Word: flankers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Tall Tex Furse was the beginning of those. Running out of T with endless variations, Quarterback Furse threw where the opponents were not but his receiver precisely was. Time after time one end would line up as a wide right flanker, the back in motion would dart out to the left, and the other end would get the ball hard in the middle of his stomach ten yards in front of the center. After that began to bore, Furse lateraled to one of the flankers for a little variety...
Again in the third quarter the Bunnies came close, blocking a Kirkland punt and taking over on the 20, but four plays failed to advance the ball. The final frame was marked by frantic Leverett attempts to complete forward passes mingled with runs from the famous Bunny triple-flanker formation, but Kirkland held fast and was driving deep into enemy territory as the game ended, following another interception on the 30 by the omnipresent Bell...
Harlow's defensive nets and networks will be even more complicated for Saturday's game because of the additional schemes which must be formed in order to stop the T formation, flanker, and short punt offenses of the Bruin attack...