European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday november 23, 1991today�?Ts College football Michigan a Heisman candidate receiver Desmond Howard awaits latest test against buckeyes with open arms. Howard just one problem Michigan offers buckeyes by Rusty Miller Columbus Ohio apr Ohio state coach John Cooper said the Best Way to contain Michigan a Desmond Howard is to match up with him. The Man with that duty Foster Paulk surprisingly said he Isnit worried about the Challenge of facing the Heisman trophy front runner. A i probably wont shake a Paulk said in a looking Forward to  Howard has caught 58 passes for 854 Yards and has scored 23 touchdowns this season embarrassing a number of Quality defensive backs along the Way. When the fourth ranked wolverines Host no. 18 Ohio state on saturday Howard will be confronted with a secondary he burned for five catches 73 Yards and a touchdown a year ago in a 16-13 Victory. A Paulk As the right cornerback with responsibility for the wide Side of the Field will probably see most of Howard a moves close up. But Paulk said he has Confidence that left Corner Tim Walton Strong safety Roger Harper and free safety Chico Nelson can offer help. A a he a going to get some catches but we re going to do everything we can to mess up his concentration a Paulk said. A if they catch the Ball we be got to make it physical for  Cooper is presented with the ticklish problem of putting the clamps on Howard without getting burned by other receivers or by Michigan a powerful running game. Asked How much attention he would devote to How and Cooper said a How much is much you be got to give him All the attention you possibly can. We re not going to Stop him but we will try to slow him Down and contain him As much As we  there Are different ways of doing that. Almost All have been tried this season with Little or no effect. A i hear people say you be got to double team him All the time. Or you be got to do this or do that a cooper9hr on to ii Ohio St California 8-2 9-1 at at Michigan Stanford 9-1 7-3 6 . On. 9 30 . On seb to and w seb to and 8 30 . On 11 20 . On an to an to said. A but if you go out and put two people on Desmond Howard you wont see the Ball. They rushed for Over 300 Yards against Illinois last week. They be got a big offensive line. They be got a big fullback and All three running backs Are 200-pounds-plus. They present a lot of problems for a  what makes Coopers Job a and that of defensive coordinator Bill Young a More difficult is that Michigan moves Howard around to thwart a lot of defensive plans. A one time in the Ball game last year they lined him up in the Backfield and then shifted him out and got him one on one against our linebacker a Cooper said. A a they re going to find ways to get him the Ball. If we had a Guy As Good As Desmond Howard wed be foolish or stupid not to get him the  in the end Cooper discounts any trick defences designed to shut Down one player. A a you be got to match him up a Cooper said. A a we re not going to go out and change the Way we play  a this time big game pulls rank by Tim Liotta Stanford Calif. Apr bowl games phooey. Winning seasons forget Mem. National rankings big Deal. This is still the big game for sixth ranked California and no. 21 Stanford and All the other Long awaited successes these two football teams have enjoyed this season Pale in comparison. A they say a you re going to a new years Day bowl a but All that does no to matter. This is the game a Cal quarterback Mike Pawlawski said. A we Haven to beaten them for so Long that its sick. So everything that a coming up afterwards or before does no to matter its this game this  the 94th big game set for saturday at Stanford stadium pits two ranked teams for the first time since 1951 when Stanford was no. 3 and Cal was no. 19. Cal came away with 20-7 upset. This year for the first time Abc will televise the game nationally. A Cal to me is just like another bowl game a Stanford defensive Back Dave Garnett said. A when we did no to go to a bowl game last year and this was the end of the season it was our bowl game. Its going to be just like a bowl game this year too. A obviously its the biggest game of the year especially this year because both of us Are ranked. It will be added satisfaction knowing that we re sending them to a bowl with a  with Stanford and Cal less than 40 Miles apart with plenty of alumni from each school working throughout the Bay area the big game becomes a focal Point every year. Records done to matter. A i think its big every year a Cal coach Bruce Snyder said. A it was big last year. I done to think this matchup Between ranked teams changes the emotion of the game because i done to think it can be any bigger than the ones in be been in already. I can to believe that two teams can get any More wired that coaching staffs can get any More wired at least on our Side than the first four games that in be had against  Stanford erased a 1-3 Start by winning six games in a Row Locking up a bid to the Aloha bowl on Christmas Day in Honolulu. The Cardinal 7-3 has assured itself of its first winning season in five years and first bowl bid in the same period. Small potatoes. R a fire and Foremost want to beat Cal a Stanford fullback Tommy Vardell said. A beating the no. 6 team in the nation will just be a  the bears Are enjoying their Best season since going 9-1-1 in 1951, winning nine of 10 games and earning a trip to the Florida Citrus bowl on new years Day in Orlando Fla. But they have not beaten Stanford since 1986, going 0-3-1 Over the last four seasons. If Stanford were to win again this year the bears seniors will finish their College careers without Ever beating the Cardinal. An unthinkable Fate. A i Haven to beaten Stanford since in be been Here. 1 hat s one of the biggest disappointments of my career be a urn s unfold leave Cal Quot of has no. 1 Miami guarding against letdown re Howard Iii Mam a. L by Howard Ulman Newton mass. A Miami has one of the nations Best Ottun pcs. But Why go through All that wasted Effort Why bother to score 34 Points per game when your defense barely gives up 8? quarterback Gino Torretta seventh in the country in total offence stands in the spotlight. Behind him is fullback Stephen Mcguire who has 30 touch Downs in 30 College games front is a huge and Quick often Sive line. In but Boston College coach Tom Coughlin has much More to worry about saturday night when his eagles 4-6 end their season at Home against the top ranked hurricanes 9-0. A a i hey re an exceptional defensive football team a Coughlin said. A they play very sound. They have Good cover people and have a great pass  the hurricanes have allowed 8.2 Points per game second fewest in the nation. Second ranked Washington has Given up 8.0. Rusty Medearis Miami san seb to 1 30 . Sunday leading Sacker is expected to miss the game after spraining his ankle in last saturdays 17-16 Victory Over Florida state. And Boston College has an outstanding running game and an improving quarterback in Glenn Foley. But the eagles have Little Chance of derailing Miami a ride to a National championship. Miami Hasni to lost to an in ranked team since 1984 or to a 1978 w Tel a is no re cold so acc a a it a going to be hard a Coughlin said. Quot we played the no. 1 team in the big East against the Rush in Syracuse last week we play the no. 2 team in the big East against the Rush this  Boston College lost to Syracuse 38-16 despite 201 Rushing Yards by Chuckie Dukes. It was the sixth straight game in which of Quot e runner gained More than 100 Yards. Miami coach Dennis Erickson does t expect a letdown from the big win Over Florida state even though Boston College while improved Over last season is a big underdog. There s just too much at we re sitting in a position where we have a Chance to win the National championship and we just can to slip a Erickson said. A i expect we will go out and play As hard As we can