European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Commentary Howdy to saudi on fan talk we re love on fan talk where you can speak out and keep your Job. A Call from Dhahran saudi Arabia. The heat is on huh you bet. Good to hear you Guys Are getting fan broadcasts. You probably heard Bob Starr say a hello desert shield during his red sox play by play in the wee hours thursday morning. Sure did. Now All we need is the red sox to win a few. What a collapse. Welcome to Boston baseball. Just remember 1978 and 1974 and nearly any year since 1918. You had the Al East locked up with Roger Gem ens. He was definitely map. Without him you re like the tigers. Fairford England. You re on the air. I. It sure is lonely up Here on this ghost base. Why did the Pentagon a come Down on us football. You heard Dick Cheney at his base closing press conference last Winter right he said the 49ers could defend san Francisco so no need for troops. That was a joke. Then again look at these booted bases in Europe Fairford Greenham common Lindsey and Wei Brincken. Four of the worst football teams in Safe the past decade. Stuttgart you re live on fan talk. Finally got through. What Are Brigham Young s chances at no. 1? about the same Asty Detmers shot at the heis Man trophy. Terrific. You already beat a no. 1 team Miami. You proved you can come Back in the wild Washington state game. You re 3-0 with nobody left. Unless you Call air Force and Wyoming threats. They re not. A Call from Baum older Germany. Go ahead. Yeah. Haven t heard much about Ray Mercer lately. What a up your sex Baum older buddy is 16-0 since leaving the army two Winters ago. He owns two heavyweight titles the if intercontinental and the Nab. His latest Victory was a mugging against Bert Cooper for Bucky Fox the Nab Belt last month. Talk about guts. Mercer went 12 rounds despite drawing a bloody lip in the first round and breaking his right Index Finger in the third. Mercer could step into the ring for a tuneup in late october then Challenge Francesco Damiani for the who heavyweight title in january. Of so the who is about As real As the us a which ranks Mercer fourth. At least merciless Ray is coming on. Vicenza Italy. Good to hear you on fan talk. I saw where you pick Cincinnati to beat Washington in the super bowl. You must be whack. What about the liners their run has to end sometime. Of yeah then Why did they Wax the redskins sunday maybe the skins Are waiting for another strike. That always gets them going. But hey As Harry Caray says its Early. Nimberg you re on the air. Say i heard you mention Bob Starr doing play by play for the red sox. I thought he was with the Angels. He was. Last year. Evidently Starr was Happy to leave California. That news comes from Dick Enberg whom i ran into during the american bowl in London last month. Enberg did Angel games Back before he was consumed by no cd a huge to workload. He said that when Starr switched from Cardinal games to Angel games he started complaining about life on the West coast. You sure  Tell by his broadcasts. You re right. Starr is one of the Best. He was especially Sharp calling ram games which we often hear As the second game of the arts football double header on sunday. When Starr was with the rams and Bill King with the raiders you  beat the la. Radio teams. At least King is still out there. Here a a Call from our favorite port. Bremerhaven you re live on fan talk. I have a question. Now that George Steinbrenner is out is it possible no one will get fired this year impossible. Baseball managers always get fired by october. I can to believe the royals kept John a than. Look for changes in san Diego Houston Minnesota Cleveland and Milwaukee. Joe Morgan and Bud Harrelson could also go if the red sox and mets done twin their divisions. Heilbronn what son your mind College football. What a this by garbage i know you hate notre Dame but look who s no. 1. In a looking. And i see Dame playing Michigan state Stanford Miami Tennessee Penn state and us All possible losses. Has to be one of the toughest schedules since the Irish played Yale army and the Carlisle indians in 1914. You re listening to fan talk. Hello Span Dahlem. To you must feel pretty stupid after picking our sabers to lose by 4 to Ramstein last week. Give me a break. Of. You have a Bye this weekend. Will that do listen Guy we beat Ramstein by 10 last sunday. That makes us 6-1. No ones better. Sorry about that. First Span Dahlem wont get past round 2 in the playoffs. Second the Best team in Safe is Lakenheath. The eagles Are 4-0 in the . And will win it All nov. 4. You did no task but Here Are my Safe picks for this weekend Ramstein Over bit Burg by 8, Sembach Over Rhein main by 3, Hahn Over Wiesbaden by 18, Wei Brincken Over Soester Bere by 6, Greenham common Over Chicksands by 10, Laken Heath Over Mildenhall by 14, and Ben Waters Over Al con Bursby 11. On that note in a outta Here. Remember this the jets will beat Buffalo monday night which Means Marv Levy wont last the season. The stars and strips us should survive huskies in Seattle by Rick Warner a football writer now that expansion has been ruled out by the Pac-10, maybe the conference should consider reduction. After All eliminating Southern Cal from the league would allow one of the other nine teams to play in the College predictions Rose bowl a something that Hasni to happened during Larry Smiths three year reign at us. Smith is the trying to Lead the trojans to their fourth straight Rose bowl a feat accomplished by Only Southern Cal from 1966-69 and Ohio state from 1972-75. The fifth ranked trojans begin their quest saturday at no. 21 Washington. Although both teams Are 2-0, Southern calms victories have been More impressive. While the trojans have beaten two traditional Eastern Powers Syracuse and Penn state Washington has struggled to defeat lightly regarded san Jose state and Purdue. The difference will be at quarterback where Todd Marinovich gives Southern Cal a big Edge. Washington a Mark Brunell is a Good runner but he a Only completing 35 percent of his passes. Todd Marino Yich is the leagues top passer with a 68-percent completion rate and has yet to throw an interception. Southern Cal is favored by 4�?~a Points. Southern Cal 24-17. No. 1 notre Dame minus 6 a at no. 24 Michigan state a the fighting Irish have won 11 straight against big ten opponents. Notre Dame 24-17. No. 2 Florida state minus 27 at Tulane a the seminoles 12-game winning Streak is the nations longest. Florida state 42-28. San Diego state plus 21 at no. 4 Brigham Young a by is looking for its first 4-0 Start since 1984, when it won the National championship. Brigham Young 52-38. Urcla plus 14 at no. 7 Michigan a the wolverines rebound from a heartbreaking loss to notre Dame. Michigan 38-21. Minnesota plus 29 at no. 8 Nebraska a the com huskers have beaten the gophers 13 straight times. Nebraska 48-14. No. 10 Virginia minus 15v> at Duke a a Battle Between last years acc co champions. Virginia 42 Clemson a Doug Thomas 41who helped beat Maryland last week could have a hand in routing appalachian state. Tulsa plus 37 at no. 11 Oklahoma a the last time they played the sooner won 65-0. Oklahoma 56-7. North Texas no line at no. 12 Texas a amp my the aggie set a school record for total offence last week with 774 Yards against southwestern Louisiana. Texas a amp a 48-21. Mississippi plus 13 is. No. 13 Arkansas at Little Rock a the rebels Haven to beaten the Razorbacks since 1983. Arkansas 24-14. Southern Illinois no line at no. 15 Illinois a the Zillini warm up for the big ten season. Illinois 38-7. Appalachian state no line at no. 17 Clemson a Clemson Hasni to lost to a Southern conference school since leaving the league in 1953. Clemson 42-7. Oregon plus 7 at no. 18 Arizona a Oregon a a Bill Musgrave leads the Pac-10 in total offence. Arizona 28-27. Furman no line at no. 19 Florida a no Gator Aid for Furman. Florida 48-24. No. 20 Colorado minus 7 at no. 22 Texas a the buffaloes have been a big disappointment so far. Colorado 28-24. No. 25 Pittsburgh even at Syracuse a who a the beast of the East. Pittsburgh 31-28. Last week a 16-3 straight 13-5 spread. Season a 34-10 straight 19-17 season