Word: bubba
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...excitement of a dull match came in first-round epee action. Chris Jennings, Marion's premier epee fencer, got caught up in an act worthy of an Academy Award nomination as he feigned injury after two collisions with MIT's Bill Eckal, who displayed as much agility as Bubba Smith on roller skates. But in dramatic activity that Jennings manufactured he left out the winning climax, falling behind 3-2, 4-3 before bowing...
...crusaders were unable to penetrate the tenacious Crimson defense. Junior guard Kenny Wolfe, completely handcuffed Gaskins, playing him tighter than Bubba Smith in stretch pants. None of the rest of the Crusaders could pick up the slack and they looked like a traveling circus with the humerous broken plays and bad passes they were pulling...
Next day the Baltimore Colts stampeded over the hapless Cleveland Browns. Led by End Bubba Smith, the Colt defense blocked two field-goal attempts, intercepted three passes and smeared Brown Quarterback Bill Nelsen four times. The big difference, though, was Colt Running Back Don Nottingham, a squat (5 ft. 10 in., 210 Ib.) rookie from Kent State who was the 441st of the 442 players picked in last year's pro football draft. Called in to replace injured Norm Bulaich, "Bowling Ball" Nottingham rolled for 92 yds. and two touchdowns as the Colts outclassed the Browns...
Back in Memphis, Isaac Hayes is a more secular hero, but nonetheless a hero. "Hey, Bubba," the white owner of a propane gas station calls as Isaac cruises by in his turquoise El Dorado. "You gotta give me an autograph for my daughter; she doesn't believe you used to work for me." Isaac signs, then nods to a friend: "I used to wash cars and mow the grass around here...
...seen for many years." All but unstoppable on the pass rush, he dazzled the experts with his "amazing agility and lateral mobility." One scout predicts that Patulski may be the first defensive lineman ever picked No. 1 in the draft since the Colts made Michigan State's Bubba Smith their first choice in 1967. White is a former high school basketball star who never played football until he reached college. Quick and aggressive, he led the Golden Bears in tackles and pass deflections this season. Though the scouts feel his play needs "more consistency," they also rate...