Word: yovicsin
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Monday, the first practice day after the debacle at Harvard Stadium last weekend. Crimson football coach John Yovicsin allegedly told his squad that it could win both its remaining games if it stopped defeating itself. If the statement is true, and if he and his staff actually believe that this is the reason for the Crimson's demise this fall, they are sadly mistaken...
Harvard has yet to beat itself this season, unless one can call an impotent offense self-defeating. And the Crimson was never overmatched with regard to raw talent. Yovicsin attracts as good players to Cambridge as any other coach in the Ivy League, including McCandless at Princeton and Blackman at Dartmouth, and if Harvard has been humiliated this fall, the fault lies with Yovicsin's system...
Harvard's coaching staff is pleased with Farneti's performance so far this year-Yovicsin called him the best individual player Harvard has, and Gary has special praise for linebacking coach Ralph Jelic. "He's a great student of the game and can tell you what to expect from the other team. "And he's been right every time. He's full of enthusiasm and is young enough to sympathize with the problems of young guys-whether the problems have anything to do with football...
...halfback option twice. And one of Pete Varney's few chances to touch the ball this season came in the third quarter when, on a second down. Harrison threw to him for a 16-yard gain. "He rates with the best running back prospects we've had," coach John Yovicsin said early in the fall...
...three should start against Princeton this weekend, but their absence makes Yovicsin's task difficult. The Tigers have put together an impressive offense during the last two weeks, and they are unbeaten in Ivy play. Single wing or not, they will be as bothersome an opponent as the Crimson has had to face this fall, and it is imperative that Yovicsin be able to throw a healthy defense against them...