"Imagine me running a pattern," says Elmo Wright, a receiver who spent four years with the Kansas City Chiefs in the early 1970s.
I'm just running a pattern so we can hurry up and get the shot off.' " Pointer and the Scarlet Knights got into their opponents' heads by first getting in their faces.
Against man coverage, Manningham ran a post pattern and caught the winning touchdown pass.
He ran a crossing pattern in the end zone and Pennington, rolling to his right, hit him for the touchdown.
Smith, also a quarterback, lined up in the backfield with Flacco, who took the snap, pitched to Smith and ran a pass pattern against a linebacker.
On his long touchdown, the Colts ran comeback routes on the outside and Stokley ran a post pattern and split the Denver safeties.
Sure enough, quarterback John Navarre of Michigan threw again toward the left side of the end zone for Braylon Edwards, who ran a slant pattern.
Toomer ran a post pattern, cutting to the left, and Barber broke to the right, wide open, nothing but wet grass between him and the goal line.
The Colts reached the 5-yard line, and on third down, tight end Marcus Pollard ran a crossing pattern, going from Manning's left to right.
Midway through the first quarter, Brian Bruenton ran a curl pattern for the Black Knights and turned the reception into a 42-yard touchdown when Navy whiffed on an attempted interception.
