European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 30 the stars and stripes sports tuesday january 11. 1994 american football conference National football conference first round saturday Jan. 8 Pittsburgh 24 second round sunday Jan. 16 Kansas City conference championship sunday Jan. 23 super bowl january 30 Georgia dome Atlanta conference championship sunday Jan. 23 second round Kansas City 27 of sunday Jan. 9 Denver 24 at Houston saturday Jan. 15 la. Raiders at Buffalo la. Raiders 42 sunday Jan. 16 Green Bay first round saturday Jan.8 Green Bay 28 at Dallas saturday Jan. 15 . Giants of Detroit 24 sunday Jan. 9 Minnesota 10 san Francisco . Giants 17 ap/s4s no if was not a of by Ken Peters los Angeles a " there were skirmishes Early in the game the stadium was buzzed by the Las vegas Paragh Der and during a fight on the Field one of the combatants was a raiders cornerback dressed in Street clothes. It was a strange kind of Day at the los Angeles coliseum. -. ". -. " it was strange All the fights and everything Den ver s John Elway said after the Broncos 42-24 loss Sun Day to los Angeles in their acc wild card game. You always expect the unexpected coming in Here to play the raiders said Denver cornerback Frank Robinson knocked to the ground by a civics Clad Jam Strapp. The game was delayed for about five minutes As the paraglider circled above the rim of the coliseum and some of the Broncos were looking up and laughing. I was saying that i d like to see the Guy try that in new Orleans which has a domed stadium defensive end Shane Dronett said. The Pilot of the paraglider turned out to be James Miller of Henderson nev., who crashed his motorized Parachute into the boxing ring at the Riddick Bowe evander Holyfield fight on nov. 6. Miller landed in a nearby Park sunday and was arrested for interfering with a sporting event a Mise Meanor police said. He was arrested for a mis Demea nor in the earlier incident in Las vegas. Not Long after Miller and his flying contraption left the airspace around the coliseum the strange fight broke out on the Field in the second Quarter. The fracas started when Denver cornerback Tyrone Braxton and raiders receiver Tim Brown began shoving As a play ended. Players from both teams joined in the fray then Sud Denly Robinson was on the ground with Trapp atop him. Trapp on injured Reserve had been silting on the raiders Bench. A James Miller checks out the action and gets arrested. I be never seen anything like that Braxton said shaking Bis head. I looked up an there was a Guy off the sidelines going after Frank Robinson. And we get the penalty and they go on Down and score."/. Robinson was t particularly upset Over the incident. He grabbed me by the face mask and i tried to grab his legs and we went Down he said of his encounter with Trapp. I think maybe he just got caught up in the heat of the game. That s the Way it is sometimes. I Don t think we should have gotten penalized when they had a player run on the Field like that but i think maybe the referees just thought it was getting out  vols Shuler will go after nil dream Knoxville Tenn. A fulfilling a life Long dream of playing in the nil was More than Tennessee quarterback Heath Shuler could ignore ,. Shuler the Heisman trophy runner up said sunday night he will pass up his senior year at Tennessee to declare himself eligible for then draft. The 6-foot-3, 220-Ppunder is predicted by analysts to be one of the top few picks in the april 24 selection of College players. He said he has dreamed of playing in the of since he was 10 years old. There Are a lot of things that went into consideration Shuler said. Injury was a Factor but More importantly it was the dream to go ahead and fulfil it now. When it s right out in front of you and you can reach it i be never been one  Shuler said he considered the benefits of stay ing at Tennessee another shot at the heis Man the team s chances for High National rank ing another year on the team with brother Benjie finishing his degree. I can t Tell you How difficult this has been for me he said. Still no matter How Many differ ent ways i looked at each Point i kept coming Back to one thing my dream and that Nee to stretch myself Shuler said he made up his mind monday while on a Deer Hunting trip in Alabama. Now that i be made this decision i am confident that it is the right one for me Shuler said. I Don t want to Ever look Back and wonder what if regardless of How i measure up at the professional  right 38, h Lead took wind out of Vikings by Henry Stern East Rutherford . A Rodney Hampton turned around the wild card game Between the new York giants and the Minnesota Vikings with the help of his blockers and a slight coaching adjustment at halftime. The adjustment to right 38, h Lead sprung Hampton for a 51-Yard run Early in the third Quarter sunday and tied the score at 10-10 with David Treadwell s extra Point. The giants booed off the Field at half time went on to win 17-10 on Hampton s second touchdown a 2-Yard score later in the third Quarter. Coach Dan Reeves said he modified the sweep right after seeing the Vikings formation and watching How they Pur sued the run. So he sent blocking Back Aaron Pierce in motion in a different direction than Normal and it worked. It was a great run great blocking and a great Job by Chris Calloway basically blocking his Man for 20 Yards quarterback Phil Simms said. Hampton scored on the giants fourth play of the third Quarter his first carry of the second half in route to a 161-Yard Day on 33 carries. We gave up the Type of run that All of the people on our team and All the staff members Are disappointed in Minnesota coach Dennis Green said. It set the stage for them to gain  Hampton broke a tackle at the Minne Sota 30 by linebacker Carlos Jenkins and followed a Block by wide receiver Callo Way Down the right sideline. I got a great Block from Howard Cross found a seam and got the Guy off me with a stiff Arm Hampton said. Calloway a 185-Pound wide receiver shielded 200-Pound safety vencie Glen with Hampton trailing. Those kind of Little plays make the big plays Calloway said. I think we did a Good Job All Day Long except for that one run Glenn said. That run gave them the momentum and then we dug a Hole for ourselves. Nothing really broke Down on that play. He broke a few tackles and then a Lead mocker out in front of him kind of shielded me  the timing could not have been worse for the Vikings. It was probably our worst defensive play of the year Green said. The giants started the third Quarter with the wind which was a key All game. Both teams Only scored with the wind Between 15-20 Mph at their Back. Minnesota punted the Ball to new York after receiving the second half kick off and failing to make a first Down los ing one Yard on three plays and losing quarterback Jim Mcmahon temporarily with a mild concussion. New York took Possession on its 38 and set up Hampton s run with 12 06 remaining by converting a third-and-7 with a 9-Yard pass to Dave Meggett. Hampton said he knew the team needed to score before losing the wind inthe fourth period. We wanted to score Quick because the wind was in our favor said Hampton making his first playoff , you get pumped up and keep making plays you like to have the Ball i your