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Word: weirdness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...better ways of conditioning. "We don't even do traditional calisthenics any more," says Head Coach Tony Caracio. "One of the drills-walking 20 yds. on the inside of your feet, then 20 yds. on the outside to build ankle strength and flexibility-looks so weird that we're embarrassed to do it before a game, where people can see us. But we haven't had any ankle injuries since Doc told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Pennsylvania: Trying to Make Football Injury-Free | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

Coach Joe Restic and the Multiflex had to bear a lot of the blame for that loss (along with Weird Incident Number One of the year--a two-point conversion on a trick play by the Lions). The three halfback offense seemed ineffectual at the time, and it looked even worse after the next week's results came in: a 10-0 trouncing of UMass with fullback Matt Granger in the power...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: The Season Begins and Ends Today | 11/18/1978 | See Source »

Then came the Dartmouth win; Weird Incident Number Two at Princeton when sure victory evaporated with a fluke fumble...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: The Season Begins and Ends Today | 11/18/1978 | See Source »

...offense took charge late in the game (the injury-torn defense had once again failed), only to see victory slip away as dusk descended on Soldiers Field. 31-30, the final tally read, as Gary Bosnic's 30-yd. field goal attempt in the fading light sailed just wide (Weird Incident Number Three...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: The Season Begins and Ends Today | 11/18/1978 | See Source »

...Weird Incident Number Four came at Penn, in a game where the offense faltered, the defnse looked shoddy, but luck prevailed in the closing seconds when a forceful Quaker rally fell just short...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: The Season Begins and Ends Today | 11/18/1978 | See Source »

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