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...numbers have always been kind to Ron Cuccia. From, Wilson High in Los Angeles, where he set eight national schoolboy records and 26 city marks, to the Harvard freshman team (games like an 18-of-24 passing day against Princeton or 77 yards rushing on five carries against Brown) to last year's stint as a wide receiver on the Crimson varsity (his 292 yards in receptions led the squad), Cuccia's contribution was never hard to find on the stat sheets, never hard to put a finger on at season...
...this year has been different. Ron Cuccia has seen numbers this year he never thought he'd see--numbers like oh-for-four and one-for-two passing days, numbers like a sub-44 per cent completion rate, or a ranking of eighth out of eight starting Ivy quarterbacks. He has thrown for 200 yards once this year, in the season's second game, and 100 yards only two other times; this from a man who threw for 500 yards in a game four times in high school. He has thrown three touchdown passes all season, for example, three less...
Wait a minute. What was that? The Man stops the projector and backs it up. Now forward again, this time slowly, Cuccia moves in behind the center and starts the count. Suddenly he pulls up and ambles off to the right, without the ball. What the.... The pencil snaps, and The Man pauses, as the absurdity continues. The ball is snapped back to the halfback, number four. Number four...he's rolling right...number four...and he's throwing a pass. Downfield a receiver is open, but the ball sails over his head...
Harvard has the ball again, in a third-and-long situation. Oh-oh, there goes Cuccia in motion again and the snap back to Allard. And another incomplete pass. And another penalty. The Man intently eyes the screen. Why, Harvard's going to run the play twice in a row. Not much of a surprise. The Man muses...
Suddenly, as the projector rolls on and on. Harvard starts to send Cuccia in motion on every play. The Man starts to chuckle again, as yellow flags and incomplete passes are falling everywhere. Allard rolls out and almost collides with Cuccia. The Man really starts to laugh now, Allard connects for completions to both Cuccia and Callinan--The Man catches his breath for a moment--but then the flags start to fly once more...