Word: blockers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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What finally downed this venerable show was a fusillade from several directions. It never recovered from the death last May of Dan Blocker, who played Hoss, the bluff but gentle giant. Perhaps most important, public taste was changing, and the show's simple formula did not allow for exploration of the more complicated themes that interest viewers today. In the latest Nielsens, the series had fallen to No. 53. There is still some solace for Bonanza buffs, however. Chances are that it will rerun through syndication for at least another 13 years...
...most complete back that the Crimson has met this season. He can, as the football scouts's cliche-book would say, "do it all." Jauron is a solid pass catcher and with a year's experience as a fullback behind him he is a terocious blocker...
...Their adjustments opened up the middle for us, so we decided to run (fullback) Neil Miller up the middle more; we planned to use him primarily as a blocker, but his running really loosened up the Dartmouth defense for us in the second half," freshman head coach Chet O'Neill explained...
...compound the problem, night end John Haggerty came up with a charley horse this week, and it is questionable whether he will play. Haggerty is the Crimson's leading receiver as well as being a strong inside blocker. Haggerty's original backup Howard Keenan has already been lost for the year with a shoulder separation, so Harvard is dangerously thin at the position...
John Haggerty, coming off a fine junior year, will be the tight end. Haggerty is a strong blocker and has the speed to go deep...