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...more in 31 consecutive regular-season games and carried the ball for nearly three miles in his Ohio State career. Last week he became the only player ever to win the Heisman Trophy twice. Despite those credentials, Griffin may not be first to go. According to pro scouts, the man most likely to succeed in an N.F.L. backfield is Chuck Muncie, a harddriving, shifty tailback from the University of California at Berkeley (see box). Rated not far behind Muncie and Griffin is Oklahoma's quicksilver running back Joe Washington. "There's no question about it," says one scout...
...pass-catching skills. Like Chuck Foreman, the Minnesota Vikings' multitalented running back, Muncie is called "a devastating runner with the moves of a halfback." Griffin, though he may not be the top draft choice, is hardly a forgotten man. "He's superquick and super-competitive," notes a scout. Griffin is also durable. He has never missed a college game because of injury, though he carries the ball an average of 20 times per game. For a team in the market for a scatback like Terry Metcalf of the St. Louis Cardinals, the answer is Joe Washington, University...
...Brock is considered the best offensive lineman in the draft. He scatters opposing linemen with his blocks and hits his punter on the numbers with every long snap. "If an expansion team wants a thinking big man to start building an offense around," claims one scout, "Brock is the pick...
...Philippines is being challenged by Imelda. Recently Mrs. Marcos has made state visits to China and Cuba in lieu of her husband. The press these days gives almost as much attention to her charitable and cultural activities-among other things, she is the nation's chief Girl Scout and head of the Nutrition Foundation of the Philippines-as they do to President Marcos' law-and-order policies. She is responsible for a $12.5 million cultural center in Manila and for a five-mile-long, green and white balustrade running the length of Manila harbor that has been ironically...
...Tahitian product that would blow the bow off the Bounty. For added flavoring, rival chili heads stirred in dried armadilla blood, tequila, beer and, it was reported, marijuana. Singer Kathryn Grayson's "All-American chili" incorporated meatballs, Italian-style. The ingredients used by Girl Scout Troop 256 from Odessa, Texas, were "tender love and affection and a pinch of paprika...