Word: punters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Savage's education ladder that preceded Harvard, obscurity was never a problem for the Mather history major. Like everyone else who plays college ball, Savage was a high school captain. Like everyone else, he was All-City and played more than one position. Defensive end, offensive guard, offensive tackle, punter. That's four. And, like at least a few, Savage chose Harvard over some of the big-name football factories...
...series typified the problems that faced Harvard the whole day. Late in the third quarter, trailing 14-0, the Crimson had its final chance to get back in the game when the Minuteman punter was smothered on his own nine yardline...
...defending champion football team that rolled over its first three opponents and looked on its way to a third straight Ivy League crown gets beaten virtually under water in the fourth game of the season when a Cornell punter runs for a 78-yard touchdown...
...patients include lawyers, housewives, fat people, smokers, jocks and wonks. "I had a guy come to me last fall who was a football player for Worcester Tech. Now here was an interesting case," Sampson says as he eases into a story. Apparently, this guy was a superb practice punter, but when it came to games he always shanked his kick. He choked under the pressure of charging linemen anxious to tear his head off. In his sessions with the football player, Sampson would run through each detail of a typical snap and kick, recreating the trauma that the punter would...
...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...