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Word: bowlful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Answer: They both fumbled the first time they handled the ball in vacation bowl games...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: The Blue-Gray Classic With a Crimson Tint | 1/23/1981 | See Source »

...secret of Bear's Goat-Gap Texas Chili, which again this year beat out all contenders for the coveted Washington Chili Bowl Championship, is in the technique and the spices: superhot chili powder, seeded jalapeno peppers, oregano and masa harina. So it is with the press briefings of "the Bear," as Illinois-born James Brady calls himself. Even when he has nothing of substance to say, his witty affability can calm hungry reporters. At one point during the transition when he had no inside news to impart. Brady disarmed disappointed newsmen with a typical wisecrack: "I've gotten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Affable Bear: White House Press Secretary James Brady | 1/19/1981 | See Source »

...night before New Year's Eve, Georgia Head Coach Vince Dooley decided to enforce an early curfew on himself. Weary from the whirl of practices, press conferences and official functions surrounding the Sugar Bowl showdown between his No. 1-ranked Bulldogs and Notre Dame, Dooley passed up a party honoring the teams and went to bed at 9 p.m. It was perhaps his wisest coaching decision of the year. "If I'd gone to the party, I would never have slept again," he asserted. The reason: while Dooley snoozed, Sugar Bowl officials staged a disco contest between Notre...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Vince Dooley's 17-Year Itch | 1/12/1981 | See Source »

...Southern Cal and tied by Georgia Tech during the regular season. Pittsburgh Coach Jackie Sherrill was so confident that his once beaten team could jump from third to first in the national championship polls that he ran the score to 37-9 against South Carolina in the Gator Bowl to impress the judges. Florida State, ranked No. 2, was hoping for an Orange Bowl victory to capture the No. 1 spot, but the Seminoles lost 18-17 when Oklahoma scored a touchdown and a two-point conversion in the final minutes. Thus when the final polls were published, Georgia remained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Vince Dooley's 17-Year Itch | 1/12/1981 | See Source »

...Eagles and the Raiders will meet in Super bowl XV in the New Orleans Superdome on January...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scoreboard | 1/12/1981 | See Source »

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