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...lacks of familiarity with the Restic system. And unfortunately for the Crimson, the 72 team has lost its most on sistent student clutch player halfback Richie Gatto who is campaigning for McGovern this fall, Gatto's departure casts some uncertainty over what appeared to be a really superb backfield. Without Gatto, Restic will be forced to start a halfback who suffers from the same inexperience with the Restic system that plagued the Crimson...
...vital stats. We get action photos. We get background and stuff. The T and G Backfield. We release to newspapers, to sports pubs, to local radio and TV, to the networks. The whole enchilada. Taft Robinson and Gary Harkness. I like the sound of those names. Some names produce a negative reaction in my mind. Cyd Charisse, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Xerxes. But Taft-and-Gary has a cute little ring to it. I know I like it, and I may even love...
STILL I KEPT TRYING and eventually moved up to a third-string halfback position. Rod Foster and Bill Craven also moved up. Foster was alternating with Eric Crone for the first-string quarterback position and Craven was now a third-string flanker. Stephens, the backfield coach, continued to show no appreciation for my talents and hustle. Many players like Tom Miller and Varney would walk through plays and rarely went all out in drills. That would have never been tolerated from any player at Drake. Miller and Varney felt safe doing so because it was obvious to them...
...derisively called "YoYo" by the players. Both the players and coaches considered him to be the laughing stock of the camp. One day Yovicsin called me into his office and told me that Stephens had suggested that I be moved to defensive end. That I was the only backfield man who had the "size, strength and agility" to shift to that position from the backfield. I asked Yovicsin why, if Stephens could see that I possessed these qualities, that they could not best be utilized at a halfback position. After establishing the record I did as a halfback at Drake...
Upon re-entering the backfield. I noticed that my arrival was not exactly her aided by my old namesis. Tommy Stephens. Again I was placed on the fifth string. Again I moved up to the third string, but no higher. I remained as a third-string fullback throughout camp...