Word: man-to-man
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With 6-3 John Tolmie bombing over the Crimson zone, and captain Hughie Kilmartin leading a running fast break through the Harvard man-to-man press, Navy built a commanding margin in the first thirty minutes of play...
...defense is pretty good up here,' Leo admitted last night. "I'm not used to this man-to-man coverage. It boils down to fakes and moves...
This zone can't stop a short, accurate passer as only tight man-to-man coverage might, but it avoids the danger of an outstanding receiver's faking and breaking free for a touchdown. And while Harvard will give up more yardage through the air than on the ground, the enemy faces greater risks along this route: interception, incompletion, or loss...
...second key ingredient is surprise. Harvard mixes up its zone pass defense with man-to-man coverage, and Chiofaro has six or seven alignment variations he can still call in the defensive huddle before each play. Catching the offense off-guard is just as much a goal for the defense as catching the defense unprepared is for the attack...
Prose commands their minds, but poetry envelops their senses. They are aware of hard, sharp words that can clobber the emotions, that communicate one-to-one, man-to-man. Says Lowell: "The strength of the novel is that it tells a story and has real people. But so many novels have been written that when you pick one up you feel you've read it before. The problem with poetry is that it doesn't necessarily have the connection with life and can be rather obscure. But poetry has the wonderful short thrust. By the time...