Word: underdogs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Springfield. The Crimson disposed of the Red Raiders, 2-0, earlier in the season, and if lightning should happen to strike twice, they would face the winner of the UMass-Cortland College clash on Saturday. "We have a chance, but you definitely have to plug us in as the underdog against UMass," says Field...
They came in from Amherst Saturday hell-bent on victory, the UMass Minutemen did, laughing and sneering at the undersized, underdog Crimson. But when the time came to march back from the Harvard Stadium turf to Dillon Field House, the visitors walked in a dazed retreat, as the Harvard football team had outmuscled, outhustled and basically outclassed the Minutemen by a score...
...Once an underdog knocks off a few established powers, it becomes more difficult to catch opponents unprepared and the tendency for a letdown and fan frustration is there...
When discussion came around to Brown, Ford perked up last week. "We underdog again?" he asked hopefully, obviously relishing that position as the 1978 season gets underway...
...social services, make up the bewildering philosophy of a man rather remarkably frozen solid to the 1952 Republican platform. Even more bewildering, however, is that he has been able to mask this atavistic outlook with a "new look" of feigned humility, and has successfully cast himself as the tenacious underdog making yet another comeback. It just isn't fair...