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...golden opportunity in Providence, R.I.: the Bears (3-13-5, 2-9-3) have netted just one victory since mid-November, a string of 17 games. Meanwhile, Harvard sits in a fourth-place tie with Dartmouth in the ECAC standings, and just six league games remain before the postseason tournament. The Crimson split last weekend’s home contest, beating Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 3-1 but losing 2-1 to Union the following night. “We’re disappointed with [that] loss,” said Harvard coach Ted Donato...
...Pavilion, the Harvard men’s basketball team will play the first of 14 straight playoff games.The contest against Dartmouth (2-9) marks the beginning of conference play for the Crimson (8-5), which accounts for everything in the Ivy League, the only Division I conference without a postseason tournament. One misstep against an inferior team could very well punch an irreparable hole in the best hopes Harvard has had in years to beat out Penn for the Ivy League’s automatic NCAA tournament berth.Harvard enters the crucible coming off the last and toughest segment...
...junior and senior seasons. New Hampshire coach Sean McDonnell took home the Eddie Robinson Award, which is awarded to the I-AA coach of the year. McDonnell led the Wildcats to a 10-1 regular season mark and a No. 1 ranking in the final poll before the postseason. New Hampshire suffered a 24-21 home loss in the quarterfinals of the I-AA playoffs to one of tonight’s title game participants, Northern Iowa. Brown coach Phil Estes finished fifth in the voting, a year after Harvard coach Tim Murphy finished second in balloting for the award...
Even in a sterling year for college football--Notre Dame's resurgence under former New England Patriots offensive coordinator Charlie Weis, an unexpected hurrah out of near-octogenarian coach Joe Paterno at Penn State and no silly postseason polling controversies--Bush, 20, stood out. Says Texas head coach Mack Brown, who began his college career in 1973: "Reggie Bush is as good a running back as I've ever seen." And Brown will see him again soon. On Jan. 4, U.S.C. will take its gaudy 34-game winning streak into the Rose Bowl against undefeated Texas, which features sensational scrambling...
...near lock on home-field advantage in the AFC play-offs, where the RCA Dome's fast artificial turf will make Indy's no-huddle offense almost impossible to stop. Still, the surprising Giants (7-3 going into last weekend) have a good chance at a postseason slot in the tight NFC East. And the conference is as wide open as Terrell Owens' yap--football fans can surely dare to dream...