Word: punt
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...touch downs and passed 24 yds. to Halfback Nick Eddy for a third. Safety Man Nick Rassas intercepted three Cal passes. The first string spent most of the fourth quarter relaxing on the bench, as Notre Dame, sticking to the ground and only once bothering to punt, outgained California...
...most part, tube watchers are uneasy and evasive when asked why they stay hooked. "I just wanted to punt," some will admit. More often it's "Why shouldn't I? Besides, it hurts my eyes to read Kant." And among addicts there is a lot of self-hate. When the final "thought for today" has been fired off, the Star Spangled Banner has yet waved, and only fuzz fills the screen, there is little jubilation. It is usually more like it was at Harvard the other night. "Well, another day shot to shingles...
...practice, we work on individual positions first, then spend 20 minutes on the kicking game. We threw in a little surprise for Yale--a quick kick. Bobby Leo, who punted for his freshman team, was supposed to do the kicking. But there wasn't enough time to get it straightened out. The quarterback was supposed to flip to Leo, who would get off a quick punt. But one time the snap misfired, once the lateral misfired, and another time the kick was blocked. Feula finally threw the play...
There was an hour and 10 minutes of team work, offense and defense. Finally we worked on specialties--punting and punt returns, passing and pass catching. The line normally works one-on-one at this point, but today Lentz let us go early. He wanted our timing to stay sharp. "It was a good practice," said Frank Ulcickas as we ran off. There had been lots of audible and visible spirit; everyone was hustling and chattering. The coaches were still tense, but quite hap- py. "Keep it up the rest of the week," said Yovicsin...
...Crimson got one first down, but Leo was stopped short of another. Mechling's punt was rolling dead on the 30 when a Yale man was detected clipping, and the ball went back inside the Yale...