Word: halfback
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Others feel there has been no inefficiency. Halfback Jim Acheson, for example, says "his numbers are deceiving; his presence can be seen and felt by the defense in a special way. They know that he can run, and that's a great weapon." Offensive lineman Greg Brown calls Cuccia "the greatest field leader I've ever played with," and tight end Bill McGlone says, "He's the best athlete I've known." But the doubts and the questions remain for all who see the numbers: Has Ron Cuccia been a success this year as Harvard's quarterback...
...forward again, this time slowly, Cuccia moves in behind the center and starts the count. Suddenly he pulls up and ambles off to the right, without the ball. What the.... The pencil snaps, and The Man pauses, as the absurdity continues. The ball is snapped back to the halfback, number four. Number four...he's rolling right...number four...and he's throwing a pass. Downfield a receiver is open, but the ball sails over his head...
There was a time in Paul Scheper's football career when he got the ball a lot. At Granada Hills High School outside Los Angeles, he set a school mark with 53 pass receptions in his senior year, and was All-San Fernando Valley as a halfback. That put him in some pretty hefty company. John Elway, a starter and potential Heisman Trophy winner at Stanford, was the quarterback at Granada Hills when Scheper was there. Tom Ramsey and Dave Laufenberg, quarterbacks at rival high schools, now practice their specialties at UCLA and Indiana, respectively. When Scheper returns to California...
...Harvard's self-proclaimed number one fan, Gigi has been to every game this season except for William and Mary and she had to work that day or she would have gone. At the games, Gigi almost always sits with halfback Scott McCabe's mother, with whom she has become very good friends. In fact, the whole McCabe family has sort of adopted the newlyweds, having the Schepers to their Westborough home for dinner and weekend stays. "We call them our Massachusetts surrogate family," Gigi says...
...quarterback Terry Wilson to tightend Art "A-OK" O'Keefe combination has maintained an impressive aerial threat throughout the season. The running of explosive halfback Bob Maddox devastated South House in its semi-final match. Offensively, Q-World has little or no-trouble moving the ball all over the gridiron...