Word: kickoff
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...Sunday, the news was more about what teams didn't get done. One of the sure things in life is that Bill Parcells teams don't cough up the ball. Yet the 23-10 loss to the Broncos showed us a fumblin, stumblin Jets, dropping the ball, muffing a kickoff, and committing six turnovers to none for the Broncos. Cliche you'll become sick of announcers spouting in the next few days: "You're not going to win very many games in the National Football League turning the ball over six times...
Although Harvard garnered a respectable finish in an extremely competitive field of 43 schools, a few of its members wished they could have come home with the jackpot. The team's strong sixth-place finish at the tournament last year and this season's capture of the Ivy Kickoff Championship in mid-November had left the Crimson with high hopes for this weekend...
Several Harvard wrestlers performed exceptionally well for the team this weekend. In the 157-pound division, junior Kevin Kurtz continued his success this season by placing third. Earlier in the year, Kurtz won his weight division at the Ivy Kickoff tournament and was named the tournament's Outstanding Wrestler. This weekend he chalked up an impressive 6-1 record...
...return of the kickoff following the Yale touchdown, Damon Jones ran out-of-bounds, giving Harvard the ball on the 8-yard line. It was clear then that the fans' optimism would be short-lived. Three plays later, Linden decided to run with the ball in search of a first down. Running may not have been such a bad decision--the quarterback seemed to be throwing to no one in particular all afternoon. But Linden didn't just run; he ran right into a Yale cornerback. He could have slid, could have avoided the defense, but that has never been...
...Harvard was still in the game. Seniorlinebacker Joe Weidle blocked the point-afterattempt by Brown freshman Sean Jensen, and theCrimson trailed by only seven with 12:48 left inthe third quarter. Sophomore Chuck Nwokocha's31-yard kickoff return gave Harvard a first downat its 43-yard line, and the Crimson was back inbusiness...