Word: balle
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...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...
...QUARTERBACK: Gary Beban, 21, U.C.L.A., 6 ft., 195 Ibs. Anybody who gains 5,358 yds. in three seasons of college ball figures to impress the pros; yet the scouts have mixed feelings about Beban. They applaud his "natural poise and confidence" and his "ability to make the big play when it's needed"-but they deplore his lack of height and his preference for rolling out rather than passing from the pocket. A better pro prospect, say some scouts, is Alabama's Ken ("Snake") Stabler, who is 3 in. taller than Beban, completed 60% of his passes...
...FULLBACK: Lee White, 21, Weber State, 6 ft. 4 in., 240 Ibs. "A sleeper," says one scout, apparently figuring that White would go unnoticed by the other bird dogs because he played for the small Ogden, Utah, school. Not so. A Little All-America, White carried the ball an average of 28 times a game, ran for 276 yds. against Idaho. "Doesn't have great outside speed," says a scouting report, "but really tough inside. An excellent blocker on both runs and passes. Will be among the first four draft picks...
...Mike McGill, 21, Notre Dame, 6 ft. 2 in., 230 Ibs. "You won't believe this guy," a scout says of Carr. "He runs 40 yds. in 4.6 sec.-which is the speed of a lot of flankers in this league." Another scout calls Carr "the best foot ball player I've seen this year"; a third predicts that he will be the first player picked in the pro draft. Meylan was "by far the best man on a disappointing Nebraska ball club." The pros like McGill's "determination and aggressiveness-and, as one scout says, "Notre...
...offensive play quickly." He also is "a sticker," pro parlance for a hard, sure tackier-an absolute necessity at safety, where a missed tackle means six points. An elusive punt returner (he has run back three for touchdowns in his college career), Schoen has "a nose for the ball"-a hard nose. "He's a real fighter," says one scout admiringly. "If I were going to war, I'd like to have him out in front...