Word: pigskins
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cast unto the deepest pit of the abyss. And there shall rise a foul beast, a beast of the sorrowful appellation, "Benno." And in the seventh fire of the seventh hell shalt thou be tormented by the unrepentant spirit of Brian Dowling. And your skin shall be as pigskin, and your heart pierced by the spikes of vengeful Harvard guard Doug Rosenberry...
Well, not really. I do observe the pigskin Sunday and keep it holy, from 12:30 per-game show to 7:00 post-game wrap-up. But for me, football is like Smartfood. I don't really love it, but once I start with it, I Just can't get enough...
What Ronald Reagan did for jellybeans during his tenure in the White House, George Bush may do for pork rinds. A presidential predilection for the crunchy puffs of pigskin is bringing fresh popularity to what was previously regarded as a regional delicacy of the South. The snack is made by cooking small pieces of pigskin and dunking the shrunken pellets in fat heated to 400 degrees F. At that point they explode like popcorn...
...every time Charlie Brown races forward to kick a football, Lucy grabs it away at the last second and he takes a pratfall. The humor, of course, lies in Charlie Brown's earnest belief that despite the implacable evidence of history, this time will somehow be different, and the pigskin will finally go sailing through the uprights...
Football was dead at Harvard. With an air of defiance, a group of players held a funeral service--complete with procession and eulogy. A grave was dug and a pigskin was dropped inside...