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With Cuccia on the sidelines ("We just wanted to give Allard some playing time; we've been trying to do that all year,"--Restic), the teams traded four punts before Rocky Delgadillo picked off a Hemond pass and shuffled to the Brown 24. Three plays later, Jim Acheson scored...
...Restic found a way to use seven quarterbacks (for posterity, the list is: Cuccia, Allard, Mike Buchanan, Joe Lahti, Mark Marion, Jack Riordan, Chuck Columbo) and innumerable running backs after Scott (Missing in Action) McCabe ended the scoring with a touchdown plunge early in the fourth...
That fact has not been lost on Restic. So, late in the first half, Restic institutes what was essentially a two-quarterback offense. On third downs, Cuccia lined up as quarterback, with strong-armed Don Allard directly behind him; after beginning to call signals. Cuccia would then go in motion and the ball would be shot-gunned back to Allard...
...theory, no defense would manage to defend against the quarterback-turned receiver, and that's just what happened, with Cuccia consistently getting open on crucial third-down situations. But Allard had some trouble getting the ball to Cuccia, and the play worked really well only once in the six times it was tried...
Restic went with Allard almost the entire second half, and the junior came up with a creditable performance--four-for-eight for 50 yards and a touchdown, plus 27 yards rushing. After the game, the coach made clear that Cuccia is still the number-one quarterback, but the Multiflex man no doubt relishes the thought of confusing a few more defenses with the dual-q.b. alignment. If so, he will have to make the arrangement run a lot more smoothly than it did Satuday: still, with the kinks ironed out, it could be a potent weapon...