Word: punter
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...have to worry about a punter for ten years." Indeed not, because Guy can boom the opposition into the hole each time the ball is snapped to him. Guy not only kicks long (his career record for Oakland: 72 yds.), but he can also put the ball down uncannily close to the other team's goal line. He has more "touch" in his leg than most golfers find in a bag full of golf clubs; he can roll a punt like a chip shot or drop it dead like a wedge. His value against Minnesota? Probably as much...
...mystique, borrowed from TV game shows. In the Michigan lottery, finalists participate in an elaborate game show on prime-time TV that outdraws every other program on the air. People who make gambling their business are passionately anonymous. "It's sort of like sex," says a no-nonsense Manhattan punter. "If you score, it should be up to you whether you want to tell anyone about...
...Bruins offensive attack stalls, sophomore punter Tom Thurow, who is averaging 37 yards per punt, will come in to boot the ball...
...lengthy offensive drives to speak of for the entire afternoon, Harvard nevertheless managed another score at 14:11 of the second, when Kubacki bucked through the line to cap a 39-yd. series, giving the Crimson a 14-0 lead. The drive, short as it was, originated when Green punter Steve Terrell collected only 11 yards for his mid-field kicking effort...
...with ten minutes or so remaining in the game, the Cornell punter, unheroically entitled Dave Johnson, stood gasping for air inside his 15-yard line. Had the snap from center taken too long, Johnson might have sunk into the stadium and never resurfaced, but the football arrived on time, albeit a trifle high...