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...look at it, Cornell's loaded. Even on kickoffs they'll stand out. Pete Gogolak, who kicks with his instep, hit the goalpost on the opening kickoff against Colgate, and on the next two he split the uprights. Only two out of his seven kickoffs last Saturday could be returned; the others went out of the end zone...

Author: By James R. Ullyot, | Title: Football Team Begins Ivy Competition | 10/6/1961 | See Source »

...Student Council came out against goalpost rioting while the Faculty concerned itself with abolishing the elementary language requirement. This was the year when Tallulah Bankhead told the CRIMSON that drama must never be censored, and the spring when it was discovered that Harvard University was left without a single dean or executive above the rank of secretary to the President for one entire weekend...

Author: By Martin J. Brookhuyson, | Title: 'Outside World' Crises, Changes At College Trouble Class of 1936 | 6/12/1961 | See Source »

...world indoor record of 6 ft. 11¼ in. at the Massachusetts Knights of Columbus games in Boston. ¶ To encourage more college field-goal kicking, the N.C.A.A. rules committee widened the space between the goal posts 4 ft. 10 in. to 23 ft. 4 in., first goalpost width change in football history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Jan. 26, 1959 | 1/26/1959 | See Source »

...work too hard during the week and you leave your best on the practice field," says Dodd. While backs brush up on their assignments, linemen horn in and take a crack at carrying the ball "to give them some variety." Groups wander off to play volleyball, using a goalpost crossbar as the net. Touch football is a favorite time-killer. Every few minutes the routine is changed so the boys will not get bored...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Happy Coach | 11/12/1956 | See Source »

Bucknell quarterback Jim Stewart kicked all the Bison's point-after attempts. After the second touchdown, he nearly missed the ball entirely, and on his fourth attempt, the ball bounced off the left goalpost well beneath the crossbar...

Author: By John E. Grady, | Title: Bucknell Rallies in Third-Quarter Drive To Tie Favored Crimson Eleven, 26 to 26 | 10/31/1955 | See Source »

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