T.P.F.K.A.D.W.
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01-26-17 10:08 AM - Post#219486
In response to TheLine
I'm too lazy to look this up, so this is all from my fast-failing memory. Please feel free to correct me.
Pretty sure Duncombe came in with Jerry Simon and Ben Spiva. Their freshmen year was either Phil Pitts' senior year ('87-'88) or perhaps the year after he graduated. (I think the former since I doubt Freshman Duncombe and Simon beat Nova at home.)
That crew was recruited by Schneider but only played one or two years with him. Schneider was canned after the '88-''89 season. The Spiva Dive-a Line transferred to Memphis State (he was from Tennessee). I think the '89-'90 season was Hoss's last as a player. Although he could fill it up from the elbow on in, he apparently trained on cheesesteaks and beer, which did not meet Dunphy's standards.
I recall a game at Yale in 1990 in which Penn seemingly ran the same play all game. Yale played zone. Jerry Simon fed Duncombe in a seam in the zone and Hoss just kept plunking in 16-footer after 16-footer. Like clockwork. Don't know how many points he scored in that game, but we won by a comfortable margin.
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