Word: stickum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Defensive back Mike Jacobs--who chipped in a first-quarter interception--had stickum on his hands and snapped the ball high over Flach. After Harvard's first possession in the second half, Jeff Lawrence's high snap resulted in Flach's punt being blocked and recovered at the Crimson goal line. But the gridders buckled down, tripping Crusader fullback Doug Pietrick for a one-yd. loss and then forcing a fumble which right tackle Tim Palmer recovered...
Normally a quality snapper, defensive back Jacobs had coated his hands with stickum to help grab Holy Cross passes; indeed Jacobs had made an interception just minutes earlier. But the stickum skewed the snap, and Flach wound up in a pile of bodies at the two. And on the next play, Crusader Doug Pietrick pushed it over to tie the score...