European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Cover Story ackling televised football from the cover air live both ends of sunday s doubleheader plus the sunday and monday night games. That a 12 hours of pro football every weekend. A i baby sit the children a Deborah says Quot because when he a watching football he sees nothing else he hears nothing else. The House could be on fire and All head say would be wait a minute they re about to score a  a she adds a i realize my husbands priorities Are sports the kids and me. So i Deal with  _ the Aragons air Force sergeants assigned to Torrejon a Spain Arentt the Only ones getting ready for the Start of this nil wave on to. Other military couples across Europe Are also bracing for the moment when football fills a 50-Yard-line seat at the big game of life. Among them Are army capt. Paul Gootee and his wife Janice. For Paul sundays follow a simple schedule a go to Church eat. Watch a game. Eat. And watch another  a a that a just something you done to interrupt a says the 29-year-old Field artillery commander. Gootee began playing football in fourth Grade. He was a guard on his High school varsity team and went out for other sports Only if they would keep him in shape for the game he loves. Stateside sunday Kickoff Are in the afternoons but when Gootee watches in Nieden Dorf near Numberg Germany games done to Start until evening. That gives him part of the Day with his family before he settles into his role As armchair quarterback. That a just Fine with Janice who keeps Busy during games with knitting and baking. She also watches after their three children Victor 5 Benjamin 21 months and Sarah 2 months. Benjamin is in danger of becoming if not a full fledged Couch potato a Tater Tot his vocabulary consists of two words a Soos balls and �?ocatch.�?�. Janice does no to break in when her husband watches a game because she hates the Way he quizzes her on which teams Are playing she said. A now who a this Quot he says expecting her to identify the teams by their helmets. As for other Small talk a a it a just like talking to a Wall a she says. That a Why monday night games aired at 3 . Tuesday in Central Europe Are the ones she likes Best a i Don t have to watch them a she  standing in the Isles in England where an to is available Only on base or in government housing areas watching the game can require additional fan fortitude. Tech. Sgt. Michael m. Poindexter who lives near Raf Mildenhall said he relies on married friends in quarters As Well As single airmen living in base dormitories for his football fix. A when the games come on late at night and i done to have time to watch them i get a Friend to tape them Quot Poindexter said. He then picks up the tape after work so he and his wife can watch it. Taping the to coverage is an important part of the game for staff sgt. Pat Cole the offensive coordinator for the Mildenhall marauders of a Safe a . Sports conference. Cole who says he is a usually watching games if he s not working on sundays keeps the video recorder going even during games he gets to Sec. A when there a no football on during the off season i can go Back and watch some of my favorite games a he said. Quot i also sometimes look at it from a. Sas Vine Crowley football dad Paul Gootee referees for sons Victor left and Benjamin while Janice holds Sarah. Coaches Point of View. I try to pick up ideas for the team or try to see if i would be done something different on a particular play in a  or luckily coleus wife has come Down with the same football fever albeit a somewhat weaker Strain. A at first she Wasny to that interested but now she sat the Point where she watches it. She knows i love football and has been very understanding a Cole said. Late night football has meant forming a sort of to travel club for airman 1st class William Owens and a few ethers who live off base near Mildenhall. Owens and other married friends often making up a group of eight rotate from House to House and spend the night viewing games. A we Cany our clothes for the next Day a he said. Owens a defensive end for the base team said his wife often comes along. The rest of the time a it gets me out of her Way for a Little while and she knows in a usually in a better mood after watching a  the extra Yard for army it. Robert Pedersen the Start of the nil season is a symbolic occasion a Day when summer ends and autumn comes. For his wife Cheyn it Means the beginning of a love hate relationship with the game. Though he a rarely stays up until three in the morning a Robert says he insists on getting his fair share of pro football viewing. Pedersen Calls himself an Indianapolis Colts fan. A him a military brat a explains Pedersen who is stationed in Numberg a and Indianapolis was the lust place we stopped so i kind of picked them As my  a the also likes the 49ers,�?� Cheryn adds. A a you be got to have your team then the winning  Kelli Lambert whose husband John is a sergeant stationed in Ansbach Germany expects football to invade her household. Rather than put up a fight though she accepts the annual rite of pass age. A i done to mind him watching maybe one game Quot she says while noting that her husband occasionally stays up for late games depending on who a playing. Her husband a devout notre Dame football fan favors College Over pro Ball. That will Likely mean some very late nights since american forces television plans to offer College games Only on a delayed  you can to beat Mem. Liz Moore a military brat who is now a sports director in Bamberg Germany said she became a fan of televised football As a Way to spend More time with her father. A every sunday my dad would be in the living room with a Pitcher of Beer steamed crabs and his football game a Moore says. Despite her interest in the game Moore said she Felt for her Mother. A my Mother had to endure life with football because she knew shed never get anything productive out of him while there was a football game  when her parents moved to Karlsruhe Germany her fathers interest in football Only increased. A dad goes to sleep with his Headset on so he can listen to the football games a she says. A most women know if they want to spend time with their Man they have to spend it watching football Moore says. Staff sgt. Virgil Goss who is stationed at High Wycombe air station near London had to put up with taped games mailed by his brother when he first arrived in Britain and was awaiting housing. A at that time any game was better than no game Quot he says. Now ensconced in government quarters Goss plans to make up for those taped games with a heavy dosage of the real thing. A i think my wife May be a Little upset a said Goss 27, of san Francisco. A she does no to enjoy football like i do but she enjoys the fact that she knows where in a at on sunday  Mitchell prices bengals open today at Denver. Len 9 i3 l report staf1 wite re Amy Geiszler Jones. Muri Dith Winder Rob Staggenborg and Effie Bathen and tech sgt Louis Arana Barradas of the 401 St tac fighter Wing at Torrejon Page 4 a sunday september 1, 1991