Word: besting
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...nation's top offensive threats in quarterback Art Schlichter. Southern Cal boasts two of the others in quarterback Paul McDonald and Heisman trophy-winning halfback Charles White, plus a stingy defense led by bone-crunching linebacker Dennis Johnson. It'll be close, but in the West, Southern Cal is best. USC 27, Ohio State...
BLUEBONNET BOWL: Purdue (9-2) vs. Tennessee (7-4)--Sorry, Wilson Schlichter, McDonald et al., but Purdue's Mark Herrmann is the best quarterback in the country. The Vols are a strong 7-4, but any 9-2 Big Ten team can whip a 7-4 SEC team, Johny Majors notwithstanding. Purdue 31, Tennessee...
Harvard, of course, will join the celebration. The council appointed Lewis A. Armistead, acting assistant vice president for community affairs, to the celebrations committee last night, in part, members said, "because we want to use the Harvard archives, one of the best collections of Cambridge history around...
...highlights in the meet came in the 880 when two Olympic hopefuls from Harvard, Paula Newnham and Johanna Forman, and sophomore Martha Clabby all broke the previous women's indoor school record. Newnham's record--shattering time of 2:09.3 shaved more than ten seconds off the old school best and skimmed a tenth of a second off of the ITT record...
...second-place time of 5:03.8 which not only bettered the old school record but also stripped more than 15 seconds off of her personal best for the mile, Linsley said, "I was a little surprised. We started out really fast. I'm just glad Darlene was there to keep me running...