European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 6, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 32 the stars and stripes sports thursday october 6, 1994 a Quot /. A a a by Randy Holtz a Rocky Mountain  better sit Down. This is a truly twisted concept but air Force could go to a bowl  that a right your 1994 air Force Falcons that same sorry Bunch that started with three miserable Home losses could end up Bowling in december. No Way a b a. A a a a / by. A stranger things have happened a like saturdays 3635 air Force upset of san Diego state Here a the Deal after that slapstick event which included 11 turnovers a punt blocked out of the end zone for a safety a blocked Field goal attempt a couple of fumbled punts and All manner of other High comedy special effects the Falcons Are 2-3. They almost certainly will move to 3-3 because they next play 0-4 Navy which May be veh worse than Texas Elpaso which the Falcons trashed 477.say air Force beats Navy then wins three of the next six to finish 6-6. This is possible not because air Force is Good but because air Force faces such teams As commentary army Fresno state and Hawaii the rainbows lost to / Utel Gast saturday. A . V Bingo. Six and six. With 19 bowls out there a Good dozen More than there should be a just about every school from a major conference that gets the required six wins Over division la schools gets a bowl bid. There Are barely enough eligible teams to fill All the bowls so anybody who wins six has a shot. \ a whether this would make air Force the worst bowl team in College football history is a moot Point. The live Point is air Force could be one which would boost the Academy a dwindling football image and Aid recruiting a which might help the Falcons recently fading Tot Luhcs. The Alamo Freedom and Copper bowls would appear to be possibilities. A. None of this would be possible without fast sat. Urday a game which would have been riotously funny if it had t lasted longer than a congressional filibuster. This 3�?T/2-hour Marathon had More bizarre plot twists than a murder she  air Force won basically because san Diego state refused to. A. Among the Madcap events san Diego turned the Ball Over some not five or six or seven times but eight. San Diego quarterback Tim Gutierrez completed 40 passes Well 35 to his Side and five to air Force eventually the Falcons were relieved while the  grieved a v a a a a a a  a terrible a Gutierrez said of his pockmarked performance. A a a a a a a a a awful just awful a said san Diego coach Ted Tollner. A it does t get much Sloppie than that a but it does no to get much better if you re the Falcons. A this a said Mark Sotallaro who dived on the crucial Fumble with 1 34 left a can be a big turning Point in our season a / Quot. A /�.�.�, a a he a right air Force May be bowl bound. If that happens we will officially have seen everything.  by scr put Howard new service. Small showdown Marchis Laa ii champs by Paul ne1wberry Montgomery Ala. A its like the super bowl of the Small colleges a title unification match for the Light weights a Quot a a a a a a a. In one Corner you have the defending Champion of Mcaa division 1-aa football Youngstown state of Ohio in the other you have itch defending Champ of division 11 and tire team with the longest winning Stream Kin the n at Ion no Rah Al a Bama. A \ a a. A / a everybody has been thinking about this saturday from the beginning of the year from Day one a said North Alabama linebacker Ronald Mckinnon. A never since coach Bobby Wallace told us about it Over the c summer we be been preparing to play Youngstown. A. A you try to focus on one game at a time but now its showtime/1. For the Smigill College ranks where Media coverage is usually limited to a few graphs ii the newspaper this is one of those rare opportunities to feel the Glare of the National spotlight. Sports illustrated esp and Usa today Are planning stories on the game to be played at Youngstown a 16,000-sea l Stambaugh stadium. It s Only the second time in Mcaa history that defending champs from the two divisions have met. In 1981, i a Boise s l a i e d e f e a t e d d Ivi s i 0 n ii Cal poly a n Luis Obispo 17-6 the year after both finished no. 1. A a a it s Nice to know pc have a game where Well have to play 60 minutes a Wallace said. A we want to win the game just its bad As they do. But no matter what the outcome this will prepare our players for that kind of game in the future a. A a indeed North Alabama 4-0 does heed a Challenge. The Lions arc winning by an average of 39-2 with three shutouts and their first team defense has yet to surrender a Point. A a a we be been looking Forward to some Competition a Mckinnon said. A we have a goal line defense that we Haven to run in four or five weeks. Maybe Well get the Opportunity to run that this  state 4-0-1 should provide that Chance after tying Stephen Faustin in their season opener the penguins have reeled off four straight wins the last a 28-8 Victory Over Mcneese state last week in a Battle of top 10 i a teams a a a. A y y by Quot coach Jim Tressel does no to much Stock in his team being in a higher division than North Alabama. A i done to think there a much of a Gap Between i a and the lower edges of i a a he said. Vand there a almost no Gap whatsoever Between division ii and i a a. A a. A a a a a a. A a i can assure you if North Alabama was allowed to they a be one of the 16 teams getting in the 1-aa playoffs this  by a As it is no one can accuse North alar Bama of doctoring its schedule to protect its winning Streak Wallace said that was never really a consideration when he agreed during  to play the penguins. A a i could have scheduled another no conference game to keep the Streak going a he said. A but 1 done to think that Sas important As the possibility of winning the conference championship and the National  1 his players agreed. A the winning Streak is Nice and everything a quarterback Cody Gross said. A but we need a Challenge and we re going to get it this week and see what we re made of. A a we re not concerned with the winning Streak really. We just want to play the Best we can every week and gel better. This game will make us better a a not to mention the Lions Are getting first class treatment by. Small College standards they Are chartering a flight to Youngstown and plan a Side trip to the Quot pro football half of Fame in nearby Canton. A it s like a mini bowl right in the old die of the season a Wallace said. To gives Youngstown St. Coach Jim Tressel a no Gap Between divisions the players a sense of importance and Pride and helps in recruiting too because it lets people know that we do things like  Gross can to wait to get on a plane after some of those 10 and 12-hour bus trips around the Gulf South conference. A it kind of makes us feel like we re in the big time a he said. May go Madison wis. Apr a with injured to quarterback Darrell Bevel sidelined indefinitely and Wisconsin off to a 2-2 Star freshman Mike Samuel might get to play this fall. A a a a. Coach Barry Alvarez said monday he had been hoping to Redshirt Samuel so he would have four years of eligibility beginning next season. A / a weve worried about this season a Alvarez said. A a in a not worried about live years from now. Five years from now w e May kick ourselves Quot Bevill a Junior and starter on last years Rose bowl Champion team separated his right shoulder in a 29-10 loss at Michigan state on saturday and will miss the game at Northwestern this weekend. Alvarez said he could Only speculate when Bevell might return. The coach said senior Jay Macias will Start against the wildcats with Samuel and Jeff Forde another freshman the backups a a Samuel a very physical for a quarterback a the coach said a right now he a no. 2/�?T female Wak on placekicker at Duke Durham . Apr better Send that script of a necessary pc highness 11�?� Back for a rewrite. Duke first year student and Wouk be kicker sue Mercer has failed in her bid to become the first female la play for a Mcaa division i football team Blue devils coach Fred Goldsmith said monday. Unlike the fictional character played by Kathy Ireland in the movie a necessary roughness Quot Mercer wont make the team As a walk on she will be offered a spot As a special teams manager he said. Quot she a not where she needs to be to kick at this level of football Quot Goldsmith said. A the leg strength Wasny to  snapped the Ball and assistant coach Fred Chatham did the holding at the secret tryout monday As Mercer kicked at Wallace Wade stadium. Observers said even her successful kicks lacked Power and height. Goldsmith eventually allowed her to kick directly out of chathams hold without a snap but without substantial Success. Quot. But he  can spend time in practice As sting the kickers. A she can try out again in  if she wants a he said. I a Mercer was a member of the state championship team at Yorktown . High school. In response to to Duke freshmen by Goldsmith that solicited port for the team Mercer asked for the tryout comically Blue devils kicker Tom Cochran has hit. Eight Field goal attempts in Dukes 5-0 Start. He a l8-for-18 on pats. Quot