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HANOVER, N.H.--"It was a team effort," insisted freshman quarterback Ron Cuccia after the game. "We had some troubles hanging on to the ball sometimes, but the defense was tough and the offensive line played super." The result was a 21-20 Harvard victory, as the freshmen improved their season slate...
Major football colleges watched Cuccia in high school and offered him scholarships. Steve Martinez accepted an offer from Wyoming and Cuccia was tempted to follow his favorite target, but decided that their offense stressed the run too strongly for his tastes. UCLA, Texas A&M and Utah St. also extended offers. So why Harvard, better known for DNA research than big-time football...
...Harvard was much too tempting to turn down," Cuccia says. "You can't say no to the name, and you can't beat the scholarship. At the football schools, if you get hurt they take your scholarship away. Here it doesn't matter if you play or not. My parents have to pay a little more a year and I didn't want to put pressure on them. But my mom told me 'you won't get a better education anywhere,' and when she put it that way I couldn't refuse...
...Cuccia feels he will have little trouble adjusting to the Harvard multi-flex system. "It's basically the same system we used in high school, but the terms are totally different," he said with assurance...
Coach Singleton is high on Cuccia but stresses that he is not a shoo-in to start for the freshman team. "Whoever knows the system best will start. It doesn't matter how much talent you have if you don't know the system...