Word: quarterbacking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There are few, if any, examples of football teams winning without a quarterback who commands the respect and confidence of his teammates. This give-and-take relationship between quarterback and team is one which takes time to develop. It is also one which can be easily disrupted...
Harvard has been notorious over the past several seasons for its endless shuffling of quarterbacks. Partly this has been due to a lack of talent-a problem which clearly does not exist this year-and partly to the coaches' hesitancy to go all the way with one man at quarterback...
...course, there have been exceptions. Frank Champi came on in the last minutes against Yale to salvage a preposterous 29-29 tie, but another quarterback directed the Crimson to that final confrontation of undefeated teams...
...same problem exists this season, only the differences and dissension are more pronounced. Foster and Crone "alternate" at quarterback during the week, and the offense is never quite sure of (1) who is starting on Saturday, or (2) who is the team leader...
Still another quarterback is sophomore Frank Guerra, who has been largely discounted by the coaches because of his size even though he may be the team's sharpest strategist...