European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 6, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes Friday december 6, 1991college football the Way Jackson sees it army Navy game is us by Phil Jackman the Baltimore evening Sun Keith Jackson hears the complaint All the time. A Media people from the younger generation come up and say a army Navy harrumph Why cover that a a relates the College football announcer for the last Quarter Century at Abc. Jackson a always at the ready a it s simple really. There a hardly a household across the land that has t been involved with someone who attended one of the service academies. 1 Tell people a look at your  the game is  fort Benning ga., the summer of 1958. In a standing in line waiting to take my turn Over the Bayonet course kibitzing with the classmate in front of me. A i m Dave Bourland Quot he says. The previous fall he was army a quarterback. A few years later the cadets Are playing the midshipmen on the television when an in Law informs me army a Captain ferocious Leader of the a chinese bandits a Dick Novak grew up Down the Street from where we re sitting. Of Keith in a sold. A from my travels around this year a continued the Down Home announcer a i think the College game is coming Back. Athletic directors publicity people and the like Tell me the Public a appetite for the game is headed up after the to saturation of the mid-�?T80s. A just As the 30s�?T and 40s�?T generation Are Back into buying tickets 1 think we re going to see the return of some of the traditional rivalries to great popularity. And what will Ever be bigger than this one a commentary with Jackson hardly a word or sentence goes by that does no to remind him of a Story. A a let a see first time i Ever saw Navy play a he started. A ooh yeah never forget it. Its 1944 and they kids have a Heck Uva team coming in to play Georgia tech. They be got Bobby Jenkins Clyde Scott and that gang and tech has this Little Guy kicker Dinky Bowen.  you know it Bowen kicks a Field goal at the end and Georgia tech wins 17-15.�?� that was As a Spectator. It Wasny to Long before Keitle enlisted in the Marine corps and got to playing some service football Down South a we were playing fort Benning one Day and they had a guard by the name of Jack Green Captain of army a 9-0 National champs in 1945. Or. Green ended up breaking my nose. He taught me quite a lot that  next time Jackson crossed paths with an Academy he had survived the corps put in his time in College and was doing delayed broadcast to of University of Washington games in 1960. A the huskies had won two straight Rose bowl games beating Wisconsin and the Sandy Stephens Bunch from Minnesota when the middies came to Seattle with Joe Bellino. A it was a terrific game but Joe was having a lot of trouble with cramps. He was Down writhing on the Field after every other play. After one play Bob Peterson an old Trainer for Washington goes out leans Over and talks to Bellino and the people from Navy. In a seeing this because i put the Field glasses on them. A then old Pete goes into his pocket takes out some scissors and proceeds to Cut Joe a pants at the Back of the knee. Darned if Bellino does no to get up make a 52-Yard run and Greg Mather ends up kicking a Field goal from the 15 to beat the huskies 15-14.�?� another role Keith Jackson has inherited As a result of his Long and involved association with the game is that of fix it Man. Consequently he s always ready to Forward ideas relative to problems besetting College Ball. For instance assuming a National playoff is inevitable Jackson says a was far As in a concerned the Only Way to do it is to form a Blue ribbon committee and after All the bowls Are Over have them come up with the two teams that will play for the National championships. A that committee would be comprised of an Odd number of coaches with no to or anyone from the promotional business having any say. I can think of Only three instances Over the last 30 years when there might have been arguments for More than two teams being  army and Navy tee it up saturday 7 30 . Central european time on an and seb television and radio at veterans stadium in Philadelphia with Bob Griese joining Jackson at the Abc microphones. No its not Miami Florida state or some of the other biggies the announcers have sat in on this season although you la never be Able to Tell from their enthusiasm. Tighten your Chin straps folks Here we go.3 lbs vie for award fort Worth Texas apr Florida states Casey Weldon Texas a amp mrs Bucky Richardson and Brigham Youngs to Detmer have been named finalists for the 1991 Davey of Brien National quarterback award. A 12-member advisory committee selected the three finalists. The 61, 200-Pound Weldon completed 189 of 313 passes for 2,52/ Yards 22 touchdowns and eight interceptions. Richardson a 6-2, 221-Pound senior led the no.9-ranked aggie to a 10-1 record that included a perfect 8-0 Southwest conference record. The aggie will Host no. 5 Florida state in the Cotton bowl on Jan. 1. Richardson established new Sec career Marks by a quarterback with 2,095 Rushing Yards and 30 Rushing touchdowns. Detmer the recipient of the Davey of Brien award and the Heisman and Maxwell trophies following the 1990 regular season established 65 Mcaa records and tied three others during his career. He completed 249 of 403 passes and 35 touchdowns during the season. For his career Detmer hit on 958 of 1,530 attempts for 15,031 Yards and 121 ads All Mcaa Marks. To a 0 a Quot s it Sherrill refutes Texas Story Mississippi  Jackie Sherrill Starkville miss. A Mississippi state first year coach Jackie Sherrill said wednesday that he a not interested in the coaching Job at Texas. The Austin Texas american states Man had quoted a Texas source earlier wednesday As saying Sherrill had called Texas athletic director Deloss Dodds several times expressing his own interest in the Job. A i have not called Deloss Dodds nor do i intend to Call Deloss Dodds a Sherrill said in a statement released late wednesday by Mississippi state. A Deloss and 1 Are Good friends and he is doing a Good Job a  Sherrill who has a 14-year coaching Mark of 112-49-2, made no further comments and did no to return phone Calls wednesday night. Mississippi state athletic director Larry Templeton was out of town wednesday night and  be reached for comment mus sports information director Joe Dier said. A Jackson television station lbt quoted unnamed sources wednesday night As saying that Sherrill would receive a contract Extension thursday. Dier said he knew nothing about the report. Sherrill came to Mississippi state last december two years after he left Texas a amp a where he had coached for seven years. At that time he reportedly agreed to a four year contract with a base salary of $75,000 a year. The bulldogs were 7-4 in Sherrill a first season and Are preparing for their first bowl appearance in a decade a a dec. 29 Liberty bowl Date against air Force. The bowl invitation came after states first winning season since 1986. Texas is looking for a new coach after mondays resignation of five year coach David Mcwilliams. Mcwilliams record was 31-26 for a winning percentage of .544. He lasted As Long As he did Only because of his personal popularity and a single Southwest conference championship season last year. Texas lost 46-3 to Miami in the Cotton bowl. This year there was talk of a National title which vanished after opening the season with non conference losses to Sherrill a Mississippi state squad and Auburn. There were also a run of injuries that struck Down 21 frontline players at one time or another Texas seventh loss in eight years to Arch rival Texas a amp a 31-14 on thanksgiving night ended a 5-6  Texas coach accepts new Mexico Job Albuquerque . A Southwest Texas state football coach Dennis Franchione was named new Mexico a new head coach on wednesday. Athletic director Gary Ness announced Franchioni s hiring at a late afternoon news conference. Franchione who was in Texas and did not attend the news conference replaces Mike Sheppard who was fired last month. A the Opportunity timing and Challenge to become the head coach at the University of new Mexico is one that s Best for me and my family right now a Franchione said in a statement released by Unm. He said he was excited about the Opportunity to turn the program around at new Mexico. A i do feel some remorse about leaving Southwest Texas state because its a place i be grown to love and our Mission is not yet completed a Franchione said of the san Marcos Texas school he has been at the last two years. Franchione 40, was in Albuquerque last Friday for an interview. The Job opened after Ness announced Sheppard s tiring on nov. 4. In five years Sheppard a teams compiled a 9-50 record and finished the 1991 season at 3-9 by winning two of the last three games. Franchione who has an 80-19-2 record in nine seasons As a College head coach has been at division i a Southwest Texas state for two years going 6-5 and 7-4. Idaho is reportedly decides Pocatello Idaho apr University of Missouri assistant coach Dirk Koet Ter has been offered the head football coaching Job at Idaho state University a Pocatello television station reported wednesday night. Kif1-tv quoted Koetters wife Kim As saying Koetter whose father Jim was head coach at Idaho state from 1983 through 1987, was offered the big sky conference Job tuesday night but had made no Deci Sion yet on whether to accept it. Koetter 32, Missouri a offensive coordinator and quarterback coach had no com ment when reached at his hotel in Kansa City where he was on a recruiting trip. Hoffman notified four year head coach Garth Hall on nov. 25 that his contract would not be renewed for the 1992 Seasor Hall compiled a 9-33-1 record in his fou seasons at Idaho state. Koetters father compiled a 24-31-1 re Cord in five seasons at Idaho state postin the Only two winning seasons the Bengal have had since claiming the National title decade ago