Word: pitt
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...East selection was quite an honor; Humenuk was picked over players like Navy's Roger Staubach, who passed the Middies to a 24-12 victory over highly rated Pitt, and the ubiquitous Archie Roberts, who accounted for over 200 yards while Columbia walloped Lehigh...
...Unbeaten (4-0) but unranked Auburn: a 29-21 upset of No. 8-ranked Georgia Tech, as Quarterback Jimmy Sidle passed for one TD and ran for another. No. 3-ranked Pittsburgh just got past West Virginia 13-10. Pitt's next opponent: Navy, which edged V.M.I. 21-12, as Quarterback Roger Staubach completed nine of 13 passes for 148 yds. and scored one TD. Other scores...
...glamour boys. Nobody wants to be a Rosie Grier or a Big Daddy Lipscomb." Conditioned by the heart-stopping excitement of the pro game, fans implored college coaches to pass, pass, pass. At least one university head joined the chorus. Chancellor Edward Litchfield of the University of Pittsburgh ordered Pitt Coach John Michelosen to open up. "Three things I find intolerable," Litchfield said. "Winning all the time, losing all the time, and being dull. I would rather lose 28-27 than win 7-6." Two weeks ago, when tricky Pitt pulled a fake kick, passed for two extra points...
Everything to Perfection. In the Year of the Quarterback, Navy's Staubach is easily the most electrifying player in a college uniform. "Just say he's terrific," says Pitt's Michelosen, whose Panthers play the Middies next week. But for nearly half of last year, he was a bench warmer, a green sophomore just up from the plebes, watching and learning from his elders. At last, Navy Coach Wayne Hardin waved him into a grinding, scoreless duel against Cornell. In 23 minutes of play, Staubach turned it into a rout, passing for one touchdown, running...
...England of Crossroads of Power--the England of Burke, Pitt, and George III--"there were no party organizations ... and there was no proper discipline." The alignment of votes shifted with each new issue; "followers of the government, and even members of it, would on particular occasions speak and vote against it, and a government which normally could count on a very considerable majority would at times find itself in danger of defeat." Among those who have attempted to unravel the political tangles of the period, none matches the stature of Sir Lewis Namier. Crossroads of Power, the second volume...