Word: underdogism
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...game was bigger than ice hockey. When the two global powers finally met in the semifinals, the free world seemed to be at stake. And then the Red machine went clank. Never let an underdog think it has a shot. Mike Eruzione made the go-ahead goal 10 endless minutes before the buzzer. U.S.A. 4, U.S.S.R...
...Moore said numerous times during the season, the team’s goal was to reach the Frozen Four. Regardless of the fact that the Crimson was technically an underdog in Worcester, it was very reasonable for Moore and his teammates to expect that they would realize that objective...
...We’re a very confident team,” captain Dominic Moore said. “Last year we may have had a lot of an underdog mentality. This year we consider ourselves one of the top teams in the country...
...main difference, it’s the underdog mentality versus the confidence we have this year,” Moore said. “We came up on the short end of both the BU games, and we’re looking forward to having a shot at them again...
...evening of upsets. As with underdog Butler, a 47-46 winner this weekend (and did the NCAA tournament get even half the flak the Academy did for putting on its show?), low numbers won in Oscar pools this year. AMPAS members reversed longstanding traditions. The Directors Guild (a 91% accurate predictor of Oscar gold) had picked Rob Marshall as their man; Polanski won. The Screen Actors Guild chose Daniel Day-Lewis and Renee Zellweger as statuette sure shots. As for "Gangs of New York," you might not have picked it for Best Film vote, but you also didn't guess...