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 SCHEDULE
9/18 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 RESULTS
9/19 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 STATISTICS
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