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Facing the more experienced and talented Ivy Leaguers, the Crimson may not be able to accumulate scores worthy of the gridiron, but with a 423 team batting average, the squad should tally more than its share of runs...
...Washington's institutionalized breakfasts with reporters. Instead of the light banter and gentle questions that tend to open such discussions, he was immediately slung a sharp query on conflicts within the Administration. After a pause he responded with perfect poker face: "Where has foreplay gone?" At last month's Gridiron Club dinner, an event that features journalists performing parodies of politicians, a Brady impersonator lampooned the report that Nancy Reagan had opposed his appointment because he was not "good-looking" enough to project the Reagan Administration image. Sang he: "She's grown accustomed to my face." Brady laughed as loudly...
...Iowa's loss to Minnesota, 21-6, before some 10,000 spectators who had paid $2 to $3 and got rained on. Gushed the critic of Reagan's play-by-play: "His crisp account of the muddy struggle sounded like a carefully written story of the gridiron goings-on, and his quick tongue seemed to be as fast as the plays." As usual, Reagan had prepared thoroughly by practicing mock commentary at Dixon High scrimmages...
...football team in the country, but things weren't always so good down in Athens. This Southern breed of Bulldogs got its name because the school's first president was a Yalie, and, like its northern counterpart in New Haven, once had to face a Harvard squad on the gridiron. The result: On October 15, 1921, Harvard came away with...
...this one Saturday a year, two universities known more for their academic than gridiron prowess admit to each other that they care about football--and at least for that afternoon--care deeply. Few future careers will be made or broken today, many will come to their natural and intended conclusions; that's part of The Game's charm. It lives on as a great institution not because the thousands of individuals who will gather today at Harvard Stadium--and the thousands of individuals who would like to be here--have been told that this football game means something, but because...