Word: solem
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Another Williams pupil who gained headlines last week is Coach Ossie Solem of Syracuse. Onetime (1925-32) athletic director at Drake, where he did much to build the Drake Relays into a famed sport event, Solem is this year putting Syracuse back on the map with a freak football formation. On the offense, in Solem's Y formation, the center, instead of bending over and "viewing his mates from an upside-down position," faces his own backfield. Instead of reaching forward to put his hands on the ball, he reaches backward between his legs...
...center can flip accurately to any of four backs; 2) for this reason, ballcarriers can get into the open faster; 3) guards do not have to be pulled out of the line to block inasmuch as the center can easily go back to do so. Baffling its foes with Solem's Y, Syracuse has won four out of five games this season. Referees have tried but failed to find anything in the rule book that can force Solem to turn his center around...