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...Harvard offense that averaged 37 points a game at the start of play against Dartmouth, achieved 421 yards of offense but eked out a mere 13 points...
Down by 14 points, the Bulldogs tried to fight their way back into the game in the second quarter, driving into Harvard’s red zone. Mere yards from the endzone, however, Cowan threw the ball straight into the arms of Williamson, who blazed the full length of the field for the touchdown...
...very carefully, you can hear its echo throughout Friday Night Lights: In Odessa, football is a way of life. And, as is quickly shown, it is the only way of life for residents of this small Texas town, where state champions become legends and those who fall short become mere pariahs rejected even within their own families. Though American society worships successful professional athletes, the cult following earned by 17-year old high school seniors is for the most part less widespread. Director and co-writer Peter Berg rightly devotes more time to te Panthers’ trials in their...
...graduation after the 2003 season, the guys on the field when Harvard didn’t have the ball were not, originally, Crimson opponents’ primary concern. And with the departure of four-time All-Ivy linebacker Dante Balestracci ’04, the defense became a mere footnote to the offensive juggernaut that has dominated defenses all season...
...created; again Battles break the rules of spatial resonance created by the background humming and air-sounds, which are punctuated with obvious computer effects and a wall of noise disconcertingly cutting in and out. These violations of spatial registers shake up the listener on a totally different level than mere quiet/loud alternations. Even more surprisingly, the song ends with a long, harmoniously resonant fade...