Word: puopolo
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Dates: during 1976-1976
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...Bernieri 75 Bob Skronski RT 77 Steve Kaseta 90 Sheldon Smith RE 91 Bob Baggott 91 Bill Crowley LLB 30 Joe Jason 52 Jeff Waller RLB 55 Tommy Joyce 24 Scott Rooth MB 23 Bill Emper 28 Chris Judge CB 18 Lou Rice 11 Kurt Nondorf HB 41 Andy Puopolo 35 Steve Skrovan S 17 Paul Halas
This time around, however, Puopolo got the starting nod. "I won the job in camp," he said the other day. "It came down to the last five minutes before the opening game until I knew. If I hadn't started, I would have been a little disappointed, but I'm not sure at whom, myself or the coaches...
...what if Puopolo had not gotten a break? He was obviously aware, especially since he was returning from an injury, that he might not start, so what motivated him to give it another shot, what carried him through two years of bench duty...
...didn't believe that I could play someday, I wouldn't have gone through with it. But I wanted to play football for Harvard, for the sake of the game, and I didn't want to lose contact with the guys. I enjoy kibbutzing." For Puopolo, it wasn't a question of "If I don't start I'll quit," but more of a search for that elusive rainbow...
...Andy Puopolo says his biggest thrill was the victory over Yale a year ago, a game in which he did not even play, so when you watch him perform in a starting capacity tomorrow afternoon, you just know that you'll be watching someone who has reached his goal...