Word: woolway
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Dates: during 1978-1978
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UMass managed only 26 yards offensively on three possessions in the first quarter, as linebackers Craig Beling and Bob Woolway stacked up behind the five-man front and shut off the visitor's power running game...
That leaves only the Crimson linebackers to talk aobut. Sabetti's play dulled the pain of Beling's loss, at least for the moment, while on the other side it's becoming clear that when you say "Bob Woolway" you've said...
...Woolway credits his transormation into one of the pillars of the Crimson defense to the tutelage of fellow linebacker Beling and new linebacker coach Alex Nahigan. Nahigan was hired over the summer principally as Harvard's baseball coach. "He's been the main difference," Woolway says. "We probably work harder in practice than anyone on the field and Nahigan's not afraid to yell...
Linebacker is also one of the most cerebral positions in football. "You're in charge of the defensive signals," explains Woolway, "and you've got to be thinking out there." And that's brains...
...Woolway considers his best asset as a player to be his mobility, which was graphically illustrated by his derring-do tackles on Saturday. "You just can't stop until the whistle blows," he says. And that's balance...