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...biggest problem has been on the defensive line, where eight lettermen have departed from last year's 5-5 team. Look for Harvard's Jim Callinan and Jim Acheson to do the heavy work. Both of Cornell's returning starters are defensive backs...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Gridders Travel to Ithaca | 10/9/1981 | See Source »

Tomorrow, the Crimson opens the 1981 season against a team riding a 12-game Ivy losing streak, a team coach Bob Naso admits "can't help but be better" than last season's 1-9 edition. Perhaps Naso's optimism is founded on the loss of 25 lettermen, including a big chunk of the Ivies' worst defense. Perhaps Naso expects miracles from sophomores like quarterback John Witkowski and running back Jim McHale. Perhaps Naso is just talking like a football coach and really doesn't expect his team to be better...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Visiting a Friendly Den | 9/18/1981 | See Source »

...team that loses 25 lettermen has to be different, if not better. In fact, Harvard may recognize friendly Baker Field--where it is 10-1 since 1956--more easily than the Columbia team will...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Visiting a Friendly Den | 9/18/1981 | See Source »

CORNELL at PENN: Big Red coach Bob Blackman loves to sing his song of woe, then change his tune every week after a "surprise" win. This year the woe may be real with 33 lettermen gone, including almost every starter. Still, you can't tell me there isn't enough left to beat Penn, a team that topped only Columbia a year ago. Sorry Bob, it just won't work. CORNELL 20, PENN...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Visiting a Friendly Den | 9/18/1981 | See Source »

Gradnation severely weakend M.I.T. which split four games with Harvard last year, all by a margin of fewer than five goals, However coach John Benedick contends that his young Engineers with only three returning lettermen will be ready for any encounter with the Crimson: "We do our best to give Harvard a hard time," Benedick said...

Author: By William A. Danoff, | Title: Plunging Into the Front Ranks | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

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