Word: olivar
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Although it is a chiche in Harvard-Yale sporting circles to say that victory in the annual Classic is the sine qua non of a successful football season, the contrasting humors of coaches John Yovicsin and Jordan Olivar at Saturday's post-game press conference seemed to attest to the cliche's truth...
Yovicsin praised the Eli defense and pointed to the wind as "a definite factor" in attempting to console the unhappy Olivar, but he did not deny that he was "thrilled" and a "pretty happy...
...Olivar, who is no 5-6 in the Harvard-Yale series, declined to say whether the Crimson was the best Ivy team Yale has faced this year, probably forgetting Dartmouth's undefeated champions for the moment...
...only bright thought that came to the Eli's head mentor was the comparative youth of his present squad and its expected maturity next year. However, Olivar made similar noises after the 27-0 loss to Harvard and a second division finish last year. Clearly, last year's squad failed to "mature" this fall...
This set the stage for revenge: Charlie Ravenel paced Harvard to a 28-0 win over the hapless Elis in 1958; he turned in another sprakling performance the next year when the Crimson overwhelmed the Bulldogs 35 to 6. In 1960 Yale turned the tables again, as Jordan Olivar's unbeaten Elis poured...