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...Democrat Heath Shuler is unlike any candidate that Republican Representative Charles Taylor has faced in the past. Shuler is not only young and dynamic, but he's a local boy who made good playing college and professional football as quarterback. But more than anything else, it's Shuler's rural background that makes him such a formidable challenger. During Taylor's 16 years representing the mountainous 11th congressional district in western North Carolina, he has won reelection by dominating the rural vote against candidates from the larger area cities like Asheville. But Shuler, like Taylor, is conservative on many social...
This season, the spotlight on the Harvard football team has highlighted controversy, the revolving door at the quarterback position, and senior running back Clifton Dawson’s quest to rewrite the Ivy League record book. But little has been said about the Crimson’s receiving corps, which has quietly established itself as one of the deepest in the league and has contributed greatly to Harvard’s undefeated record through the team’s first three games. “We’ve got six or seven good guys out there...
...just normal students going to class and contributing to the community. And more than anything, the program was clean. The players stayed out of trouble. Any publicity would surely be positive. By now you know what actually happened. The captain got arrested and then dismissed from the team. The quarterback was suspended for violating an undisclosed team rule. A wide receiver was kicked off the team for allegedly performing a disrespectful routine at the annual skit night. The national media have come—unfortunately for the wrong reasons. The reputation of Harvard football has taken a beating over...
...Junior quarterback Chris Pizzotti made a surprise start Saturday, returning a week earlier than the most optimistic expectations for his recovery from the hyperextended knee that he suffered in a season-opening win against Holy Cross.Pizzotti practiced on Thursday for the first time since the injury and replaced junior Richard Irvin, who had been expected to make his second career start at Harvard.“I wasn’t really nervous coming in about my knee,” Pizzotti said. “I think once I took the first hit, I felt it a little...
...last week’s output of 104 over the course of the first quarter. Yet with the toughest assignment for the offensive line so far in 2006, the back had all he could handle. The line looked flat in the first quarter, letting defenders through and forcing junior quarterback Chris Pizzotti out of the pocket. Having allowed a single sack in two games entering the weekend—when quarterback Jeff Witt fell down against Brown—the squad yielded three on Saturday in addition to a number of hits and hurries on Pizzotti. It ran into similar...