Word: quarterback
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...Michael is a gentle stillness - he's like a Buddha statue transplanted to Tennessee - and she has just the energy to push this soft boulder up the hill of achievement. Checking his school records, she sees he got a 98 in "protective instincts." Why not have him protect the quarterback on the school's lackluster football team? If he turns out to be good at it, maybe he'll go to Ole Miss. She invites him to move into Casa Tuohy, assigns her mouthy son S.J. (Jae Head) to monitor Michael's exercise regimen, hires a tutor (Kathy Bates...
...game, thousands of fans formed a receiving line and screamed as the players strolled through the gauntlet of cheers. "Goddam gifts to God!" shouted one supporter in unholy praise. "Probably be the best damn moment of their lives." The team's captain and quarterback, Jimmy Clausen, 22, of Thousand Oaks, Calif., had been the nation's top high school football player when he turned down all other offers to play at Notre Dame. Arriving on campus in a Hummer - a flashier entrance than the team was used to - he bragged that his goal was to win four national titles with...
...valiant comeback by Notre Dame on that chilly day in October, the Irish lost to USC, 34-27. The team subsequently lost four of its last six games, including to non-football powers Navy and Connecticut. Clausen was sucker-punched by an irate fan last week, and the star quarterback and his best receiver, Golden Tate, are expected to bolt for the NFL, forgoing their senior year...
...culmination of a year of learning and growth for the quarterback, who was asked to lead the team after riding the bench behind Chris Pizzotti ’08-’09. One of the most important lessons learned during the season that helped the Crimson be victorious late in the game was Winters’ ability to manage the clock...
...which Winters and the offense were able to respond in the second half demonstrated some of the experience quarterback has picked-up over the season as team leader. His optimism, with support from great play calling, made all the difference in the second half of the game...