European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 b the stars and stripes sports Friday january 8,1993 Bills will by Dave Goldberg a football writer maybe Thurman Thomas was right at last years super bowl when he said the Buffalo Bills done to get any respect. The two time acc. Champions fresh from the Best comeback in nil history go into Pittsburgh As 2vi-Point underdogs to a team it handled easily in the regular season. Of so Jim Kelly wont play and Thomas and Cornelius Bennett May not be in top shape. Frank Reich Kenneth Davis and Marcus Patton did just Fine last week. A and the 28-20 regular season win was at Rich Staci urn. A a a a. A consider two factors a momentum a the comeback from a 35-3 deficit against Houston injected hew life in a team that had shown Little since the seasons first four games a playoff experience a you know when the going gets Tough Etc. The nucleus of the Steeles is Young a Tunch Ilkin and Merril Hoge know about the playoffs but not Neil of Donnell Barry Foster Dermontt Dawson Carlton Haselrig and other key Guys. Moreover in the Battle of the Maryland quarterbacks Reich is healthier than of Donnell who will be playing his first game after missing four weeks with a broken leg. So maybe Warren Moon did no to do badly off a Layoff but had been there before. Bills 20-14. Boxing the Hanau sports office wants to know if local boxers a Are Tough enough to enter the 1993 Hanau open boxing tournament. Weigh ins and physicals Are from 10 . To 1 . Saturday Jan. 23 at Caldwell gym building no 1281. Competition begins at 7 . The same Day. Competition will be conducted in 12 weight classes in three cat Agoris categories Are sub Novice for first time boxers Novice for boxers with less than 10 bouts and open for boxers with 10 or More bouts. For More information Call the Hanau sports office 322-8578, Gary Lewondowski. Basketball a applications for the 1993 All army menus basketball trials Are still being accepted. No official  have been made. Deadline for the applications which Are available at local sports offices is Jan. 15. The trials scheduled to be held at the Presidio in san Francisco run from feb. 3 to March 10. For More information Call Ken Polk at 370-6358 or 6803. A applications for the 1993 All army women s basketball Camp Are available from local sports offices. The Camp is scheduled at fort Indian town Gap a from feb. 23 through March 24, the application deadline is feb. 5. Wrestling the Csc wrestling championship is scheduled for saturday and sunday at Lindsey air station gym. Weigh ins Start at 8 . Wrestlers must make weight by 9 30 . Meet starts at 10 . Call Bob Haugen for More information at 339-2324,0611-82-2324.rain delays pea tour event Carlsbad Calif. A first officials announced a two hour delay in starting times for the tournament of champions. But when they saw ducks swimming merrily around the 18th Green it was obvious there was no reason to hold off the decision to abandon play thursday in the opening round of the first event on the pea tour. The heavy Rains of a Winter storm battering the West coast flooded and closed roads into the la Costa resort left the course under water and threw the tournament schedule into turmoil. Two rounds were scheduled for  predictions Washington plus 9v4 at san Francisco cancel the experience Factor a these two teams have Watt four of the last five super bowls five of the last seven and seven of the last 11. Cancel the Phoenix Factor a if you can believe it both these teams lost to the cards this season. A so go to the quarterback Factor. Mark Rypien relived last season in the metronome which the redskins treat As a second Home Field. Candlestick is something else a two years ago the skins went there at the same stage and Rypien threw the Ball to the 49ers and lost 28-10. 1 one imponderable. If Steve Young starts slowly do the fans starting Yelling a we want Joe a taking away the Home Field advantage somehow Young seems to have the gumption to overcome such things. Add the Speed Factor and make it. 49ers, 28-10. Philadelphia plus 614 at Dallas the first time these two played it was Dike a super bowl. T a i now that the game counts its Only just another playoff game. Start at the beginning 31-7 eagles in Philadelphia. Go on to the next 20-10 cowboys in Irving the game in which Randall Cunningham was benched at halftime after going 3 of 8 for 13 Yards. Randall is Back to being Randall. But the eagles Arentt going against Bobby Hebert this week whose unfortunate fourth Quarter helped hand Philadelphia its trip to the second round. And the Philadelphia defense is soft enough in the Middle that Emmitt Smith is More Likely to get his 163 Yards second game than his fat a first game add Home Field and make it. Cowboys 20-13 san Diego plus 2v4 at Miami How can the chargers be an underdog when every caller on every sports talk show loves them do Harry from Hoboken and lefty from Louisville know More than Vinny from vegas \ what Vinny from vegas knows is a in the closing moments of a close playoff game head rather have Dan Marino than Stan Humphries. A if Bill Arnsparger knows Alt about Don Shula a offence Shula knows All about am Sparger a defense. A the dolphins have been in the playoffs recently the chargers Haven to. A a the Law of averages says the longer your winning Streak 12 of 13the harder it is to sustain. On the other hand some Vennys from vegas would suggest staying with the hot hand. The chargers Are so hot they re burning. Chargers 17-16. Last week 1-21 spread 2-2 straight up season 113-109-4 spread158-68 straight up Michigan beats Purdue by the associated pres West Lafayette ind. A Steve Fisher sees his third ranked wolverines maturing while coach Gene Keady is worried How his ninth ranked boilermakers will Deal with  it s our first one so you done to know How they re going to handle it a Keady said after the boilermakers lost to Michigan 80-70 thursday in the big ten opener for both teams. The boilermakers had two cold spurts one in each half and the second stopped their upset bid. A it was one of those situations where their experience just whipped our behind a Keady said. A a we did no College basketball Block out Well All night. Poor shot selection and not blocking out just killed  Michigan won despite having Sophomore Forward Ray Jackson out with a dislocated left shoulder. Juwan Howard scored eight Points in a decisive 17-4 spurt that allowed the wolverines to hold off a late Purdue threat. Quot in the second half we really set the tone inside Quot said Howard who made 9 of 12 shots and scored 18 Points in other games thursday involving ranked teams no. 6 North Carolina 100, . State 67 Raleigh  a North Carolina state lost three players to academic ineligibility thursday and then went out and lost its Atlantic coast conference opener to no. 5 North Carolina. Donald Williams scored 23 Points and George Lynch contributed 21 Points and nine rebounds to Lead North Carolina to a 100-67 rout of the Wolf pack. Before the game North Carolina state announced senior guard Donnie Seale senior Forward Jamie Knox and freshman Forward Chuck Kornegay were thrown off the team for academic reasons. No. 20 Arizona 62, no. 15 Urcla 80 los Angeles a the Arizona wildcats look their first step toward moving Back to the top of the Pac-10 on thursday night. Ray owes a 45 percent foul shooter made two free throws with 13 seconds left to give the wildcats an 8280 Victory Over Urcla in the conference opener for both teams. Urcla beat Arizona twice last year after the wildcats had won eight of the previous nine meetings Between the teams. Chris Mills who had 27 Points to Lead the wildcats scored five in a Row to give them a 77-72 Lead with five minutes left. No. 16 Cincinnati 64, no. 22 mass. 53 Amherst mass. Nick Van Exel connected for North Carolina states Kevin Thompson left anti Eric Montross of North Carolina Battle Tor Ball. Seven three pointers and finished with a game High 27 Points to help Cincinnati improve to 8-1 and drop Massachusetts to 6-3.Long Beach St. 101, no. 12 univ 94 Long Beach Calif. A by on Russell scored 33 Points to help Long Beach state upset Nevada Las vegas 101-94, breaking the longest winning Streak in the nation at 29 games and handing the running rebels their first big West loss in 46 contests