Word: halfback
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...offense, the Beantowners have three returning starters. Like UMass, the Terriers run a veer offense, but they prefer to use the quarterback option pitchout instead of the halfback option which the Minutemen preferred. Two of the three touchdowns B.U. has scored this year have been in the air, one each to split end Tom Hailey and tight end Steve Richards...
When Kubacki isn't running the ball himself, either Tommy Winn or Mark Taylor probably will be. Winn was last year's leading scorer and rusher, a back who Restic says "can do it all." If he can do it all all season, he could emerge as the best halfback in the league...
Keeping Emper company will be either Walt Royal or Andy Puopolo, both returning lettermen, at the other halfback slot, while Paul Halas, a quarterback last year, a defensive secondary man now, and Bill Wendel will roam free at safety, although not at the same time...
...third and one, he gave the ball to Winn on a quick opener, and the senior halfback charged to the 2-yardline before the Lions realized that the ball had been snapped. Winn then hurdled over the line on the next play, and the game, for all intents and purposes, was over...
...National Football League is outraged at the halfback-horse equation implied in the Delaware plan, and worries that legalized gambling might spread and lead to scandal. The league went to federal court to stop the pool, but lost the first round of its suit. The N.F.L.'s concern about fixes is real and its policing of the game is aggressive. A full-time staff of investigators monitors coaches and players, and the league is quick to act when it scents potential trouble; witness the celebrated suspension of Paul Hornung for wagering on games and the order that Joe Namath...