Word: weaknessness
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But more than anything else, the coaches are probing for a weakness, any weakness, that will give Harvard an advantage on the field Saturday. Maybe it's a right guard who lines up too far from his center, allowing possible penetration. Maybe it's a quarterback who always uses a...
The weaknesses are subtle, nearly hidden. Yet they are almost always there. And on game-day, a single weakness, a single flaw picked up by some assistant coach during his hours of game-film watching, can mean the difference between victory and defeat.
Before Harvard's season-opener at Columbia two weekends ago, some Harvard assistant coach noticed a weakness in the Lions' line blocking on punts. The problem was duly noted, passed along, and catalogued. It was stored away, to be recalled at some time during the contest.
Harvard can not drop a half-dozen balls as it did last weekend if it hopes to sneak past the Huskies. Sure-handed tight end Kent Lucas was especially effective against the Lions, pulling in four Yohe aerials for 77 yards. Look for the multidimensional Crimson backfield to sprint into...
Nolan is less effective as Joe, whose weakness is a staggering indecision, particularly over whether to sell or to return the hundreds of pills he borrowed on consignment from a vengeful drug kingpin. Nolan conveys this indecision mostly by sulking and pouting.