Word: quarterbacked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...huddle system was made necessary by the development of big, rackety stadiums, which drowned out the quarterback's voice. Time was when a team snapping out of the huddle could expect to find the defense dug in, pretty much as they last faced it. But lately the defense has been huddling too, then deploying into unpredictable formations...
...same since the general adoption of the huddle system 15 years or so ago. Not only has the game been slowed down from a pre-huddle average of about 150 plays to as few as 90, but nothing has ever replaced the exhilarating chatter of a bossy, spark-plug quarterback, barking "Sig-nuls!'' in the crisp autumn...