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...anyone in college football. He became known as Heismanning last season when he passed for nine touchdowns and ran for 14 more to pile up a remarkable 2,264 yds. in total offense. So far this season, he has tossed eleven touchdown passes in six games. A roll-out passer who likes to look in one direction and throw in another, the 6-ft, 3½-in., 205-lb. Manning has the size to uncork the long bomb -or fake it and go powering down the sidelines. A freckle-faced country boy, he looks a bit like Huck Finn...
...brainy team leader in the mold of the Los Angeles Rams' Roman Gabriel, Plunkett is the kind of drop-back passer that professional scouts dream about. The pro recruiters will have to hold off until after New Year's Day, however, for Plunkett and Stanford have all but clinched a bid to the Rose Bowl, an honor that has prompted Jim's teammates to call him H.T.C.-short for "Heisman Trophy Candidate...
...Unfortunately for the Bruins, there is no decent passer to balance the rushing game. The Brown quarterbacks have completed less than a third of their passes for an average of 65 yards per game...
Penn's flashy quarterback Pancho Micir, entering the game as the leading Ivy League passer, threw for 188 yards, but rarely came through when the pressure was on. Harvard's aggressive secondary stifled the Quaker air attack as it came up with five interceptions, and safety Brad Fenton knocked down two sure touchdown passes in the fourth quarter to complete a standout performance...
With the Indians' tight pass coverage, Foster will be Lucky to escape without any interceptions. Foster has not been an extremely accurate passer this year. If he is inaccurate today, he will...