European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 25, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday sunday december 25/26,1993 sports the stars and stripes Page 33 liven nil s tune is so hell Bent on canvassing the country in search of the ultimate 6-5,6-6,230-to-240-Pound quarterback getting Lum be Jack types from Idaho state Utah and Wyoming despite All of that Fri like investigative work size has proven to be no Assurance toward Success. Nil quarterbacking has been horrific this season. Observe Mark Rypien Bubby Brister Mike Buck Etc. And on that note those big Guys get Hurt too. Says Williams a size is always an Issue when they talk about Black quarterbacks. Look at Jim Mcmahon Steve Young and Joe Montana they re no nil teams should put an end to this size obsession a or is it paranoia a and draft for style and excitement and most of All play maker put a Deion Sanders Type behind the Center and watch things take off. Many of the Black quarterbacks fit that Mold. But quite often if there is one flaw in a Blackb same a whether correctable or not the next level is Only a Glass ceiling. Furthermore if 1992 Heisman trophy Winner Gino Torretta undeniably the worst Heisman Winner in the past 25 years can get a shot at the nil Well. It should be open season. He carried some raps a right to the Vikings and the nil. So did Doug Flutie. But those kind of raps and criticisms May be too much for some players such As Ward to overcome on the next level. Quarterbacks of All classes on the critical list with criticisms and raps whether warranted or not Are a Ward a a too Short. Not enough Arm strength. Slight of Frame. Plays too much Jay a a sky Walker Howard University a Quot not enough touch on the Ball and too much fat on his body. Despite the fat he can scramble. Has great Arm strength a Steve Mcnair Alcorn state a a throws the Ball top hard. Too much Speed a runs a 4.5 in the 40.,too raw. Speaks with too much of a Southern a Simmion Willis Virginia a led the nation in passing efficiency for the first half of �?T93, but will that help a a Ryan Collins Miami a likes to run too much despite being Able to pass in a pass oriented a Tommie Frazier Nebraska a likes to run too much in a run oriented Frazier truthfully is not a pro Prospect a Marvin Graves Syracuse a too erratic. Too Quick to leave the a Mcdougal a a inexperienced. Therefore despite playing in big games at a big game school notre Dame mystique May not be Able to save some of the criticisms May sound Tongue in Cheek but they could be Ca reer makers or Breakers. Still improvisation is needed to improve the game. Many great jazz musicians improvised on Ira and George Gershwin so i got you alter the chords a bit add some jazz notes and improvise recreate on an old the Standard. So take the nil Standard add a Charlie Ward or a Steve Mcnair or a Ryan Collins. Let them do their Impromptu routine Quot and make it sunday afternoon at the in prov in the nil. Buffs polishing new schemes Honolulu a Elliot Uzi Lac tipped his hand thursday As Colorado began tapering off for its Christmas Day meeting with Fresno state in the Aloha bowl. A we Haven to added any new plays for this game a the buffaloes Offin Sive coordinator told a pre workout news conference. A i can Tell you that. What we be done is added new with its Basic offence Uzelac said Colorado will initially try to soften Fresno states smaller but Quick frontline and then explore individual weaknesses when appropriate. A a we have a couple of things we have to polish up on today and Well be ready a he said. A a we had excellent practices in Boulder and excellent practices singe coming Here so we should be ready to play on saturday. A we feel we re Good and have Confidence in what we on the Fresno state Side defensive coordinator Willy Robinson said his main concern was stopping the run. A a we re going to have to Stop the run a he said. A we know they a try to control the football in order to keep our offence off the Field because we have an explosive Fresno states main offensive thrust rests with Trent Dilfer who passed for 3,276 Yards and a 65 percent completion rate. He also set an Mcaa re 9 30 . Get saturday on an to Cord by throwing 271 consecutive passes without an interception. A their offence will create problems for us because they have such exceptionally gifted athletes a Robinson said. A to have a Chance Well have to play flawless defense. But i think our team will Rise to the in comparing the Western athletic conferences representative to teams in the big eight Uzelac said the bulldogs upfront were a composite of the quickness of Kansas. State and Oklahoma on the line and the Speed of Kansas at linebacker. A Fresno state represents different elements of what we be seen this season a he said. But Uzelac said the no. 24 buffaloes can be explosive with their wide receivers Matching up Well with the bump and run style of the Fresno state defensive backs and the ability of quarterback Kordell Stewart to run the option. A and done to forget our backs la Mont Warren and Rashaan Salaam complement each other a Uzelac said. A they can run catch and for 17th-ranked Fresno state Robinson compared Colorado to san Diego state of the wac a a they re awfully big up front like san Diego state a he said. A but has better athletes and their people do very Well in staying with abound for pm vacancies by Chris Mortensen the sporting news the Jacksonville expansion franchise is searching for a general manager As it takes its baby Steps in the nil. Phoenix also is looking for a . Now that Larry Wilson has resigned. needs one. Same for the rams. The Best available . Candidate remains Bill Polian the Man who built the Bills and is now the leagues vice president of football operations. Polian twice named nil executive of the year wants Back in the action. Jacksonville also would like to find out if san Diego a Bobby Beathard the Best . Of this Era is Able to move. But there Are other qualified candidates. Phoenix May have to look no further than Down the Hall where director of College scouting Bob Ackles has been preparing for the move up. Ackles has extensive background in personnel and contract negotiations from his Days with Dallas. Jimmy Johnson leaned heavily on Ackles when Johnson entered the nil. Bill Tobin who helped build Chicago during the Mike Ditka Era is ready and willing to take Over somebody a front office. Ernie Accorsi was ousted in Cleveland but owner says rams looking at moving by the los Angeles times Georgia frontiers owner of the los Angeles rams says she has no interest in Selling her team but she is exploring the option of moving it. A a its something that you have to consider a a frontiers said. A if you were offered something that was so Good for you and your family or your businesses you a have to look at it and say a Well lets weigh the things. And what you re going to have to go a a it a just a fact of life. People do look at other possibilities in in an extensive interview with the los Angeles times the first she has Given in Many years frontiere talked about her desire to continue As owner of the rams her empathy with the teams Long suffer fun her support for coach Chuck and the struggles of quarterback Jim Everett. But most of the discussion entered on whether the rams will stay or go. And frontiere said the subject was not being broached simply to gain leverage in an Effort to win a better Deal from the City of Anaheim. A we done to play those kind of games a she rams could leave Anaheim stadium before their lease expires in 2015 by providing 15 months notice and paying a multimillion Dollar settlement. They have not requested any changes in the current agreement but they have been advised by representatives of Baltimore that a far More beneficial situation awaits. A there is quite a discrepancy Between what we have and what other cities provide in my opinion a frontiere said. A we have several options and 1 think we have to really seriously consider Al of them. It s never easy to make a move. I really done to know right now. I have never Given it any thought until a Plata rams owner Georgia frontiere. A let s weigh things not before he had a hand in several american football conferences Central titles. If the nil had voted Baltimore an expansion team Accorsi might have been the Man to run it. Another available Man is Jerry Vainisi who also worked for the bears. Vainisi is involved with the european league which will replace the ill fated world league. And if a team is seeking a Bright lieutenant from another organization the names often mentioned Are Houston assistant . Floyd Reese and new York giants director of pro personnel Tim Rooney. A mismatches on horizon by the associated press because the pfc is so top heavy a the giants 49ers and cowboys at the lop and a mass of mediocrity below them a the chances Are there will be two meetings Between the giants and cowboys Over three a because its Likely the Winner of their game at the Meadowlands Jan. 2 will win the pfc East and the loser will drop Down to the no. 4 seed even though it will have a better record than the pfc Central Winner. That Means that Dallas and new York would probably meet again on Jan. 15 or Jan. 16. Example. Suppose the cowboys win the division. The giants will then play at Home against the no. 5 wild card probably As a double digit favorite. Assuming they win they go to Dallas in two weeks. If the giants win the division the opposite happens
