Word: championship
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...time, it was hard to see that Cornell would wind up the season with just three wins in nine games. They were 2-0-1, and Harvard was undefeated. The game seemed destined to catapult one team toward a championship and dash the hopes of the other...
...Harvard, one of the preseason favorites, it offers a chance to fortify any claims to the championship. For Cornell, the same is an opportunity to establish itself as a contender...
...Sports. A look at the famous Rocky Graziano-Sugar Ray Robinson middleweight championship fight in 1952. Graziano finished his career with this fight, going in a 3-1 underdog and the brawling, sentimental favorite, but coming out a bruised and beaten fighter with a 67-10-6 final record. Robinson--who ended up with an impressive 175-19-6 record--announced his first retirement nine months after this fight. Unfortunately, Curt Gowdy is the host. Ch. 2, 8 p.m. 1/2 hour...
What all this amounts to is that Rudy Green is a fantastic football player, may be the best in the Ivies since Cornell had Ed Marinaro. And ballplayers of Green's caliber create championship teams. Yale will be in the thick of things all year long, and may well be on the verge of a title when The Game rolls around on November...
Cornell has put a lot of things together this year, and while they may not yet be ready to challenge for the championship, it seems as though they are powerful enough to make themselves felt this season...