Word: quarterbacked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...quarterback of our offense," Browne said. "He realizes that it he steps it up next year he can be an All-American...
Some profitable quarters are exactly what Harvard (4-6, 2-5 Ivy) needed in The 111th Game but couldn't find. Ravaged by injuries, the Crimson fell victim to three second-half Eli touchdowns en route to a 32-13 thrashing. With starting quarterback Vin Ferrara hobbled by a knee injury, Harvard's offense could only generate a meager 22 yards passing and relied exclusively on the talents of sophomore Eion Hu and junior Kweli Thompson...
...offense runs through Mike," junior middie Chris Wojcik says. "He is our quarterback out there...
...months later, no N.F.L. team seemed to want him. The 49ers and Bill Walsh became interested only after they worked him out at UCLA two days before the draft. As Sam Wyche, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach who was then the quarterbacks coach for the 49ers, recalls, "What really impressed us was that he could immediately put into practice any coaching suggestion. He would literally eat the words right out of your mouth. Call it what you will--intelligence, intangibles, charisma--that's what we saw in Joe." But even at that, Montana still had to wait behind starting...
...rather fitting that Montana is retiring just as the N.F.L. is gearing up for the draft that begins on Saturday, April 22. This is a particularly good year for quarterbacks, what with Kerry Collins of Penn State, Steve ("Air") McNair of Alcorn State, Rob Johnson of usc and John Walsh of Brigham Young all projected to go in the first round. Maybe one of them is the next Joe Montana. Bill Walsh, who held a special camp for the quarterback prospects two weeks ago, thinks John Walsh "throws much like Joe Montana." According to Wyche, "McNair is a lot like...