Word: rollout
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...runners fail to duplicate their performance against Columbia and Northeastern, then Restic will finally have to go with a new quarterback. Frank Guerra will get the nod if the situation calls for a drop-back passer, and Jim Stoekel will go in if Restic wants a rollout quarterback...
Columbia had scored its first touchdown on a gift from Foster. Tom Luciani, Columbia's excellent linebacker, was the recipient of an off-target Foster pass, and he rumbled down to the Harvard four. Jackson converted the break into a score on a rollout pass and Columbia had seven points on the board without having penetrated midfield offensively...
Harvard escaped the fix when Szaro punted the Crimson 45 after Crone came up inches short on a third-and-six rollout. A personal foul gave Yale a first down at the 26. But the defense smothered Martin on an attempted sweep...
...National and American League football teams will sit down to draft this year's college seniors into the ranks of the pros. At that point, the most important man on every coach's staff will be his chief scout. How really valuable is that scrambling, rollout quarterback who has been dazzling college fans all fall and has the press clippings to prove it? Can that light little scatback or that skinny, glue-fingered end stand up against the agile brutes of the big leagues? Who are the sleepers, the unsung stars from little-known schools who will grab...
...three-year record includes 375 completions for 5,432 yds. and 37 touchdowns; he threw only 34 interceptions. The pros like his ability to drop quickly into the pocket and stay there; they rarely go for scramblers, although, says one observer, "he runs well enough to be an effective rollout passer, too." They also like Phipps' size and strength. "He can take a helluva beating," says one scout, "and still come back for more." For all Phipps' talent, though, several scouts say that TERRY BRADSHAW, 6 ft. 2 in., 210 lbs., Louisiana Tech, may be even better-possibly...