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Word: lineman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...still just learning the ropes. St. John had a very good grip on the system of infinite-shift confusion, but Buchanan can be expected to stay with a relatively simple option offense more than anything else. The problem, as Restic has said since early September, is that the Crimson lineman do not have the size to "blow out" the opposition. With the Flex, where everyone is shifting, the Crimson can take advantage of motion to offset much of the size disadvantage. But from the power-I or other such conventional formations, Harvard will be moving straight ahead and may find...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Dog Day Afternoon: Hardly a Laughing Matter for Crimson | 10/6/1979 | See Source »

Bigger people than Scheper is about as selective a group as the Omaha telephone directory. At 5-ft. 10-in., he has probably not met a defensive lineman his size or smaller since high school. With a vocabulary peppered with phrases like "test of will" and "if we're inspired enough," it's clear his height--or lack of it--has never really bothered...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Dave Scheper: The Center of Attraction | 10/4/1979 | See Source »

...UMass was not very impressive. Rushing for just 79 yards on 49 carries (Harvard was 45-127), the Minutemen had to live with almost no ground game. The Harvard defense proved that its performance against Columbia was no fluke as it closed the holes opened by the behemoth UMass lineman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UMass Penalizes Crimson, 20-7 | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...eating a quiet dinner the other night, counting the peas and carrots in my turkey pot pie, when I noticed that a very burly, almost-rabid lineman was inserting a custard-filled eclair into my right...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eclair in Your Ear | 9/29/1979 | See Source »

...star is well supported by Mac Davis, as a smooth ole star quarterback who's learned to get ahead by going along, and by G.D. Spradlin as the head coach, Charles Durning as the assistant coach-enforcer, Steve Forrest as the owner and Bo Svenson as an animalistic lineman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Strong Medicine | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

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