Word: bassett
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this point, with both the Massachusetts team and the clock rapidly receding, Bassett sent sophomore back Dave Poe around end. His five yard gain, acceptable in any other situation, was unuseful here, as time ran out before Bassett could get his center to snap the ball again...
...game. Mass coach Vic Fusia, happy to avoid defeat, cheerfully noted that "it helped us tie you." Because of the complicated restrictions, Harvard players had unwittingly used up half of the four time-outs allotted to them in the half. Two other time-outs had been called deliberately, leaving Bassett but one opportunity to stop the clock in the closing seconds: an incomplete forward pass...
Trying to reconstruct the situation afterwards, Bassett said he should have tried a pass play instead of the Poe run. At the time, he had thought Poe might go all the way, and that there was time for two plays. In fact, immmediately after the ball was placed Bassett tried to get a snap and throw it, but the period ended a second too soon...
While the conclusion was annoying, Harvard fans could not really be critical of their team. Displaying a defense that was far better than normal opening game procedures, the Crimson blocked and dismantled what was supposed to be a very proficient offensive team. And Bassett moved his team confidently; he would have gained even more had his receivers been consistently equal to his passing...
Despite the inconclusive reading on the scoreboard, the game was far from fruitless: Harvard found out it has a pretty good football team. There will be eight more opportunities to prove this.TOM STEPHENSON (88) snags MIKE BASSETT's fourth period pass for a gain that didn't quite make a touchdown...