Word: patriotism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...particularly impressive last weekend in a 21-17 victory over Patriot Conference power Lehigh...
After bringing his team from a 10-0 halftime deficit to a 14-10 fourth quarter advantage, Bledsoe got a kick in the teeth yesterday and still bounded back to snatch (gum?) victory from the jaws of defeat. I saw the Patriot defense, which, I should mention, is not the strongest in the league, crumple with less than five minutes left. That defense allowed Brett Favre to march 73 yards downfield for a touchdown, a 14-10 lead and a paltry 1:14 on the clock...
...this point, someone must have awakened Mr. Elvis Patriot. He put the shake, rattle and roll right into Frank Winters's long snap causing Chris Jacke to blow his streak of 126 PATs...
Unlike the other Patriot quarterbacks of recent memory who would melt in the face of such adversity, Drew Bledsoe led his team in a business-like manner to the 27-yard line. Matt Bahr, his confidence shaken after two misses earlier in the day, pushed away the mental chains and found a way to put the ball between the uprights...
Throw in an offensive line that averages 270 pounds and a Harvard defense that is giving up 31 points per game and you have what could be a tough challenge. The Patriot League coaches thought highly enough of Holy Cross to pick them third in the Patriot League, just behind the Bucknell squad that thoroughly whipped the Crimson last week...