European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 30 the stars and stripes sports wednesday october 12,1994 Bam a is 0, but by Paul Newberry Tuscaloosa Ala. A has there Ever been a nationally known team with an undefeated record that s made less Impact in the rankings than Alabama the Crimson tide was 12th in the associated press preseason poll and moved up to one spot with out playing a game. Now after playing and win Ning its first six games Alabama still finds itself behind a Roadblock at no. 10 trailing three teams which have suffered defeat. No one in to Oscaloosa sounds too upset about the Lack of upward mobility. In fact everyone seems to understand it /.",We have yet to have a Good 60 minutes of foot Ball safety Willie Gaston said monday. Until we do that we re never going to move up in the  Alabama which is doing better no. 6 in the coaches poll has been Able to win More because of who it s been playing than How it s been playing. The tide has yet to play a ranked team and despite the Cupcake schedule has won its five games against i a opponents by. An average of just seven Points. Coach Gene stagings insisted there s no sense of urgency on the team no need to Start worrying about the rankings even though Alabama was ranked fourth at this Point in 1992, when the tide went on to capture its sixth National title. I m not concerned about that Stallings said. I guess i should be. I m just trying to win the game. We Haven t been very impressive in some of our wins. That s probably the reason we re where we Are in the polls Barker questionable for Tennessee game Tuscaloosa Ala. A Alabama quarterback Jay Barker said monday his bruised right shoulder is feeling better but he s still not sure if hell be Able to Start this weekend against Tennes see. It s really going to be hard to Tell until the week continues on and i Sec How it feels said Barker who Lias a 291 record As the Crimson tide s Start ing quarterback. The biggest thing right now is what i m worried most about is that it is my throwing Arm and seeing How it reacts to my throwing  an mrs showed no major damage to the Shoul Der. " it s a lot better than it was sunday Barker if Barker can t Start Junior Brian Burgdorf will. Burgdorf was the map of the 1993 Gator bowl Vic tory but he struggled this past saturday against Southern Mississippi after Barker was knocked out Early in the second half when hit by a blitzing line Backer " ". After the game i mentioned that Jay was 50 50," coach Gene Stallings said monday. But i think that the chances Are better than 50-50 that hell be Able to play. If he s not Able to practice much How much Well be Able to play him i m not sure right  Barker a senior has completed 72 of 111 passes .649 for 935 Yards and six touchdowns. More important he has gone 114 passes without throwing an interception a school record. Stallings said practice this week will go a Long Way toward determining which quarterback gets the bul of the playing time for Alabama. Even the traditional third saturday in october showdown against archrival Tennessee has lost some of its Luster. The volunteers lost three of their first four games to plummet from the top 25, and they Haven t made it Back in despite winning two straight.  " -.-,  other words another a ranked team on Ala Bama s Agenda. I think the polls Are a Bunch of Hogwash said defensive tackle Shannon Brown searching for a printable word. If we go put and win every week that will take care of itself and Well be where we  Vav Alabama still has some work to Dor Miami which is eighth in this week s a poll seventh in the coaches Survey is slightly ahead of the tide in the All important bowl coalition rankings. If the hurricanes won the remainder of their games it s conceivable they could play big 8 Winner Nebraska or Colorado in the Range bowl for the National championship. On the other hand it would be hard to justify once beaten Miami in the championship game if Al Obama wins its final two games. No. 6 Auburn visits Birmingham on nov. 19, and with a Victory Over the tigers the tide would be on track t6 meet no. 1 Florida for the third straight year in the Southeast Ern conference title game. To us a win is a win. A lot of times we Don t get a lot of respect because we re Alabama said Gas ton who has Long espoused that the pollsters Are against the tide despite All the National titles. We can t worry about that. It s not where we re at it s where we end  Jay Barker is 291 As starting Alabama a a. No. 5 a/1/cn/gan ready to Meef no. 3 Penn of by Harry Atkins Ann Arbor Mich. A set the Calendar ahead. Sing the Anthem. Start the Garne. Michigan coach Gary Moeller is ready for Penn state. A Victory for the fifth ranked wolverines against the no. 3 Kittany Lions would go a Long Way toward reach ing the Rose bowl and staying in the Hunt for a nation Al  other words a big game on a schedule full of big  we knew this season was going to be All High profile games Moeller said. But now we be got to turn our motor on. This is the Chance of a lifetime Aind we d like to get it done. It would really be something to be proud of if we can do it with this  whether Moeller can maintain that intensity until saturday against Penn state 50, 0 big ten remains to be seen. There May be nothing left of the Man but a burned out Shell if he remains As charged up As he was monday. That s what a solid 40-20 Victory Over Michigan state will do. -.  a / .-,." it was a very satisfying Victory Moeller said. Well remember it for a Long time. It was fun. We still respect the Michigan state team and All they stand for. But now it s time to move  v it seems like it s always time to move on for the wolverines 1, 0. Michigan has already Defeated bos ton College notre Dame Iowa and the spartans. Only the Hail Mary pass by Colorado keeps Michigan from being unbeaten. After Perm state the wolverines still must play Illi Nois no. 23 Wisconsin Purdue Minnesota and Ohio state. -.". We knew com Irig into this season that our toughest Challenge could be our schedule Moeller said. We be got to get up again. Our kids know that. But it s just so hard to do especially after a big game like we just played. ". V but we can t sit Back and play with another deck. This is the one we be got to play  Moeller got so fired up last week that he put his fist through a blackboard shortly before the Kickoff of the Michigan state game. The coach who succeeded to Schembechler in t normally that emotional. But it got the players Attentioni do not plan on breaking any blackboards this week no he said. But i do want to win a football game v  can sense that his players Are getting the same feeling he has. More and More he finds the play ers Drifting in on their own watching game film talking football. The Guys now you can see they Are get g that feeling Moeller said. I love Guys that hang around the office. The English professors Don t always like it. But it shows a lot of  Colorado safety suspended Boulder Colo. A Colorado coach Bill Mccartney suspended backup free safety . Cunning Ham on monday for the fourth ranked buffaloes game saturday against no. 22 Oklahoma. Mccartney said Cunnigham was suspended for breaking a team Rule and will be available to play oct. 22 against no. 16 Kansas state. Details of the infraction were not released. Also Mccartney said the team s 38-23 Victory Over Missouri showed some areas where work is needed. I Felt we needed to be More dominant he said. Offensively they did t need to have the Ball As much As they did and gain As Many Yards As they  Colorado state is for real coach says fort Collins Colo. A Sonny Lubick wanted to make it altogether Clear Colorado state s 21-16 Victory Over Arizona was no Fluke. Nor is there reason to doubt the rams Rno. 13 ranking after beating the previously no. 6 wildcats. We played them equal All the Way through the ballgame and i think we de served to win Lubick said monday. It was t like we played off our  the Colorado state coach conceded that the rams 0, 0 Western athletic conference did t dominate Arizona in any one area but said the offensive line won More Battles than it lost against Ari Zona s vaunted desert swarm defense. We made our entire offensive line our offensive players of the game for allowing quarterback Anthoney Hill do what needed to be done Lubick said. Pat Meyer had an excellent game Gong against an All America candidate and solid Brandon  but the rams lost their leading receiver Paul Turner who sustained two Bro Ken ribs and vertebrae damage when he was tackled after a Yard catch. Line Backer Kenya Ragsdale bruised his Chin and his status for saturday s game against Texas Elpaso was listed As Day to Day. Lubick said his team s defensive approach against Arizona was Bend but Don t break. They moved the Ball real Well be tween the 20s, but we did t give up the big play Lubick said. For awhile i sensed they might not get it in there for a touchdown Lubick thinks the rams earned their leap from no. 23 to no. 13. We Are for real we be done everything we had to do to get our ranking he said