Word: contend
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Whoever starts will have to contend with a very aggressive Princeton defense that executes its system well. The Tigers blitz heavily and vary their formations to confuse and overwhelm the offense and have two shutouts this year...
Menick and his supporting cast on the offensive line will have to contend with a Crusader defensive line that has proven highly effective against...
Cornell's four seniors give it more experience than the Crimson, but they pale in respect to international flavor. With only one recruited player from outside the U.S., Cornell will be forced to contend with five Harvard players recruited from international soil...
Last year Congress passed a moratorium, aimed at the Star, protecting New England from factory trawlers until regional commissions can draw up regulations for their own areas. Meanwhile the Star's owners, rebuffed in Gloucester, are lobbying to operate from Maine. Greenpeace and many other groups contend that trawlers are too efficient and too wasteful. They contribute to overfishing by catching everything in a gigantic swath. A problem with this is "by-catch," undersize fish or unwanted species that go back over the side, dead...
However, if the team is going to contend this year, they are going to need consistent play from everyone...