Word: holovak
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Patroit coach Mike Holovak has decided to alternate his regular quarterback Mike Taliaferro with rookie signal-giver Tom Sherman. Taliaferro's five intercepted passes and two fumbles in last Sunday's disastrous 48-14 loss to the New York Jets made many observers think that Holovak would start Sherman this Sunday...
Former Harvard standout Bobby Leo will be activated by the Boston Patriots for Saturday's final American Football League home game of the season against Buffalo, Coach Mike Holovak said Wednesday...
...there is a chance. The Patriots last week cut former Notre Dame quarterback John Huarte, leaving the squad one man short of the 40-man limit. Coach Mike Holovak said yesterday that Leo "will definitely not suit up for this game" (Sunday against Houston), but he did not rule out next week. Meanwhile, he said, the Pats will play with one man less than the limit. Pro teams don't operate that way for too long...
Boston coach Mike Holovak will try Leo, a 170 pound halfback for the Crimson, at flanker. The Everett speedster won all-Ivy and all-East honors last fall...
...making the team are actually pretty good. He should be able to learn the pass-catching art--his natural football ability is genuinely All-American. His size and proneness to injury are against him, but there are already a number of small fragile flankers in the pros. Further, Mike Holovak is second only to B.C. hockey coach Snooks Kelley in his reliance on local products (it was the Patriots who also drafted Davis). If Leo can do anything for the team--and Boston has a notoriously weak receiving corps--the bonus of attracting Harvard followers to Patriot games will...