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Army quarterback Bryan Allem, who replaced starter Rich Laughlin early in the second quarter, had completed just 11 of 24 passes all season, the longest for only 24 yards. But the clock forced Allem to go for broke, and he unloaded the ball over the middle to split end Elton Akins, who had dropped a certain completion only a minutes earlier...
...earlier outings UNC rushed for 421 yards against the Cadets, not a shocking statistic given the match-up, unless you consider that Tar Heel running back and Heisman candidate Kelvin Bryant didn't play a single down when Army visited Chapel Hill. Still, Crimson halfbacks Tim McGugan--today's starter--and Scott McCabe should be aware that the Cadets held Lafayette to 46 yards on the ground, when they look for the holes the UNC backs found last weekend...
Injuries: Adjuster Louis Varsames, who hyper extended his knee against. Columbia, missed practice all week, but was able to put in a fall game against UMass. He doesn't expect to miss any time in the future, either...By the way, senior Varsames, the only returning starter in a rapidly maturing Harvard secondary, drew raves from Picket in the post-game press conference...Still no word on Ron Cuccia's status for the Army game. He was in street clothes for UMass...
...Allard had been a starter at the most important position on the football field--quarterback--for nearly four seasons, three in high school and one on the Harvard freshman team. Come sophomore year, he all of a sudden was no better than fourth string, playing back-up to Brian Buckley, Mike Buchanan and a wide receiver named Ron Cuccia. Last season, as a junior, he was the first runner-up, mopping up for Cuccia when the Crimson won big, and entering the tight games on third-and-long when Harvard went into its two-quarterback alignment...
Last week against Columbia, Allard filled his accustomed role of entering a game already in progress, though the circumstances were somewhat different from what they had been in the past. Midway through the second quarter, starter Cuccia took a hard shot and suffered some bruised ribs. For the rest of the day, the Multiflex was Allard's to control...