Word: quarterback
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After a seesaw career at the University of Michigan, Tom Brady joined the New England Patriots as a fourth-string quarterback in 2000. He practiced with a group of rookies, "many of whom already had one foot in a liquor distributorship back home," writes Pierce in this bright biography. But soon Brady was guiding an unlikely dynasty, winning three Super Bowls for a downtrodden franchise. Pierce traces the sources of Brady's trademark selflessness, from growing up with three elder sisters to his struggles at Michigan. "If you choose to put yourself apart," Brady says, "you know, play tennis...
...Crimson scored two plays later on the drive when junior quarterback Liam O'Hagan found sophomore tight end Jason Miller in the end zone for a 5-yard score, giving Harvard a 7-0 lead. The Quakers tied the score at seven on their ensuing drive...
...Tigers defense has much better credentials, permitting 16.4 points per game and 3.5 yards per carry. The Princeton front bottled up Dawson like he hasn’t been contained at any other point this season, and McLeod isn’t quite as good. And Tigers quarterback Jeff Terrell has been the third-best offensive player in the Ivies (after Dawson and McLeod) this season...
...Quakers’ best weapon, running back Joe Sandberg, will be neutralized by the nation’s leading run defense (53.25 yards allowed per game). And their young quarterback Robert Irvin, who has thrown for an impressive 1,648 yards in his sophomore campaign, will be harried all afternoon by the most prolific sackers in the country (5.13 per game...
...church and my dad is Jewish,” Math says, responding to the claim that he hails from “classic Shaker stock—good old-fashioned...Protestants.” In addition, Math says the claim that he peaked as a high school quarterback in GQ lacks veracity: “I’m at Harvard now. We have more status.” And he’s in FM. Take that...