European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse R Page 26 b the stars and stripes saturday november 2, 1991 eagles face Tough pm offensive line by Mike Bowers staff writer you could Call them Volunteer assassins. Together they weigh Over half a ton at an average height of 6-foot-2. They enjoy grinding the opposition into the ground using an intricate system of traps and pulls enforced up by 1,290 pounds of brute strength. Even pro players admit the Job is one of the less glamorous yielding Little respect or attention. But Rhein Mains offensive linemen thrive on Trench warfare and Are Well equipped for the duty. They Fly into action sunday at 1 . When the rockets Host the Lakenheath eagles in the Safe championship football game. They Are a Tim Langley tackle Kannapolis n.c., 6-foot, 250 pounds 12 years in Csc 4 Csc titles and 2 Safe. A Rich Lawton guard Tucson ariz., 6-foot, 250 pounds 4 years in Csc 2 Usan. A Guy Hunter tackle Edinburg Scotland 6-foot-9, 320 pounds 4 years in Csc 4 Csc titles and 2 Safe. A Kalph Brown guard Georgetown s.c., 6-foot-1, 240 pounds 2 years in Csc 1 Csc title. A Darryl Murphy Center new London mo., 6-foot, 230 pounds 2 year in Csc 1 Csc title. Backing up that starting five Are Craig Matusik Mike Smith Ernie Buckly and Mike Ashburn. A offensive lineman Are often stereotyped As big slow and Laid Back a said Lan Safe football Gley the elder statesman of the group. A but we re the aggressors. The defense is the hunted and we re the Hunters. A we might not get the Praise but we sure get to do More hitting. We get Contact every play a Langley said. Hunter is called the lines Lucky Charm. Since his arrival the team has won four straight Csc titles and is 2-1 in Safe championships. He shared Langley a views about offensive lineman. A a it a a very challenging position a he said. A you have to be smarter As an offensive lineman. Its harder to play and involves More technique than being on Hunter does have one misgiving about being a lineman. A i have been on the line for 20 years and never have 1 scored a touchdown. But i guess that a every lineman a both men agree their units Success has to do with a brotherly Type attitude. A a we re very close on and off the Field a said Langley a every week since 1987 we be had a pasta party on Friday just for the offensive lineman. We also make an exception and allow linebacker Jay Gregson to attend since we Call ourselves the Bubba tub club a Langley said. Rockets offensive line coach Bill Carey said he seeks athletes with a Good attitude and who Are Coa Chable. A it takes a special person to be on the line a Carey said. First of All not Many want to be there. Often the Only Praise comes from the coach. The position is a a amps Ken George six-foot-9,305-Pound Guy Hunter and Tim Langley Lead Rhein Mains a Bubba tub club. Pressure cooker. When the Ball Isnit moving the blame usually Falls on them. A my Guys like the Challenge. I done to Sake pm do it. I just encourage them a Frey said. Even some opposing coaches recognize the Comrade of the rockets lineman. A a they re a tight knit Bunch that have been together for Many years a said Larry Boldin Ramstein a coach. He witnessed that line bully his top ranked rams defense around last week for More than 300 Rushing Yards. A a they re extremely Good at what they do a Boldin said. A most coaches Are forced to Delegate people to play on the offensive line. I know from talking to those Guys that they like what they do. They want to be in the Langley thinks the teams Success or failure mainly depends on the performance of the line. A a it san 11-Man Effort but everything gets started with us a he said reflecting on what it will take to re capture the Safe Crown. A a we la just have to do what we did last week a get off the Ball quickly and drive Mem Down the rally lifts rangers by Nordques by the associated press new York a Tony Amonte tied the game with 4 54 remaining then set up John Ogrodnicki a game Winner with 18 seconds left to give the new York rangers a 5-4 Victory Over the Quebec Nordques thursday night. V the rangers continued their current hot Streak and their domination of the Nordques by wiping out a 4-3 deficit in the final five minutes. In other games thursday Philadelphia beat san Jose 5-2 As Rick toc Chet scored twice. It was the 11th straight loss for the expansion Sharks. The los Angeles Kings won at Boston 4-3 As Tomas Sandstrom broke a tie with a Power play goal Midway through the third period. At Pittsburgh the penguins routed Minnesota 8-1 As their new look line of Mario Lemieux Jaromir jagr and Kevin Stevens scored five goals two each by Lemieux and Stevens. And at Chicago the Blackhawk edged the islanders 4-3 on Steve Larmere a second goal of the game with Only 1 14 left in will take bowl preview by Dave Goldberg a football writer some vegas Guy has discovered the Houston oilers can t win in the Eastern time zone. So he made them 6</2-Point underdogs in Washington on sunday in one of those games that get dubbed a super bowl it figures. The redskins Are the a Fly a Only unbeaten team and have that super bowl look. They be Given up Only 17 Points at Home this season All to the Browns three weeks ago. But an argument can be made that the oilers at 7-1, Are the second Best particularly since their defense has emerged this year As a Force nearly equal to Warren Moon and the run and shoot. There a also the argument that the redskins who play in the grind it out pfc rarely get to see a run and shoot. Still they beat the Lions 45-0 on opening night As Detroit played without Barry Sanders. Washington a secondary other than Darrell Green May be a Little suspect against four wide receivers. And Houston a offensive line May be Good enough to hold off the pass Rush. Finally there a the argument that the redskins spent the first half of the season preparing for last sunday nights game against the new York giants. Now that they be won that they re due for a letdown. Make it a Little of each. Redskins 24-20 Detroit plus 6 at Chicago Detroit has t played this big a game in a couple of decades. Erik Kramer will be at quarterback in place of Rodney Peete and he could emulate Jim Harbaugh Sefl predictions performance last week. The bears quarterback went 2 for 19 in the first 58 minutes at new Orleans. Bears 20-7 san Francisco minus 5 at Atlanta the Falcons 39-34 Victory Over the 49ers at candlestick three weeks ago May have turned around san Francisco a season a for the better. Besides the Falcons won big last week so they re due to lose. 49ers, 40-34. Giants minus 4 at Philadelphia monday night two things to guess at who will play quarterback for the eagles what will the giants do to blow the Lead they re bound to take who knows giants 16-9 new England plus 17 at Buffalo Buffalo scores in Bunches. The Bills also give up Points in Bunches. Hugh Millen will be hoping the clock runs out quickly in this one. Bills 31-17 new Orleans minus 4 at rams the saints offence has gone South. This game is out West. Saints 17-12 Miami minus 10 at Indianapolis How bad Are the Colts?1, Miami is banged up they be lost three of four and they re still favored by More than a touchdown a on the Road. Dolphins 20-6 Pittsburgh plus 6vz at Denver its not that the Broncos Are that Good. Its that their schedule is so easy. Broncos 20-10 Cleveland minus 3vz at Cincinnati Cleveland favored on the Road against a team it beat 14-13 at Home that a what happens when Sam Wyche suggests that Donald Hollas May be his quarterback. Browns 16-7 Green Bay minus 7 at jets done to Tell the jets that they re supposed to win their next tour games particularly when Green Bay has a one game winning Streak. Jets 27-14 Phoenix plus 9vi at Dallas the worst thing that happened to the cards is what Detroit did to the cowboys last week. Cowboys 34-10 Tampa Bay plus 12 at Minnesota the Vikings think they still have a shot at the playoffs. With a schedule like this they could be right. Vikings 27-10 last week 7-5 spread 8-4 straight up season 54-56-4 spread 72-42 straight up a
