Word: multiflexed
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...incidental, some elaborate dance removed from the heart of the Soldier's Field party. Most people seem content to scan the stands, turning their attention to the field only in response to the occasional collective "ahhhhs" of the minority of true fans. The crowd's reaction to a successful Multiflex play begins faintly and only achieves its maximum volume long after the play has been completed, when the attention of the party has finally been captured and several thousand students turn their bleary eyes to the field, surveying blankly the remnants of a long gain, patiently bearing another interruption...
...without taking anything away from Callinan--who may be the finest running back in Crimson history--a ball carrier needs a good line to be effective. Harvard has a good line, anchored by the man Restic calls the ideal Multiflex guard...
...lineman is asked to do a lot in the Multiflex," Cash says. "There are three facets of the job: drive blocking, pass blocking and pulling. The thing I'm best at personally is the pulling...
Restic went with Allard almost the entire second half, and the junior came up with a creditable performance--four-for-eight for 50 yards and a touchdown, plus 27 yards rushing. After the game, the coach made clear that Cuccia is still the number-one quarterback, but the Multiflex man no doubt relishes the thought of confusing a few more defenses with the dual-q.b. alignment. If so, he will have to make the arrangement run a lot more smoothly than it did Satuday: still, with the kinks ironed out, it could be a potent weapon...
...comeback would have been impossible. Only against this bunch, which allowed an incredible average of 443 yards a game entering the contest, could Harvard have moved the ball all day the way it did. The Crimson's trick plays were the only failures, especially the newest weapon in the Multiflex arsenal, a quarterback-in-motion gag using both Cuccia and Don Allard that resulted in three penalties, one incomplete pass and one completion...