Word: yovicsins
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...timing to stay sharp. "It was a good practice," said Frank Ulcickas as we ran off. There had been lots of audible and visible spirit; everyone was hustling and chattering. The coaches were still tense, but quite hap- py. "Keep it up the rest of the week," said Yovicsin...
...much better practice. "We'll win if we can keep up a controlled game throughout," Yovicsin said...
...left the field shouting and yelling; after dinner the pep rally left everyone a bit uncertain. It seemed almost unplanned. Yovicsin told the student body the game depended on them, since the team was ready. O'Brien introduced the team, one by one. Then we drove off to the Framingham Motor Inn to spend the night (late parietals and noisy parties the night before the Yale game make both the team and the coaches anxious for our sleep. So the team moves to a $20-a-night motel...
...Then Yovicsin got up. "This is the day we've been waiting for," he told us. "Let's go out there and be good football players and let's be a good football team (there is always an emphasis in Yovicsin's remarks on individual's efforts building up into a team effort)." Silence or a few words sometimes do more for a team's spirit than haranguing; we shouted and charged out of the dressing room, all ready to make this game mean something...
About half the teams in the Ivy League used specialized platoons this year. Yovicsin considered it, but decided not to when pre-season injuries seriously depleted his halfback and tackle corps...