Word: preseasonitis
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...umbrella" defense has not given up a single touchdown in three games. But cautious Coach Duffy Daugherty is not yet counting on a trip to the Rose Bowl, picks Iowa and Ohio State as top contenders. He may be right; undefeated Iowa was ranked No. 1 in almost every preseason poll, could well give Coach Jerry Burns a big winner in his freshman year. A decisive 27-8 victory over Indiana last week strengthened Iowa's chances. In Quarterback Wilburn Hollis, Halfbacks Larry Ferguson and Sammie Harris and Fullback Joe Williams. Burns has the finest backfield...
Behind O'Hiri is a team which continues to approach the level of the preseason speculation about it. The number of near-miss shots at Tufts by inside Seamus Malin and halfbacks Davies and Billy Ward indicates that more than one man on the team can score. The steady stream of passes from the halfbacks and Captain Ted Wendell indicates that they will...
Wide World of Sports (ABC, 4-7 p.m.). Dallas Texans v. San Diego Chargers in a preseason American Football League game, during which the coaches, defensive captains and offensive quarterbacks will be bugged with transistor microphones so that viewers can hear all the strategic grunts...
...Indians from Hanover are reportedly the best physically in years, but do not get the nod because they will rely too much on sophomores. (Although they led the Dartmouth freshman team to an undefeated season last year, they are young.) Columbia falls into a preseason fourth place; it's time for the veterans making up the squad--starters the past two years--to spur the dark horse from New York...
...Crimson's third line-Dean Alpine, Ted Ingalls, and Tom Hointsman-will be the same for the Cornell contest as it has been for two years, the only change in the defense is the recent return of Bob McCoy, who was hit in the face with a puck during preseason practice...