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Word: bigs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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When one thinks about Mike Clark and Joe Kross, one thinks not so much about their accomplishments on the football field, but more about all the things that haven't happened to them--the attention in the press they haven't received, the big showboat plays they haven't made and the "Coop Player of the Week" awards they haven...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Harvard's Line Is All Right | 10/27/1978 | See Source »

Everything about Kross is big--listed in the football guide as 6-5, 249, he has a massive frame and a large, pleasant face. And if his size doesn't clue you in on what he does for extracurricular activities, a nagging scab on the bridge of his nose tells you that he's been butting heads in the trenches...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Harvard's Line Is All Right | 10/27/1978 | See Source »

They're known as "Library Joe" and "Captain Nasty," which tells you that the carbon-copy metaphor of two big, quiet, talented linemen goes only...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Harvard's Line Is All Right | 10/27/1978 | See Source »

...big-time football schools have denied this charge. But in an emotionally charged speech at the 1978 convention, Murphy stood up and said, "Behind a lot of this (support for restructuring), we see schools with like desires on financial aid limitations. Are there schools in this room that do not like the 30 and the 95? If so, why don't they stand...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: NCAA Fun 'n Games | 10/27/1978 | See Source »

...course, as my mother used to say, there's nothing tougher than catching Wilbur Wood's knuckleball, which also reminds me that Harvard teams will also be competing in New Haven, Friday. Both the women and the men harriers will tangle with Yale and Princeton in the "Big Three" meet, with the first race beginning...

Author: By Bill Ginsberg, | Title: With Many Thanks... | 10/26/1978 | See Source »

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