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...from Duke University. I am very happy to be here. However, the week of the Harvard-Yale game is a very hard time for me because it brings back the most amazing experiences of my college career that I know I will never have here at Harvard. What I miss most about Duke is its profound sense of community, and nothing reminds me more of its absence here than the Harvard-Yale game. Duke basketball was the unifying force behind the close-knit student body, and the Duke-UNC rivalry was the epitome of this phenomenon. When I compare this...
...Once the game starts, there is no time to rest. Dukies are always on their feet and cheering constantly. When the opposing team dribbles, fans say Boing, boing, boing. They shout Whooooa when an opposing player holds the ball, Pass! when he passes it, Shot! when he shoots and Miss! when he misses (or Awww, if he gets the basket). For Duke players, they shout Whos your daddy? Battier! for Shane Battier and cheer J-Will, J-Will rock you! for Jason Williams...
Blewett wasn’t always quite so confident. He emerged from the shadow of Mike Giampaolo ’00 to take over the kicking duties in the fall of his sophomore season. He missed one of his two field goals against Holy Cross in his first game—a 32-yarder that would have brought the Crimson within a touchdown in a game it eventually lost, 27-25. Blewett went on to miss his next four field goals that year, and looking back, chalks it up to his psychological state...
...pressure situations of that sort that Blewett will miss once his playing days are over...
...thing I’m going to miss is walking out into a packed stadium hearing the shrills of the crowd and just having your whole body overcome by this tingling sensation,” Blewett says. “And then just going out there and knowing that you’re just motivated to your highest level. You know it’s a moment when you have to perform, and you can trust your body to do what you know it can do. It’s just getting out there and conquering any sort of fear...