European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday november 9, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 29search begins for new Champion by Ben Abrams prep sports editor its playoff time. The Small schools football semifinals take place today at Woodbridge England and Augsburg Germany and for the first time since 1987 a new Champion is guaranteed. A North Champion shape crosses the English Channel to take on . Champion Woodbridge and a South Winner Augsburg entertains a Central Kingpin bad Kreuz Nach in saturdays games. The winners clash next saturday for the title Fulda has held the past three years. Shape and Augsburg posted perfect 8-0 regular season records and bad Kreuz Nach and Woodbridge dropped Only one game apiece bad Kreuz Nach 7-1 a season opening 30-26 thriller to Augsburg. Woodbridge lost to Lakenheath and shared the regular season title with the lancers but the warriors bounced Back to topple Lakenheath in the . Playoff title game to earn their berth in the Small schools eliminations. Baum older terminated Fulda a 17-game winning Streak by taking a 12-6 verdict in the rain and mud and shape eliminated the Falcons from a possible fourth straight title by taking a hard earned 29-26 verdict at Fulda. Shape Rode a rags to riches Trail to the 1991 playoffs. The Gibbons spartans went into the season mired in an 11-game losing Streak that included forfeits the last two weeks of the 1990 Campaign and turned that completely around with the 8-0 record which got them into postseason action for the fifth time since playoffs were added to the Dodds Germany Bennor format in 1975. _ the spartans have never lost in the playoffs. They beat Ansbach 40-12 in 1976 and repeated that Conquest of the cougars two years later 28-22 to win Gold division championships. That was in the Days when three championships were staged a big schools Silver division for the Middle sized schools and Gold division for the others a and there were no semifinals staged. Then shape beat Bamberg 22-14 in the first Small schools finale in 1983 and almost duplicated that score in a 20-14 win a inst the Barons in 1984 in the midst of a Dodds  23-game win skein that still stands. None of the other teams has won a playoff game. Augsburg will be making a record tying sixth appear Small schools football playoff shape spartans 8-0 a North Champion at Woodbridge warriors 5-1 . Champion bad Kreuz Nach bearcats 7-1 a Central Champion at Augsburg apaches 8-0 a South Champion. Its Susan hams Ance on the postseason venue. The apaches dropped Silver division verdicts to Baum older Hanau and Wei Brincken in 1975, 1977 and 1979, respectively and lost to Bamberg in the Germany a playoffs in 1984 and to Giessen the next year. Woodbridge dropped Dodds Atlantic championship games to 1sb and Hahn in 1987 and 1988 and bowed to Berlin in a Small schools semifinal game in 1989. The warriors won the . Regular season and playoff titles last year and were supposed to participate i the Small schools semifinals again but they were denied that Opportunity because of a budget crunch. Had they been Able to compete last year the warriors would hold the Post season record for most consecutive appearances five. Instead they share that Honor at three with Ansbach Kaiserslautern and Fulda. Bad Kreuz Nach made its Only appearance on the Small schools playoff scene last year when it dropped a semifinal verdict to Baum older. The bucs share the most postseason championships with shape fou but Baum older has won the most games. The bucs lost the title game to Fulda in 1990 and own a 5-2 playoff record. Shape built its record on a balanced attack that features the running of Bill Gibbons Mario Brown and Brian Benken the passing and running of Frank Kram Mer and the receiving of Brown and Ryan of Connor. Re Terry Austin is unbeaten Augsburg s Nuur threat. The attack is abetted by the presence of outstanding offensive linemen Jan Gossing Owen Llo Fecker Steve Bickel Willie Mcgee and Mark Winters. Woodbridge s attack is based on the Power running of Mike Reed and Rob Bishop and the passing and running of quarterback Mike Scherer. The running of Terry Austin has been Augsburg a major threat All year but the apaches also have got Strong Rushing performances from Marcus Jones and Rodney Anderson. A a we re concerned about Austin a a Bearcat coach Gary Palmer said. A a he a really a Good running Back and very hard to Stop. He has to be wrapped up and gang tackled to Stop  Derrick Thompson and Kelsey Smith have provided bad Kreuz Nach with most of its scoring punch and Mike Otjen has been deadly with his kicks one of his pats providing the margin of Victory Over Munich As the bearcats went through a Central strife unscathed. A my kids realize they really have their work Cut out Tor them but they re not looking at the records really a Palmer said. A i think our Guys Are thinking about the revenge Factor but they re a better team then they were the first game when they beat us. We know they re big Strong and  _ a College football Clemson s 1981 National champions return by Rick Scoppe Clemson . Apr Jeff Davis rolled the Large ring around his Finger and then took it off. He does t Wear the ring much. Too valuable. Besides he does no to much care for jewelry. But he was wearing it now because he was Back at Clemson to be honoured along with Many of his 1981 teammates for winning the schools first and Only National championship. A this is a Symbol a said Davis a coca Tain on the 1981 team. A but what a engraved in my heart they could t make enough Gold they could t make enough diamonds to compare to that. A this is something ill always remember. I can always reflect on it a he said. A it does no to take this to bring those memories  memories of a storybook season that began with the tigers not even ranked and ended with them beating Nebraska 22-15 in the Orange bowl to finish 12-0. The year before Clemson went 6-5 and was overshadowed in its own state by South Carolina which featured Heisman trophy Winner George Rogers. But when the two teams met nov. 22 in Columbia the tigers beat the gamecocks 27-6. The Victory which May have saved coach Danny Fords Job propelled the tigers into the next season Clemson a Homer Jordan. Map in �?T82 Orange bowl with renewed Hope. A we probably had More Talent in 1980 than we did on the National championship team a said Davis a 6-foot, 223-Pound senior linebacker on the 1981 team. A we were a lot better than our record showed. It was very demeaning. It was the year Duke beat us. A that year was like a smack in our face. At Clemson you weren to supposed to go 6-5. We had to do something to erase that. It All started with South Carolina. Once we beat them that year we were ready to  Clemson opened the 1981 season with a 45-j0 Victory Over Wofford and then eased past Turunc 13-5. Up next was defending National Champion Georgia which was ranked no. 4 at the time. The two teams had split flier last four games although the bulldogs had lost Only 13 times in 49 meetings. But Clemson forced nine turnovers and beat Georgia 13-3. It was the Only regular season loss Herschel Walker suffered in his three year career. With the Victory Clemson finally made the National rankings a at no. 19. Victories Over Kentucky Virginia Duke and North Carolina stale pushed the tigers to no. 3. Then came an 82-24 Victory Over Wake Forest in what has been called the halloween massacre. The Triumph left the tigers ranked second behind Only Pittsburgh. The next week Clemson faced no. 8 North Carolina in an Atlantic coast conference showdown. The game was expected to be a defensive drama and it was with the tigers prevailing 10-8 in Chapel i fill. A after the North Carolina game that was it for us Quot Davis said. A we knew then we had control of our destiny. I think it matured us and let us know that was the Only situation we Hadnot been in. Once we passed that test we were  the tigers closed out the regular season with a 21-7 Victory Over Maryland and a 29-13 Triumph Over South Carolina. Clemson remained no. 2 until Penn stale beat Pitt 48-14 to open up the top spot. The tigers made sure they stayed there by beating Nebraska touching off a Celebration that lasted for months and included a trip to the White House. Davis said its hard to express the feeling he had that new years evening in Miami. A without a doubt that has been the Pinnacle of my football career a said Davis who went on to play six years with the a Fly a Tampa Bay buccaneers and is now a car Salesman in Tampa. A a i Here a been no greater team oriented situation that can even compare to it. Quot its something i think about All the time. Its kind of like a foundation for a House. Without that foundation Vou can to build the rest of that House. We put in the foundation for future c Lem son