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...take those yards after the catch and sprinkle in the usual tricks Murphy always calls, a big-play offense emerges. Suddenly the Crimson has the ability to knock off a Brown squad that many thought would win the Ivy League (despite being technically prohibited from the championship due to its recruitment violations...

Author: By Mike Volonnino, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: The 'V' Spot: Brown Frozen in Morristown | 9/25/2000 | See Source »

Likely, without the Hawaii game, Michigan would have been second in the BCS rankings, behind undefeated Tennessee and ahead of the actual No. 2 Florida State. But the strength of schedule penalty caused by the extra game against Hawaii would have been enough to knock Michigan behind Florida State and out of the national championship picture...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Don't Fear De Remer: End the BCS B.S. | 9/20/2000 | See Source »

...report have that "suddenly-I- realized-I-was-wrong" tone. But sometimes, actions speak louder than words. In some cases, the U.S. troops - contrary to their chocolate-tossing image - were little more than the infamous "Blue Meanies" that terrorized Pepperland in the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine" movie. Soldiers would knock down the carefully constructed stacks of cigarette packs that vendors had built...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How U.S. 'Peacekeeping' Became a Reign of Terror | 9/19/2000 | See Source »

...knock-down, drag-out a fight as you're likely to see this year: Two sharp-tongued opponents, lashing out at each other at every opportunity - and inventing those opportunities during rare moments of calm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rick and Hillary Battle to a Bloody Draw | 9/13/2000 | See Source »

...Savon doesn't have the quickness of the younger fighters he'll face. But his devastating right hand still has enough punch to knock opponents into the next Olympiad. "Stevenson had his time--this time is mine," Savon told TIME as his five small children climbed his chiseled 6-ft. 5-in., 201-lb. frame at his Havana home. "I will give everything in my power to win that third gold medal." Savon would probably be fighting for his fourth, if Cuba hadn't boycotted the 1988 Games...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Felix Savon | 9/11/2000 | See Source »

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