Word: czinger
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...three years now, the key to that defense's success has been middle guard Kevin Czinger. He pronounces his name "Zinger," and if they listed it in Roget's, you would find it next to "tough." It seems that nothing--not a badly sprained ankle suffered in Yale's 35-7 humiliation of Dartmouth, not a sinus infection that spread into his lung before Yale clobbered Princeton (he played anyway), not his opponents' constant tendency to double-team him--can stop Kevin Czinger...
Easily the best in the East at what he does, Czinger is everywhere on the field, an omnipotent presence who promises to fill even the huge and capable hands of Harvard's highly touted offenseive line. As his tough-tackling teammates have been felled by injuries, Czinger has just moved over to fill the gaps. "Yale's strength is Czinger," laments Brown coach John Anderson, who says that number 40 singlehandedly wiped his team off the field two years running. "He ruins your whole game plan...
...Mike Durgin and company decide to key on Czinger they'll do nothing but give freer rein to the rest of the Eli five-man line. Anchored by tackle Serge Mihaly, a blood-and-guts player who at 6-ft., 3-in. more than adequately fills the left side, the line has proved nothing short of remarkable against the rush. Yale opponents have gained only 844 yards on the ground all season--in the Eli's 30-10 triumph over hapless Columbia, the Lions were held to negative six yards of offense in the second half...
...piled up a squad-leading 110 tackles before breaking his ankle in the Dartmouth game. Yale has weakened somewhat behind the line. At monster back, Dave Novosel stunts well and is a constant interception threat. But filling Rohrer's shoes (and containing anyone who happens to get by Czinger) has not come easy, as the Cornell game, when the Big Red ran for nearly 200 yards, demonstrated...
...feeling has rippled through the dining halls this week, subtle at first, but powerful nonetheless. Yale is coming to town for The Game, The Event and The Post-Game Party. Suddenly names like "Diana" and "Czinger" and "Rogan" are discussed over dinner, together with the usual musings about the state of Harvard football. Aside from the intense tradition surrounding The Contest, this year there is something else at stake: The Title...