European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 6, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday october 6,1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 25commentary sports machine should fade out to avoid any confusion i want my last wish to be known Well before in a hacked to death by one of those goofy dutch soccer hooligans some Day. I want George Michael to deliver my Eulogy via a the sports no kidding. I want the George Michael not that imposter. I done to want some Guy shaking his butt near my casket singing a a Faith while 13-year-old girls with hormone enhanced libido prawn Over my ashes to get a glimpse of George. Now if they were 21. Nor do i want the Oft travelled baseball manager who goes by the same name. Yeah the Guy whom George Steinbrenner squeezed Between Billy Martins hiring and firings. Of his name is Gene never mind. I done to want him either i want George a a let a go to the sports machine Michael to speak to the bereaved. I mom you know George. Everybody knows George. He greets us with his maddening a sports machine mondays 6 40 . On an to after air Force tech. Sgt. Robert Rios tells us there a a Chance of scattered showers across Europe. When Isnit there a Chance. Michael works out of arc to the Abc affiliate in Washington . A the sports machine is zapped to us via the armed forces radio and television service satellite. Michael a journalistic prowess leaves a bit to be desired. Call him the Geraldo of sports sans Mustache. His pieces on pro wrestlers Rodeo stars and other Vanilla subjects Are As staid As a Golf announcers delivery. Rob Staggenborg How does Michael keep us awake he uses piped music overtures and video vignettes to make his subjects seem larger than life. Witness his Puffer on Mike Norris comeback with the Oakland a a. I nearly i Felt sorry for Norris and would have sent him a huge Check if i Hadnot wasted so much on that dam pal investment last year. Norris was Cut by the a a a week after George immortalized him through the sports machine. Of a risk that blew up in his face. Sue him. Given a subject like say Ted Bundy a Ted Bundy party Guy. Electrocuted in the prime of his life. He a Back and he a or Pete Rose a Pete Rose a Charlie Hustle. Bet on baseball. Sitting in prison. Still has the goofy haircut. He May be Back and boy is he has a Knack for getting the viewers to feel for the subject a regardless of How tasteless the subject May be. If you saw Michael immortalize Deion Sanders earlier this year you know what i mean. But George could do a number with me. It came to me in a dream. Went something like this George relegated to right Field in Little league. Cut from the Jav soccer team in High school. Lived a mindless existence covering army sports. Hacked Down in the prime of his life by an Ltd crazed soccer Hooligan. Pause. Intro to a a can to you hear me knocking a by the rolling stones Rob Staggenborg. Party Guy. Me George i want to dedicate my life to bringing world peace to a reality and to convince the world that Madonna is no Madonna. George these were words that led to his death. Me George is your hair real or is it a Toupee the world needs to know. George humor. I recognized that. Yet humor led to his death. Chorus from the who so who Are in a probably being too hard on George Michael. After All he sent along his Well wishes to our troops in saudi Arabia a along with every other publicity hungry entertainer. In a waiting for George to pull the ultimate Puffer out of his bag a tape the sports machine from saudi. Him can every other accredited Media source in the world and Baghdad Betty. For All purposes George does a Good thing for some Good people. I can to Knock the Guy for that. I can Knock him for being so Frothy about it. Try to compare Michael to the can a sports late night teams and you can to. When it comes to blood and guts reporting Michael bleeds marshmallows. Maybe an should give us someone we can relate to. Someone like a Chris Berman and his esp show could do wonders. Even spec. Jim Carnall a Ugast Hausa Fame has More endearing qualities than the reverend Michael. Then again i Trust him with my Eulogy. The stars and Stripe Ramstein s Scott wins title Berlin a Ramstein a Bradley Scott shot a two Day total of 150 to capture first place Friday in the boys championship flight of the Dodds Golf championships at the Berlin Golf and country club. Scott increased his first Day Lead of 11 strokes to win by 16 Over second place finisher Voll com of Niernberg who shot a 165. Taking third place was Peter Kono Wicz of we Brucken with a 170. In the boys first flight Shane Warrington of Niernberg shot a 202, which was one stroke better than Ramstein a Mike Krompegal a 203. Wurzburg a Matt nor Well took third place with a 204. The boys second flight was won by Jacob Wolfe of Heidelberg with a 222. Matt Meserve of Kaiser lantern and Jason Thiede of Baum older each recorded a 225. Munich a Nicole Lehninger who trailed by three strokes after the first rowed rebounded and shot an 85 for a 189 total to win the girls title by 14 strokes Over Valerie Colvin of Niernberg. Wendy Spry of Kaiser Lauter was in Distant third with a 220. Thirty eight boys and 12 girls representing 14 High schools throughout Germany competed in the championships. To qualify for the tournament boys had to turn in scores of 103 or below Dur-ln8 their four match conference play while the girls had to score under 130 to be eligible. Faye Bahari Berlin High school Golf coach and tournament director said the golfers did a Superb Job of keeping play moving despite the rain and cola temperatures the first Day. A under Cool but sunny skies the final Day most of the players had great efforts on a very difficult course a she said. Florida state takes no. 2 rank to Miami Miami defensive end Eric Miller. Belittles Fsuz a schedule by the associated press Bobby Bowden Isnit sure his Florida state football team is As Good As Miami but he said a i think we re going to a Good time for the seminoles to be As Good or better than Miami would be today when they play the hurricanes in the Orange bowl 7 . On an to. Florida state is unbeaten in four games and is ranked second behind notre Dame while Miami is no. 9 and 2-1, with a season opening loss to Brigham Young. The hurricanes have a lot of incentive. Flu was the Only team to beat Miami in its championship season last year. Miami has an Edge in experience. A a they be got one thing on us a they be got maturity a said Bowden whose two deep roster of 44 players contains eight freshmen and 16 sophomores. The hurricanes Are confident. A i done to think they be played any teams Worth anything a Miami defensive end Eric Miller said. Miami a biggest Edge in experience May be at quarterback. Seminoles Junior Brad Johnson has yet to play in a big game while Craig Erickson led Miami to the National championship last season and has thrown for 1,126 Yards this season. A the last two weeks he has played Well a coach Erickson said. A a he a thrown where he a supposed to he a gotten some big plays and he has been very accurate Reading defences. He has a lot of momentum going into this among the Erickson so concerns will be 18-year-old linebacker Marvin Jones of Florida state. The Miami native had 21 tackles in last saturdays Victory Over Virginia tech. A a it a hard for me to believe that a True freshman can come in and have the Impact that he a had on that team a Dennis Erickson said. A the does some amazing Jones and his teammates gave up 28 Points to Virginia tech and 24 to East Carolina. But Florida states defense als College football has forced 16 turnovers and scored two touchdowns. A in my career Here it could be the Best defense in be seen athlete Wise a senior tackle Mike Sullivan of Miami said. A usually we can Over match teams with skill and Speed but i think they be got the Edge on that because at every position they re ripping and raring to go. Maybe the seminoles Are Good enough for no. 1 the past three years they be finished 2-3-3. Miami is largely to blame for the near misses but even in 1989, when Florida state beat the hurricanes 24-10, Erickson steam finished on top. A Florida state Victory Over a team a Worth something would move the seminoles into first place should top ranked notre Dame slip at Home against Stanford. A loss probably would drop Florida state several spots in the rankings. No. 3 Michigan figures to have Little trouble at Wisconsin and no. 4 Auburn should Roll at Home against Louisiana tech. No. 5 Virginia and no. 6 Tennessee Are Idle. Other games involving top 10 teams have no. 7 Oklahoma at Oklahoma state no. 8 Nebraska at Kansas state and no. 10 Florida at Home against Louisiana state. In the Only other matchup of top 10 teams saturday Illinois tied for 13th with Houston plays at no. 20 Ohio state. In other games involving ranked teams no. 12 Colorado is at Missouri no. 13 Houston at Baylor no. 15 Southern California plays Washington state no. 16 Clemson meets Georgia no. 17 Washington faces Arizona state no. 18 Michigan state opposes Iowa no. 19 Texas a amp a plays Texas tech no. 21 Arkansas faces Texas Christian no. 22 Oregon meets Utah state no. 23 Georgia tech plays Maryland no. 24 Fresno state opposes Northern Illinois and no. 25 Arizona faces Urcla. No. 11 Brigham Young is Idle
