Word: restic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Harvard's first two games this season, Joe Restic's squad has treated Crimson followers to exhibitions of the best and the worst of Harvard football. On one hand--in last week's game with "Boston University--the Harvard offense found itself, staging a scoring circus rivaling anything ever seen in these parts. Harvard scored the first five times that it had the ball last week and made a reality out of the Restic propaganda that has flooded Cambridge for the last two years...
Both performances stand up to shout "This is Harvard Football!" But which tells the real story? Both are significant. They sum up the strong and weak points of Joe Restic's second campaign. But is either showing indicative of things to come...
...Restic wants a publicity film for "Ivy Football--Canada Style," all he has to do is take the film of the first quarter against BU. It was Restic's style played to perfection. And it was beautiful. The Crimson attack, choreographed by Eric Crone, was smoother than a preppy's pick-up lines. The pieces dropped precisely into place. Everything Restic talks about when Restic talks offense was there is that quarter. There were backs in motion, ends in motion, multiple sets, multiple shifts, roll-out passing, drop-back passing, imagination, and above all, scoring. Especially scoring...
...Restic's offense displayed a dexterity for scoring unheard of in Cambridge, and variety not seen since Ed Sullivan went off the air. Restic's offense arrived last Saturday and showed--at least for 15 blissful minutes--that it is the most varied and explosive in the Ivy League...
Berger was not the only casualty in Saturday's contest. Backup tight end Howard Keenan will be lost for the season with a separated shoulder Keenan underwent surgery over the weekend Restic said that Pete Curtin has been seeing more action since the loss of Keenan...