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...Yale's gridiron fortunes soared, however, during the 80's and 90's, when she lost only twice to her former patron. So bad was the situation for the Crimson that the Harvard Daily Herald was prompted to remark in 1882 which may sound familiar to 1951 readers: "Harvard cannot defeat Yale at football unless she consents to place on her team men who will substitute roughness for skill and professional enmity for amateur courtesy. But such a team will never represent Harvard and may never bear its honorable name. A few such contests as that of Saturday will blast...
Saturday's Hero (Columbia] looks at U.S. intercollegiate football with the same critical eye that Hollywood sport films usually turn on prizefighting. As angry as it is timely, the movie takes the line that gridiron stars like Hero John Derek are the pawns of a game cynically run for the profit of the universities and the political capital of behind-the-scenes finaglers...
...because of fatigue, extra time demanded by game trips to other schools, and time spent in whirlpools and under heat lamps in the training room . . ." After four years, Jackson figured out that he had spent about 810 hours in the six history courses he took. His hours on the gridiron...
...Concerning the finding of jobs, it would be my guess that largely because of very widespread recruiting practices, the term football player has become synonymous with ape, and because of this, it is often better for the job applicant to save mention of his gridiron record until after he has become acquainted with a prospective employer...
...audience restless, but it's obvious that they are being had. An underpriced, unreflective lot who do their jobs without self-dramatization, the players earn considerable respect and sympathy in the course of the picture, and the football scenes are authentic and very exciting. But always before the gridiron can begin to assume the romance or tragedy of, say, a bull-ring, the camera turns to the poisonous growths on the sidelines: the coach with the one-track mind and the rich, prestige-hungry alumnus who acts as "benefactor" to the deserving poor...