Word: joes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There are many ifs, and Harvard has a long way to go before it will be able to match up well against Brown or Yale. Joe Restic knows that; Burke St. John and Jim Keyte know that. But no one says die, no one says, "Buckley's gone and so are our chances." No one but the supposed professional critics: we who call ourselves sportswriters. The press has buried Harvard in '79. But around Soldiers Field there's a growing voice that's shouting, "Hold on a minute. It's not all over. We haven't even started...
...wings, Joe Restic harbors one intangible, his "13th man." No. 12, Restic says, is the substitute who is sure to come off the bench sometime during the year and give the team a certain spark that leads to victory. But No. 13, Restic says, is spirit, the one asset this Harvard team has in abundance...
...Amen, Joe...
...much for the fantasy minute. Back in the real world, Harvard's chance for such glorious football is remote. When a head coach tells you, "Our greatest strength is our enthusiasm," you know there are problems. And Joe Restic must be suffering from insomnia while trying to keep straight all the troubles his young, inexperienced charges are facing in preparation for the 1979 campaign...
...Harvard's defensive backfield is probably the only area in which the team could enjoy a reasonable amount of depth. Joe Restic shudders a bit as he says, "We can't afford to get anybody hurt. Our drop-off is so great (from the first to second string...