Word: grana
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Harvard got nowhere after the kick-off, and King soon had his Engineers marching again. Halfback slashes at the line and two successful passes brought the visitors to the Harvard nine. Then Clark spun around right end to the seven, where Bill Grana was waiting with a hard tackle. Clark dropped the ball and Dick Diehl fell on it eagerly...
Quarterback Mike Bassett and his friends went to work. Calling his plays with precision, Bassett directed Grana, Scott Harshbarger, Bill Taylor, and himself into the thin Lehigh line for large chunks of yardage. A pass to Taylor added 16 yards, and a Lehigh personal foul penalty put the ball...
...case last year, this season the Crimson's biggest threat will be on running plays. Quarterback Mike Bassett is a good running quarterback, and he knows how to utilize the talents of his backfield, which includes such proven line crashers as Bill Grana and Scott Harshbarger, and break away specialists Hobie Armstrong, Bill Taylor, and Hank Hatch...
...back stationed inside a split, or wide, end. This is ordinarily a passing formation, as the wingback and the wide end can both break downfield and overload the secondary defenses. To make it work, though, you need a good line and a good blocking fullback to protect the passer. Grana is up to the fullback blocking; the question is whether or not the line is ready for such assignments. Yovicsin said the Crimson will probably run as well as pass off this formation...
Bassett will probably do his passing from a roll-out pattern (giving him a chance to run if this proves expedient), while Humenuk and Bartolet will tend to drop back and hurl longer missiles. As the season progresses, halfbacks Taylor and Harshbarger, and maybe even fullback Grana might be doing some passing. If such a situation materializes, and if the line can provide the necessary blocking and pass protection, the Harvard attack, potentially explosive on the ground or in the air, will be difficult to defense...