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...victory celebration and capped what has to be considered one of the greatest stretches of Harvard football in the modern era.That era encompassed three league championships in five years, the school’s first back-to-back titles since 1983, and two players who’ve made NFL rosters—not to mention seven wins out of the last eight against the Bulldogs.The last time either team won seven out of eight meetings in the storied rivalry before Saturday? It was 1909.That was also during a time when Harvard still attracted the best athletes in the country...
...they return to the more mundane world of papers, final exams, and job applications. That is, unless you are quarterback Chris Pizzotti and cornerback Andrew Berry, two seniors who are looking to make that childhood dream a reality—to take the plunge for a shot at an NFL career.“It’s something that for most boys, when they start playing football, is a childhood dream,” Berry says. “Nothing’s guaranteed at this point, but to even have that opportunity is something that I don?...
...NFL learn anything from the amateurs? While college football's overtime format may be more fair than pro's, it is absurd in a different way. In many respects, the setup feels like a game kids play at recess. Forgoing kickoffs altogether, each team receives the ball at the opponent's 25-yard line, meaning that without moving an inch, a team is already in field goal range. Teams alternate drives towards the end zone, until one team scores more than the other in an individual possession, or period (to try to move things along, the teams must...
...solve the overtime dilemma, the NFL should, like college, guarantee that teams receive equal possessions. But unlike college, they should continue to play, er, football. It can still be sudden death, provided that each team gets an equal shot at scoring. So for instance, if on that first possession, Jets quarterback Brett Favre had thrown an interception, and the Pats returned the ball for a touchdown, the game would be over since the Jets had had a series on offense. If the game is still tied at the end of the 15 minute period, then it would still...