Word: mcdevitt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With 4:13 remaining, attackman John Heil's wraparound shot found the far corner of the Crimson net, tipping the see-saw Cornell's way the final time. Tim McDevitt cushioned the lead a minute later, firing a shot over Harvard goaltender Chris Miller's right shoulder...
...game day at the McDevitt household was no simple affair. You had to come prepared. Jason had his facts; he knew Bo Schembeckler's system well, and you could be sure that the option would be in fine working order and that Wolverine QB Rick Leach would do his damage. Jason of course fulfilled all of these roles--coach, star halfback, option quarterback...
...through the preliminaries. And that meant Ohio State, and me doing my best Archie Griffin impersonation. Jason was just a little bit too fast for the Ohio State secondary most games, and that set the stage for the showdown. The Rose Bowl. The Grandaddy of them all. McDevitt against Barron. Leach against Davis. This was big time...
Then, there on a terrace in front of a dormitory stood a tall figure. Jason McDevitt, elongated now to more than six feet. The height advantage...
...suddenly there was more to it. Jason McDevitt after all did not simply disappear once I moved away; he took a similar path as I had. And as if that Saturday night were not proof enough that childhood lingers, the next year, the night after The Game in Cambridge, there was Jason in a parking lot near Mather House...