Word: backfielder
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...start of the season, every sports writer covering Harvard professed great respect for coach John Yovicsin's supply of backfield talent. If Harvard was to win, these men were going to do the job. As things have turned out, however, the backs have been relatively unimpressive. They haven't been bad, just not great...
...shown considerable and surprising development. Against Holy Cross, a team that out-weighed Harvard on the forward wall by more than 20 pounds per man, the Crimson line did a fine job of trapping and double-teaming. Had there been fewer defensive mistakes in the secondary and more brilliant backfield play, victory would have been possible...
...element that is missing, then, is backfield excellence. Practically no one is fulfilling pre-season expectations. Bill Grana's problem may be that he is not getting the ball often enough, and Hobie Armstrong may be fighting lack of confidence. It is hard to say what is bothering the others, but something clearly is. The situation is accented by the fact that no Harvard back is among the League's offensive leaders...
Perhaps the difficulty, as Yovicsin has hinted, is that too little attention has been given in practice to backfield problems. Everyone was so worried about the line, and so sure about the backfield, that most of the thinking has been on line work...
...much mileage out of our own backs," Yovicsin continued. Despite pre-season expectations that the backfield would be "really outstanding," he said that only junior Scott Harshbarger and sophomore Tom Bilodeau turned in creditable performances...