European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 34 the stars and stripes sports Friday september 16,1994stiffens for top two by Rick Warner a football writer after rolling Over their first two opponents top ranked Florida and no. 2 Nebraska get their first tests of the season saturday. The gators visit no. 15 Tennessee while the Corr huskers Are Home against no. 13 Urcla. Florida averaged 600 Yards and 71.5 Points against new Mexico state and Kentucky but nobody expects another rout at Knoxville. The gators have had problems on the Road against ranked teams going 0-7 in the past four seasons. A i wish we had been tested More in these first two games a Florida coach Steve Spurrier said. A your players needed to be put in tougher situations than they have been up to this it does no to get any tougher than playing before 92,000 screaming fans at Neyland stadium where the gators have been outscored 76-17 in their last two visits. But Florida wont be intimidated. A Terry Dean has thrown 11 touchdown passes in less than five quarters and freshmen tailbacks Elijah Williams and Fred Taylor Are quickly making gators fans forget about the loss of. Career Rushing Leader Derrict Rhett. Tennessee lost starting quarterback Jerry Colquit College football predictions for the season with a knee injury in its opening 25-23 loss to Lecla but replacement Todd Helton played Well last week in a 41-23 win Over Georgia. The vols who Are a a Point underdogs will play an inspired game before their Home crowd but it won t be enough against the Ultra talented gators. Florida 31-24. Quot a a. V Quot after beating West Virginia and Texas tech by a combined score of 73-16, Nebraska faces a Urcla team that struggled to beat lowly sum 17-10 last week Urcla All american . Stokes missed that game with a bruised thigh but the receiver is expected to play against Nebraska. The Cor huskers had to rally to beat the Bruins 1413 last year at the Rose bowl. This time Nebraska is a 16-Point favorite. Nebraska 35-21, no 3 Florida St. Minus 38 at Wake Forest seminoles 18-0 in acc. Florida St 45-0. Iowa plus 21 at no. 6 Penn St. Lions looking like title contenders. Penn St. 38 14. No. 10 Wisconsin plus 6 at no. 7 Colorado two terrific offences. Colorado 31-28. No. 8 notre Dame minus ii at Michigan St. Irish have won seven straight Over spartans. Notre Dame 24-10. Leu plus 11 at no. 11 Auburn a shocker. Leu 21-20. _ no. 12 Alabama minus 6vt at Arkansas tide visits Fayetteville for first time. Alabama 21-14. A a a a a a a a a a. Tulane plus 25 at no. 16 North Carolina tar heels coach Mack Brown faces former school. N. Carolina 35-7. No. 18 Virginia tech plus Viz at Boston College Dan Henning gets first win at by. Boston College 24-21. Texas tech plus 21 at no. 21 Oklahoma both teams coming off losses. Oklahoma 3424. A a a a. A a a Colorado St. Plus 9 at no. 22 by cougars have won 16 of last 17 is. Rams. By 44-34. A a a a. Pittsburgh plus 16 at no. 23 Ohio St. Buckeyes rebound from loss to Washington. Ohio St. 34-17. Last week 12-5 straight 10-8 spread. Season 31-7 straight 17-19 spread. Olimpe Ariz. Apr Jim Mcmahon will replace Steve Beuerlein at quarterback for the Arizona cardinals on sunday when they play the Cleveland Browns and try to end a two game losing skid a a Quot i looked at everything and i thought we have to do something to win some balls antics a coach buddy Ryan said. A to me this is the most positive thing we can do. Jim f know will take the Beuerlein started 14 games last season and set a franchise record with 61.7 percent passing for career bests of 3,164 Yards and 18 touchdowns. But this year Beuerlein is the a Fly slowest rated quarterback 42.8completing Only 45 per Camii of his passes with three interceptions and one to. He said he did no to feel the change was warranted. A i feel that if coach Ryan knew me a Little better he would have come to a different conclusion As to How to handle the situation a Beuerlein said. A unfortunately for me that a not the Case Here lie does no to know me that Well and in a not going to get that Chance at this Ryan said Beuerlein was still his starter after a 20-17 loss to the new York giants on sunday then changed his mind monday. The coach said he planned to evaluate the position every week. Beuerlein is still the teams quarterback of the future Ryan said. Mcmahon 35, joked that he was called upon because the game in Cleveland will feature old timer uniforms As part of the a Fly a 75th anniversary Celebration. Then thinking about arizonans no. 28 rank in offence a last in the nil a me Mahon said he did no to know what had happened to a unit which ranked in the top eight last season in scoring third Down efficiency and yardage. A nobody can figure it out because basically we have the same Guys Here the same system a he said. Mcmahon a 4-for-5 performance in Relief of Beuerlein on sunday leaves him 67 Yards Short of 18,000 for his career. He has completed 1,469 of 2,530 passes with 100 ads and 88 interceptions. Zip file Jim Mcmahon on 18,000 Yards waiting for Gibbs. From wire reports Charlotte . Despite Joe Gibbs repeated denials that he is interested in the vacant Carolina panthers coaching Job team officials Hope the former Washington Redskin coach will change his mind. Quot our fervent Hope is that he will come Back a Panther general manager Bill to a Lian says. A a he a the coach if he wants to be the coach. Reality tells us otherwise at this Point but we remain convinced he a the Best nil notes in other league moves wednesday raiders replace Mccallum Al Segundo Calif. A the los Angeles raiders have added a running Back As they try to rebound from Back to Back one sided losses. Jarrod Bunch who played three seasons for the new York giants after being selected in the first round of the 1991 nil draft was signed As a replacement for Napoleon Mccallum who was placed on the injured Reserve. In three seasons with the giants Bunch carried the Ball 138 times for 629 Yards and caught 26 passes for 158 Yards. Dolphins sign Solomon. Davie Fla. A the Miami dolphins shored up their depleted corps of linebackers by signing ninth year pro Jesse Solomon. Solomon can play Middle linebacker where the dolphins have lost Dwight Hollier and Chuck Bullough to injuries and John offer Dah to retirement. Hockey talks resume after 7-Day hiatus Toronto a the nil and its players resume labor negotiations today and two recent developments could influence the talks a the leagues new. Television contract and the end of the baseball season. The meeting in new York is the first in More than a week Between the league and the nil players association. The players Are expecting the owners to lock them out unless a collective bargaining agreement is signed before oct. 1. On monday the nil signed a $155 million five year television Deal with Fox. Bob Goode now executive director of the no la said the Fox contract will have some bearing on negotiations a but to what degree i done to the end of the baseball season an pounced wednesday could also come l9-f.� play Kwh bargaining possibly intensified to avoid any similar circumstance in hockey. Toronto Maple Leaf defens Eman Ken Baumgartner said the baseball cancellation has thrown All of pro sports into uncharted Waters. A we Hope we have labor peace by the time the Stanley cup playoffs Roll around in april but we now know nothing is sacred when there is substantial Money on the table a he said. A a we la know much More by Friday evening but in Light of what has happened in baseball its hard to be by Paul Newberry Auburn Ala. A will 13 be an unlucky number for Auburn that show Many games coach Terry Bowdens team has won consecutively giving it the longest winning Streak in division i a. The Lith ranked tigers appear to be in Good position to make it 14-0 in Bowdens Brief tenure. The next opponent is leu a team that Auburn beat 31-10 on the Road last year a team they Are a 10vi-Point favorite to beat again saturday at Jordan Hare stadium. But there Are some interesting parallels about this game that would Send a superstitious person scrambling for a four Leaf Clover a leu has been troublesome for Auburn especially in 1988 when the Bayou bengals scored a late touchdown to win 7-6 and Cost Pat dyes team a Chance to play for the National championship. A leu ended Alabama a 31-game unbeaten Streak last season with a 17-13 upset in hallowed Bryant Denny stadium no less. A and for those who really want to play the numbers game transpose that 31 m Alabama a Streak and what do you get Bowden figures its still too Early in the Streak to worry about hidden meanings. Its possible to draw some disturbing trend from every opponent he said. A a we be not won enough games yet to get that excited about it a Bowden said. A these things have to go on for a number of games a number of years before they become Auburn is still two seasons away from approaching Alabama a Southeastern conference record of 29 straight victories the tide went 31 games without a loss counting a tie. Ana Oklahoma Sall time Mark of 47 wins in a Row is too far away to think about yet. Auburn players try to downplay the Streak. A a i think its in the Back of All our minds a punier Terry Daniel said. A but i done to think we sit around and dwell on it bragging about How Many games we be won. Its More like a we be got to win this a
