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...rushers don't get back in time, the deep men are left to fend for themselves. "There are two people back there by design," McCabe says, "so whoever catches the ball has a blocker right in front of him. But when there are four tacklers right there, which one do you pick to block...
Buckley's primary blocker last season, big Mike Durgin, was an early cut of the Houston Oilers. Other Ivy football players, however, have fared surprisingly well recently in their trips through the NFL meat grinder...
...given each one an expanded role in the offense. Chuck Marshall has snared several big receptions, Bill McGlone brought the Stadium to its collective feet with a pair of dazzling catches against William & Mary, and Linus O'Donnell (after he got over the mumps) has developed into a superb blocker...
...being used in any particular case until the end of the test. In the first phase of the experiment, patients who had received placebos experienced less pain than those in the naloxone group. But when the experiment was continued, patients initially in the placebo group but now getting the blocker experienced an increase in pain. In other words, the placebo response diminished. Levine's explanation: somehow placebos apparently activate a body pain-relieving system that relies on endorphin. Says he: "Placebos are not just in people's minds but in their brains...
...fullback leads the Crimson in rushing with 262 yards, is the squad's second leading pass receiver, and--perhaps his best asset of all--is a punishing blocker...