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Corporal Michael Compton carries a plastic bag containing a pair of his wife's underwear. She gave it to him before his first deployment to Iraq, when they were still dating. "She said that she would stick by me," he says. But on a patrol outside Fallujah, the bag fell out of his pocket and blew away. "I thought it was long gone," he says. A week later, while "out in the middle of nowhere," he noticed a plastic bag and picked it up. The underwear was inside. "I couldn't believe it. I guess it was a sign because...
...keep the clothes? I took a pair of pants...
...Harvard up by four. Maine kept it close, however, and an offensive rebound by forward Phillipe Tchekane-Bofia led to a put-back that cut the lead to 73-71 with nine seconds to play. The Crimson calmly got the ball into the hands of Housman, who buried a pair from the line to put the game on ice. Harvard was in position to close it out in the final minutes thanks to a crucial shift in momentum earlier in the second half. Maine, trailing by three at halftime, deleted the deficit by running...
...play of Harvard’s next drive was a botched handoff from O’Hagan to Dawson, which Penn recovered at the Harvard 19. Three plays yielded just three yards, but another field goal gave the Quakers a 20-7 lead. The Crimson bounced back, adding a pair of field goals and finishing the half down 20-13. But Harvard did not help itself in the second half. The Crimson opened with a long drive that reached the Penn 24 before junior Matt Schindel missed a field goal try. Harvard never sniffed the end zone again in what...
...play of Harvard’s next drive was a botched handoff from O’Hagan to Dawson, and Penn recovered at the Harvard 19. Three plays yielded just three yards, but another field goal gave the Quakers a 20-7 lead. The Crimson bounced back, adding a pair of field goals just before the half to trail 20-13 at the break. But the second half gave Harvard no help. The Crimson opened the half with a long drive that reached the Penn 24 before a missed field goal by junior kicker Matt Schindel. From there, Harvard would...