European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 4, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Women who love from the Covera poll conducted this past Spring by the Simmons study of Media and markets found that 41 percent of Nuj to viewers were women. A women Are not As Quick nowadays to sack their Man for watching football says Doug Miller the Community affairs manager for the new York jets. If anything women Are just As Likely to slip on their favorite teams hat or Jersey and join their partner int front of the tube for an afternoon a with an its. An evening a of football. Quot instead of fighting it Quot Miller says a a they want to get involved and see what All the hype is  women fans a love football just As much As men do a says Brooks Thomas a jets spokesman. Osborne is luckier than most women because she developed a love for the game Back when she was in grammar school. Lick father coached boys softball and always had the team Over to their House to cat and watch sports on to sports was the common de. Nominator in All of their lives including Obs Omen a. A it seems like i was More of a Tomboy always hanging out with the boys a says Osborne 32, who is a bartender on weekends at the rocket sports lounge at Rhein main a Germany. In interviews with women concerning football. Most began watching football because of a brother Boyfriend or husband. A my brother watching to that show i got started Quot says air Force sgt. Mechelle Hawkins of Span Dahlem a  brother played. Football and liked to watch football on  Hawkins favorite team is the Seattle sea Hawks though she admits to not being a a a big fan. Still the Washington state native watches the sea Hawks on to every Chance she gets though Hawkins wonders if she is doing her team much Good j a they never do very Well Quot says Hawkins 28, a and every time i sit Down to watch a game they  Jutta Goeddel is a German who has followed football the past 25 years. She became interested in the game As a youngster growing up near Kaiserslautern which has the largest concentration of american outside the United  31-Yefcr-Otd Telephone technician fondly re members accompanying her american friends to High school football games on base and watching nil games on to in her friends1 Homes. A for me american football was like what soccer was to German boys Quot Goeddel says. Her interest in the game has continued unabated. She worked one year for the Hanau Hawks of the German american football league and has friends who Are affiliated with the Frankfurt Galaxy of the world league. A couple of years ago Goeddel travelled to the United states with a Friend who played for the Galaxy. Goeddel served As the players manager while he attempted to Latch on with an nil team. He did no to succeed. Huddle a weekly football Magazine and sports _ shows on Abc super Channel Are How Goeddel keeps lip with her favorite team the san Francisco 49ers, and the rest of the nil. She also writes to members of the 49ers, requesting autographs and Memorabilia. Many have responded. Quot since 1 was a Little child i knew All the teams Quot Goeddel remembers. A when i was Young i always loved the 49ers. I done to know  Marilyn Carper who lives in the Kaiserslautern area knows How she caught the football Bug. She traces the fever to 1968, when her husband Bob was stationed at Loring fab Maine. The area was Remote cold and there was Only one to station to watch. Their options on sunday were As limited As a football coaches on fourth and Long. A about the Only thing to do up there on a sunday afternoon is watch football Quot Bob Carper says. A it was out of self defense a Marilyn Carper quips. A a that Sall there was to  so Marilyn sat Down with her husband in Limestone Maine and was introduced to the nil. The trouble was that even after one season she had _ a amps John Bohmer Marilyn Carper handles the Cap other top nil team the Cincinnati bengals at a Kaiserslautern store. Trouble grasping elementary Points. After the carpers transferred to the Dallas area in the Early 1970s, Marilyn enrolled in a two Day course at Texas Christian University the course was designed to teach women the basics of football. A they brought out a Nice looking College Guy in shorts and dressed him in a football uniform piece by piece a Marilyn recalls. A it was to teach women to watch and enjoy foot Ball Quot Marilyn adds. A it was an excellent program a such programs Are  common today. On aug. 17, for example the new York jets offered a football 101 course for women. More than 700 women mailed in entry forms hoping theirs was among the first 100 received a people started showing up at 5 of clock in the of tem Odh to see if they could get on the waiting list a says Miller the jets Community affairs manager jets head coach Pete Carroll quarterback Boomer Esiason his wife Cheryl and club president Steve Gutman addressed the group. Discussions ranged from equipment to penalties. Each person was Given a 40-Page playbook that included Basic football alignments and plays. A highlight video of memorable feats from last year was shown. A they like big plays Quot Miller says. A they like the big hits. They oozed and ached when we showed our Guys making big . Football  More action a Marilyn Carper says. A i like to watch the hitting. 1 just love to watch a Long pass or a Good  a i just like to watch a says Hawkins the Spang Dahlem airman. A i enjoy watching the men go up and Down the field.�?�. Bob Carper believes there Are other things that women enjoy watching when a football game is on to. A  make comments about the Way the uni form fits Quot he says wondering aloud if the women he knows Are Only kidding c. Bob Carper is fond of telling his wife that thu a treated a monster Quot More than 20 years ago when it held its football course for women. His wife will get up Early in the Morniing he says to watch a game and is much less discriminating about who is playing. A a she la watch anybody a Bob Carper says. A she does no to  Rhein Mains Osborne cares deeply about her favorite team the Dallas cowboys the world comes to a halt when the boys arc on she says. A whenever Dallas plays Quot Osborne says a a in a there in front of the to watching  Osborne has a favorite shirt she likes to Wear when an especially Tough game is at hand. In past years the Tough games for the cowboys involved the Washington redskins. A a in be never liked Washington Quot she says. A i guess that comes from my dad and my Brothers. In be never liked Washington. Never never.  _ _. The carpers team is the Cincinnati bengals but Marilyn is not Adverse to getting up Early on tuesday morning to watch other teams of monday night football especially if there is a Good matchup. A a she a a lot worse about watching the games than i am a Bob Carper admits a a she la watch just about anybody. In a a Little too  Marilyn Carper has High Hopes for her bengals this season though she is picking the Cleveland Browns to take the acc Central. She expects the bengals to do better this year As they rebuild for what they Hope will be a third trip to the super bowl. So far the bengals Are 0-2 in the championship game. 1 _ a. Quot at least a she says a we Are not As frustrated As  a Page 4 sunday september 4, 1994