Word: underdogs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Dupuis said Wood will face a major difference next year since the team will not go into games as the underdog. "Other teams only started to fear" this year's team late in the season, she said...
...Gerald Ford could not quite bring it off. But he came achingly close to duplicating the upset victory of the fighting underdog he so much admired, Harry Truman, and he cannot be faulted for not trying. From the beginning, it was a long shot-an accidental President swept into office on a wave of scandal, stuck with the worst recession since World War II, confronted with a charismatic opponent in a bitter primary fight and then with an all-things-to-all-people Democrat in the general election...
...squad was the underdog last Saturday against Cornell when junior signalcaller Kevin Burns unleashed two scoring strikes, including a fourth down hook-up with co-captain Dave McAvoy. Paul McCormack, replacing leading groudgainer Bruce "magic" Stephens who is doubtful for today with a sprained ankle, rambled for 130 yards in 15 carries as the Lions racked up 35 points...
...still consider yourself the underdog...
...very slight underdog. At this stage of the campaign, I'd rather have the momentum going up, rather than being where my opponent is-sliding down and trying to hold the lead. Our people are enthusiastic. They're confident, while I detect that [the Carter people] are getting in some disarray...