European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 30 the stars and stripes sports Friday october 21.1994 Colorado St. In off beaten track to basketball notes by Rick Warner a football writer you May need a Road  find it but saturdays marquee game in College football takes place in fort Collins Colo. A a a a a. In the Only matchup of undefeated teams this weekend no. 18 Utah 6-0 visits no. 12 Colorado state 70 in a Western athletic conference showdown joined in Progress at 11 45 . Get saturday on an to Colorado state is off to its Best Start since 1925, and Utah is trying to go 7-0 for the first time since 1947. The Winner gains the inside track to the Holiday bowl and has a Chance to become the Waco a first unbeaten team since 13-0 by won the National championship in 1984. Colorado state has already won at by and Arizona handing those teams their Only losses of the season. In last weeks 47-9 Victory Over Texas Elpaso the rams gained 585 Yards and held the miners to 139 a the second highest total by the offence and third lowest by the defense in school history. Utah leads the wac in every defensive category and also is no. 1 in scoring and total offence. Like Colorado state the utes Are 1-0 on the Road is. The Pac-10, beat ing Oregon 34-10 last  game looks like a tossup but Colorado state is a 214-Point favorite with the Homefield advantage. Colorado St. 20-17. No. 19 Kansas St. Plus 1414 at no 2 Colorado wildcats Haven to beaten buffs since 1984 Colorado 34-21 2 45 . Sunday get on an to. No. 3 Nebraska minus 25 at Missouri huskers have won 15 straight Over tigers Nebraska 38-7. Rice plus 20 at no. 6 Texas a amp Maggie wont lose this season. Texas a amp a 3517. / a a a / no. 7 Miami minus 21 at West Virginia hurricanes avenge last years loss to mountaineers Miami 42-10. Mississippi plus 10 at no. 8 Alabama Jay Barker 30-1-1 As starting a a Alabama 2710,. College football predictions no. 9 Washington minus 8 at Oregon huskies have won last five meetings. Washington 27-14. A a a. Clemson plus 30 at no. 10 Florida St. Tigers 1-4 is. I a opponents Florida St. 4210. A no. 11 Michigan minus 314 at Illinois loser Falls out of big ten race. Illinois 21-20. Sum plus 20 at no. 13 Texas As Rice loss shows longhorns can to Overlook anybody. Texas 34-17.urcla plus i6v2 at no. 14 Arizona Bruins have lost five in a Row. Arizona 28-7. No. 15 North Carolina plus 314 at no. 25 Virginia tar heels have lost six straight in Charlottesville. N. Carolina 24-21. 8 30. . Get saturday on an radio no. 16 Syracuse minus 2114 at Temple. Orangemen have held owls under 10 Points in last five meetings. Syracuse 45-14.pittsburgh plus 18 at no. 17 Virginia tech homies have won nine straight at Home Virginia tech 31-14 a. A a no. 20 Duke minus 17 at Wake Forest Blue devils off to Best Start since 1952duke 38 10.� a a a no. 21 Blu minus 22 at Texas i paso cougars coming off shocking win at notre Dame by 42-14. A. A Rutgers plus 1214 at no. 22 Boston College Scarlet knights upset eagles. Rutgers 24-21. No. 23 Washington St. Minus 7 at Arizona St. Cougars have nations Sti Giest defense. Washington St. 21-7. ,. A a a. A. Purdue plus 1114 at no. 24 Ohio St. Boilermakers Are big tends Surprise team. Purdue-24-23. A a. A a a a last week 8-8 straight 6-10 spread. Season 96-31 straight 52-65 spread. Bucs letting Van Slyke go from wire reports. Pittsburgh a the pirates will not attempt to sign free agent Center fielder Andy Van Slyke for next season general manager Cam Bonifay said wednesday. Van Slyke will join Doug Drabek and Barry Bonds As High profile pirates who left the team As free agents after Pittsburgh won no East titles in 1990, 1991 and 1992. Bobby Bonilla left after 1991. Van Slykes departure had been expected for several months. He has said he regretted that he did not have a Chance to say goodbye to pirates fans because of the players strike which stopped the season on aug. 12. A a in a sure if the pirates Felt it was in the Best interest of the Van Slyke team financially and it would improve the bal club then i would be Back a Van Slyke said. A but the decision has been made and i respect  last week the pirates traded for Cincinnati red outfielder Jacob Brumfield who was promised the starting Center fielders Job next season if the strike ends. In other baseball news a no substance in new talks Washington a a 40-Day break a lost world series and a new mediator changed nothing in the baseball talks. Owners expressed Hope. Players were neither optimistic nor pessimistic. And no positions shifted a there was no substance discussed today at All a Union head Donald Fehr said after the sides met for 90 minutes wednesday. Mediator . Usery hired Friday by the Clinton baseball notes administration said the next session will be in five to 10 Days but he will speak with each Side separately before then wednesdays meeting attended by six players and 1 team representatives was devoted to ground rules. A \. A a the heeds to get up to Speed a Kansas City Royal Pitcher David Cone said. A the seems to think smaller and More concise groups Are going to be  Usery 70, is regarded As the top mediator in the country and has More authority than his predecessors because of his presidential backing. Fie mediated the a Fly a 44-Day preseason strike in 1974. Wednesdays meeting was just the fourth Between players and owners since the strike began aug. 12. The walkout baseball a eighth work stoppage since 1972, wiped out the final 52 Days and 669 games of the season and led to the first cancellation of the world series since 1904. Retired Veteran Umpire Dies Sebastian Fla. A Joe Paparella an american league Umpire for 22 years who retired in 1968, has died. He was 85. A he died monday at Sebastian River medical Center. His death was announced wednesday by the California Angels. Paparella Umpire in five world series and four Allstar games. Fie worked closely with administrators of the los Angeles dodgers including manager Tom in Sorda. 1. Strawberry gets arbitration san Francisco a Darryl Strawberry has been offered salary arbitration by the san Francisco giants the team said wednesday night. The giants had to offer Strawberry arbitration by Midnight or Alio a him to file for free a enc. A file hornets Lany Johnson May have stress fracture. Hiatus looms for Johnson from wire reports Charlotte . Charlotte Hornet Forward Larry Johnson could be sidelined for up to two months if further tests confirm he has a stress fracture in his left foot. Team doctor Glenn Perry travelling with the hornets on their week Long european tour said a Bone scan was performed on Johnson a foot when the team arrived in Italy on wednesday. The scan revealed a the High probability of a stress fracture a Perry said. Johnson was removed from tuesdays game against the Golden state warriors in Paris after complaining of soreness in his foot. He finished with 15 Points 10 rebounds and seven assists before being sidelined in the opening minutes of the second half. The 6-foot-7 Johnson missed 31 games last season with a deep lower Back sprain and Hornet fans Are wondering if he can Ever live up to his $84 million 12-year contract. Hornet coach hospitalized Bologna Italy a Charlotte Hornet coach Allan Bristow was hospitalized thursday in Bologna Italy with a kidney infection a team spokesman said Hornet spokesman Keith Kroehler said doctors believe the infection is not serious and Bristow is expected to be released Friday. However Bristow May not be out in tripe to coach the hornets afternoon exhibition Gaime against Buckler the italian league champions. Interest High in Dawkins new York a before Shaquille of Neal there was Darryl Dawkins. His backboard shattering dunks brought collapsible rims to the Aba. A now at 37, after playing in Italy for five years he a Back in America. Several Aba teams Are interested. ,. A a Dawkins has a contract with the Sioux Falls sky Force of the Continental basketball association. No one believes he will be in South Dakota Long. A y a the reason i went to the Cuba was to let people in the Aba know i can still play a Dawkins said. A i think once i get there and get three weeks of working out and people see the kind of shape in a in there la be some  there already is. Whether Dawkins even lasts until the opening of. Cuba Camps on nov. 1 is questionable. The demand for big men in the Aba keeps going up. A a we be talked to several teams a said Paul Brandt who represents Dawkins. The agent says some teams Are in the process of finalizing their rosters especially in terms of big men. Cars lose Willis for season Cleveland a already scrambling to fill vacancies created by Larry Nance a retirement and Brad Daugherty a bad Back the Cleveland Cavaliers Learned wednesday that starting guard Gerald Wilkins will miss the Aba season because of a ruptured Achilles Tendon. The team announced Wilkins would have surgery this morning at the Cleveland clinic. Fie Tore the Tendon tuesday night