Word: pattern
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...strategy was not to let him get into his pattern." Delgadillo said. "In the beginning that's why we were getting a lot of sacks (six on the day), because we were jamming him on the line or a few steps...
...That one was a split flow with Grieve running a Z-out." Coppinger said. "He ran a good pattern and had me by a couple of steps. There's not much you can say. I should have been there...
Delgadillo saw things about the same way. "I was responsible for jamming him on the line, and Peter was supposed to cover him deep... Grieve's pattern forced Peter into the middle of the field and then he broke for the corner. It was just a good throw and a good play to call at the time...
...that play just took a crisply run pattern and a well-thrown pass, Grieve's second reception of the day--a leaping, 37-yd, gainer to the one--showed the All-Ivy split end at his best...
Just 79 seconds later, Rogan struck again. He hit Grieve ("I'm not that fast, you know, but I can really leap") with a spiral on a post pattern just short of the goal line and the senior split end (by day's end the Yale record holder in single-season reception yardage, and touchdowns as well as career receptions) stepped into the end zone for the score. Tony Jones' PAT made it 14-0, and the Elis never looked back. They didn't have to, because nobody was really gaining on them...