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Pearson may find it slightly more difficult to rack up the yardage against Harvard, however. The Minutemen saw two of their best offensive lineman go down with injuries in last week's 27-14 loss to Holy Cross; right guard Scott LaFond has recovered from a minor ankle injury and intends to play this afternoon, but center Tony Pasquale's sore knee might keep him out of action...
Pellegrini, who now thinks economics might be more appropriate preparation for the NFL, has earned a job as an offensive lineman for the New York Jets. He enters the ranks of a rare species--Harvard grads in the pros--joining offensive lineman Danny Jiggets of the Chicago Bears and punter Pat McInaly of the Cincinnati Bengals...
...next two years helped form what it is now almost a motto with the lineman: politics should stay out of sports. Not only did President Carter end Pellegrini's Olympic dreams because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, but Restic refused to invite his former starter back to training camp for the 1981 season because of a policy that prevents players who take a year off from returning to the football team...
...known is the general opinion that if N.F.L. computers were programmed to construct the ideal quarterback, they would spit out Kenny Anderson. He is strong, quick (4.8 sec. over 40 yds.), with outstanding peripheral vision and, at 6 ft. 3 in., tall enough to throw over the modern hyperthyroid lineman. Unlike other strong-armed quarterbacks, the Jets' Richard Todd, for instance, Anderson throws passes that are mysteriously hard to drop. They float down so softly, and with so little spin, says former Bengal Wide Receiver Chip Myers, "I was able to pick out the laces on the ball." Anderson...
...said as he previewed the new style for his amused troops last year, when the Bengals were a misleading 6-and-10, "and I don't want anyone making fun of it." The laughter stopped. Such is the old style of Gregg, the former Green Bay Packer offensive lineman, called by Vince Lombardi "the finest player I ever coached." Following one legend, it may help to have been acquainted with another...