European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday october 19, 1994 a sports the stars and stripes Page 35 around the nil. By Dave Goldberg a football writer for six weeks this seemed like a strange nil season a parity pro Ducco by the salary Cap rules changes to promote offence surprises like san Diego. A a a after seven weeks the nil season is turning out just like it was supposed to Dallas and san Francisco on top with. A Surprise in san Diego. A they May not be unstoppable but that is a team that is not going to lose Many games a Randall Cunningham said of the cowboys after Dallas reasserted its dominance in the pfc East with a 24-13 win Over the eagles. In fact that was what sunday was All about. It was perhaps the seasons most form Ful week. It Here a the rundown by division a pfc East Dallas Over Phila Delphia. Forget the turmoil caused by the Jones Switzer Johnson Triangle. Remember the Triangle of Aikman Smith and Irvin plus the leagues Best secondary. The leagues Best team period. X a v x. X /. A a. The giants supposed to be 8-8 when the season started Are 3-3 after a 3-0 Start because they re Young buddy Ryan a cardinals Are a negative Surprise a How do you barely win in overtime when you intercept a Rookie quarterback five times Washington like new York is rebuilding but from a step lower. A pfc West so much for Atlanta. The Deion Sanders sideshow obscured the fact that san Francisco won 42-3, and that Steve Young was 15 of 16 with four touchdowns before leaving Early in the third Quarter. Y \ the 49ers Are now 5-2 with Tampa Bay a Bye week and Washington before the cowboys come in nov. 13 for this years first a a game of the Century a a by then the right Side of the 49ers offensive line Harris Barton and Ralph Tamm May be ready. And the salary Cap mane vering is working. Sanders for All his antics has solidified two positions a his insertion at right Corner has allowed Merton Hanks an Ordinary Corner but excellent safety to replace the often burned Dana Hall. Hanks has two interceptions to set up touchdowns in the last two games. A acc West san Diego is 6-0 and controls the division heading toward a game of the Century ii when the 49erscome in dec. 11. Two bad signs in the 36-22 win in new Orleans sunday the chargers returned to their drab Navy uniforms replacing their �?T60s lightning bolts and John Carney kicked five Field goals i signs of last year but who a to catch them they Ham died the chiefs easily a week ago the raiders pre season favourites Are now 2-4 Denver lost its first four and Seattle is Good enough to compete not to win. A. A a a. A a a a v. 49ers on target Steve Young obscured by sideshow moreover the chargers Are an pfc Type team a natron Means running behind a big offensive line and the highly competitive Stan Humphries at quarterback. They most resemble another team Bobby Beathard built r the 1982-83. Theismann Riggins redskins right Down to the ugly uniforms. A acc East the Early prediction Miami would overtake a declining Buffalo with the jets patriots and Colts causing trouble and maybe challenging for the playoffs. So Here Are the dolphins at 5-2, the Bills and jets at 4-3 and the Colts and pats at 3-4. What a wrong with the Bills an inexperienced secondary that allowed Jim Harbaugh to go 18 of 22 and an offensive line that allowed four sacks of Jim Kelly in the 27-17 Home loss to Indianapolis which Hadnot won at Rich stadium since 1987. This race still goes Down to the wire but Buffalo has lost a step which Means All. Those a anyone but the Bills fans May get their wish in the super bowl. A acc Central. Cleveland a a Surprise at 5-1 but you done to get to super bowls by beating Houston 11-8. One More easy game. Cincinnati next week and the Browns get their tests a Philadelphia Dallas Kansas City and Pittsburgh among them. The stellers 4-2 May make the playoffs on defense but Barry Foster is Hurt now and Neil o Donnell shows few signs of being a super bowl quarterback. And finally the pfc Central where As Warren Moon learns the offence the Vikings Are becoming one of the top four teams in the league with Dallas san Francisco and san Diego. If Moon and Terry Allen stay healthy the Vikings could be a playoff Factor. Chicago 4-2 is a Surprise but also lost 42-14 at Home to the Vikings and done to really figure to Challenge for a full season. Green Bay starts and stops Detroit has coaching problems and Tampa Bay is. Tampa Bay. A a a a a a a a a. Or. Conservative he won two super bowls in new York with a grind it out offence and a smothering defense Bill Parcells is thought of As or. Conservative. He a not and he demonstrated it sunday when in the patriots 24-17 loss to the jets he went for a first Down seven times on fourth Down succeeding Only three times. That was one less time than the eight times head gone on fourth Down in six games. His first try was on a fourth-and-6 from his own 37 Midway through the first Quarter with the jets leading 7-0. It failed but nothing happen. A i done to know How Many times we went for it a Parcells said. A we were just trying to win the that a nothing new a Parcells is a lot More daring than most coaches and in bigger games. To wit a. A. A in 1986, he faked a Field goal in a playoff game with san Francisco setting up a touchdown that helped break open what became a 49-3 win by the i. Ants. A a a a a a in the super bowl that season trailing 10-9 on the first series of the second half his giants faked a punt and went on fourth-and-1 at Midfield getting the first Down and going of to win 39-20 a x a xxv a in 1990, he went for first Down on fourth Down a dozen times succeeding on 90 percent of the tries. A and in the pfc title game that year he faked a punt with a direct snap to up Man Gary reasons and the linebacker ran 40 Yards to set up a Field goal. The giants won 15-13. Throwbacks the 49ers showed up in Atlanta sunday wearing their throwback uniforms 1955. They weren to supposed to. What happened George Seifert got superstitious after someone pointed out that the 49ers entered the game 3-0 in the throwbacks and 1-2 in their regular outfits. So. A George asked me if we could Wear them again Quot said 49ers president Carmen policy. A a we needed league permission so we asked and they said a yes for this and next week through the a -. A a a a now if san Diego would Only follow suit. A a a. A or at least follow uniform. A to world notes from wire reports Seattle a Lou Pinilla has an extra year to transform the Seattle mariners into a Pennant contender. The mariners on monday extended his managerial contract for another year through the 1996 season. They also retained an option for the �?T97 season. Pinilla says he can to wait for the 1995 season to begin. A a in a ready to get Back to work a he said in a Telephone conference Call. First though the players Union and club owners have to Settle their labor Dif Terence. A players strike wiped out the 1994 season in mid August. Pinilla Hopes an agreement can be reached in time for the Start of Spring training in ineligible Washington Allen Iverson one of the count Ivy Stop freshmen basketball players has been declared ineligible by Georgetown for using plane tickets issued by a shoe company last summer the Washington Post reported tuesday. The Post said the school informed the Mcaa of the alleged infraction last week after it Learned Iverson had used tickets 3lied by Nike to travel to and from a netball tournament in tops Drivers Scotts Valley Calif. Former. San Francisco 49ers kicker Mike Cofer was honoured monday As the Lascar Feather Lite Southwest Tours top Rookie. The 30-year-old Cofer who won a race in Stockton and has finished in the top 10 in nine races is the first professional athlete from another sport to capture the Rookie Honor in any Lascar Hoge quits Lake Forest 111. Chicago bears fullback Merril Hoge still feeling the effects of a blow he took to the head blocking in a game oct. 2, announced his retirement. Doctors expect Hoge who has had headaches dizziness memory loss and lethargy following his second concussion in six weeks to make a full reinstated Austin Texas a Texas coach John Mackovic on monday reinstated Star receivers Mike Adams and Lovell Pinkney As Well As five other players who were suspended for staying out too late last week. Linebackers Dwight Kirkpatrick and Jonathan Hickerson running Back Darrell Wilson receiver Wane Mcgarity and defensive Back shunt Hall also were reinstated. An to and . Wednesday editors not to schedules be combined until the . Goes off. Daylight saving time sunday. 6 am. 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