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...another fragment of history means much more to Kubacki, the story of his brother Ray who graduated Harvard in 1968. Ray's situation, when he too was a junior, was very much like Jim's: he had competed with six other quarterbacks, learning just days before the first game that he was slated to start. But two days before that game, Ray ruptured a disc, and was never to play football again...
...Kubacki will admit, when pressed, that he was happy with his first varsity game. Yes, right now he is the top collegiate offensive player in the country. "But," he is quick to add, "that is a per game average, per game...
...considered a "star" at Harvard. "You get that in high school," he explains. "Here nobody really cares. And if they say anything, it's sort of embarrassing. What should I say? "Yeah, I'm great?' Well, I guess it's a lot better than being a bum." That's Kubacki logic...
Raised in Cleveland, Kubacki has a midwestern openness which is not really simple or naive, although most Easterners would see it as such. For instance, he places Harvard on a much higher plane than high school or big football colleges--a place to learn from other people, somewhere where stardom and self-centeredness have no place and no meaning...
Kubaki says that he hates to talk about himself, and he really does hate to. How about high school? Star quarterback? A shy shrug. Football captain? He changes the subject. Student council president? Kubacki blushes and slides down in his Harvard chair: "No, treasurer...