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...demo squad is like a team full of Rich Littles, impersonating other teams' formations and individual stars. It toils in pseudonymity, taking on the persona of a rival squad...

Author: By Bob Cunha, | Title: Scout's Honor | 10/18/1986 | See Source »

They are Harvard's little-heralded subs, the so-called "demo squad" or "scout team." The demos are the low men on the depth chart, the third-and fourth-stringers who practice every afternoon with hardly a prayer that they'll play at week...

Author: By Bob Cunha, | Title: Scout's Honor | 10/18/1986 | See Source »

...defense plays in the first half is a good reflection of how the demos played in practice during the week," says halfback Baltasar Cruz, a legendary demo...

Author: By Bob Cunha, | Title: Scout's Honor | 10/18/1986 | See Source »

Almost every Harvard football player pays his dues as a demo at some time in his career. Cruz is one of a handful of senior demos, kids who are playing their last year of organized football with little hope of varsity glory...

Author: By Bob Cunha, | Title: Scout's Honor | 10/18/1986 | See Source »

Even when a demo makes a great play in practice, his feat is mitigated--because every time a demo sacks the quarterback or runs for a touchdown, that means one of Harvard's first- or second-stringers screwed...

Author: By Bob Cunha, | Title: Scout's Honor | 10/18/1986 | See Source »

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