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Penn State did all this, and still remained the Avis of big-time college football. It was a frequent also-ran in the weekly A.P. and U.P.I, polls of sportswriters and coaches, but never was it No. 1. This year, however, the men from State College, Pa., finally made it to the top -first in all the polls and, after last week's 17-10 win over intrastate rival Pittsburgh, the only major unbeaten team left in the nation...
...offensive overdrive which opened the second half. With 30 minutes to go in the contest, it was 14-3 Princeton. With 25 minutes, 15 seconds remaining it was Harvard 24-14. You almost had to wonder whether the Palmer Stadium clock was observing Daylight Savings Time, for no "also-ran" football team can score that quickly...
...busy trying to figure out a way of dispatching Cornell tailback Joe Holland, Who was hurdling Harvard defenders like Simpson hurdles luggage in an airline terminal. Holland's 55 carries and 244 yards may have upstaged the Ralph Polilio Show on this day, but being a matinee also-ran is something that the Harvard speedster has grown accustomed...
...rungs on his Curial career, Pignedoli served as a World War II chaplain (submarines) and auxiliary bishop of Milan (under Archbishop Montini). Young people love him and thousands write him letters about their problems. In the last election he ran close to Siri and Luciani on the first ballot. Also-ran status is a liability he shares with Sebastiano Cardinal Baggio, 65, prefect of the Congregation of Bishops, and Paolo Cardinal Bertoli, 70, a career Curialist, both of whom ran further back last time. Pignedoli has the best chance of the three...
...Boston's starting leftfielder. He batted .309 with 22 home runs and 102 RBIS and fielded without an error in 144 games protecting Fenway's famous wall. But 1975 was also the year the centerfielder Fred Lynn became the first rookie MVP in baseball history, hitting .331 with 105 RBIS. Jim Rice's remarkable season had been eclipsed. It finished with a severe hand injury. The also-ran watched the play-offs and World Series from the dugout...