Nose Tackle (1977); No-Huddle (1984)

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NOSE TACKLE

"Clone the nose?"
--Woody Allen, SLEEPER

   OED has 10 September 1978 WASHINGTON POST for "nose tackle."

   21 December 1977, SPORTING NEWS, pg. 23, col. 3:
   LOOK FOR Curly Culp to be some place other than Houston next season.  The
big nose tackle is very unhappy about his contract not being renegotiated by
the Oilers.

   28 January 1978, SPORTING NEWS, pg. 13, col. 1:
   Nose tackle Rubin Carter complained when grits were missing (Col. 2--ed.)
from his breakfast menu and running back Otis Armstrong found reasons to lodge
a beef, under Gradishar's guidance, when he discovered cockroaches where they
were not intended to be.

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NO HUDDLE

   OED has 12 October 1958 for the adjective and 11 October 1984 for the
noun.

   29 October 1984, SPORTING NEWS, pg. 52, col. 1:
   No huddle.  No running backs.  Five speedy and interchangeable wide
receivers on the outside.
   (Col. 3--ed.)
   But like a good cook with a special recipe, Cooley isn't giving too many
of his seecret ingredients, although he admits the key to the whole setup is
the no-huddle concept.

   (No.  The key to the whole concept is having Jerry Rice to throw to--ed.)