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...reading, or to perceive a letter as its mirror image. That is, he may read "was" for "saw" and may see "b" for "d." There is also an inclination to confuse right and left. Dinklage gives an example of a quarterback with strephosymbolia who frequently wiped out his own backfield as he ran the opposite way from a play he himself had called...
Those yards often come the hard way. This season Marinaro has been hitting the line at a withering clip of 39 times a game. Asked why the other Cornell backs don't run the ball more often. Backfield Coach Carmen Piccone says: ''Why use a cap pistol when you've got a cannon?" Head Coach Jack Musick agrees. When Marinaro first came to Cornell from New Milford, N.J., Musick revamped his offense into a Power I formation to take advantage of the muscular tailback's bulling power and long, tackle-busting strides. Lining up directly...
With two weeks remaining in a season that means relatively nothing except what the players get out of it, it would be the perfect time to try some of the changes that many have talked about. Could Foster and Crone be put in the same backfield? Is junior Frank Guerra destined to be merely a useful tool for weekday practices? Couldn't some of Harvard's backfield speed be better utilized as a defensive secondary rather than a secondary offense? If the questions aren't answered now, the team will be hesitant to experiment in its home opener when...
Gerold and the rest of Harvard's backfield kept Brown's shots on goal to a minimum. "We halfbacks worked pretty tight together and broke up a lot of plays," said Terry Ferguson. Ferguson himself--who is 6'3"--headed the ball superbly...
...possible return of fullback Steve Hall to the Crimson backfield this afternoon should bolster the Crimson rushing attack, which picked up only 44 yards in 43 attempts last week against the Tigers. Hall has been suffering from chronic ankle injury since pre-season practice...