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Quarterback Jim Kubacki displayed typical nonchalance when questioned about the tube's influence on his performance, noting that the deliberate "official" time-outs served as a constant reminder that the game was being beamed. Still, his biggest disappointment came after the affair, when the Fairview Park, Ohio native learned that the telecast was only regional in scope. "I thought my folks and friends were watching the game, he said...
...When Kubacki sends the pigskin airborne, it will more than likely be caught by either split end Jim Curry or tight end Bob McDermott. Curry is the best athelete on the team; he led the team in receiving last year, he can kick off, punt, and occasionally boot a field goal...
...Offensively, we're more than adequate in the skilled positions," Restic said last week, "but we won't be able to capitalize unless we find some new people across the front to block it up. Jim Kubacki won't get the job done by himself," and herein lies the preseason achilles tendon of the 1976 Crimson gridders...
Last year when Kubacki led the offense to its numerous accomplishments, the five offensive linemen who were making it possible were using up their final year of eligibility in the process. But now they're gone, one of them, Captain Dan Jiggetts, to the Chicago Bears...
...rest of the defensive secondary, with one exception, is also new. The exception is Captain Bill Emper, who is the defense's answer to Kubacki. All-Ivy a year ago, Emper is getting national recognition this time around, probably because his leaping profile was captured by an alert photographer in the Dartmouth game and wired across the country. He deserves it; he provides glue-like coverage which he applied to Bob Farnham and Gary Fencik in the Brown and Yale games respectively...