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Yale Coach Carmen Cozza just may have assigned George Allen's book on football as homework for his Bulldogs. Yale's defense forced three costly Colgate turnovers in the first half. Linebacker John Smoot recovered two fumbles and picked off an errant Red Raider pass to set up three Eli scores...
...saying there was "some kind of monastery or something" up the road a bit. The monastery turned out to be a seminary for Jesuit priests and when we rang the doorbell at 12:30 in the morning I was sure--visions of medieval churches offering sanctuary to knights errant--we'd found a place to stay. But the priest who answered the door said he would have to ask his boss--the priest in charge of the seminary. Bill didn't trust priests, but I told him that I grew up around priests and had been taught by priests...
Ordinary mortals might blanch at such howlingly incomprehensible computerese, but the message turned out to be, if not altogether graspable, at least mildly approachable. The errant computer in question was built by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and installed at Harvard five years ago, presumably reliably analyzing data at a steady, comforting clip. No one discovered until early this month that it was inaccurate in, of all places, the ninth digit -still quite serviceable for run-of-the-mill computer wizardry, but not the very best the machine was fully capable of. Some infinitesimally remote calculation was slipping ever so slightly...
...Terriers, who were only slightly faster than Harvard Saturday, exploited Harvard's slowness to clear their own zone and execute simple clearing plays. A bit of pressure resulted in errant passes from the defense and B.U. goals. Harvard's defense will have to look sharper for the NCAAs...
Harvard took more shots than usual, instead of working the puck around for the perfect shot--and the strategy paid off three time. Each Crimson tally came on a rebound or a tip-in off an errant shot from...