Word: yovicsin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Yale's aggressiveness is its main defensive strength, but possibly its only weakness as well. The Elis flow quickly with the play, which may make Harvard's recently revived sweep look ready for John Yovicsin's scrap book again, but it may also make Yale susceptible to cutting back across the flow. This is hardly a sure bet, however. Dartmouth used counters to exploit Yale's tendency to overcommit, and "they didn't go much of anywhere," according to Gallhager...
...They pussyfoot around all summer, then come here and expect to get into shape under the naked eye of the human coach, then blame him for their failures," he began in his Irish brogue. "John Yovicsin is as fine a coach as any," he added. "It's the players themselves that are to blame. They're a bunch of pussyfooters...
...fumble was one of 18 during the game, 11 of them lost. It was an impressive statistic, until someone discovered that only last year Witchita State and Florida State had combined for 27 fumbles, 18 of them lost, "Weenteratained some people," Yovicsin admitted...
Crone, starting in place of the injured Rod Foster, earned praise from Yoviesin, who was pleased with much of what Crone did. But when asked if Foster would start against Yale if he recovers, Yovicsin replied, "He's our quarter back...
Brown will hopefully provide an opportunity for Harvard coach John Yovicsin to rest his aching starters. In addition to Foster, several other players including defensive backs Rick Frisbie, Steve Golden, Brad Fenton, defensive tackles Ed Vena, Mark Steiner, and halfback Ted DeMars are all ailing from minor injuries...