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Instead of the computer running your final project, it might be running a Dartmouth or Yale tailback or fullback through the one, two or three hole, analyzing each play in an effort to give Harvard's gridders the edge each fall Saturday...
...computer to behave exactly like a coach When asked whether they thought a computer could replace humans on the sidelines or on the field, both the Yale and Harvard coaches quickly dismissed the idea Said Kelly. "A computer is never going to replace a 6'4". 235-pound fullback that is fast...
Then last week's game began, and in a few hours, give or take $25 million worth of TV commercials, the most irritating pro football season gave way to the most entertaining Super Bowl. The heroic and tragic figures, Washington Fullback John Riggins and Miami Quarterback David Woodley, were clear-cut and equally attractive in different ways, unlike management's Jack Donlan and labor's Ed Garvey. The Redskins won straightforwardly, 27-17, and the Dolphins lost that...
After the game, Miami Coach Don Shula could smile and say of Riggins, who had carried the ball 38 times for 166 yds., "He reminded me of a fullback I used to know"; Larry Csonka, of course. "Riggins is one of the best big athletes [6 ft. 2 in., 235 Ibs.] ever to hit the National Football League. Pretty awesome." On a fourth down off-tackle play everyone in the Rose Bowl expected, Riggins crashed the line and ran 43 yds. for the telling touchdown. Earlier there were Washington tricks, the flanker reverse Richard Nixon used to recommend, the flea...
While Currier worked on the Quad's image, Dunster and Mather were busy working on theirs. "May be now we'll get a little respect," fullback Mark Rosen said after his Mather-Dunster team clipped Quincy, 7-0, in the final of last year's tackle competition...