Word: tailbacks
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...backup, sophomore Charles Baakel, also sat out the game, so the three running backs were essentially competing for time on the third team next season.“Chuck Baakel is a very solid second,” Murphy said. “I think the third-team tailback is going to be between not only guys like Randy and Mike, but we [also] have three pretty solid freshmen coming in at that position.”WIDE-OPENJunior wide receiver Corey Mazza was back in action after missing eight games last year due to an ankle injury suffered early...
Apparently, VINCE YOUNG was sick of the number two. Quarterback of the No.2?ranked Texas Longhorns, Young came in second to University of Southern California tailback Reggie Bush in Heisman Trophy votes in December. But when Young upset Bush's top-ranked team in an electrifying Rose Bowl game last week, he became sport's No. 1 underdog hero. "I'm just a real blessed guy," says Young, who must decide by Jan. 15 whether to return senior year or enter the NFL If Young picks the pros, he'll face Bush again?for the No.1 draft pick...
...Brad Bagdis, and safety Doug Hewlett. Brown’s Nick Hartigan, who led the nation in rushing and propelled the Bears to their first outright Ivy title, was named the unanimous Ivy Player of the Year. Six other Brown players were named to the first team. Yale tailback Mike McLeod was named Rookie of the Year. On the other end of the spectrum, Columbia—who finished the season without a win in the Ivy league—had no first team nominations. —LISA J. KENNELLY
...just followed them into the endzone,” said tailback Clifton Dawson, referring to his two-yard touchdown run to end the contest on third-and-goal in the third overtime. Dawson finished the day with 128 yards on 33 carries as well as 10 catches for 85 yards and a touchdown...
...Following a Yale field goal that made the score 24-16, Harvard again turned to Dawson. Six straight runs by the junior tailback set up the play action for O’Hagan to find senior wideout Ryan Tyler at the 22-yard line, and a play later, O’Hagan hit freshman receiver Alex Breaux in the endzone for the tying score...