More people will be watching. More eyes willscan the scoreboard pages of newspapers andtelecasts around the country. More people willcare.
Funny, then, that Restic doesn't.
"I don't want to put any pressure on any of theplayers," he said. "I want them to play thisseason like they play all the rest of theseasons."
But still, as Restic faces Columbia for thelast time (they really are good this year), andDartmouth, and Brown and finally Yale, his mindwill wander to that inevitable fact: Every time hetakes the field on Saturday he will be seven dayscloser to hanging up the playbook.
This is not a fact lost on the players, whohave repeatedly voiced their desire to win onelast trophy for the aging, gravely-voiced coach.
Ultimately, come late November, Restic willwalk onto the field for the very last time. Thatwalk, he said, will be the most special.
"It's not really going to hit me until I go outthere to midfield and shake hands with [Yalecoach] Carm [Cozza]," Restic said. "Then I'llknow."
So will we all. And then the curtain will fall,the lights will go out, the show will be over.
FOOTBALL: '93 SCHEDULE9/18 Columbia 1:30 p.m.9/25 at Willaim & Mary 1:30 p.m.10/2 Lafayette 1:00 p.m.10/9 at Cornell 12:30 p.m.10/16 Holy Cross 1:00 p.m.10/23 Princeton 1:00 p.m.10/30 at Dartmouth 1:00 p.m.11/6 at Brown 1:00 p.m.11/13 Pennsylvania 1:00 p.m.11/20 at Yale 1:00 p.m.
FOOTBALL: '92 RESULTS9/19 at Columbia 27-20 W 1-0-09/26 William andMary 36-16 L 1-1-010/3 at Holy Cross 30-7 L 1-2-010/10 Cornell 31-13 L 1-3-010/17 at Lafayette 31-29 L 1-4-010/24 at Princeton 21-6 L 1-5-010/31 Dartmouth 31-7 L 1-6-011/7 Brown 29-19 W 2-6-011/14 atPennsylvania 21-19 L 2-7-011/21 Yale 14-0 W 3-7-0
FOOTBALL: '92 STATISTICSTeam Statistics HARVARD OPPONENTSPoints: 167 240First Downs: 162 169Passing Yards: 1344 1607Rushing Yards: 1353 1907Total Yards: 2697 3514Penalties/Yards: 56/440 53/459Interceptions By: 14 4Punt Returns/Yards: 20/158 41/357Kickoff Rtns./Yds: 44/869 37/691Punts By/Yards: 65/2261 52/1876Fumbles/Lost: 36/15 21/8QB Sacks By/Yards: 28/155 51/3063rd Down Pct: 45/143 61/152Avg. Poss. Time: 30:37 29:23Individual Statistics (Returners in CAPS)Passing:Player Cmp./Att. Yds TD Int.MIKE GIARDI 90/172 1271 4 2David Morgan 7/10 73 0 1Punting:Player No./Yds. Avg. Blk. LongDavid Morgan 64/2261 35.3 0 57Rushing:Player Att./Yds. Avg. TD LngMike Hill 89/391 4.4 4 32Robb Hirsch 96/366 3.8 2 18MIKE GIARDI 181/253 1.4 8 27Kendrick Joyce 75/234 3.1 0 29Esan Simon 16/77 4.8 3 15NICK ISAACSON 10/35 3.5 0 9Chris Taylor 5/8 1.6 1 13MIKE WALLACE 5/4 0.8 0 1Colby Maher 2/3 1.5 0 2RAY MERTENS 1/-18 -18.0 0 -18Receiving:Player Rec./Yds. Avg. TD LngRobb Hirsch 17/126 7.4 1 14Read Hubbard 16/315 19.7 0 50Chris Taylor 14/239 17.1 1 45MARK BEGERT 14/197 14.1 0 26Kendrick Joyce 12/163 13.6 1 45Colby Maher 10/123 12.3 0 22Michael Hill 6/112 18.7 1 49FRANK LILLY 3/40 13.3 0 17NICK ISAACSON 2/14 7.0 0 16Esan Simon 2/2 1.0 0 2PHIL KELLEY 1/13 13.0 0 13