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...former is Cornell's Derrick Harmon, last year's Ivy Sophomore of the Year and the leading returning rusher in the league. He suffered a hip-pointer in the Big Red's season opener and had played sparingly since that time. Last week against Boston University, he ran for more than 80 yards in the first half, but sat out the 30 minutes after intermission...
...Blackman to make a few alterations in today's lineup. Senior split end Dean Barr will relinquish his starting position to junior Mike Huyghue, and junior fullback Mark Miller will be running out Cornell's "I" formation in place of senior Dave Menapace, the team's No. 2 rusher with 139 yards on 33 carries...
...reality, Allard totalled 103 yards rushing on the ground. The stat would have made him the game's leading rusher, but the 44 yards Allard lost while being sacked six times brought his net total...
...backfield, last year's leading rusher, junior Jim McHale, returns, joined by two sophomores. John Conlon, recruited heavily by Harvard two years ago, won't see action against the Crimson, but Jack Beatrice, younger brother to Tom (Harvard '81), will probably get a few handoffs...
...Sept. 12 the 1982 season might begin. On Aug. 30 Mike Strachan, the Saints Most Valuable Player of 1975, will stand trial on a cocaine-trafficking charge. The number of other New Orleans players called to court may amount to a procession, led by George Rogers, the top rusher in the N.F.L. last year. Rogers has admitted to federal investigators that he spent more than $10,000 on cocaine during the 1981 season. Not much more than a year ago, Rogers won the Heisman trophy. -By Tom Callahan