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Alas, if the offense could control the ball the way it did in Saturday's first half all the time, there would never be a need for late fourth-quarter drives. Ron Cuccia, under fire from some quarters in recent weeks, had his finest 30 minutes at the Crimson helm, completing four of six passes for 99 yards, running for 71 more, and guiding his full-house backfield of Acheson, Jim (88 yards on 21 carries) Callinan and Steve Bianucci to touchdown drives of 90 and 84 yards...
...have led the world in tackles Saturday with 15 alone plus nine assists--picked off a Garrity pass with five minutes left in the third quarter, but Acheson fumbled it away on the next play. Rocky Delgadillo came up with his weekly interception not long after, but a Cuccia-to-Callinan pitch three plays later was recovered by William and Mary's Owen Costello...
...that on the films and we were ready for it," Laycock said, "but they just knocked us over." Callinan rumbled 26 yards on three carries in the mini-drive and Acheson's plunge put the game away: THE NOTEBOOK: Senior split end Dirk Killen was the biggest beneficiary of Cuccia's fine passing day, gathering in a pair of aerials for 57 yards. Cuccia himself caught one pass for 15 yards from Don Allard off the--you guessed it--quarterback in motion play. William and Mary guessed it, too, and shut down the connection otherwise, although Restic did insert...
Actually, the visitors treated themselves pretty well for much of the day, especially in the first half. The offense ground out more than 290 yards running and passing before intermission. Jim Callinan rushed for 88 yards (to stay on a 1000-yard pace) and scored two TD's. Ron Cuccia had his best day passing (5 of 7 for 114 yards) and ran as recklessly and as well as he has every Saturday. And on defense, sophomore linebacker Joe Azelby continued to be a swarm of tacklers all by himself, with 15 unassisted tackles and nine assists. He also caused...
Even Joe Restic's quarterback-in-motion play had some shining moments in the Southern sun. Although it only worked for gains on one out of five tries, quarterback Allard completed a 15-yard pass to quarterback Cuccia, it went penalty-free for the first time this season...