Show Colorado Retreat To Victory Over Advancing Utah LOGAN LOGA Oct 2 2 World World Var War I in its futile efforts to make malte th the world safe for civilization ci developed some new ideas In offensive and defensive warfare and although the Colorado A. A Is M. M football players weren't even a vital statistic sta sta- at the time of at the battle of at the Marne a tor forgotten French Frenel f ris r Tf t SPORTS I general set up the pattern for tor t Wl Frida Friday nights night's 9 9 7 Colorado Aggie I A A r r x r r football victory over er the Utah Ag Ag- MIRROR gie les here lv This general according to our By John Mooney ROTC ROT C training at Fort Snelling Telegram Sports in the e ml came up with an elastic defense which put Editor tailor Editor the Huns Nuns in m hot not water The idea was simple Instead of wasting all his time fighting back this general had his troops constantly preparing new positions in the rear lIed fled hold one post as long as feasible with light loss of his own man power pow r. r Then after the Huns had knocked themselves out hed he'd withdraw with with- draw to a a. new stronghold in the rear icar He kept doing this for several months and eventually wore out the attackers Well VeIl Bob Davis Colorado Aggie coach came up with something like that at Logan Friday I In the scoreless first half of their Skyline Six game the Utah roll rolled d to nine first downs against one for tor the Fort Collins boys Utah State piled up a net yardage of yards to 36 for the rival farmers and the score was wag 00 0 at the half But while giving up tremendous yarda yardage c the Fort Coll Collins ls club was taking its toll of oC of the local Coach Qa Davis vis used offensive and md defensive teams when they had the ball the Ute offensive team took over o and when the Aggles had the old seed the defense w nt in Perhaps this unit substitution didn't win the ball game for the but the Utah were in the ball game almost as a single unit for almost the entire first half and the Utah Aggles were lagging lagging- in the second half The Colorado Aggles had been outplayed and out first downed in the first half but bilt they'd forced Utah State to use a lot of physical petrol in that futile running around the field But in the second half the Colo- Colo started to roll It looked as if it the two teams had changed uniforms between halves Colorado State drove in for Bob Hainlen to kick a field goal and then iced the game with Eddie Hannas Hanna's right end sweep for the winning win win- ning touchdown Utah State tallied its only score of oC the game In the minutes of the smash Van waning game on a by Jay Noy t. t But heres here's the pla play which ruined Utah State the Rams touchdown touchdown touch touchdown down I I I rob o bo J i j- j I 1 t II Hainlen at quarterback under the T Tb takes the ball from tram center and Md fakes to the right halfback cutting over o hi his right guard That I l uck in in the tie Aggie ba bakers kers and left halfback E Eddie EthIle Hanna goes in motion to his his' hi right Hainlen laterals lat lat- laterals out to Hanna and the fullback fullback full tull- I back cuts in ahead to help out on the Aggie left end Hanna cuts in j sharply at end helping drive the j defense tighter and then at the thelast thelast last second cuts away and goes around wide for the touchdown I The defensive left half halt is sucked in and then outrun while the offensive offensive of of- end and fullback pinch out the defensive left end r I IThe I The play has to be set up Just right tight and it was The I had been punching the Utah Aggie line successfully and the backers naturally were pulling pulling pull pull- ing in to help plug the line gaps I I I The right half further tightened I I Ithe the def defense se with his smash and Hanna ianna loafing along in motion looked to be just another decoy I The Aggie end was snuffed out and then it was up to Hl Hanna Hanna's nas s Eddie Hanna on touchdown run I speed and deception to make the play work His cutting in toward the end tightened up the defenders even e more and the tacklers couldn't shift direction and I pick up speed like Hanna could when he started to outrun them The importance of at scouting was emphasized in this Utah Aggie upset Against Montana U U. Jay Golden Boy Van Noy Nay was the entire show It was his running and passing that brought the victory So Van Noy Nay had to stopped Van an Noy Nay except for a couple of bursts wasn't in the ball game And Davis gains credit for that through his defensive team Talk about backfield offensive shifts The Colorado Aggie defensive team eam did more shifting than e either ther offensive team Friday Davis had to have a defensive team team team-no no team could have learned that much offense and defense The lined up usually in a seven or man eight-man line I with ith three men backing up the line or perhaps a diamond box for I Ithe the defensive backs Just as the Utah started the play two three or four tour men would drop from tram the line setting up a 2 1 I a 6 2 6 a 5 3 or a 5 3 The shifting shilling defense allowed the Aggi s to crack the line for tor consi consistent tent gains but it stopped the thelong thelong long runs And the Aggie quarterbacking took care of the rest of it for tor Utah State wanted to pass Even though the running plays were marching all evening for tor first downs and a heap of yardage yard yard- age the when scoring opportunities offered elected to toss the ball and either the pa passer couldn't hit the receivers or the I r receivers couldn't hold the ball or a defender deCender batted it downIn down In Caim fairness ss to the Aggles they dropped enough forward passes to win the ball game by a couple of touchdowns downs Utah State in the first half was using a hoo hooker er pass Caputo to Van Nay Noy oy over the thc center for good yardage but in the second period nothing worked With subs in the backfield the Utah started working on the ground round and drove for tor their only touchdown Utah State suffered a tough break early in the game when I Cleon Clean Hodges was injured Hodges s was nabbed by one of those guillotine tackles cutting back into the line He suffered a clean clear I collar bone shone br break ak and may be o out t for most of the season Until I Hodges left the game gaIne he had teamed with Van Nay Noy for some one- one two p punching punching- ching The Aggles best pl play y sent Van Noy Nay In motion to the right an and then the b ball ll to Hodges going around his left L flank nank Roylance showed some Borne promise as a ball carrier in the late lab S stages but the couldn't shake their Golden Boy loose and when Van Noy Nay cant can't run the arent aren't too much The game was brutally played in the line Fullback Pat Green wa was S led from the field in the opening minutes with a cut over o his cy eye S Sand and Ernie Groll suffered Buffered multiple facial cuts one in his lila lip taking nine stitches It was hard smacking line play for tor the boys of the OlE old i school Coach Dick Romiley was disappointed naturally We should have won Dick admitted How does it happen that so many goo good j pass receivers can drop so many passes Coach Bob Davis of the Rams wasn't jubilant This is the th C first real competition weve we've had and we didn't show much Yo You U UL L cant can't convince the kids when th they run over some weak sister quite quit C easily that they haven't a world beater We Ve were lucky to win th the ci I ball bali game And perhaps the they that But p the Rams Rains who never cr d y li the yard 50 line in po possession session of or the ball bail only twice in the first half hal saw their opportunities and cashed m In n on them The Utah sa saw alot a a aa JL a- alot lot of at opportunities but they couldn't cash in a bean e until I It Was a. a too late to matter matler 1 |