Word: shotgunned
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Staring down the double barrels of Elmer Fudd's shotgun or outrunning some improbably hirsute monster in sneakers, Bugs simultaneously courted disaster and mocked it. His wiseacre bravado caught the tone of the times. His was the attitude of the perennial winner, so it is not surprising that Bugs found his greatest popularity during and following the second World...
Staubach's talent is throwing from the shotgun-the old football stand-by that Coach Tom Landry has adapted for third-down passing plays. Staubach sets up 5 yds. behind scrimmage, backpedals seven more after the snap and looks to hit any one of five receivers downfield. He says that the tactic allows him "to save a crucial couple tenths of a second"-time enough to read the defense, then choose one from a confusing mixture of possible passes in front of or behind opposing linebackers...
...shotgun is only one aspect of probably the most involved pro offense today. Dallas always changes its formation before the snap of the ball. Says Landry: "Most defenses are geared to recognition. If we can make the other team unsure of the play for a few seconds, we can hit our point of attack." Getting there is never simple. Notes Preston Pearson: "When I was playing for Baltimore and Pittsburgh, the quarterback's call in the huddle was a sentence long. Here it's a paragraph...
...bookmakers are not won over by the new Landry. The Steelers are a seven-point choice for some solid reasons. Behind Pittsburgh's ferocious front four are a trio of crafty linebackers, led by Andy Russell. Against the Dallas shotgun they will be forced to cover more ground, and with five receivers, the double coverage Pittsburgh favors is impossible. But Linebacker Coach Woody Widenhofer sees some compensation in the shotgun. Says he: "You can't run the football, so the front four can tee off on Staubach...
...that second robbery, a blast from a shotgun, fired by one of the raiders, killed a customer, Myrna Lee Opsahl. If Patty was a member of the gang that hit that bank, she could be charged with murder. And agents are already convinced that she took part at least in the preparations for the raid...