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...players in some semblance of shape after the long winter. It gave coaches a chance to look over their players in a no-pressure situation and afforded them a chance to look at and help some players that might be overlooked in the rush of preseason practice...
...spring practice now plays a different role. Coaches no longer rely on preseason non-conference games to get their players ready for league play. In the race for top rankings which bring national attention, which brings television appearances, which bring money, no longer is any game a preseason affair. Spring practice has taken the place of fall preseason. All personnel and strategy decisions are made long before the team reports in August. That all-out session at USC has become necessary so that the team can be set and ready before the season even begins. Like the pros, college football...
...effort was encouraging, but it was still a loss, and it climaxed a thoroughly disappointing Spring schedule. With three losses in four games, the team saw its preseason hopes for an NCAA tournament go down the tube before the season was even half over...
Rand did receive a little guidance from Nordic coach Don Cutter at last season's preseason training session at Dartmouth, but for the most part he learned the hard way--flat on his face...
...giant killers! The Harvard hockey team opened its season last night with an inspiring 5-2 upset over the University of Vermont. Before the game Vermont had been ranked tenth in the nation in hockey by the AP and the Crimson had failed to receive a vote in the preseason poll...