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After two years as an end, halfback and punter with the Philadelphia Eagles, Restic worked as an assistant coach at a variety of Eastern colleges until, in 1962, he went north to take over as offensive coach of the Canadian Football League's Hamilton Tiger Cats. The Canadian game etched itself in Restic's football mind. A peculiar, high-scoring hybrid, the CFL employs a set of rules distinct from either the pro or college game. The field is longer and wider, 110 by 75 yards, as opposed to 100 by 55 yards here; each team gets only three downs...
...decision about what will happen to the ball rests with the quarterback. Restic uses what he calls "playomatics," two plays selected together in the huddle, narrowed to one by the quarterback calling signals at the line of scrimmage. For example, one current playomatic calls for a sweep to a halfback. If the quarterback reads a zone defense and yells out "zone" while calling signals, then the halfback continues around right end. But if he sees the defense is playing man-to-man, the quarterback will call out "man" and the halfback will know that he is supposed to throw...
Midfielder Sara Fischer and co-captain Gia Johnson turned in their usual strong, consistent play. Gregg, who alternated between halfback and the front line, seemed to be on the ball wherever it went, playing perhaps her best game of what has so far been an outstanding season...
...midfield the consistent play of co-captain Gia Johnson and senior Sara Fischer anchors the halfback line along with Gregg. Wendy Sonnabond provides strong back-up play...
After Delgadillo's second interception, Buckley came right back and engineered a methodical ten-play, 94-yd. drive. Buckley's quick pass over the middle to halfback Paul Scheper for 30 yards on a crucial third-and-two play gave the Crimson the ball on the Army 11 and set up Buckley's one-yd. quarterback sneak that put Harvard ahead, 15-0, with the third quarter exactly half over. A two-point conversion attempt failed...