European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 b the stars and stripes sports Friday november 20,1992hurricanes picked to quiet dome by Rick Warner a football writer big games Are nothing new at the Carrier dome. Only this time the game is football. Known primarily As the Home of Syracuse a High profile basketball team the dome will be the setting for a huge football game saturday a top ranked Miami 9- l against the no. 8 orangemen 9-1. At stake arc big East bragging rights bowl bids and Miami Schance for a second straight National championship. The hurricanes say they Arentt worried about playing in the Ultra loud dome before 50,000 screaming fans. Quot we like going into hostile environments a receiver Lamar Thomas said. A a we like people screaming obscene things calling us jailbird and convicts. It turns us on and makes me want to score  Miami has scored plenty of touchdowns in its last four games after struggling for Points Early in the season. However the hurricanes will be facing a Syracuse defense that has Given up Only 36 Points in its last four games. A it hey be got a very Good defense a said Miami quarterback Gino Torretta the schools career passing Leader. A a they re very fast and they give you a lot of looks in the secondary which is Why they have so Many  Syracuse quarterback Marvin Graves is the nations leading passer but he will be tested by a Miami defense that is giving up Only 11 Points and 166 passing Yards per game. Although the orangemen Are playing at Home remember that their Only loss this season a 35-12 to Ohio state a came at the Carrier dome. Furthermore an experienced Miami team that played before 96,000 Penn state fans last month wont be intimidated by the deafening dome crowd. T he hurricanes Are favored by six Points Miami 24-21.texas Christian plus 25 at no. 4 Texas a amp Maggie must impress poll voters. Texas a amp a 45-10.no. 5 Washington minus 14 at Washington St. Huskies headed for third straight Rose bowl. Washington 34-17.no. 6 Michigan minus 7 at no. 17 Ohio St. Wolverines have won four straight Over buckeyes. Ohio St. 24-21.no. 9 Florida minus 6vi at Vanderbilt gators 0-3-1 in last four trips to Nashville. Van vocal partisan crowd practically joins the huddle in Syracuse a intimate intimidating Carrier dome. File photo College predictions Debilt 17-16. Iowa St. Plus 18 at no. 11 Colorado cyclones coming off shocking win Over Nebraska. Colorado 31-21. No. 25 Wake Forest plus 8vi at no. 13 North Carolina St. Demon deacons have won six consecutive games. . St. 17-14. No. 14 Stanford minus 2v2 at California the Cardinal Hasni to lost big game since 1986stanford 24-17. No. 15 Southern cat minus 9 at Urcla Bruins finish with losing record. Southern Cal 17-10. Arizona St. Plus 7 at no. 16 Arizona Sun devils Haven to won at Tucson since 1980arizona 21-7. No. 19 Boston College minus 17 at army eagles snap two game losing Streak. Boston College 31-10. Kentucky plus 17va at no. 20 Tennessee Johnny majors last Home game. Tennessee 34-14. No. 21 North Carolina minus 7 at Duke Duke fans Are ready for basketball. North Carolina 28-14. No. 22 Kansas minus 7v2 at Missouri second oldest rivalry in division i a. Kansas 27-24. Pittsburgh plus 21 at no. 23 Penn St. Intrastate rivals wont meet again until 1997penn St. 34-21. Last week 12-5 straight 9-7 spread. Season 156-46 straight 92-89 spread. Roses already boxed but plenty s at stake Columbus Ohio a no trophy or bowl bid is resting on the outcome yet the Michi gun Ohio state game stands out from the rest of the games on each teams schedule. Even though sixth ranked Michigan has already locked up the big ten title and a trip to the Rose bowl and no. 17 Ohio suite has agreed to play in the Florida Citrus bowl there Are a thousand reasons for the players and coaches to want to win. A this is the biggest game  the Rose bowl that i think i can coach in a Ohio state coach John Cooper said earlier in the week. That statement took on added emphasis when a published report thursday cited sources in the Ohio stale athletic department who said Cooper had to beat the wolverines and win the c it rus bowl to retain his Job. Cooper declined to comment and University president Gordon gee played Down the report As speculation. Cooper is completing the first year of a new four year pact he signed in july. In his fifth year at Ohio state he is 0-4 against Michigan 0-3 in bowl games and 0-5 against Illinois a statistics that rankle the rank and file at Ohio state. A Victory would put to rest some of the criticism that Cooper who came into this season 212-1 against ranked teams and 4-16-2 against bowl teams  win a meaningful game. It should be pointed out that it is Ohio state and not Michigan which has beaten a ranked team in 1992. Ohio state ravaged n0.8 Syracuse 35-12 Back on sept. 19. That is also the Only Victory by either the buckeyes or wolverines against a team with a winning record this season. Aside from the soap opera that surrounds Cooper the game has the most importance for the players. A to be part of a team that lost five straight to Michigan that would be unfortunate a said Ohio state quarterback Kirk Urcla a a s writing own ticket this time Ohio states John Cooper. Must win situation Herbstreit. A we done to want to leave Here not having beaten Michigan. That a something you can to understand if you did no to grow up a Buckeye  Michigan quarterback Elvis Grbac like his Ohio state counterpart grew up in Ohio. He said he wanted to have the Best game of his career against the buckeyes and added a i always play my Best games against Ohio  Pasadena Calif. A Urcla quarterback John Barnes will see saturdays game Between the Bruins and Cross town rival Southern California from a different Vantage Point than last years game hell be on the Rose bowl Field playing instead of sitting in the Southern Cal student Section As a fan. And he wont have to sneak in. Barnes a senior transferred to Urcla this year after us Santa Barbara dropped its Mcaa division 11 football program. A i had an sex Girlfriend who went to so and i used her student id to get in a Barnes said of last year s Bruins trojans game played at the los Angeles coliseum. A she went through the Gate and put it Back through the Fence and 1 flashed it to the ticket taker a a Barnes decided to Transfer to Urcla after quarterback Tommy Maddox gave up his final two years of collegiate eligibility to turn pro. Even then it seemed unlikely Barnes would play much if at All this year. However injuries gave him an Opportunity. First starting quarterback Wayne Cook suffered a season ending knee injury in the first game. Then second Stringer Rob Walker sprained an ankle in the fifth game. And True freshman Ryan Fien struggled before being injured. Barnes Wasny to impressive in a 48-12 loss to California oct. 31, but played much better the following saturday in a 26-14 Victory Over Oregon state. Then last saturday Walker returned to action after missing four games and started against Oregon. But Barnes relieved him after three series and played the rest of the Way completing 11 of 21 passes for 156 Yards As Urcla rallied for a 9-6 Victory Over the ducks. Bruins coach Terry Donahue is Uncertain whether Barnes or Walker a Redshirt freshman will Start against the 15th-ranked trojans but both probably will play