Word: picked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Princeton game. I didn't have a particularly good day throwing the ball. The score was 6-6, and it was 3rd -and-11 or something. And I scrambled and broke a few tackles to pick up the first down and keep the drive going. I think that was pretty big. We had two receivers to the left, one to the right. I was looking to throw a 12-yard out route to T.P. [senior receiver Terence Patterson]. [Princeton] dropped the linebacker underneath him, and I just started rolling his way, hoping he'd find a way to get open...
...acting like whiners. You say, "Hey, Mr. ARC, you're a wuss. FM didn't even put out an issue last week." But you don't get it. We're totally losing our minds! We're looking to pick our successors this week. It's a trying task to say the least. We're seniors. We have theses. Our advisers have forgotten our names and they've penalized us, demanding 1.5 chapters per delinquent magazine staffer...
...feeling over the years," explains Ivy League Commissioner Jeff Orleans, "is that the round robin schedule [versus head-to-head competition between top teams] matters a lot. If three teams have the same record against the entire league, they should be co-champions. You have to pick one philosophy...
...Linden, on the other hand, was always known as the one that could made huge plays happen. When the pocket broke down and there were no open receivers, Linden could scramble across the field and pick up a scrap of positive yardage. Sometimes he may have tried a little too hard--no one will ever forget his heartbreaking fumble that set Yale up for the game-winning field goal in The Game last year--but he was never faulted for his agility and athleticism...
...effect on Harvard, since the University is private and the student fee that funds the council's disbursements is voluntary. If it loses the case, the University of Wisconsin is also likely to make the fee voluntary rather than create a logistical nightmare by giving students the opportunity to pick and choose which groups they would like to support...