Word: kubacki
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Freshman year, Kubacki couldn't play because of shoulder problems. Sophomore year, he played in two JV games until, as fate would have it, another injury put him out for the season...
Funny, maybe, for quarterback Kubacki who just two days before did not know for sure whether be would be playing first string or fifth. Funny to be out there in the open, running, for Kubacki who had spent most of his collegiate career watching from the sidelines with one injury or another...
...Going into the game, it was an uphill battle," explained Kubacki. "Restic's system is very complicated and I'd already missed a lot. I'd had two good scrimmages and one pretty bad one. I was nervous about the game, sure, but not overly. I was just anxious to get my chance...
Harvard moved on those first two plays and Kubacki's confidence, quickly confirmed, edged out any remaining nervousness. But then, like a recurrent nightmare, in the third play of the game, southpaw Kubacki injured a finger on his throwing hand and was taken...
...doctors x-rayed his finger for breaks during the first quarter, only one thing was on Kubacki's mind: "Oh no, here we go again." But his finger was only dislocated and, after it was taped to another, Kubacki got his chance. The rest--21 carries for 154 yards, one touchdown and one touchdown pass, and the final score, 18-7--is history...