College Football: Imagination, It's Wonderful

Pro football is not exactly an inexact science. Every pass that Baltimore's Johnny Unitas throws is sure to be a perfect spiral, and everybody knows who is going to carry the ball when the Green Bay Packers need a yard or two: Jimmy Taylor, of course. Each team employs the same basic formations and the same plays. "Execution" is everything. Watching the pros play ball is like watching a diamond cutter at work.

In other words, a boreĀ—as far as many college coaches are concerned. "The pros are more stereotyped," insists Tennessee's Doug Dickey, and Minnesota's Murray Warmath declares: "The...

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