Word: multiflex
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...slices the air with his hands as he talks, shaping some invisible sculpture of an idea, one that he sees with absolute clarity. His head does not move, nor his eyes. Joe Restic is talking about his Multiflex offense, a subject he attacks with the fervor of a zealot...
What he has found is an offensive system that has alternately exhilirated, frustrated but most often confused nearly a generation of Harvard football fans. Fans mock the Multiflex when Harvard loses, hail Restic as the great innovator when Harvard wins. Whatever the outcome, however, everyone has an opinion about the Multiflex--even though no one seems to know what it is, or even what the word means...
...explaining his offensive philosophy to announcer Lee Grosscup. "He asked me to describe what we're doing," Restic recalls now, "and I said we're talking about being flexible and we're multiple. He said, 'It's multiple and it's flexible,' so I said, 'Yeah, it's multiflex,' and he said it was a good name...
...Buckley at the end of the game he won't necessarily start against Cornell Saturday. Restic is sure to give Cuccia a long look... Penalties plagued the Crimson again. The refs nailed Harvard for 96 yards worth, including several questionable calls that might have indicated an unfamiliarity with the multiflex rather than a vigilence for the rules. The situation neared absurdity at the end of the first half, when penalties put the Crimson in a third-and-46 situation. And Army declined a penalty that would have made it third...
...passes, runs and options. The Crusaders bottled up the Californian pretty well last week but that is unlikely to happen again. With fullback Jim Callinan coming off his best game ever and halfback Tom Beatrice playing the best ball of his career, Restic will have many options to Multiflex at the Cadets. Look for a lot of points...