Word: two-platoon
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...Two-platoon football, with its shuttle-relays of offensive and defensive teams, keeps fans frantically pawing their programs to find out who's who. This year the All-America pickers, too, suffered from the confusion. If a man played solely on offense-and never made a tackle all season-could he still be an All-American...
McLaughry has been using a modified two-platoon system in the games played thus far. When the Big Green goes on defense, Ed Larigan and Don Myers, a pair of 100-pounders, go in at the end posts. Bill Monahan, who is a rugged defensive player despite his 188 pounds, takes over tackle, and Craig Murphy, 205 pounds, teams with him. The guards are veteran Pete Bogardus, 195 pounds and Pete Reich, a 202-pound sophomore...
Exploiter of the two-platoon system, Blaik will field a squad composed of top athletes from 29 states this afternoon. He is bringing a 44-man squad for the contest and can field two complete offensive and defensive units...
...Substitutions Unlimited," a parody on the two-platoon football system, will be performed after two years' preparation at half time of the Army game next Saturday. An offensive and defensive band, each having 75 men and 35 substitutes will trot on and off the field in an attempt to out-platoon the Army football team...
...Two-Platoon System...