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Okay, they admit it: The idea of vacation days got to L.I. Slim and the KC Line last weekend, and picks were left unmade. (Confidentially, they both would have taken a beating). L.I. Slim is still rather shaken after Week 13's debacle, and he's feeling like nerveless Robert Vaughn in "The Magnificent Seven." But here goes, with forced brio...
Harvard's play only worsened in the first half of yesterday's consolation game against Mount St. Mary's. The Crimson looked tentative and unfocused as it hit only eight field goals in the period, and Harvard held a slim 24-21 lead over its inferior opposition at halftime...
...extraordinary preparation of the Boilermakers accounted for the slim margin of victory. The Crimson in essence did not regard this meet as important as Purdue did. Any swim team who tapers--reducing the quantity and quality of its workouts before the meet--and shaves holds a tremendous advantage...
With 8:30 left in the first period and the Crimson holding a slim four-point lead, Janowski lofted a soft jumper over the outstretched arm of an Army defender to extend Harvard's lead to 17-11. Just 40 seconds later she snatched an offensive rebound and kissed the ball off the glass and in for an eight-point advantage...
Call it hubris, call him Icarus--L.I. Slim has wafted back down to earth. But he's not ready to start flipping coins just yet. At 25-13-3 (and a six-notch cushion over mortal enemy Kansas City), he has yet to have a losing week, and yea, tho the soph blues weigh on him, that fog still parts a few times a week. The locks for Week 11: The Seahawks. Last week's cover-buster against Denver was portent for a slaughter in San Diego. The Steelers will win, and win big. The no-offense sleeper vs. Chiefs...