Word: rogan
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Yale quarterbacks were four-for-12 to Grieve Saturday afternoon, for a total of 146 yards, with the famed Rogan-to-Grieve mainline just 2-for-9 and 65 yards. Still, of his four receptions, two were for touchdowns--one each from Rogan and back-up QB Joe Dufek--and all four were very damaging...
Forty seconds into the second quarter--with Yale up, 7-0--Rogan dropped back, and lofted a perfect spiral to Grieve slicing behind Coppinger and into the right corner of the end zone. That one hurt, coming on the play immediately following a Crimson fumble...
...with a little scoring output from Yale's superstars (a John Rogan to Curt Grieve touchdown pass, a Rogan to Rich Diana connection for another score, and a five-yard Diana run to follow up a magnificent catch by Grieve that accounted for a third), a crowd of 75,300 saw the upset-minded Crimson dispatched with ease and Carm Cozza win his third straight crown...
...wasn't until the last minute of the first quarter that Rogan swung a pass to Diana in the right flat ("No, he wasn't the primary receiver"--Cozza), and the leading rusher in Yale history eluded three tacklers, sped by another and sprinted 32 yards down the right sideline for a 7-0 Yale lead...
Just 79 seconds later, Rogan struck again. He hit Grieve ("I'm not that fast, you know, but I can really leap") with a spiral on a post pattern just short of the goal line and the senior split end (by day's end the Yale record holder in single-season reception yardage, and touchdowns as well as career receptions) stepped into the end zone for the score. Tony Jones' PAT made it 14-0, and the Elis never looked back. They didn't have to, because nobody was really gaining on them...