Word: halfback
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...watching, and at one point he tapped me on the shoulder. Spagnola just caught a screen and he may throw it," he said. And Spagnola did throw it--a halfback option and there was a man all alone at the 40 (split end Bob Krystyniak, we learned later) and he raced into the end zone untouched to give Yale a 21-14 lead it never relinquished...
...watch Ron Cuccia and the Multiflex try to solve the Eli defense, the league's stingiest. He will mix his plays, offering Yale a dive by Callinan here, a flip to Acheson there, the quarterback-in-motion play (with a few new twists. perhaps). and maybe even a halfback option, too. And whether he succeeds or fails, it will be interesting...
...when I was a sophomore in high school. Sure, some strange things have to happen (and after watching Penn last week I have trouble believing the Quakers could beat Hanover High, much less Dartmouth), but that's what Ivy League football is all about, strange things happening. Like halfback options and quarterback-in-motion plays, and the worst team beating the best team more often than not. It's crazy, but then lots of things around here are crazy...
...Game (how long has it been since you heard anyone call it anything else?) and it all starts at 1 p.m. at the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Conn., and I will be there by 11:30 ready to go, my eyes on the field. If there's a halfback option this year. I won't miss...
When Yale has the ball, don't let halfback Rich Diana (33), quarterback John Rogan (19) or split end Curtis Grieve (81) slip out of your sight. Because just as quick as you lose them they can slip into the end zone...