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...Parseghian could hardly have helped being impressed. If he was, he sure didn't let the boys know. Hanratty was competitive with Fellow Sophomore Coley O'Brien for the quarterback's job, and he still had a lot to learn. Endlessly, Terry practiced "quick release": dropping back, spotting Seymour, and firing, all in the space of 3½ sec., the average time it takes a strong defensive lineman to penetrate a passer's protective pocket. When he got his time down to 3½ sec., he began trying for 3 sec. Then Terry practiced varying...
Finally, three days before the Purdue game, Ara Parseghian walked up to Hanratty, tapped him on the shoulder and said...
...Parseghian needn't have worried. In the first quarter, the savage Irish defense took out North Carolina Quarterback Danny Talbott, who limped off the field with a sprained ankle, then No. 2 Quarterback Jeff Beaver, who suffered a dislocated shoulder. Sticking to the ground in the face of a gusty 40-m.p.h. wind, Notre Dame's Hanratty sent Fullback Larry Conjar crunching through the line for a pair of touchdowns in the first and second quarters. Then, his injured arm soothed with cortisone shots, Hanratty delivered the bomb that the Irish fans had come to see. Down...
...These are the worst hours of my life," groaned Notre Dame Coach Ara Parseghian the night before his undefeated Irish took the field against North Carolina's Tar Heels. Notre Dame was favored by 25 points, but Parseghian was worried about the 18-year-old lad who had given him that edge: Sophomore Quarterback Terry Hanratty...
...Notre Dame pass receiver. The Fighting Irish won the game 26-14, and all poor Jack Mollenkopf could have said was "See, I told you so." Well, if Jack thought he had it rough, imagine how Northwestern's Alex Agase felt. Alex inherited his job from Parseghian, who moved to Notre Dame after his Wildcats had beaten the Irish four years in a row. Against Northwestern last week, Hanratty and Seymour connected nine times for 141 yds., and the Irish romped to a 35-7 victory...