European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Spang Lakenheath will win commentary so much for favourites. The Oakland a a lost. The Miami hurricanes lost. Three of the Safe football semifinal favourites a Ramstein Sembach and Ben Waters a lost. The next thing you know the san Francisco 49ers will lose. Of so that a stretching reality. All i can say is thank you for not pushing me into serious bets last weekend. My usual Gamble is a gyros Sandwich against your pizza supreme. If i had Laid Down anything crisper than that my debt would rival the National. I figured Oakland Over Cincinnati in five. The a a wilted amid red blazers on the Mound. I guaranteed Miami Over notre Dame. The hurricanes actually tried to run on the Irish. Forget it. I went with Ramstein Over Span Dahlem Sembach Over Rhein main Ben Waters Over upper Heyford. Safe picks since the rams sabers and phantoms had the Superior records. There went that idea. Spang spanked Ramstein 38-34 after blowing a 31-7 Lead a crazy game that ranks with the Ramstein upper Heyford title game of 1985 As one of the greatest in Safe history. The rams prevailed in that �?T85 classic 33-32. Three other air Force games rank in the greatest Ever group a Ramstein a 27-24 Victory Over Pitburg in 1984, when the rams rebounded from a 24-7 halftime Hole. A Hahn a 32-29 Sizzler Over Span Dahlem in 1987. T Spang Dahlem a 35-28 Triumph Over Wiesbaden in �?T87, when the sabers blew a 28-0 Lead and won in overtime. Note that four of those top five greatest involved Dave Lockwood who coached Pitburg from 1983 to �?T85 and has been Spang a Boss since 1987. In the other Continental sports conference semifinal last weekend Rhein main ousted Sembach 12-8. Which sparked two ideas 1. Good thing the tigers lost. They were so pathetic they were doomed for a Denver like collapse against Span Dahlem if they had reached the Csc title game. 2. Rhein main resembles the Pitburg Barons of 1987. Like the rockets of �?T90, the Barons were a Veteran Bunch that limped into the playoffs then bowled into the Csc final. That a where the similarity ends. Pitburg with a Snappy Bert Chew at quarterback won it All. Rhein main with a secondary whose Best defense is dropped passes wont. My pick for saturdays Csc final Span Dahlem 17, Rhein main 7. As for the . Sports conference leave it Bobucky Fox upper Heyford to stand up when it counts. The sky Kings have been in nine Safe title games. They Haven t been there since 1985, and Chet Singleton Nast been there at All since arriving in 1986. No wonder he limped Back from a season Long injury to beat Ben Waters 12-6 sunday. Now Singleton and the sky Kings face Lakenheath in the playoffs for the fourth straight year. He a 0-3 against the eagles in the postseason. Make that 0-4 when Lakenheath wins its fourth straight . Title on the Way to its first Safe title since 1979. The eagles Are flying High 7-0 after their 66-0 semifinal bombing of Greenham common last saturday. That was the Only Safe semifinal result that made sense even though it was a sad one. Greenham wont play again because the base is on Dick Cheney shit list for 1991. The crusaders thus said a 0-66 goodbye just As we Brucken did a 2-77 exit last month. A my pick for sundays . Final Lakenheath 23, upper Heyford 7. Just jumping on the bandwagon. Span Dahlem and Lakenheath offer the hot ones. The hottest coaches Lockwood and Jimmy Barber. The hottest quarterbacks Deluca Thurmond and John Rudy. The hottest receivers Willie Lawson who played with the Houston cougars in 1984, and Calvin Hayes who says Bob Hayes is a Cousin. The hottest defenders Mark Deprez and Bruce Alexander a Public affairs Captain who goes by a Captain crunch and cracked Greenham with an 84-Yard punt return. Alexander and Rudy Are two reasons Greenham coach Dick Madden likes Lakenheath. A couple of others Are Barber and his offensive coordinator Jack Keuper whom Madden praises As a a Good  Madden on Brudy a a he a the difference. He a smart. He reminds me of Gerry Grandinetti who passed Heyford to the 1981 Safe Crown. He knows How to read  even though Madden is High on safety Alexander he does no to Trust Lakenheath a pass defense. Which is Why the Greenham Boss would pick Span Dahlem in a Safe showdown nov. 4 at Lakenheath. Realizing that Spang a strength is its passing game Madden said a then they re in business. That a Lakenheath a  Ramstein coach Larry Boldin also goes with Spang to win it All. And not just because he lost that Crusher to the sabers. He predicted a Spang title Back in july. Gotta stick with that Quot Boldin said this week. That Means Rhein main can forget it. At least if you listen to most Safe football Guys. The rockets Are shooting for their third straight Csc title saturday but most of their latest victims a Sembach a tigers a say no Way. A Span Dahlem by at least 14,&Quot Sembach coach Darryl Robinson said. A Span Dahlem by six Quot Sembach safety Ray Bost said. �?o1 think it la be the  a Span Dahlem should dominate Quot Tiger receiver Gary Crevier said. A they have a throwing team. Rhein Mains cornerback a Are  then again a couple of tigers see a Way for Rhein main. A Rhein main should win because they have that experience a said Eddie Cunningham the linebacker who suffered through All three Sembach semifinal losses to Rhein main. A the Only thing Rhein main lacks is defensive  another Tiger linebacker Dennis Hueston who played for Lockwood at Pitburg in 1985, said a Dave will try to finesse Rhein main but Rhein main has too much Power. If Span Dahlem can to Complete a pass Rhein main will push them out of the stadium. If Rhein main runs at them  push those bleeps to Pitburg. They re too big and  they re also Sharp. Rocket coach Jose Valentin a 44-year-old native of Aguadilla puerto Rico is the Only army coach in this air Force league. This is his first year of coaching at this level so he a not about to get in the Way of his Savior linebacker Terry Maki. That a the same smart strategy Bill Schultz employed at Ramstein in 1984, when he let linebacker Rick Hayden run his defense and won Safe. Maki won Kodak All american honors at the air Force Academy in 1986. Now he a a 26-year-old first lieutenant who has pushed Rhein main to 4-2 since joining the line backing corps in week 5. That makes Rhein main 5-5 against Spang a 8-2. Why play this kind of football since tearing up a knee in the Hula bowl his senior year a i want to be part of a winning team a he said in the locker room sunday. As for the Spang game Maki said a i think we can slow them Down. If we can get some big league hits get Breaks on the Ball Well be in  next to him was fellow linebacker Champ Johnson who helped Rhein main win it All in 1988 and �?T89. He senses something Good again a a we re just starting to put it together. Everyone else peaked out and we re still  if last weekends trends continue Johnson might be a Champ again. The stars end stripes look for redskins to finally jilt giants by Dave Goldberg a football writer there Are touts and there Are touts. Like the Guy who once picked the giants to beat the cardinals then in St. Louis a because new York is 6-0 against the spread in Road games East of the Rockies the week after they fail to cover at  the giants won and covered. On the other hand there is the Law of averages which applies this week to the giants and redskins. If you re like the above cited tout you the giants who Are favored by 31/2 Points. An?0t Only a have they won five straight nne from Washington including a 24-20 decision at Frk stadium iq�7w ? a8�> hut except for a win by a i .repla9ement team the redskins la in . Suc straight in the Meadow a ands dating Back to 1983. Peml be two game season series that in nil this year the team second nest 8ame has also won the Caiwei 1116 other hand there is something Ca led the Law of averages. It says nil predictions a the 6-0 giants almost lost last week and Are due to lose. A new Yorkus five straight against Washington Are by a total of 18 Points. A the redskins probably outplayed the giants in three of their five straight losses including the game two weeks ago. Plus a the redskins need it More. Redskins 17-16. Cincinnati pick Mem at Atlanta a one of two revenge bowls this week remember that Sam Wyche beat Jerry Glanville 61-7 last season. Remember also that neither of these teams plays defense too Well. Bengals 44-43. New York jets plus 8 at Houston a revenge bowl ii. Why because Bruce Coslet the jets coach was the bengals offensive coordinator in the 61-7 game see above. Oilers 44-43. Philadelphia minus 3vi at Dallas a if you want to Call this revenge bowl Iii you can remember the Jimmy Johnson buddy Ryan fued that surfaced Here last year. Something about bounties. Also something about Troy Aikman who has helped Dallas triple its 1989 win total. Cowboys 4-3. Cleveland plus 13 at san Francisco a poor Art Modell. He has almost gotten to play the 49ers at other times. Like late january. 49ers 24-3. Chicago minus 6vi at Phoenix a Are the cards Down after losing 20-19 to the giants in a game they should have won or Are they up because they realize they May be better than they seem bears 20-19. Rams pick Mem at Pittsburgh monday night a the rams give up a lot of Points and score a lot of Points. Pittsburgh scores a lot of Points about a third of the time. Rams 27-20. Minnesota plus 2vi at Green Bay a Are the Vikings really that bad yup. And demoralized too. Packers 21-17. Miami minus 2 i at Indianapolis a the weather in the dome is just right for the dolphins. Dolphins 17-7. Detroit plus 5 at new Orleans a the weather is right for the Lions but the saints just finished playing another and better run and shoot offence. Saints 21-13. Buffalo minus 6 at new England a it May take a while for the Bills to get started but. Bills 31-10. Tampa Bay plus 4 at san Diego a the bucs Are sinking to their own level. Dallas quarterback Troy Aikman. Headed past eagles a barely their own level is the chargers. Chargers 17-13. Last week 7-4 spread8-3 straight up. Season 43-46 spread56-33 straight up