Word: pitchouts
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Fullback Tom Ossman injured his knee in practice last Wednesday and didn't do any running Thursday or Friday. On the train to Yale. Josh Williams, Bob Margarita, and Jordan got together to figure out a play to replace the effectiveness of the fullback fake pitchout. They came up with the wingback reverse wih a fake to the tailback in motion--the play on which John Ederer went 84 yards to score...
...Crimson attack moved with reassuring authority at all times. Five substained scoring drives proved that this was a team victory, even though hard-driving Tommy Ossman carried the ball over each time. Ossman's superb faking on the optional pitchout play--combined with excellent trap blocking--opened the with excellent trap blocking--opened the defenses every time. And to prove that he wasn't limited to up-the-middle plays, the 192-pound fullback took off on a 20-yard pitchout sweep around right end to score the last touchdown...
...compounded his fake by pretending to pitch out, then passing over the line for 12 more. Ossman utilized a straight buck at 11:07 to score the touchdown which broke Bruno's back. The Bruins were able to score early in the fourth quarter, mostly using a clever optional pitchout. Leone would circle end, waiting to see if the defensive end moved up to meet him. If so, he would flip to the trailing halfback. If the end hung back, Leone would keep the ball and run. This continued until Leone sneaked over from the two-yard line, but Brown...
...sophomore signal-caller took advantage of Army's charging line to pull a screen pass play--quarterback to fullback behind a cloud of blockers that was, on at least one occasion, close to perfection. His favorite inside device was a handoff to left half Tom Collins or a pitchout to fullback John Foster, while either of these hard-running backs followed his left guard over right tackle. And the speed of Miller's throws made spot passes to ends Dave Thielscher and John McDonald frequent and effective at loosening the Knight defense...
...weakness of the passing game hurt the Crimson. Fullbacks John Culver and Tom Ossman did most of the running, and ran well; Ossman was particularly effective on a fake pitchout play with which he gained good yardage during the second half. But the total passing gain was a paltry 21 yards...