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...That Made It Impossible." If there is a way, short of absolute mayhem, to defend against Staubach, nobody has found it yet. After four games, he leads the nation both in passing (55 of 77, for 742 yds. and four touchdowns) and total offense (1,024 yds. gained). Before the season opener, West Virginia Coach Gene Corum calculated that his bulky linemen were too slow to catch Staubach. So Corum split his defensive ends to keep Roger bottled up, moved his linebackers into the line. "We contained his running all right," says Corum sourly. "But of course that made...
...needs to register the position of his receiver. Says Coach Hardin: "Some people will be in a room a thousand times, and when they're out of it, they can't tell how many lights it has, what shape the furniture is, or anything. Staubach could. He sees things...
...next game was more of the same, only better. William and Mary tried to go both ways on defense; drop back to cover Staubach's pass receivers, blitz the linebackers to nip his running in the bud. Another mistake. Roger played greased pig all afternoon. Once, seemingly pinned behind the line of scrimmage, he abruptly reversed his field and rambled for 25 yds. Said William and Mary Coach Milt Brewer: "Instead of pursuing and trying to catch him, we should have just waited and eventually he'd come back to us." In all, Roger passed...
...Staubach's performance so far this season is more than a tribute to his own splendid talents: it shows how completely today's top college quarterbacks dominate the teams they play for. In the old tight-T and split-T formations, the quarterback was responsible for maintaining the oompah-oompah rhythm of a ground attack-and the coach often ran the team from the bench. But today's quarterback is a thief with ten accomplices. He bosses the huddle, decides the play, totes the ball. What he does is up to him. The best decision makers...
...John McKay spotted Pete Beathard as a junior at El Segundo High School, hardly let him out of his sight for two years. Northwestern's Myers got VIP tours of all but three Big Ten campuses, plus Miami and the University of Florida. Midshipman Roger Staubach is a prize product of perhaps the most extensive recruiting service in college football. "We don't dodge it," says Rip Miller, Navy's assistant athletic director. "We recruit like...