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Though few financiers could score a touchdown in a professional football game, even if given the opportunity, there might be a striking similarity between the success of NFL players on the field and businessmen in the boardroom, according to a recent study by Harvard researchers. The two Harvard academics, Boris Groysberg and Robin Abraham of Harvard Business School, conducted the study with investment manager Lex Sant. The researchers found tracked the success of traded NFL athletes and compared them to mobile businesspeople, finding that success for both groups is dependent on a team. The study, which was published...
...play ended, then-defensive back Dan Tanner ’07 turned around and beat his chest…moments later flags flew. Unsportsmanlike conduct was the call, and Princeton was awarded 15 yards and the first down. The Tigers went on to score the game-winning touchdown three plays later to take the game, 31-28.To say the call was bogus would be an understatement. It was down right ridiculous.Saturday started out eerily similar to 2006. Although the Crimson was the heavy favorite to demolish the Tigers, not much went the team’s way through the first couple...
...possible interception into a huge gain.“It just came off my hand a little funny, and Matt just went up and made a great play,” Pizzotti said.Two plays later, sophomore running back Gino Gordon burst through the line for a 6-yard touchdown run, and the Crimson secured a 24-20 lead.“The line opened up a wide hole, and I saw it and I ran through it,” Gordon said. “You couldn’t see it, but I had the biggest smile...
...dimensional.” Part of the problem has been the loss of junior Cheng Ho and sophomore Gino Gordon to injuries over the last couple of weeks. Gordon returned this week and received more carries for more success as the game wore on Saturday, including the game-sealing touchdown run. The Crimson entered the contest with the second-best rushing offense in an admittedly pass-happy Ivy League, but managed just 3.0 yards per carry and 88 yards against a Princeton defense that was giving up 154.0 yards per game and 4.0 yards per carry coming...
...Culbreath 1-yd. run for a touchdown. Ben Bologna, winner of Harvard Crimson's Most Appetizing Name Award, kicks successful extra kick. 5 plays for 20, 1:54 time of possession. PRINCETON 7, HARVARD...