European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday november 23, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 25 a coach for Happy sad its to be thankful for this thanksgiving week a my commentary lots to be thankful for this thanksgiving weekend. Your health. Having a Best Friend. Being a fan of . Could be any no. 1 team. San Francisco in pro football. Colorado in College football even though that a a travesty what with that fifth Down and by shadowing the buffaloes. Detroit in pro basketball. Univ in College hoops. You might be a player or coach of a no. 1 team. In that Case this is one delightful thanksgiving. Think How Good Joe Montana feels. Or Isiah Thomas. Or Jeri Tarkanian despite his rebels probation. My thoughts turn to Jack Keuper a coach on a no. 1 team. He a the offensive coordinator of the Laken is after his eagles whipped 30 in the Safe final nov. 4 at Raf Lakenheath England. He sounded upbeat when we talked by phone last week. That a because Keuper is a thankful kind of Guy. He. _ _ to Poirto him pm a. £__j1__it Grad student Maryland a Munich Campus. He a a colonel with a Fine Job As Lakenheath a base dental surgeon. Thankful indeed. And yet Keuper could be excused if he turned bitter. That a what happens to Many a Parent whose child Dies. Keuper a child died two years ago. He was Kevin Keuper a robust teen Ager who had just entered the University of Texas at san Antonio. On sept. 22, 1988, Kevin died in a motorcycle Accident. He was buried in Wisconsin on oct. 2 a his 18th birthday. Two years of suffering for the Keuper family. You lose a child a brother and you wonder what thanksgiving Means. The pain darkens you. I asked Jack Keuper How he copes with memories of a son dying. A scope a Keuper replied. A sometimes i done to Cope very he did Well to say a i also look at it As the lord needed a linebacker up Kevin Keuper was a 5-foot-ll, 230-Pound Middle linebacker and defensive Captain at Holmes High school in san Antonio. He played with the Casacky Fox san dec Riyu and Johnny Walker All of Ward the Cotton bowl6 Quot Stone charge to Jack Keuper pronounced Kiper played the devoted football father while stationed at san Anto from sni Ubas of dental services w 88 he scouted and spotted for Holmes High. He used what he Learned at Ben Waters As defensive coordinator m 1982-83 and As head coach in 1984, when he led the phantoms to the . Sports once eve Learned plenty More at the top i a a a a was a sch Al it particularly the run and England would come in Handy Back in but not for a while. Keuper landed at Lakenheath in August 1988 and quickly joined the eagles staff As an offensive assistant. The news of Kevin a death arrived the next month. Following the burial Jack managed to rejoin the eagles and helped them win the . Championship. But in 1989, Keuper had to sit out the sea Keuper also heard from Lakenheath players. Flanker Vince Payne urged him to return. So did tailback Huel Clements and offensive tackle William Kenneybrew. Keuper finally said yes. He recalled a i done to think i could stay out of the with two doctors calling the shots a Barber on defense and Keuper on offence a and the team doctor orthopaedic surgeon Charles Williams giving the shots Lakenheath gave new meaning to Medicine Ball. The eagles made every other team sick. They went 6-0 in the regular season. Keup cry a offence picked up much of that run and shoot stuff from his Texas Days and generated 182 Points. That was 66 More than the next Best team Ben Waters. Then came the playoffs. Keuper a boys massed 66 Points in the semis 34 in the . Final and 39 in the Safe championship game. Lakenheath weak on offence through three straight Safe title game son. A it reminded me he gone. Jack Keuper too much of Kevin said. Sad times. Every Day thinking of a super son somehow Jack Keuper got Back up and considered football again this year. He heard from Lakenheath swing commander col. Tom Lennon who asked for his help. He thought of the eagles head coach and fellow doctor veterinarian Jimmy Barber a Man a i had a lot of Faith of is a losses from 1987 to �?T89, finally found a Way to the top. Keuper a kops with key cop John Rudy quarterbacking busted through. The big test was the Safe final. The eagles bullied a bigger Rhein main Bunch for 328 Yards 218 of which came on the ground. Clements said after his 121-Yard Day a if it weren to for col. Keuper we have made it this could be the end of coaching football for Keuper. He a 53 with 28 years in the air Force and plans to rotate next summer. Its Tough for Keuper to leave football. He was an All suburban running Back at Waukesha wis High school in the Early 1950s. He even played semipro Ball while going to dental school at Marquette. He says a a in a probably be Back on the farm if not for the Good doctor also says a i like the science of Jack Keuper applied his scientific knowledge toward a Safe title. He and his eagles Are no. 1 in Europe. He s thankful for that with memories of sadder times. Tho Star and Stripe giants headed for 11-0 Mark by Dave Goldberg a football writer a i done to think Well go undefeated a says Bill Parcells Loach of the 10-0 new York giants. A but i May be the not quite. There Are 47 Guys in Philadelphia plus a Bunch of fans and coaches who think the giants Streak stops sunday nil predictions at veterans stadium. Although the giants Are favored by three Points Inere Are reasons to think the eagles Are ready to win a until they beat them 27-20 on opening night the ants had lost four straight to Philadelphia. A the giants have won 13 regular season games in a their last loss a 24-17 defeat by the eagles re ec3 Randal Cunningham a 92-Yard punt last a the eagles have won four straight and Are playing eur Best defense of the season. They also have Keith in it who was unsigned when the teams met the first the Vikings who sacked Dave Krieg and Seattle 24-21 last weekend will Knock off the bears sunday. On the other hand the eagles have big Mouths. It a i can deceiving a says Andre Waters. A a you be l Quot Hook at who they be played. We know we can beat a giants. They know we can beat pm aided giants do know the eagles can beat which is Why the eagles wont. Giants 16-10. N,7j7"a�?T plus 4 at the los Angeles raiders a a inn r 1 a a a first meeting in the sleet and Freez in k of Bowhead stadium. No sleet or freezing Nier raiders 20-13. Plus 2 at Houston monday night a if anyone is playing As efficiently As the giants its the Bills Houston can move up and Down the Field but against a Good defense they can to put the puck in the net. Sorry wrong sport. Bills 27-20. Chicago minus 2vi at Minnesota a this one was supposed to be for the pfc Central title. Now its a Good Chance for the Vikings to see How much three straight wins Means. Vikings 17-16. Rams Blus 11 at san Francisco a when the rams do but the 49ers, its at candlestick. But not these rams and not these 49ers. 49ers 27-13. Miami minus 5 at Cleveland the dolphins wont squander their timeouts Here. They wont have to. Dolphins 20-3. Atlanta plus 6 at new Orleans a Atlanta has lost 15 straight on the Road. They have to win some time Don t they no. Saints 27-20. Tampa Bay plus 8vi at Green Bay a Anthony dil Weg does it matter to a team like the bucs who have been outscored 133-30 the past four weeks packers 33-3. Seattle plus 3vi at san Diego a the sea Hawks lost 31-14 in the dome and Are playing better on the Road. Not that much better. Chargers 21-14. Pittsburgh minus 3 at new York jets a Chuck Noll thinks the break Hurt his teams momentum. The jets momentum is backward. Steeles 24-20. Indianapolis plus 12 at Cincinnati a Sam Wyche says the break got his teams momentum Back. Bengals 34-20. New England plus 514 at Phoenix a less than a touchdown cardinals 20-10. Last week 5-9 spread7-7 straight up. Season 66-73-1 spread86-55 straight up
