Word: motions
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Forty-three seconds later, Harvard was in punt formation again, as three quarter-back-in-motion formation plays failed to gain a yard. Villanueva's effort pushed the ball inside the Yale 35, but even without Diana (who had retired to the sidelines earlier to the tune of a semi-standing ovation from the Yale side and silence from the other), the Elis continued to grind down the clock with the rush. Face with a fourth and four, Diana returned but couldn't gain the yardage, and Harvard took over just inside midfield with six minutes left...
Harvard then started throwing off the quarterback-in-motion, and Allard hit Dirk Killen for a first down to move the ball to the Crimson 31. He passed to Cuccia on the left sideline, but the pass was caught out of bounds. Then, Allard missed a connection with Paul Scheper along the opposite sideline when the senior fell down and watched the pass sail over his head. Allard then underthrew Cuccia on the left side, and Villanueva punted the ball away but could offer only a 17-yard effort...
With a note of desperation in the are, Callinan struggled for four yards, but Allard threw low to Cuccia. On a third and four, Cuccia faked the quarterback-in-motion, took the snap from center and tried to sneak for the first down. His attempt failed, and Villanueva punted again, this time a bounder that settled on the Yale...
...against Princeton, came when Tiger QB Bob Holly completed 36 of 55 passes for 501 vards, an Ivy record. Cuccia will have to go to the air out of the option play early, to test a suspect Eli secondary, and on those occasions when the first stringer goes in motion. Allard is going to have to throw with authority. He did so last week against Penn, completing eight-of-ten, helping Harvard to its 45-7 romp. Harvard may be forced to throw, since the Elis are great at defending...
...watch Ron Cuccia and the Multiflex try to solve the Eli defense, the league's stingiest. He will mix his plays, offering Yale a dive by Callinan here, a flip to Acheson there, the quarterback-in-motion play (with a few new twists. perhaps). and maybe even a halfback option, too. And whether he succeeds or fails, it will be interesting...