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...State's bread-and-butter play, the fullback simply hugs the ball to his belly, lowers his head and charges. This year such tactics have made unbeaten, once-tied Ohio State third among U.S. college teams. And no one plays the role of bulldozer better than Robert Eugene Ferguson, 22, a bullnecked (6-ft., 215-lb.) fullback who deals out as much punishment as he takes...
...massive-shouldered, thick-chested Negro with thighs like tree trunks, Ferguson puts such savage strength into his pile-driving charges that he has been stopped behind the line only three times in three years of bruising Big Ten ball. "He has impossible power," said Northwestern Coach Ara Parseghian after Ferguson ground out nine first downs in Ohio State's 10-0 victory over the Wildcats. "He runs over people who don't bring him down with one or two shots...
Underfed Boy. At a rock-hard 187 Ibs., Saimes looks like an underfed boy alongside such hulking Big Ten fullbacks as his own Spartan rival, Ron Hatcher (220 Ibs.), and Ohio State's Bob Ferguson (225 lbs.). Coach Duffy Daugherty insists that Saimes is the finest fullback he has ever coached at Michigan State. "I've said it before, and I'll say it again," says Daugherty. "George Saimes could play any position on this team-including quarterback and tackle-and I know he would if I asked...
...contenders. He may be right; undefeated Iowa was ranked No. 1 in almost every preseason poll, could well give Coach Jerry Burns a big winner in his freshman year. A decisive 27-8 victory over Indiana last week strengthened Iowa's chances. In Quarterback Wilburn Hollis, Halfbacks Larry Ferguson and Sammie Harris and Fullback Joe Williams. Burns has the finest backfield in the Big Ten-but his bench is weak...
...injury-riddled Illinois 44-0. Relying on his customary powerhouse tactics, garrulous Coach Woody Hayes showed that he had a host of fine backs, even though in the season's opening-game tie (7-7) with Texas Christian, he appeared to have only one: All-America Fullback Bob Ferguson, who carried the ball 35 times. Quipped one Texas sportswriter: "We don't know where Hayes went to college, but he must have majored in monotony." A major test comes for Ohio State this week when it faces Northwestern, upset 10-3 by Minnesota last week...