Word: ball-control
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...fancy Dan, Devine has kept the Packers in the fundamentalist Lombardi mold: solid defense and methodical, ball-control offense. A former quarterback at the University of Minnesota who married the school's homecoming queen, he began his head-coaching career at Arizona State in 1955; three years later he moved to Missouri, where he led the Tigers to twelve straight winning seasons and six bowl-game appearances. Fastidious to a fault, Devine, 46, has a penchant for washing his whistle in alcohol after every practice. "If you're looking for a word for me," he says...
Terrell played a percentage game this year, and his ball-control style brought him an undefeated record in team competition. Over the season he improved his speed and match strategy and repeated as runner-up in the intercollegiate finals...
Charge! Under previous coaches, the Rams were noted for their wide-open offense and sievelike defense. Allen installed an uncomplicated ball-control offense, similar to Green Bay's, backed up by a brutal defense that relies heavily on the charge of the "Fearsome Four-some"-Ends "Deacon" Jones and Lamar Lundy, Tackles Merlin Olsen and Roger Brown. Between them, they weigh a total of 1,096 Ibs. Last season the Fearsome Foursome flattened opposing quarterbacks 43 times; this year they have already accomplished the feat 27 times-tops in the league...
Head Coach John Yovicsin expects his defense to be severely tested by the Lion's ball-control passing game and their outstanding quarterback Marty Domres...
...Hampshire, after holding Harvard to a one-point half-time edge at 32-31, started to fade in the second half, as its full-court press failed, and its earlier ball-control offense dissipated into sloppiness...