Word: marcellus
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have the townspeople reacted to the TV bombardment? Mostly they are dazzled. "We used to only watch television a couple of hours a day," says Dawn Marcellus, 29, a housewife and mother of two. "Now the TV is never off unless we're out of the house." "We kind of jumped on it," says Ada Fancher, 47, whose husband owns a land-excavating service. "People have done everything up here to get good reception. They bought antennas, channel boosters, and you could still get only two channels. Now at least we know about current events...
...team's defense, though, was another matter. Harvard gave up 397 yards total offense after allowing only 220 in last year's game. The Lions, paced by 255-pound junior fullback John Harper (17-77) and 245-pound junior tailback Marcellus Wiley (9-49), mustered 223 yards on the ground alone...
...showed considerable improvement over Lion teams past. Sure, the Columbia defense was weak, giving up 424 total yards and 28 points to the Crimson, but offensively, it was extremely impressive. Its line shot off the ball noticeably harder than in past years and monstrous running backs John Harper and Marcellus White blew open holes to the tune of 77 and 49 yards, respectively. It executed soundly, and the Crimson interior defensive line came crashing down...