European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday october 26, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 25redskins picked to dump giants by Dave Goldberg a football writer which Way does the Law of averages work is it time for the Washington redskins to beat the new York giants to whom they be lost six straight games and nine of the last 10 non strike games or does the Law of averages make it time for the 70 redskins to lose particularly at giants stadium sunday night in a game that new York has to win the Odd makers Are confused a the giants opened As a one Point favorite and Are now one Point underdog 3 that a probably closer to reality a the giants Haven to exactly overpowered the redskins even in their Best years and this Isnit one of their Best years. In fact the six straight new York victories Are by an average of five Points and they be gotten a lot of favourable bounces. Redskins 24-17 raiders plus 6vi at Kansas City monday night the chiefs stumbled in Denver a they always do. The raiders stumbled twice against the chiefs last year nearly costing them the acc West title. So who a More motivated chiefs 20-13 san Francisco minus 4 at Philadelphia two years ago the 49ers came into Philadelphia and Joe Montana threw four touchdown passes in the fourth Quarter to beat the eagles. Montana a not around this year. Neither is Randall Cunningham. A Steve Young was a reasonable facsimile of Montana last week. A limping Jim Mcmahon who a supposed to be Back this week is not a reasonable facsimile of Cunningham. 49ers 20-10 Chicago plus 6v2 at new Orleans a replay of an pfc wild card game last january. That one was outdoors in Soldier Field. Indoors its. Saints 16-6 Dallas plus 2 at Detroit Detroit has been outscored 80-3 in games played outdoors. Indoors its Likely to be a race Between Barry Sanders and Emmitt Smith to see who gets to 200 Yards first. Make it Barry. Lions 37-34 Cincinnati plus 13�?T/2 at Houston Sam Wyche will find a Way to keep this entertaining even if his team does no to. Oilers 41-10 Green Bay plus 2vz at Tampa Bay nobody really cares about this game but the Over under on the crowd is 20,000. Bucs 9-5 Minnesota minus 2 at Phoenix the cards 24,124 beat that 20,000 figure last week but the Vikings beat them 34-7 in Minneapolis two weeks ago. Quot cardinals 34-7 Denver minus 6v at new England the league took Over the fats last week and they won. Does that make Paul Tagliabue unbeaten As an owner Quot Broncos 27-23 Pittsburgh plus 1 at Cleveland its Neil o Donnell again for the Steeles because the fiasco against Seattle was t really his fault. Is Bill Belichick neck and Neek with Dick Mac Pherson for coach of the year not yet. Steeles 20-17 rams plus 2 at Atlanta the Only consistent thing about Jerry Banville s teams is their inconsistency. Falcons 16-10 san Diego minus 6v2 at Seattle the Only consistent thing about the chargers is they find away to lose. The Only consistent thing about Dave Kring is. See Glanville above. Sea Hawks 24-17 last week 5-5-1 spread 7-4 straight up season 47-51-4 spread 64-38 straight up Ramstein favored to beat Rhein main by Mike Bowers staff writer the Ramstein rams should be favored Over the Rhein main rockets in the Continental sports conference championship game on sunday according to team statistics. The Winner will face the United kingdom and defending Safe Champion Lakenheath eagles in the Safe title ame on nov. 3 on the Csc Champion ome Field. The eagles downed the rockets 39-30 in the 1990 Safe title game at Raf Lakenheath last nov. 4. Ramstein coasted to the �?T91 Csc title game with an impressive 10-2 slate. One of those losses was to Rhein main the first week of the season and the other to Pitburg during the third week. After that the rams Are 9-0. Rhein main finished the regular season at 6-4, but showed inconsistency by losing to Small bases Lindsey and sem Bach. In the playoffs however Rhein main advanced to the championship game by beating Lindsey 26-13 and Sembach 24-8. Ramstein thrashed Oesterberg 54-0, before edging Span Dahlem 33-30. Statistics also show Ramstein has the second Best offensive numbers in the conference behind Span Dahlem. A True indicator of their strength is 171 passing Yards per game compared with just 99 Rushing.  main 8-4 at Ramstein 10-2 noon sunday. On the other hand Rhein main ranks third in the conference with a seemingly balanced attack. The rockets offence gains 108 Yards on the ground and 123 passing per contest. Defense is the biggest difference Between the teams credentials with Ramstein finishing As the top defensive unit and Rhein main following at a Distant fifth. Opponents gained Only 86 Yards per game Rushing and 81 passing against Ramstein. Rhein Mains Achilles Heel seems to be a pass defense which yields 134 Yards per game. Only Lindsey and Oesterberg were worse during the regular season. A statistics done to concern me a said Terry Maki Rhein Mains head coach. A a it a a diversified league with Good and bad teams. A Ramstein has shown consistency by playing Well against the Good and bad teams. Therefore the impressive statistics. We on the other hand seem to sink to the level of the average teams. We do about the same no matter who we  what the three time defending Csc Champion rockets have done Best in the past few years is win playoff games. That a a fact that has Ramstein a coach Larry Boldin worried. A i wish the Csc was set up like the u.k.,�?� said Boldin. A the team with the Best record is the Champion. Unfortunately we have to earn it in the playoffs. Stats done to mean a thing until we win it All. We be got to beat them where it counts a on the  Boldin reflected Back to the 1989 season when his team met the rockets for the Csc title. A your stats were very impressive going into that game. However they blanked us 26-0 on game  Ramstein a latest Csc title was in 1985, the year they also won the Safe championship. Since then Rhein main has won three Csc crowns and two Safe championships. Rhein Mains bid for a third straight a Safe a title was foiled by Lakenheath last year. Veterans of those Safe campaigns Are still in rocket uniforms. Boldin said the presence of Vincent Parham Jay Grigson Marty Andres Guy Hunter and Tim Langley is a Factor he Hasni to taken for granted. A those arc the Guys that know How to win a said Boldin. Quot they know what it takes to win a championship and defend it. In a sure a lot of their playoff Success directly relates to that Veteran Core. A these Are the Guys that probably keep the younger players focused on the game at hand by telling them Success is possible even without having top Billing. They probably Tell them to forget about press clippings and  Boldin said a lot of people View Rhein Mains sometimes mediocre mid season play As signs of weakness. However he impresses upon his team that this Isnit Ture. A i just think some internal things keeps them from playing championship Caliper football during the whole season a Boldin said. A however the past has shown that when the title is up for grabs they put on their championship  Boldin admitted feeling the pressure to win. He said pressure is always on the team that feels the need to prove something. A a we be proven that we can win during the regular season and get to the big game. We Haven to proven that we can win the championship. A or Chin Mains statistic of winning the All important game is much better than ours a Boldin  corps wrestling dec Cross country on tap compiled by Walt Morrissette staff writer wrestling a the v corps championships Are nov. 16-17 at Giessen a Miller Hall. Its open to All . . Card holders. Registration is 8 30-10 . Both Days and the bouts Start at 11 . Call ets 320-5503. Cross country a Wil Flecken is hosting the army european Cross country championships on nov. 16. The event is open to All soldiers and civilians of Usa eur communities and units. There is no entry fee. Registration takes place 10 .-noon with the race starting at 1 . Call 326-3884. Basketball a Hanau a veterans Day menus basketball tournament is scheduled nov. 8-11 at Cardwell Fliege Horst and Pioneer fitness centers. All army and air Force Community or base level teams Are eligible to compete. Entry fee is $100 per team and includes a to shirt for each player. The deadline for entering is nov. 4. Contact Gary Lweandowski at ets-8578.local Roundup a Frankfurt has basketball tournaments planned for the thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. For thanksgiving its a double elimination event nov. 29-dec. 1 for Over-30 squads Only. Fee is $75 per team. For the Christmas holidays its the annual Frankfurt Christmas classic for men and women. Fee is $100 per team for the double elimination event. Call ets 320-8379 or 320-5816. A Giessen also has a thanksgiving tournament a company level event nov. 28-dec. 1 at Miller Hall and Rivers gym. It costs $75 per team and the entry deadline is nov. 25. Call ets 343-6339 for More information. Bowling a the Heidelberg Bowling Center at Patrick Henry Villiage is hosting a veterans Day 9 pin no tap tournament nov. 9-11. The hours Are 1-8 . On nov. 9 and 10 and 1-6 a for each 10 entries -6 . Nov. 11. There a one payoff with a $300 guaranteed first prize Prizer based on 120 entries. You get strikes in frames 3, 6, and 9 and a strike for each 9 count on the first Ball. Call Dieter Arnold at 370-8359 for More information. A the Giessen and Kirch guns centers Are hosting the same kind of tournament nov. 16-17 from 12-6 . Both Days. Call Ger Wood at 343-6172. Military Cross country g i Essen a event starts at the Kirch guns gym nov. 1. All military unit teams from 5-8 members Are eligible for the run through the 8-Kilometer five mile course. Registration is 12 30 . For the 2 . Start. Call 343-6339. Power lifting the v corps championships run nov. 21-23 at Giessen a Miller Hall. Its open to All . Forces personnel. Registration is 8 30-10 with the lifting starting at 11 . Contact v corps sports at ets 320-5503. A Giessen a meet 011 nov. 23 at Miller Hall is open to All lifters. Registration runs 8-10 . And costs $15. Each entrant gets a to shirt. Call 343-6339