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...three weeks since the 17-17 deadlock against Princeton, Harvard has scored 109 points. Ron Cuccia has thrown 13 passes and completed six for 128 yards. Obviously, the offense can be effective without utilizing Cuccia...
...given that Cuccia is a tremendous athlete ("One of the best I've ever played any sport with," says Acheson. "He can do things I've never seen any quarterback do.") Holy Cross coach Rick Carter, whose team beat Harvard, 33-19, but allowed Cuccia to throw 27 times for 219 yards in his best passing display of the year, says Cuccia is "impossible to stop because he can pass, run and do so very many things to you." Others call him "the most amazing athlete I've ever seen" and "incredible to watch...
...ironically it is a physical failing--his size--that some say prevents Cuccia from reaching greatness on the college level. "He's so small (listed at 5-ft., 8-in. but probably an inch shorter] that he's got to have trouble throwing drop-back passes and over the middle," one teammate says. "I tend to wonder if he can see over some of the players," says another. Adds a third: "He can't do all the things that a winning Ivy football quarterback should be able...
...compensate, Cuccia does not pass from the pocket but rather throws on the run, moving left, moving right, backward, forward, underhand, sidearm and even (twice this year) left-handed. Nobody questions his arm ("I've seen him pinpoint guys 55 yards downfield in practice," says running back Scott McCabe), but his effectiveness throwing long is another matter...
...Cuccia points out, the Multiflex limits that to begin with. "We really don't have any long passes in our offense," he says. "I mean, I was a wide receiver last year and I didn't catch any." And a teammate adds, "It's really strange, but I don't think the fly pattern is even in our playbook. At least, it's never called...