Word: two-platoon
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Manning the Ethan Allen was its "Blue Crew"; the Polaris submarines two-platoon their crews, and the alternate "Gold Crew" was now at New London, Conn. For Polaris crewmen a patrol starts with a change into a special navy-blue Dacron and cotton coverall. The coverall reduces lint in the closed environment, has no cuffs or belts to get tangled in gear. "But," complains one officer, "it's next to impossible to go to the head in this outfit without dunking part...
...Boyda, and Dave Hudepohl--and a tough guard squad led by senior letterman Bill Swinford give the squad its greatest support, along with veterans Darwin Wile and Mike Sheridan at tackle. Offensive and defensive specialists at center are Tony Watters and Dave Nyhan, who will probably alternate in two-platoon fashion...
...substitution rule appears to be the major issue. Coaches, who favor a return to unlimited substitution, which would mean reviving the two-platoon system, have had their hopes dimmed considerably by the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
...favor of any rule, not necessarily a two-platoon system, that would allow us to use more players per game and more specialists," Yovicsin stated, calling a more liberal substitution allowance "more important to the Crimson than any other suggested change...
...coach John Yovicsin feels that his second team, so largely manned by untried personnel, is still too inexperienced for the Crimson to adopt a two-platoon system. Though the substitution rule has been eased and Yovicsin had hoped that he would be able to use two separate units, he fears that his present second team might be overwhelmed by the strong, veteran squad that will be coming in from Buffalo. "We'd like to do it, but we just don't think we're in a position to," he said yesterday...