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FOR 'THROWBACK,' RESULTS MATTER HUSKIES' HOMER ISN'T PLAYING FOR THE GLORY.(Sports)

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From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
Date: 20071108
Author:Yanity, Molly

Byline: MOLLY YANITY P-I reporter

Coaches and teammates call him a throwback. They say Washington Huskies fullback Paul Homer plays football the way it is meant to be played.

Watch Homer play if you aren't sure what that means.

He rumbles for a few yards here and there, catches a pass or two for a short gain. He blocks, shoving the heaviest defenders out of the way of his tailback. He holds off speedy ends from getting to his quarterback.

Watch Homer, all 240 pounds of him, as he boards the bus to the airport. He is moving with a slow limp. He is sore. And, ...

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