Word: optioning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...exciting quarterback, an option quarterback," Restic said. "When he went out, we didn't worry about the option...
...best was yet to come. With Harvard facing a third and goal from the six in the second quarter--an obvious passing situation--the Crimson crossed up Penn with an option run. Yohe ran down the line, and seeing his option back covered, decided to carry it himself. He was met by a group of defenders at the two, but managed to leap and stretch into the endzone with an extraordinary effort...
Although Schwartzwalder does tend to mention unbalanced lines, eight-man blocking fronts and halfback option passes, most of his stories are about ball carriers, a sequence of unbelievable runners, all of them wearing No. 44. "Jim Brown, Ernie Davis, Floyd Little," he says with a snap in his voice, though his own number now is 78. "They never knew what they did. They just did it. Perfect instincts. Larry Csonka's instinct was to drop his shoulder and run over you. That worked too." Because Csonka started as a lineman, he never wore 44. Joe Morris was offered the number...
...first message is the massive number ((an estimated 50,000)) of people who came to hear my speech. President Reagan should take this into account. Any military option would be met with the armed resistance of the entire people. The other message is that Nicaragua is willing to live up to the peace accord...
After the game, Duffner expounded gleefully on the play. But a reporter from the Boston Herald was dubious. He wanted to know if having Lockbaum throw a option pass in the game's waning moments would give credence to the views of Duffner's critics. It certainly looked like Duffner was trying to run up the score...