Word: nothingness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Say it loud because this year's Game means nothing. Say it loud to drown out the distant sound of cheering, rolling over the hills and rivers from Ithaca, N.Y., where the real Game is being played, the one that will have a bearing on the Ivy title.
"In the past, [Yale] has not had great forwards, and has sat back a little and defended," Harvard Captain Robert Bonnie said. "It's always been a nil-nil, or one-nothing in every Yale game I've seen."
"Nothing is going to detract from the disappointment of the year," Peterson says. "But that disappointment can be put on hold, at least for [Yale week]. The alumni interest, the tradition--it's just a great Game."
"Have you never heard of 1968? Does the score 29-29 mean nothing to you? That contest was a college football classic. Are you not moved by more than a century of tradition? Or could it be that you went to Princeton? Ten thousand men of Harvard, to victory today...
The Harvard football team is losing again. On the field, nothing is going right. On the sidelines, it shows. Standing, watching the game, is a member of the team. The disappointment shows on her face. A player recognizes senior Mary Reyes' intensity and later says to her: "I wanted to...