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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...
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...
...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...
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...
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...