Word: blewett
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Spurred by a recent late-night conversation with Crimson editor Rahul Rohatgi ’03 and a “couple of cold ones,” Blewett decided to settle the matter once and for all with an old-fashioned kickoff. The feud’s resurrection was a surprise to Fernandez, who had moved on after an initial period of faux-death threats and dirty looks...
...date was set and Fernandez made his way across the river, where a cordial and grinning Blewett met him and shook his hand. In front of a frenzied crowd of three joggers, two athletic department employees and some pigeons, the two lined up at the 25-yard line for practice kicks...
...Blewett felt good heading in. “Beforehand I told Fernandez that he’d better bring the big stick or it was gonna get ugly,” he said (though it’s unclear exactly what “the big stick” means in the context of a kicking contest). “So I think Dan was a little shaken before setting foot on the field. To make matters worse, I know I’m pretty intimidating suited up in pads. Just ask any of the guys on the team...
...have to hand it to Fernandez, he competed hard,” Blewett said. “Initially I thought I was really in for a barnburner. But after I discovered his weakness—that he had never kicked a football in his life—I realized that I had a fighting chance of pulling off the upset...
...engaged in a game of P-I-G, in which Blewett picked his spots and challenged Fernandez to match him kick-for-kick (think H-O-R-S-E but shorter). Fernandez made his first try from 23 yards out—a kick similar to one Blewett had missed in a game the previous week—but toed his next attempt wide right. Fernandez’s toe-punching approach made it difficult for him to get much velocity on his kicks, and he ended up missing three of six attempts...