Word: balled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There's no denying that. In a game that the bookies had stopped taking bets on because UMass was so heavily favored, the Crimson took charge early and then stayed in control by handing UMass pitiful field position everytime it touched the ball...
Taking possession of the ball at the visitors' 49-yd. line, Brown handed off for three straight five-yard gains, then threw incomplete over the middle to tight end Paul Sablock...
...next play, Brown drew in the overreacting Minutemen linebackers by faking Polillio into the line, then quickly striking to Sablock 10 yards downfield. Sablock held onto the ball despite a fierce pop from linebacker Joe McLaughlin, broke loose and--running like a wild horse in a corral--dragged two UMass defensive backs the last five yards into the endzone...
Pickett's squad has few weaknesses on either side of the ball, and if there are any outstanding strengths it has to be their size and their running game...
...this week, just that good ol'-fashioned man-against-man football. While the Restic game-plan has remained top-secret all week, you can rest assured that there will be at least two changes--fullback Matt Granger will see plenty of playing time, and Wayne Moore will run the ball more than five times...