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...varsity starter, three years as an offensive tackle, three years as the Crimson's felicitous combination of the irresistable force and the immovable object, three years as student of Harvard coach Joe Restic's sophisticated Multiflex offense, and three years laboring in the obscurity that shrouds anonymous linemen, Mike Durgin believes...
Durgin has keyed an offensive line that has shunted aside defensive linemen with methodical regularity, despite the handicap of playing under five quarterbacks at one ime or another. Restic has also entrusted his line to protect those signal-callers, the precious cogs in his treasured Multiflex...
...Sure, offensive linemen don't have individual statistics. But look at the yards gained rushing, week in and week out. When we were floundering at quarterback, it got tougher and tougher to run. And we just kept zeroing in a picking up more yards," Restic says in praise of his offensive line...
Until someone makes a film highlighting offensive linemen reminiscent of the footgage showing Green Bay Packer quarterback Bart Starr plunging over Jerry Kramer in the 1967 NFL championship, the men in the trenches will probably lack the widespread recognition they earn. But the Crimson tight ends, who have carried a more visible load this fall, have gained the admiration of Harvard partisans...
...stop." Slithering through opposing offensive lines with subtle elan, the seven tackles or so a game he has racked up belie his value. Coaches recognize his skill, and often key on him. Durst usually makes himself visible anyway, and the extra attention he receives often frees other defensive linemen...