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...bitter pill for the Crimson to swallow as it seemed to confirm the nagging doubts that had surrounded the Harvard eleven going into the game. With the exception of a couple of breathtaking plays that accounted for Harvard's two touchdowns, coach Joe Restic's high-falutin multi-flex offense flim-flammed for most of the game...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Columbia Surprises Gridders in First Game, 21-19 | 9/25/1978 | See Source »

...This is Harvard's multi-flex offense, son. The reason why all the players are running around before the play starts is to make their opponents on defense think that they are confused. The defensive players think they are the cause of the offense's confusion, and they feel so guilty they let the Harvard backs run easily past them...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Take Me Out to the Ballgame | 9/22/1978 | See Source »

...quarterback dressing up like a referee--that is the newest wrinkle in the multi-flex. Every time Harvard is about to get called for illegal motion the dressed-up quarterback simply calls a penalty on the defense and the two infractions cancel each other...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Take Me Out to the Ballgame | 9/22/1978 | See Source »

...Israelis also wanted to "flex their muscle on the weaker links of Arab national contingency," and to end the current move toward national reconciliation in Lebanon, Maksoud said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Israeli Aggression | 3/23/1978 | See Source »

...dogged defensive struggle. Certainly Denver's strategy will center on its magnificent 3-4 Orange Crush. When asked whom the Cowboys feared most among that band, Landry replied: "All eleven guys. They play as if they were backed into a corner and fighting to get out." Dallas' flex 4-3 defense, led by N.F.L. Defensive Player of the Year Harvey Martin, is hardly a pushover either. The fracas in the trenches could be the deciding factor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Denver and Dallas | 1/16/1978 | See Source »

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