European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday december 1, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 23 College football Ross Detmer this year s Best by Gene wojciechowsk1 p los Angeles times the regular season almost Complete we offer you a scat at our very own College football awards banquet. The envelopes please coach of the year a Bobby Ross Georgia tech. Our other nominees included David Mcwilliams of Texas Steve Spurrier of Florida Howard Schelien Burger of Louisville George Welsh of Virginia and Curley Hallman formerly of Southern Mississippi. Ross edged Hallman who was hired tuesday As the new Louisiana state coach because be did the most a a 9-0-1 record a no. 2 ranking with the least. The yellow jackets have won As Many As nine games Only twice in the last 20 years. And they have not won 10 games since 1956. Ask opposing coaches to list their top five Peers and Ross name is almost always mentioned. Best defensive lineman Russell Maryland Miami. With apologies to Chris Zorich of notre Dame a close second Moe Gardner of Illinois Kenny Walker of Nebraska and Mitch Donahue of Wyoming Maryland was simply the Best. Best linebacker a Alfred Williams Colorado offensive linemen refer to him As or. Williams. Honorable mentions went to Miami a Maurice Crum and notre Dames Michael Stonebreaker. Best defensive Back a Darryl Lewis Arizona. Georgia techs Ken Swilling is a magnificent player but he a Only a Junior and he was hobbled by an ankle injury for part of the season. Florida a will White and Michigan Stripp Welcome Are stars but week in week out no defensive Back played better than Lewis. Best offensive lineman Joe Garten Colorado. May v a a a a a a a. A there Are reasons Why running Back Eric Bieniemy gained All those Yards this year. Garten is one of them. Tennessee a Antone Davis Stacy Long and Auburn s de King weren to far behind. Best receiver a Herman Moore Virginia. No contest. Moore is a slightly slower version of Jerry Rice. Second place went to Stanford sed Mccaffrey. Best running Back Eric Bieniemy Colorado. Tough Choice. Greg Lewis of Washington Chuck Weatherspoon of Houston Darren Lewis of Texas a amp a and Mike Mayweather of army All had remarkable seasons. We chose Bieniemy Over Lewis by the nose of a football v a a a Best quarterback to Detmer Brigham commentary As Tough As year old beef Jerky Detmer a Junior is it Only 744 Yards Short of becoming the Mcaa career passing Leader. Virginia a Shawn Moore deserved mention As did Houston a David Klingler and san Diego is Dan Mcgwire. Quot a. A Vav player of the year to Detmer by. It is As simple As this notre Dame flanker Raghib Ismail is the most talented and exciting player in College football but Detmer had All things considered the Best season. Detmer did t miss a game Ismail missed a game and a half. Detmer accounted for 4,369 Yards and 38 touchdowns this season with one game remaining Ismail handled the Ball Only 125 times for 1,537 All purpose Yards and five touchdowns. There is no doubting Brigham Youngs Media guide has the right idea. Ismail a Impact on a game he redefines the Way it is played. But Detmers record breaking performances were too Good to ignore. \ a / 0 v a a a Gur apologies to George Allen. We did no to think Cal state Long Beach would win one game the 49ers won six. Go Quot a with that said a Story about Allen Courtesy of Louisville coach Howard Schne Llenberger in 1961, Alabama a Bear Bryant hired Schnellenber eras an assistant coach. Bryant paid him a salary of $9,000. In 1965, after helping Bryant win three National championships Schne Llenberger was earning $13,000. The next year along came Allen who was coach of the los Angeles rams. Allen offered Schne Llenberger an assistant is Job and about a $6,000 raise. A a that a Fine a Schne Llenberger said a but 1 also need a aliens replied a ooh Well get you a car. Done to you worry about Aby. Schne Llenberger said a wok if you can guarantee me that salary and a car ill come to los Angeles a a a said Allen a a it a so Schne Llenberger left Alabama and As promised got a new Job a raise and a wonderful new car one Day after the season ended scan Ellenberger a phone rang. A is this the person who drives a 1966 Chevrolet License plate number crz193?&Quot said the voice. A yes it is a Schne Llenberger said. A a Well this is the rental car Agency. We need our car Back Quot Quot Vou what a said Schne Llenberger. A the car. We need the car Back. You need to come in and pay the Bill a Ltd How much is that Quot Schne Llenberger asked. A about $30,000.�?� Allen had rented the car. By the week. Schne Llenberger presented the Bill to Allen who presented it to a stunned ram front office which paid the Tab. By the Way Schne Llenberger also got another car a a a a we Arentt afraid to admit our Many mistakes. Here s our scorecard of preseason predictions a Allen you know about Well never doubt him again. A we said Georgia Houston and Louisville would be the three Surprise teams of the year. Two out of three Isnit bad. A. We said Ismail would win the Heisman trophy but that Detmer was most deserving of the Statuette. The award ceremony is we said the Winner of the Auburn Florida state game would determine which team finished the regular season ranked no. 1. We weren to even close. A of the six major bowls we correctly predicted Only one of the 12 teams that will play in those games. A we said Urcla would win the Pacific 10 but that Washington had the Best Chance of surprising everyone so we hedged. A we said Alabama would be the seasons Flop i am finishing 6-5. The Crimson tide is 6-4 with a game against Auburn saturday a we said Auburn would beat notre Dame in the sugar bowl for the National championship. What we meant to say was / a a a a a a a / y at the moment the race for the National championship is As confusing As an irs itemized deductions form. Sure Georgia tech is ranked no 2, but the yellow jackets still have to play rival Georgia. No 3 Miami is expected to beat san Diego state with ease but Mcgwire the aztecs quarterback might have other thoughts. No. 4 by will play Hawaii i Honolulu. No. 5 Texas still has Texas a amp Mon its Short the rankings could shift re arid the National championship scenario with it a if Georgia tech Miami by or Texas loses this week. 1 in the spirit of postseason uncertainty we venture the following guesses notre Dame which at last will feature a healthy Ismail will find a Way to beat no. 1 Colorado in the Orange bowl overrated Nebraska will finally play Well against someone other than Kansas and beat Georgia tech in the Citrus bowl. In the Cotton bowl Texas will somehow defeat Miami in the biggest upset of new years Day. By will be challenged Early by Texas a amp a in the Holiday bowl then pull away in the second halt a debate will rage notre Dame Texas or by for the National championship our pick Texas a a a v a a by our top 10 1 Colorado 2 by 3 Miami 4 Georgia tech 5 Texas 6 Florida 7 Washington 8 Florida state 9 Penn state 10 notre Dame. Our waiting list Tennessee Houston Mississippi Clemson and Michigan. A a amp a offers the Mouth that gored by Kirk Bohls Cox news service College station Texas cadets at Texas a amp a weren t going to Light the traditional Bonfire for their big game with the University of Texas until thursday night but Anthony Williams wait so he decided to Light a fire earlier under Texas not under the 3,000 or to logs. Y a a a a a. With the same reckless abandon with which he plays on the Field the Junior inside linebacker for the aggie blasted Texas quarterback Peter Wardere and linebacker Brian Jones described the fifth ranked longhorns As a a overrated and did no to Back off his guarantee of an aggie Victory saturday r a Gardere is an average quarterback. No composure Texas is a big time organization but he a not a big time quarterback a Williams said a Brian Jones is a great athlete but if we ran a 4-3 alignment head be Over there with the 12th Man Towel Why he play for us a heart a v. A a a a a Yoy a a a a a a. T As if that weren to incendiary enough Williams had More a a they re overrated a be said a they talk a Good game but i Haven t seen them dominate a game. Their offence has i shown Roe anything. If they would happen to beat us they d be so broke up against Miami they might y it just seems a shame Williams wont play. / a a. A a a a a a at least that a what the a amp a coaches say. Coach . Slocum Calls the 6-foot 2-Inch, 243-Pound Wlliams a very questionable Quot because of a Tom Grom muscle he suffered tithe 56-10 win Over Texas Christian last week defensive coordinator Bob Davie says Williams is a extremely the crutches the Junior from Waco used monday said it even louder Al though Williams said he simply uses them to navigate stairs in route to class. Done to Tell the outspoken aggie he wont play a if i had to play tomorrow i could play Quot Wlliams said a something would have to be broke for him not to play. And id still be better than their linebackers. The doctors say i can to play but i have the heart and determination a there a no question he has the Mouth Wlliams assured aggie fans of a win Over Texas two weeks ago but moderately hedged on that Promise saying head stand by Bis prediction a if in a healthy a should Wlliams miss the game a amp a will be without its leading Tacker whose u3 stops Are nine More than free safety Larry Horton his loss could cramp the style of the nations 20th-ranked defense especially since a amp a also is without nose guard Pat Henry dislocated Elbow linebacker James Webb knee cornerback Marlin Haynes broken leg and defensive end Kevin Tucker knee Texas Lowers Boom on aggie Austin Texas apr Texas May not be Able to Stop Texas a amp a from scoring saturday but the scores wont generate As much noise because longhorn officials have banned the aggie so howitzer Cannon from memorial stadium. It Al of said it has restricted he number of caretakers for a amp a s Mascot Collie reveille a a amp a has brought its Cannon to memorial stadium the past two or three games said it col Don Johnson assistant commandant of the 2,053-member corps of cadets uts ban on the Cannon which fires Blank 75mm shells provided by fort Hood a upsets a lot of aggie a Johnson said Texas own 10-gauge Cannon a Smokey a will be on hand
