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...Bulldogs lead the nation in scoring defense and are second in the Ivies in total defense, in large part due to their experienced secondary. Yale is second in the nation in pass defense efficiency, allowing just six touchdown passes against 19 interceptions. Penn coach Al Bagnoli joked last week that the Crimson must have a height requirement for its receiving corps. Top target Matt Luft is 6’6, sophomore Chris Lorditch (left) is 6’4, and classmate Levi Richards is 6’2, all at least as tall as Yale’s tallest defensive...
...with the whole offense in general,” Luft says. “We have to have a good run game going to open up the pass, you have a bunch of receivers to make it really difficult for them to single out one receiver to cover. The [offensive line] has done a really great job blocking this year, protecting Chris, and Chris always puts the ball where it needs...
...that a group of bipartisan lawmakers had reached an agreement to provide Detroit with an infusion of $25 billion, with a victory press conference to be held at 2:30 p.m. Then, abruptly, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate majority leader Harry Reid cut the negotiators off at the pass by holding a hastily called press conference of their own in the same Senate room at 2:00 p.m. At that point, the Democratic leaders announced that they would not bring up the agreement for a vote - yet. "What kind of a message do we send to the American people...
...demonstrate that they won't need to come back and ask for more money. The two committees will hold hearings to vet the plans. If the plans are approved, Reid and Pelosi say they are willing to reconvene both chambers of Congress the week of Dec. 8 to pass a bailout. "Yes, we're kicking the can down the road, because that will give us the opportunity to do something positive. But that will only happen if they get their act together," Reid told reporters on Capitol Hill on Thursday...
...many industry observers believe the Big Three desperately need a change of leadership. So far, though, none of the companies have given any indication that they are willing to clean house at the top in order to curry favor with Washington. If they don't get enough votes to pass the bailout package, that refusal to put someone different at the wheel may prove to be a very costly miscalculation...