Word: budded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Yale game this Saturday. The word is "trouble." Here we are, the 75th anniversary of Harvard Stadium, the tenth anniversary of the fabled 29-29 tie, and the first time no league championship has been at stake for Harvard or Yale since 1971, when Bob Blackman was doing his Bud Wilkinson imitation at Dartmouth...
...Jacobs nipped Penn's nascent air attack in the bud, almost intercepting one pass and tackling Penn receiver Kevin Blake at the Harvard seven with 38 seconds left and paydirt in front...
...gently, at least until after the November elections, lest any budget cuts alienate unionists, veterans, farmers, welfare recipients and other voters. Economic advisers wanted him to act firmly, paring away at programs. Characteristically, Carter split the difference, calling in April for a timid policy of a modest bud get constriction and limits on federal pay increases. He might have known that this policy would not be enough, that inflation would continue to accelerate...
Senior Editor James D. Atwater first met Bud Wilkinson when he was still coaching at Oklahoma, completing his legendary record of 145 victories against just 29 defeats and four ties. The two men wrote a book on physical fitness, and later Wilkinson, then a prominent Republican, made Democrat Atwater his deputy on the staff of the Nixon White House. Like most people who know Wilkinson well, Atwater was not surprised when his friend decided, after 15 years, to return to coaching with the St. Louis Cardinals. Last week Atwater took a close look at the onetime college wonder...
While we talked, a quarterback named Jeb Blount was brought in to meet Wilkinson. A free agent, Blount was being given a tryout (which he flunked) to become Steve Pisarkiewicz's backup. The 24-year-old Blount was obviously impressed by meeting Wilkinson. When Blount left, Bud recalled that he had once coached Oklahoma against a Texas team that had Peppy Blount, Jeb's father, on its roster. That was 31 years ago, and Wilkinson laughed at the coincidence, and the passage of time, and the bonds of the game that had drawn him back to football...