Word: cornerback
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Amos is joined by a pair of youngsters, sophomores Jerome Bledsoe at cornerback and Vaughn Williams at strong safety...
Secondary: Last year it was a weak spot. This year it is a question mark. Look for Palazzi to give Harvard safety Jim Smith (an interception against Columbia) and company a test. Henry Olson, who also had an interception against Columbia, mans the left cornerback spot. Sophomore Chris Rezendes takes care of the right side...
Secondary: The UMass secondary is young. Sophomores Jerome Bledsoe, a cornerback, and Vaughn Williams, the strong safety, are babes in the woods. Look for the big bad wolf--Tom Yohe--to come along and devour them. Garrick Amos, a starter in 1987, provides the only experience in the defensive backfield...
Princeton took the lead for good early in the third quarter when Tiger cornerback Vince Avallone blocked Cornell punter Tom Korbin's kick at the Big Red 20-yard line. Several Princeton players chased the ball into the end zone, but Korbin pushed it out of bounds to prevent the Tigers from recovering it for a touchdown. The safety gave Princeton a 16-14 lead...
...third right guard, the Broncos have a casualty list that ranges from the brutal to the baroque. During the Cleveland game, surgical pins started oozing out of Strong Safety Dennis Smith's broken hand; he kept playing. On top of that, consider the fact that three defensive stalwarts -- Cornerback Louis Wright, Linebacker Tom Jackson and Safety Steve Foley -- retired after last year. Nobody can say how the defense was able to repeat, but everyone knows venerable Assistant Coach Joe Collier had much to do with...