-hour track run he won in 1987, covering 120 Miles a that was excruciating. I had blisters aching Muscles and hallucinations about a z with my two Rivia answer College of the Pacific notebook new York giant Public playing with my two children a Trivi Quot Quot a Quot. Cist de Croke commenting on linebacker Lawrence Taylor a three performance during the giants Victory Over Philadelphia sunday after Only three Days of practice a Taylor has done so Well we May have our training Camp at winged foot Golf course next up Minnesota kicker Rich Karlis. Ended holdout last . Cagers beat China Dijon France a Raymond Dudley a 22 second half Points helped the United states hold off China 122-112 thursday in the Council of International military sports cism basketball tournament. Dudley finished with 31 Points Overall. Frank Watley added 16 Points while Michael Parks and Vernon Butler scored 15 each. Guang Sheng led the chinese with 27. The . Is 4-2 Overall and 2-2 in second round play with wins Over France and China and losses to Italy and Greece. The americans next game is set for saturday against an opponent to be determined by the outcome of fridays to hit a town Kaiserslautern West Germany a a 25-Kilometer Mountain Bike race limited to 150 riders will run at 11 . Sunday. Registration starts at 9 30 . At the Kaiserslautern Rod and gun club. Entry fee is $15 or 25 Marks. Call ets 483-7700 or 0631-41-7700 for More information
