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...Vince McMahon's business plan is to turn sports into reality TV: miked players, coverage of the coach's halftime talks, a "bubba cam" operator in protective padding behind the linemen, reporters interrupting players between downs and, for some reason, fireworks. "There's no reason to do scripting," McMahon says of the difference between the XFL and the WWF. "This is a reality show--live. It's real. It's not someone who is alleged to eat a rat when it was really chicken. We're going to find out who these players are as human beings...
...touchdown with 3:11 remaining in the first half, the Big Red had amassed just 17 yards of offense.But the momentum quickly shifted on the extra point after the reverse touchdown, as sophomore kicker Patrick Long kicked the ball low and into the back of his own linemen. The ball bounced back toward the kicker and was scooped up by Cornell’s Colin Nash, who returned it to the endzone for a safety to make the score 19-2.On the ensuing Big Red possession, the enlivened Cornell offense used a 42-yard completion from Nathan Ford to Bryan Walters...
...growers and distributors, though, the situation is different entirely. They form the linemen of a vast American underclass of crime and poverty. Their entire lives are, by and large, extralegal. They do not donate to politicians and they do not vote. Their trade demands that they shed their citizenry, that they give up the privileges and protections of society for them and their families. The law does not demur to strip away their freedom, and they fill up the ranks of inmates in wild overproportion—over 55 percent of the federal prison population is incarcerated for drug offenses...
...have no doubt this year that we will definitely produce,” Ho says, “and the reason I’m saying that is because while obviously we have offensive linemen banged up, at the same time, we have a great group of offensive linemen that have worked extremely hard this offseason...
...said. “It’s a credit to their offensive line, and to him, and to the receivers—their offense as a whole—that we didn’t get any more sacks.” SECOND TO SOME The linebackers and linemen were not alone in their woes, as what projected to be a well-stocked secondary showed signs of youth. The two veteran cornerbacks, preseason All-American junior Andrew Berry and 2006 second team All-Ivy senior Steven Williams, strutted their stuff on the field, combining for eight tackles?...