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...course his famous winning streak has ended. Cuccia entered the season with a record of having never lost a game he started and finished at quarterback, dating back to junior high. This year his ledger stands...
...surprising, then, that there has been criticism of Ron Cuccia, from the knowing and unknowing, both inside and outside the program. Those who fault his performance can be divided into two types: (a), the people who feel that the statistics are symptomatic of Cuccia's ineffectiveness at quarterback--and there are some of those, and (b), the people who feel that the game plan, the Multiflex offense that is geared to short passes and roll-outs instead of a free-wheeling air attack, is to blame for the inefficiency--and there are many of those...
Others feel there has been no inefficiency. Halfback Jim Acheson, for example, says "his numbers are deceiving; his presence can be seen and felt by the defense in a special way. They know that he can run, and that's a great weapon." Offensive lineman Greg Brown calls Cuccia "the greatest field leader I've ever played with," and tight end Bill McGlone says, "He's the best athlete I've known." But the doubts and the questions remain for all who see the numbers: Has Ron Cuccia been a success this year as Harvard's quarterback...
...himself answers yes and no. "It's been an interesting year," Cuccia says. "I didn't expect it to be this way, but we've run the ball quite a bit. I guess I'm happy in some ways and disappointed in others; if you lose any games, you're a bit upset. Sometimes I feel I've done fairly well and we'll lose and then I don't feel like I've done well, because the most important thing...
Victory-wise, Cuccia had a bad stretch earlier this year. In five weeks of football--from Holy Cross to Princeton--Harvard only won once, a 27-10 swamping of Cornell. Since tying Princeton a month ago, however, the team has not lost, recording impressive wins over Brown, William and Mary, and Penn. And Ron Cuccia's stock has risen...