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Which brings us now to the argument that's been around as long as pulled hamstrings; can Ivy League football stack up against the major college teams or is it glorified British Bulldog played by a bunch of guys who think that Ara Parseghian is an incurable form of cancer...
...campus of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, is usually known as the place where McGuffey's Readers were launched, and where Red Blaik and Ara Parseghian got their starts in football. After last week it may also be remembered as the site of the U.S. debut of the latest in a long line of Russian pianists that includes Emil Gilels and Sviatoslav Richter. Lazar Berman, 45, is unknown in the U.S. and Western Europe. But collectors of Soviet recordings, as well as many pianists throughout the world, have for years praised his talent...
...annual ritual took a bizarre turn last week when Notre Dame's Ara Parseghian announced that he was stepping down. Before the shock wave subsided in South Bend, Notre Dame officials triggered another with the word that as Ara's replacement they had chosen Dan Devine, who was about to get his walking papers from the National Football League's Green Bay Packers...
That look may eventually lead to the pros, for Parseghian's record is impressive. His 94-victory total after eleven years at Notre Dame is second only to the 105 amassed by the legendary Knute Rockne. His career winning percentage at Miami of Ohio, Northwestern and Notre Dame is a glittering .745. But Ara says it will be a while before he's ready to try again. He plans to spend more time with his wife Katie, and devote greater attention to his insurance business and volunteer work with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. (His daughter Karan suffers...
Trying to live with the legend of Lombardi was tough enough; now Devine is taking on the memory of Parseghian, Rockne and Frank Leahy. And he knows all too well that Notre Dame has never brooked even middling showings by its football coaches. (Terry Brennan was asked to leave after a 32-18 record in five seasons.) But Devine is undaunted. "I feel like I'm going to have the full cooperation of everyone," he says. "As long as I've got the support, I can produce a winner...